Friday, December 31, 2021

Big K Soda Root Beer


 So someone is looking around for some root beer to make floats tonight and Big K Soda Root Beer available at Ralph's may be your only hope. Good news is that this is good enough to work even if you're not so hammered that you could be drinking mud and not notice. 

Knockoff root beer generally tastes fine the first glass and starts to show it's colors as you drink. I think I could go four glasses into this before noticing it's not name brand. 

Good job Big K.

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Mediteranico Black Berry Spread


 Mediteranico Black Berry Spread is a find thing to make your sandwich with. It is not jelly so you should be clear that this is not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. However, jelly is made with fruit juice and I think this is made with the whole fruit making it better for you. 

This is a reasonably good spread, not to rich, and easy to get on your bread. I would buy again.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Dr. Pepper & Cream Soda


 Dr. Pepper & Cream Soda is now a thing you can buy in one can. Why you can now buy this I don't know as the two flavors aren't that well suited for each other. 

Dr. Pepper is a early form of energy drink having taken the 'pick me up' spot from cola and ran with it until Red Bull came around. I'm fond of the doctor but it's not that smooth, and this is even less smooth of a drink. 

That said, it will hide your cheap vodka on new years so people can get plastered for less, feel like crap, and lose their job the next day. 

Drink responsibly, kids, and this stuff is okay for that. 

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Grand'Mere, Organic Egg Pasta Bi-color Nests


 Grand'Mere, Organic Egg Pasta Bi-color Nests haven't much of a flavor and they are a bit more textured than most pastas I've eaten. I have to say, pasta isn't going to make all that much of a difference in flavor so mouth feel and look are big parts of the product. 

The problem is, I haven't much of an opinion of this at all and given that I'm writing a review that is a problem. I don't know, it's free range eggs so by if you like chickens but not enough to not eat their children. 

Monday, December 27, 2021

The Conqueror Grand Canyon Virtual Challenge


 In the world of 'The Conqueror' the 'Grand Canyon Virtual Challenge' is one of the more simple ideas that come across. It is a solid glazed medallion with no moving parts. It also means that I planted five trees and walked something like two hundred miles. That means having one makes me a good person.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Wired X Berry Rush


 As the time of the great hangover draws near Wired X Berry Rush sounds like a good idea. To be honest, it will get the job done. I don't take it over my good old Monster or Venom, but it has enough kick to keep you moving with a headache. I still haven't had a hangover, but that's not the point. 

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Hershey's Candy Coated Milk Chocolate in a Santa


 Hershey's Candy Coated Milk Chocolates come in a bag that looks like Santa's head. I wouldn't want to eat Santa's head in any way shape or form but Christmas is the time for that sort of thing. 

This is a name brand bag of knock off M&M's. If they go on sale it's okay to buy these, but getting them at full price is a little silly. 

Friday, December 24, 2021

Seattle Chocolate Peanut Butter Crisp


 There is little crisp and not enough peanut butter in this Seattle Chocolate Peanut Butter Crisp bar. I think these things run a good four dollars each, I got them half off, and I have to say they are not worth the price. This is not to say they are bad but I would think for that much money I'd be saving the rain forest or something.

Thursday, December 23, 2021

M&M's White Chocolate Candies Sugar Cookies


 M&M's White Chocolate Candies Sugar Cookies are almost all cookie. I mean, there is so little of what we call white chocolate that I would not have thought of these as M&M's to start with. 

These are candy, and so bad for you, so I would have to say if you come across them in the for sale bin after Christmas as I did then try them. If you see them at the normal price they aren't worth it at all.

They're good for a change but not as good as the classic. 

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Seattle Chocolate Candy Cane Crunch

Seattle Chocolate Candy Cane Crunch is a minty sort of chocolate, but the darkness is not that bitter and the candy cane not that crunch. This is a chocolate bar for a more defined pallet. It would go well with a wet red wine I think. 

Not so much for the average man. 
 

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Candy Reindeer


 Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Candy Reindeer is a bag of brown Reese's Pieces. Only you can tell if this is for you. I only buy them on sale.

