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 I came home one day to find a bag of Nosh & Co Buffalo Wings & Blue Cheese flavoured potato chips on my countertop. F'in eh. I've been thinking about them for a while, but didn't crack the bag because I didn't want to go off phone notes for the review. So it's finally time. They smell like buffalo sauce. The ridged mid weight chips have a nice crunch. The first chip I had I felt the seasoning was pretty weak so I was sort of disappointed. But as the saying goes, it gets better. The first one appears to have just been a dud while the remainder have relatively generous seasoning. The flavour is your standard buffalo wing and blue cheese; a bit of buffalo hot sauce bite, slight sweetness and a relatively good dose of blue cheese (like 66% hot sauce, 33% blue cheese [+/- 10%]). These chips are quite fine, and at a 130g bag they're looking out for your health, hah.

I'm one chapter away from finishing Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime by Dan Hancox. I predominantly read non-fiction and really enjoy music/genre history and I must say, this book is top notch. It's an interesting read in that it's telling the history of UK grime, but a lot of the focus is on the political and racial climate that surrounded the creation and sustaining of the genre. It followed the ebbs and flows and provides some real insight into the significant factors which lead to the near death and then resurgence of the genre. I was really drawn to the DIY and community ethos present in the genre. As someone from Canada it's relatively difficult to keep up with grime and I was unaware of a lot of the politics associated with it. Great read, great genre.

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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