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Friends

Man, Ween makes some odd music. I was trying to remember what band sang Friends, and now I'm listening to La Cucaracha (which is the album Friends is on). Up until tonight I could only name one Ween song, you guessed it, Friends! Which is danceable and weird and triggers a fantastic dopamine rush (at least for me). I want to say it was the song that the friends section of Thanks, Brain! was edited to (might be another snowboard video, but I want to say it was at minimum in a Think Thank video [man, the Think Thank videos were {are? I haven't seen a new one in a while, but it looks like they're still sending it} dope. Thanks, Brain! was my introduction to their fun, inventive, just hype A.F. videos]).

So yeah, a friend brought me back a bag of Slide Gourmet Potato Chips, Curry Garlic, from her recent trip to Wisconsin (thanks Top). The back of the bag has a quote "Hands down, the best chips I've ever had.". Well, Mr. Ryan Maurer, lets see if you've truly lived. Wow that's a strong curry smell. Lots of fairly brown chips that look to be fairly thick cut. So far smells and looks very promising. Holy bingo there are some seriously crunchy chips in this bag. Thick cut, (I believe) kettle cooked. Lots of skins and earthy potato flavour, the thick cutness leads to a sort of creamy potato second half when you're masticating. Strong curry flavour with a tasty heat. Some of the chips are pretty well cooked, which adds a sort of smokey flavour into the mix. I get hints of garlic here and there when I'm looking for it, but if you gave me this bag without telling me the flavour I probably won't get past curry. The after taste has a bit more of a garlic presence. Pretty, pretty good. I'd like to try some of their vinegar based flavours. Hopefully shipping to Canada isn't insane. Would I dispute Ryan Maurer's claim? I dunno, that's his opinion but I'm willing to bet he hasn't had Covered Bridge or Brannigans. If you see a bag, or want to take a stroll through their website for some online chip ordering you shouldn't be disappointed.

Welp, time for me to get to season 2 of Dave.

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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