Monday, December 20, 2021

Private Selection Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Soft Caramels Holiday Edition


 Private Selection Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Soft Caramels Holiday Edition are only holiday because of the snowflakes on the box. They have the right salt to sugar ratio and the salt is in large enough chunks to be a distinctive flavor melting in your mouth. 

I have to say these are a fine chocolate which is why I should never eat them, because I'm a fat monster.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

M&M'S Peppermint White Chocolate


 M&M'S Peppermint White Chocolate make me ask why everything is coming out white chocolate. I'm not the biggest fan of white chocolate and I think it's the easiest to synthesize. 

Are these bad? No, but they are not as good as their milk chocolate counterparts. If peppermint is your deal then buy these, otherwise let them be.

Saturday, December 18, 2021

Reese's Cookie Skillet Kit

I can't help but think that whoever came up with this idea had iron skillets sitting about because it's a hell of a lot of work for one cookie like thing. The Reese's Cookie Skillet Kit has a real iron skillet that needs to be cured before used. That means being washed and then cured in an oven for several hours. They recommend curing two or three times. 

Once you cooked the crap out of the skillet you may make your cookie, but you need a spoon of egg. They couldn't just put the egg in there and make it so you just need water, no that would be too easy. 

Then, after a day of work, you can now cook the cookie which tastes like nothing and is more like a pancake. Then you have an iron skillet sitting around that is just small enough to cook one egg. 

Friday, December 17, 2021

Seattle Chocolate Holiday Spiced Nuts Dark Chocolate Truffle Bar


 Holiday Spiced Nuts sound like what you call drunks who drank too much pumpkin spiced everything. However, it is a dark chocolate truffle bar from Seattle Chocolate.  This bar is also non-gmo, vegan, and Gluten Free. If you didn't feel good enough about yourself for buying it the company is women owned.

Anyway, this is a chocolate bar fit for having with red wine with the flavor centered around the nuts. It's no snickers, but it is a mix of flavors for the refined pallet.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Hershey's Mini Kisses Brownie Skillet Kit

The Hershey's Mini Kisses Brownie Skillet Kit looks great until you realize that your buying a little skillet you can't use on the range. Well, unless you use a pot holder.

The things are a lot of work for a flavorless end product that leaves you with an iron skillet that is very small and has almost no use.  

If you're a foodie like me then you may wish to have these around for making those cookie ice cream things you get at BJ's, but you would need to do a good amount of experimentation to get that write and I'm too fat to eat all that cookie. 
 

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Friendly Farms Pumpkin Spice Whipped Dairy Topping


 Friendly Farms Pumpkin Spice Whipped Dairy Topping is a thing that shows up at Aldis in October and runs until it sells out. This is a great thing to put on coffee that is not pumpkin spice or pie that is not pumpkin spice. However, if you put it on something that is already pumpkin spice you are kind of missing the point.

Ah, well, I shouldn't be eating it anyway.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Monster Reserve White Pineapple


 Monster Reserve White Pineapple works like a monster and tastes like any pineapple energy drink would. I mean, you can tell it's not soda and it doesn't taste as good as a soda would, but keeps me working on those overnight shifts which is why I got a case of the stuff.

Monday, December 13, 2021

Joe's Dark Coffee


 When this headache of a world starts to get you down you can turn to Joe's Dark Coffee with it's smooth finish. If fresh and stored properly Joe's Dark Coffee is not bitter or stale. I love Joe's Dark Coffee and will buy it again.

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Wiley Wallaby Watermelon Licorice Twists


 Wiley Wallaby Watermelon Licorice Twists don't really taste like watermelon. This is a shame because they are otherwise rather good. I have to say that they are a nice thing to have around and a quick snack. I shouldn't eat them because I'm a big fat dude, but life is short right?

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale


If you want to add something festive to your cheap vodka then Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale has you covered. It has a stronger tarter flavor that will hide the badness of lesser vodkas. I wouldn't say I like it better than good old normal Ginger Ale, but this is a seasonal thing. 

