Carl's Jr. Honney Mustured

Carl's Jr. Honey Mustered is all I would expect from honey mustered. It tastes like honey mustered and need something to make it more memorable.

I feel like honey mustered should have flavor.  
 

 

Trader Joe's Old Fashioned Egg Nog Liqueur

Trader Joe's Old Fashioned Egg Nog Liqueur is what one expects out of Trader Joe’s. They bring quality and this Hard Egg Nog is right there being a great alternative to other Irish Creams.

It could have more spice to it, but that’s hard Egg Nog for you. I never could find one as strong as I’d like it to be.

 

McDonald's MicRib 2025

 With its edible plastic bun topped with cornmeal and its meat like substance the McRib is back at McDonald's for the holidays, and I had the misfortune of trying one.

The meat was of higher quality last year. This year this thing tastes like it belongs in your freezer section and that bun made with plastic making it flimsy and soft just feels like garbage. 

The only good part about this sandwich was the sauce which they used a good deal of to cover the crappy food they served me.  

The things we eat in America.  

Good & Gather Farfalle Pasta

  

Good & Gather Farfalle Pasta is as normal as pasta can be. I have no problem with that. I mean, how much should I even think of pasta when I eat it. It’s the starch of the meal and in the modern day I eat less and less of it as I get older.

This stuff will be fine on salad or with vegetables. As pasta goes you can buy this with confidence and know that it is indeed pasta that will be as pasta as pasta can be.

McDonald's Grinch Salt

I have never had anything from McDonald's as disgusting as Grinch Salt. Had I put Grinch dandruff on my fries it wouldn't have tasted as bad. It also makes the fries dry and harder to eat. 

The dill flavor is lost over the vinegar flavor and the whole thing just isn't as good as the fries on their own. 

This stuff is nasty. I'd keep clear of it if I were you.
 

Partake Soft Baked Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Partake Soft Baked Chocolate Peppermint Cookies found their way to my local discount market and I picked up a box. Partake makes allergy free cookies and where as these are allergy free they are also flavor free.

Peppermint by definition has to have a strong flavor and I couldn't taste it in here. As cookies go these just don't taste like enough to be worth buying.
 

Jelly Belly Sparkling Water Birthday Cake

Jelly Belly Sparkling Water Birthday Cake is a lot better than it sounds. I don't know what birthday cake should taste like because I never knew it had it's own flavor but this tastes fine. 

I would get more if I found it at a good price. 
 

Raspberry Oranges

Raspberry Oranges have more red pigment than blood oranges or at least the ones I got did. They had little in the way of flavor but were on the old side so that could have been why.

They look cool, but that’s about as far as they go. I found them pulpy and without the tart of a normal orange. Still, I may get more.

 

Highline Wondrous White Mushrooms

Highline Wondrous White Mushrooms sound like something that should send you on a trip to naked woman land. I'm sorry, these are just mushrooms. They are fine enough mushrooms that have a better flavor when fresh and lose their luster fast in the cold.

I guess the best thing about these mushrooms is their smaller size makes them easier to work into a dish. Past that they are just normal mushrooms, and I would get them again if they were the best priced mushrooms in the produce section.

 

Virgil's Orange Cream Soda

 Virgil's Orange Cream Soda made its way to my local discount market in loose cans so I got a few, along with some other flavors, and forgot about them for at least six months until I found them again cleaning out my kitchen. I had seen it before but never tried it for myself.

 

Virgil’s is a smooth orange cream soda made of real sugar and with a little less pop than I would have expected. This stuff will work well with almost any alcohol, but I would think of it as a vodka mixer because it’s orange.

 

Good stuff, would buy again.

Chester’s Chips BBQ

It’s not easy being cheesy and Chester Cheetah has taken a brake to make these BBQ things. I can’t call them chips because they are not sliced from a potato. These are okay but I would never get them again.

They feel kind of odd in the mouth because of how they’re made so it could be a matter of getting used to them. I don’t need to get used to this kind of food.

 

Jarritos Soda Mandarin

Mandarin Soda by Jarritos has a bitter flavor compared to say a naval orange. I found it be acidic with a real fruit like flavor. It wasn’t just like drinking a mandarin and wasn’t made for us American sugar lovers.

I have to say this was into resting and it would go very well with vodka. I don’t know about tequila but I think it is robust enough for vodka or even whisky.

 

Christy's Donuts Chocolet Chip Bar

Over at Christy's Donuts in Hacienda Heights you can get this thing which I believe is a chocolate chip bar. The staff there doesn't speak enough English to tell you the real name and there is no website with a clear menu that I could find.

 I will say that my time at Christy's Donuts was punctuated by a number of women in tight pants and the butts made it a better experience.

As for the doughnut, well, it was okay. I can't say it was wonderful but it was okay. I would have liked the chips to be more spread out, but how much do I expect from a doughnut? 
 

Burger King Moca Iced Coffee with Cold Foam

Burger King Moca Iced Coffee with Cold Foam is not all that much better with cold foam. The coffee part I like. I mean, it tastes like coffee. I love coffee so coffee that tastes like coffee as opposed to coffee that tastes like chocolate milk is a good thing.

 As for that cold foam on top, just makes it taste less like coffee.

 

Frosting Devil's Food Vodka

Frosting Devil's Food Vodka is a strong spirit that should never be taken as a shot. I mean, as a shot this stuff is harsh and foul. With orange soda you have a cocktail that will impress your holiday guests but I'm told this stuff is what hangovers are made of. 

I use this to make chocolate orange cocktails and they would be better garnished with a chocolate orange slice but they are amazing. 

Frosting Devil's Food Vodka is a drink in moderation sort of thing but it will really get people talking at a party.
 

Chuckanut Bay Vegan Raspberry Cheesecake

 I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this Chuckanut Bay Plant Based Raspberry Cheesecake but I can say it’s not as good as the real thing. I mean, it is good, not like great, but it is good enough to be a fair substitute for cheesecake if you just got to have it and can deal with a product that is not as smooth rich or tart. I would even say that to some this may be better than cheesecake, but I would also say that even the crust wasn’t as good as a normal cheesecake crust.

It was a dark shadow of the real thing but close enough to get the job done.

McDonald's Chips Ahoy Frappe

The McDonald’s Chips Ahoy Frappe is okay. It has a cookie crumble on top. It has a cookie flavor about it so I will say that if you want something cold, coffee, and cookie then this is a fine thing to get. I will admit that it’s just too much sugar for me. I would drink this all the time if I weren’t a big fat dude who can’t have too much sugar.

McDonald’s Strawberry Shake

They don’t make um like they used too, but I can’t say that it’s a bad thing in this case because the old way was a food grade polymer that is the same thing the used as the blood of  the Xenomorphs from Aliens.

Anyway, this McDonald’s Strawberry Shake tastes like strawberry candy. I grant that you don’t get the same joy of dipping your French fries in this the way I did as a kid because the thinner shake doesn’t get on the fries as much.