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I'll Be

 Nosh and Co. (weird brand name [but I like it]) ketchup potato chips. Made in Canada since 2013, "*made in Canada from imported and domestic ingredients". Cracked the bag on these bad boys and they were relatively fragrant. They looked lightly seasoned. When I started masticating, I found that as they appeared they were lightly seasoned..however, the chips were also very light weight, light crunch. Airy one might say..but somehow not bubbly, just, like, airy. Tart tomato flavour but not overly vinegary. Because the chips are so light, the light seasoning actually goes with them pretty well. 130g bag with somewhat high fat (23% per 50g) and somewhat low sodium (15% per 50g [which makes sense with the light seasoning levels]). The high fat (vegetable oil) percentage gives them a somewhat buttery flavour. Pretty good chips. My initial reaction was meh, but the oily butteryness won me over, quite enjoyable. 

(in my phone notes I ended with "pair with something indie rock or twee") When I sat down to write this post I took my note seriously...but couldn't think of anything I've been feeling lately..so I was like, what's great and kinda twee. And I was all like, I know what I'm going to write about, the Dawson's Creek sountrack (Songs From Dawson's Creek). So I did a quick google (because although I have the series on DVD twice, I actually don't own the soundtrack) expecting to find the song that I most associate with Dawson's Creek, Edwin McCain's I'll Be and you know what, it's not on Songs From Dawson's Creek..so in my head I was all, 'maybe they put it on SFDC Vol. 2, *click*. Are you shitting me. Edwin McCain's I'll Be isn't on either of the soundtracks released for DC! What!?! That song's such a beautiful banger, and like, come on, it's not like it was in the background of an episode, it was right there at the end of the season. I don't care what reason they had for not including the song, maybe Edwin McCain wanted a boatload of cash and they were all like, 'nah', without I'll Be there's no reason to even release the soundtrack at all. Whenever the Creek comes up it makes me want to revisit the series, because, like, it was tight. I'll probably do that after I finish watching The League. Merry christmas to me.

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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