This is a fun thing to try, and I would get more. It just won't replace my normal Canada Dry.

Friday, December 10, 2021

Chips Ahoy Golden Candy Chip


 Chips Ahoy! Golden Candy Chip are not an improvement over classic chocolate chip cookies. They're, well, just kind of there. I remember eating Chips Ahoy! as a child. My mother used to take a cookie at of the bag in the store to get at the coupon then give me the cookie. Mom loved coupons. 

These just don't have the same taste and they don't bring a smile to my face they way those cookies did.

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Trader Joe's Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce


 For those of you trying to get the pumpkin flowing through your blood this season there is Trader Joe's Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce. It doesn't taste all that great, but what did you expect? Pumpkin doesn't belong in Alfredo sauce. I would have liked it to have more flavor what so ever, but it wasn't creamy or all that savory.

This stuff just is, and that's fine, but I wouldn't get more.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Pepsi Cola Soda Shop Black Cherry Cola


 Coming in from Pepsi Cola  we have their Soda Shop Black Cherry Cola meant to bring very old people back to a time when they had soda shops. I mean, I've never been to a soda shop so I have no idea if this would bring me back to that time, but here this stuff is tasting like, well, cherry cola. Not good cherry cola, but cherry cola indeed. 

I can say this stuff is worth trying, but I wouldn't get more. 

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Hormel Compleats Chichen Brest Mahsed Potatoes with Gravy


 Had with an apple or a good plate of vegetables Hormel Compleats Chicken Brest Mashed Potatoes with Gravy is actually a good meal. Not a great meal, but a good one. They taste fine, and I will buy them again.

Monday, December 6, 2021

Melba's Fixins Apple Pie Soda

Melba's Fixins Apple Pie Soda is an overpriced novelty soda that tastes fine but is not worth the four or five dollars a bottle you'll wined up paying for the stuff. It tastes a bit like cider and cream soda mixed together. 

All in all, it's not bad, but I feel like I paid a kidney for it.
 


Sunday, December 5, 2021

Sara Lee Cheesecake Creamy Classic

 

When you want a bite of cheesecake these Sara Lee Cheesecake Creamy Classics are just the right size. I have never just wanted a bite of cheesecake but then I am a big fat dude with emotional issues. Food doesn't make the pain go away. 

These are great little snacks that go well with coffee. They heat up fast and easy unlike full sized cheese cake. I love these and you will too.

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Tillamook Birthday Cake Ice Cream


 Ice Cream in December? Yeah, I'm fat, and I live in LA. In any case, Tillamook Birthday Cake Ice Cream is vanilla with stuff in it. That stuff is bits of cake and sprinkles, but it gives it an odd mouth feel.

I know this birthday cake flavor is making the rounds, but I have yet to be impressed. This is okay ice cream, not great, but okay.

Friday, December 3, 2021

Seattle Chocolate Toffee Sea Salt Truffle Bar


 The Toffee Sea Salt Truffle Bar from Seattle Chocolate is brimming with toffee and salt, but I don't like what they use for Vanilla. It is natural but just not the same and for the hefty price of this bar you would think it would come with the best ingredients. 

This is still a fine chocolate and best had with a certain amount of pomp. This is the kind of thing you have with wine and you let that wine breathe. 

Good stuff but pricey. 

Thursday, December 2, 2021

El Monterey Beef Tamales

El Monterey Beef Tamales are hand rapped in real corn husk ... as if that were a big thing. What else would you wrap a tamale in?
 

Most frozen tamales are sad shadows of the real thing, but these are close to the real thing. Not as good as, but close. They still need to have more grit to them and real tamales have that little bit that gets between the corn husks. 

So, very close, very good, but still just not perfect.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Heirloom Fresh Free Range Blue and Brown Chicken Eggs


 Heirloom Fresh Free Range Blue and Brown Chicken Eggs have a darker yolk and stronger flavor than your standard white egg. They are more satisfying than normal chicken eggs and better for the chicken. If you come across these eggs they will cost a bit more than normal eggs, but it is worth the money. 

