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 About a month ago I fell down a wikihole...and ended up ordering Cannibal Corpse's Centuries of Torment: The First 20 years (I don't currently own any Cannibal Corpse cd's or LP's, but I dig music history). I've dabbled in streaming CC's music, but my primary point of reference to date is seeing them open for Hatebreed in like, 2011 (googled it, it was Nov 2009). I remember Corpsegrinder banging like crazy with his tree trunk of a neck, and CC being heavy (who woulda thought eh?). 

About 10 mins into this documentary and they mentioned Darren Pfeiffer being the drummer in the pre-CC band Beyond Death. Man, is Goldfinger the Kevin Bacon of music? Also, lets go Buffalo, amiright!

So my in laws went on a trip late last year and as usual were thoughtful and brought me back a bag of Qtela Singkong cassava chips Rasa Balado (Balado Spicy Flavor). When I cracked the bag I got a whiff of BBQ. The front of the bag shows chips, some spicy red hot peppers and garlic. Cassava chips are a bit more dense than potato chips, and smoother, not much of a base flavour so they let the seasoning shine. If you're a mouth texture person they may weird you out...but, most people I don't think would have an issue with these chips. I popped one in and there's an initial sweetness that greets the taste buds. That is relatively quickly followed by a nice natural heat. It starts at like a 4/10 then hits a 6/10 in the aftertaste. The chips have a nice solid crunch. The heat is flavourful and mixed with the sweetness is quite a banger. 

I dig music documentaries, and seeing more than one person in Sabre's gear just warms my heart. If you're not familiar with Cannibal Corpse, well, if that name sounds like something you might be into maybe you should go listen to them. If the name doesn't appeal to you, maybe you shouldn't listen to them. They're not trying to trick anyone with the name or album art. Gutteral gravel throated thrashy death/gore metal.

Stay hydrated,

Marc


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