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 Ruffles teamed up with KFC this summer to put out an Original Recipe Chicken flavour of potato chips. There's some tang to these lil potato circles. Standard Ruffles mini ridges. Bitta sweetness. Are there 11 herbs and spices? I dunno, probably, it tastes like KFC chicken batter. Tastes high in sodium, but it's only 13% per 50g. There's some pepper up in there. Medium crunch. Definitely on the all dressed family tree, just sans vinegar. The kids ate 3/4 of the bag before I got to them..which actually works out really well, 45g is a good quantity, otherwise the herb and spices would take over. It's been a minute since I've had KFC, the chicken cuts the aggressiveness of the herbs and spices a bit more than the potato chips...but on the flip side, these chips are less likely to give me terrible diarrhea, so I'd say it's a wash. If you find a bag they're worth picking up, I just wouldn't bother with a 6 pack. Hey ruffles, if you're going to colab, A&W should be next on the list, either their burger seasoning or onion ring flavoured chips, just sayin'.

A distro out of Winnipeg, electric heat records, is currently putting on a closing the webstore sale. So I grabbed a few LP's which came in this past week. I ordered some albums that I'd never heard of because, why not. One of the records that came in was In Green Furs by Glitter Symphony featuring Sizon. Very enjoyable mid 80's new wave fronted by Susan Hyatt. Danceable. Synth/keyboard in addition to guitar/bass/drums. Poppy but doesn't feel contrived. This would have fit in perfectly on the soundtrack to a John Hughes brat pack flick. The bandcamp lists a few RIYL, I'd say The Cars belong on that list as well, this is just a bit more punky. I don't know exactly how this ties into the KFC ruffles, I've just been enjoying Glitter Symphony since I got the 12".

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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