Eggs are for the most part eggs, and so not everyone will notice the difference. Then, not everyone will think it is enough to pay more for.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies


 Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies taste more old than fashionable. They are chewy in a bad way and don't really taste like oatmeal or have the oatmeal feel in your mouth. How cookies can be this much of a fail and still be bad for you I don't know, but I would keep clear of these disappointments if I were you.

I'm not you, I'm a four hundred pound fat dude. I'm now going to try their chocolate chip for science. 

Monday, November 29, 2021

Hippeas Organic Chickpea Sea Salt & Lime Tortilla Chips


 The earthy flavor of Hippeas Organic Chickpea Sea Salt & Lime Tortilla Chips can be off putting, and some chips have way too much salt over others. Then, how much do you think about tortilla chips. 

These are better for you than most chips if not all that great. I mean, if you're a dip person then the dip will really define these, but if you eat them as is they're okay but not great. 

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Castello Holiday Cheese Selection


 If you like your cheese nice and stinky then Castello Holiday Cheese Selection is for you. I mean, this cheese smells like my feet after a long day at work. The blue cheese is particularity strong in sent and flavor and should be balanced with some mild tasting crackers and a nice wine to cleanse the pallet. 

Like I know anything about cheese. 

Saturday, November 27, 2021

Pho Whittier 63. Grilled Chicken on Vermicelli


 At Pho Whittier in Whittier California the 63. Grilled Chicken on Vermicelli is a lot of food. Moreover, it is a full meal with a good amount of greens to keep your body going strong. This is a simple and satisfying meal that I would love to have again. 

Friday, November 26, 2021

Pho Whittier A12 Fried Chicken Dumplings (Potstickers)


 A trip to Pho Whittier in Whittier California will be made all the better with Pho Whittier A12 Fried Chicken Dumplings (Potstickers). One order gets you six of these crunchy delights to share with your friends and family, and I have to say they are great. 

I will get this again. 

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Banquet Family Size Homestyle Gravy & Sliced White Meat Turkey

Banquet Family Size Homestyle Gravy & Sliced White Meat Turkey is the kind of thing you buy and plan to have with other stuff. The gravy is a good thing, I guess, but that really means you need to have it with mashed potatoes.

The meat is low quality and there isn't that much of it for the size of the pack. As you can see it's sliced like cold cuts and small for a normal cut at that. 

All and all, I wouldn't go getting this again, but it tasted okay. 
 

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Rocky Mountain Pies Pecan


 Rocky Mountain Pies makes a moist Pecan as a posed to a crusty or caramelized pecan. This is not to say that I dislike this pecan. I would say it needs more pecan because it's not called sugar or corn syrup pie.

I like my pecan pie full of pecan, and this one is only topped with pecan. Still a good pie, and I'm still a fat man who should not eat pie.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

McDonald's McRib


 McDonald's McRib brings me back to the days of food I heated up in the microwave when my mother was at work. Then I would fight for an hour or so with my older brother. Neither of us would ever give up.

This is some of the lowest quality food I have ever tasted with meat that comes out of a mold and plastic in the bun. I can't imagine anyone being big on this sandwich but I guess it's a thing. The sauce is the only good thing about it. 

I think vegans should set this as a goal. It's like, if you can't make food as good as this crap then shoot yourself. Then, anything lower on the list of what is food would be 'not food but you can eat it, and it won't kill you right away'.

Monday, November 22, 2021

Boulder Canyon Kettle Cooked Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt Potato Chips


 Boulder Canyon Kettle Cooked Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt Potato Chips have the strong flavor of a chip you want to put in your sandwich. Why? Well, the mouth full of vinegar flavor will carry giving you're sandwich that vinegar flavor with a nice crunch. 

I liked these so much I went back to the store and got more of them ... then again I'm a fat beast and shouldn't eat potato chips.

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Trader Joe's Sparkling Black Tea with Peach Juice


 As the season wears on you may need a drink and reaching for Trader Joe's Sparkling Black Tea with Peach Juice may sound like a good idea. This is not as refreshing as tea sweetened with peaches. 

