Tales of the Salty Bag

 Compliments EXTRAAA! Flavour (ridged potato chips) Buffalo Wing & Blue Cheese aren't terribly fragrant. They have those mini ridges, you know, the ones that are like a couple millimeters deep (Ruffles style, if you've ever had Ruffles [if not then my description better be sufficient]). The crunch is average (for non-kettle cooked). The seasoning is middleish for coverage, I wouldn't describe these as extra flavour, let alone extraaa! but that's marketing, putting ADEQUATE! Flavour probably doesn't have the same selling power. There's a mild sweetness combined with a mix of medium hot buffalo sauce and fake blue cheese flavour (I'm not quite sure how to describe the blue cheese flavour, it doesn't taste like I just chunked off a piece of cheese and ate it, but it tastes like blue cheese that is some sort of gelatinous spread where you're not super turned off by it, but it's also not something to write home about...I don't know, I'm so...

 Slide Cinnamon and Sugar chips. I shouldn't have to say more, but just in case you're closed minded, these chips bang. Thiiiiick cut potato chips with cinnamon and sugar distributed perfectly. The potatoes and oil provide a buttery goodness that the cinnamon and sugar is destined to pair with. These are simple yet genius and taste like you just buttered a piece of toast and sprinkled cinnamon and (white) sugar on top. Did I mention these were cinnamon and sugar flavoured. If you're able to get your hands on these Wisconsin gems, do so. If you're not able to get your hands on these, I don't know, cut your hands off because what use are they then?  When I had previously thought about writing about Slide's C and S chips I came up with the perfect musical pairing in my mind, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. I really should have written it down. Maybe it was Cadence Weapon as a whole, and not just a specific album (because his music isn't...

As was said in a movie that I don't believe I've ever watched, these are a few of my favourite things...at least, a few of my favourite things that I consumed in 2022. Chip/Snack Division - I said it in 2018, repeated in 2019, 2020, 2021 and now 2022 (and will be repeated annually until they pull the line) Co-op Gold PURE chips. They're premium chips for like $2.70/180g bag. Covered Bridge partnerships for the win. (this year they seem to have either cut or reduced the availability of salty & vinegar, which is quite disappointing, but still..) - co-op Gold Pure vegan cheese Protein Twists. I only had them once, but they were surprisingly good. - Slide gourmet potato chips . Thick cut and independent, bangers. -Miss Vickies Sweet and Spicy Ketchup and also Sweet Southern BBQ - Great Value, Caribbean BBQ. Low price point and taste like jerk chicken. Nom. Music Division (with a dash of podcast) Albums (in no particular order) Pip Skid - A Really Nice Day  D-Sisive - Kno...

This is just a rundown of my postings in 2021 including: the blog title, chip and music reference for anyone that doesn't want to read all them (I've done this each previous year for 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018, 2019, 2020 , and 2021 ) January 2022: Out of Touch - Music (for title): Shad [TAO album]. This was a rundown of good things from 2021. Also included is a brief review of co-op Gold Pure kettlecooked popcorn, Jalapeno White Cheddar flavour February 2022:   Cut & Run - Music: Carly Dow - Comet     Chip: Lay's Flavours from China Cucumber Confrontation - Music: Get Dead - Dancing with the Curse     Chip: Doritos Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch March 2022 : Radio - Music: Lawrence Arms - Guided Tour of Chicago, Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit, Maybe I'll Catch Fire     Chip: Paqui Mucho Nacho Cheese, Cheetos puffs White Cheddar Jalapeno Time to Buy a Futon - Music: SNFU - Better than a Stick in the Eye     Chip : ...

About a month ago a buddy gave me a bag of Great Value Caribbean BBQ flavoured potato chips. "Inspired by Island Life". I've been pretty excited to try these and I'm not quite sure why it took me so long to do so. When I cracked the bag I was met with a very strong chili powder smell. The chips have medium ridges (Wavy Lays style) and a slight green hue with flecks of red and black. As soon as it hit my mouth I was stoked, these chips did not disappoint and gave me exactly what I wanted, jerk chicken baby! The heat is a very nice hot pepper based in the medium spice range (maybe like a 6 or so, it gets the forehead sweats going pretty quickly for me). There is soo much flavour to this heat though. There's a hint of sweetness, some citrus. Weeyow, these are a nice treat. The crunch is typical midweight.    I got into ska the way that most 80's babies did. Knee deep into the third wave. I eventually got around to 2 Tone but for years didn't go back any furth...

It's been a thick cut fall/winter so far but I've somehow managed to not try or write about Covered Bridge's (first?) foray into the thick cut game with their East Coast Lifestyle Thick Cut Sea Salt (they've released [I think] a couple flavours since, but I believe this is the first). Made in Atlantic Canada with white potatoes. White potatoes, Covered Bridge, say what? They smell like oil, don't look extremely thick cut. Appear to be kettle cooked. First chip tastes like a standard kettle cooked plain chip. The salt flavour is relatively minimal...lets see what the back of the bag says..yup, 9% per 50g, these are light on salt. Good mid weight crunch, possibly slightly lighter than mid weight. I don't mess with plain/salt/sea salt chips on their own very often. I was hoping these would be proper thick cut, but I honestly wouldn't have been able to tell you that they would be labeled thick cut in a blind taste test. I'm missing the dark russet. Good chip...

Slide (Gourmet Potato Chips) has 2 BBQ flavours. I previously provided my words about the Honey BBQ , but tonight I'll be stepping into the Spicy BBQ arena. Thick cut, medium crunch that turns to creamy potatoness. The seasoning is a nice spice that feels jalap based. There's a lot of well done bbq flavour, it's not quite burnt but it's on the well done side. I want to say there's significant garlic in the mix as well, it really shows up in the aftertaste (that or I'm crazy). The spice is nice and flavourful, but somewhat overpowers the BBQ of it all.   Upon skimming Dizzee Rascal's wiki tonight it came to my attention that he was convicted (March 2022) of assaulting (June 2021) his former partner. I wrote the paragraph below before reading that portion of the wiki, and I decided that it was okay to keep it because the intent is to point out that genres and flavours are sometimes hard to discern the differences between sub genres. Fix Up, Look Sharp wa...