I have to say this stuff isn't great and unless you want to serve it with some 'American Honey' by Wild Turkey it just won't quench your thirst. 

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Idahoan Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes


 Idahoan Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes are,well, mashed potatoes. They don't taste much like butter. On the one hand, I love mashed potatoes, it's the Irish in me. Nothing is better to me than some colcannon and corned beef. 

On the other hand, the butteryniss of these leave much to be desired. If you're going to put the word on the pack then put the flavor in the food.

Friday, November 19, 2021

Regatta Premium Craft Mixers Light Ginger Beer


 Regatta Premium Craft Mixers Light Ginger Beer lives up to it's name and brings the ginger with epic flavor at only 50 calories a can. If you're feeling sick and need a ginger boost this will hit you like a hammer and get you back on your feet in no time. 

It can also overpower the taste of poorly made drinks and make things you normally can't stand drinkable. I got to get some more of this and you should get some as well.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Umpqua Cookie Dough Ice Cream


Ice cream is something that is hard to screw up.  Umpqua Cookie Dough Ice Cream is good as it is ice cream, but it doesn't have that spark that cookie dough has. I don't know what that spark is, it could be the vanilla, but it's not present in the dry lumps that inhabit this ice cream. It's still ice cream, and you will still love it, but it doesn't have that spark.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Sandwich Bros. Angus Cheeseburger Flatbread Pocket Sandwiches


 Sandwich Bros. Angus Cheeseburger Flatbread Pocket Sandwiches are the kind of thing you should keep around for you're days when you don't feel like getting out of bed, your head aches, and you feel sick. I think that's called a hangover.

Ready in just a minute, pop two of these with a can of V8 and a coffee. Then you will be ready to take on the day after a night of moderate drinking. 

All joking aside, these are low quality but good tasting snacks that will keep you going on long nights watching Netflix.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Jack's Original Thin Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza


 Jack's Original Thin Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza is made with the wrong cheese, too little meat, and tends to leave you shrugging as to what you just ate. 

The bacon isn't noticeable, the burger meat is also not noticeable. I mean, you would do better with cheese pizza. 

Frankly, I think cheeseburger pizza is just "I was too cheap to buy sausage" but the meat chunks need to be a little bigger to make them work. Also, wit cheese in the name you would think there would be more of it.

This is so meh it is hard to understand how it can have failed so hard.

Monday, November 15, 2021

Idahoan Baby Reds Mashed Potatoes

 

Idahoan Baby Reds Mashed Potatoes are not the fancy skin in mashed potatoes you see on the pack. They are just instant mashed potatoes and that means they are fine but not what they promised. It's hard to be disappointed by mashed potatoes even when you're a big fat dude like me. 

Still, I am somehow disappointed buy these. If you just want some mashed potatoes you can get them here, but if you want the real deal they will let you down.

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Campbell's Chunky Hearty Italian-Style Wedding Soup

 

Campbell's Chunky Hearty Italian-Style Wedding Soup was something I picked up because I thought the name was odd. It's chicken soup with meatballs. Those round things are a kind of pasta and the broth is chicken. 

I have to say, I like this stuff.  I'm not sure if I'd go buying it all the time but I may try making it on my own to use up wilted spinach in the future. It has chopped greens and carrots so I would have added more vegetables myself, but on the whole, it goes down well on a cold day.

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Godiva White Chocolate Vanilla Bean


 Ah Godiva, it fools you with that nice box then gives you lumpy White Chocolate Vanilla Bean pudding without a speck of Vanilla Bean to be seen. It's not bad, it's just not great.

Friday, November 12, 2021

Norms Classic Breakfast Sandwich


 I ordered the Norms Classic Breakfast Sandwich, but I'm not sure that's what I got given that the classic comes with bacon, sausage, or ham, and I got all three. 

A friend was paying, and it was the cheapest thing on the menu. I mean, I don't like spending other people's money. 

 Anyway, this is a great hangover cure if you spent a night drinking. Have it with loads of ketchup, and it will fix you right up. It was big for a breakfast sandwich and yet not that bad of a deal. Very filling.