Good day to you all, hope you are safe, healthy and doing alright. The content monster was barking and it needed to be fed. Perfect time for another installment for Snaxx! Recently many DFOers have purchased snack boxes and now we have more things to talk about!
If you missed the first couple spins around the globe here are the links.
Salty Lime Gummy Candy –Thailand
These are pretty damn good. They are kinda like gummy ropes. You do not taste the salt at all which you would expect with it in the title. . I have no idea where I would find these but I certainly would buy them for a roadtrip, they are kinda refreshing and quite limey. I am pretty high right now and they hit the spot for the portion of “sweet” munchies. Would definitely purchase again if I could find them.
Orenada – Mayonnaise Potato Chips – Columbia
I will advise you that I hate mayonnaise, I am 100% in the Big Daddy Drew camp. That is only for straight up mayo, aioli that shit up with some garlic and I am fucking in. Upon opening, they just smell like plain potato chips, nothing off putting there. First surprise is that they are ripple, so that’s good. Wife and I both say they taste like regular potato chips, they are good but taste nothing like advertised. Yeah, so a let down for either being disgusted or discovering something new. I either want something repulsive so I can laugh at myself or something delicious that I can seek out again. Would not buy these again because they are like Flacco, and Eli in that they are just boring.
Swiss Cheese Potato Chips. – Russia
The whole bag is written in Cyrillic which is a bad sign if I ever wanted to seek out a place to purchase them again as I got them in my monthly snack box. I like Swiss Cheese, I like potato chips so these should be fantastic. They taste very sweet, also described as “weird” by Mrs. Cola. Unlike Hippo who has an aversion to cheese I fucking love the stuff (nawt blue howevah) so you would think these would be what I like. They are a really strange flavoUr because they start of with sweet cheese and then end with salt. Very peculiar. I did not finish the bag and I had the munchies pretty good so that is saying something. Russians have it all wrong here as there is so much potential yet they are not delicious.
In these international snack boxes I was gifted you get 7 snacks. They include candy, chocolate bar type thing, cookie, chips, etc. Well I have a tree nut allergy and apparently Russia really likes Hazelnuts because 5 of the 7 had hazelnuts in them. Mrs. Cola loves when I get these things and they are littered with tree nuts as then it is all hers.
Trululu – Pinguinos – Columbia
Hell yeah,skiing and surfboarding gummy penguins! As we all know, skiing is huge in Columbia, big powder days all winter. Perfect mix of salty and sweet as we just ate the Mayo chips and as you can guess, I am stoned. It is sort of faux marshmallow on the bottom with only the beak and legs a gummy. They are way softer than what we are used to and are absolutely delicious. They are citrusy and they aren’t nearly as sweet as I thought that they would be. They do indeed look like penguins and are very manufactured.
I would eat these again, they are quite pleasant and lighter than our normal gummi bears.
Z Roll Farm – Fried Shrimp with Salad Cream FlavoUr – Thailand
I really didn’t want to eat these. I fear what salad cream could be. They are extremely off putting. I have to say that they are exactly what they say they are. I honestly can’t hate them because they are absolutely disgusting, like warm, stale sushi. Mrs. Cola didn’t mind it either, but did not have a third try. This is one of the ones I bought and I knew that it would not agree with me. I do not think that it is because they taste fishy as I love seafood, it is that it tasted like fake fish. Years ago I worked at a resort hotel and they served pollock (imitation crab) on the buffet and the Taiwanese tourists believed it was crab and would house bowl after bowl of the stuff. They used to be on bus tours of the Rockies and come in for the lunch buffet. I am not lying to you that a regular occurrence was plates of food being shoveled into purses for the road.
Would not buy again, but if this is your thing then they taste as advertised.
There is probably sports on tv but I have had no time to look up anything.
Tomorrow morning Mighty Whitey plays the White Lives Matter team (seriously they had a banner), there is also Man U v Liverpool so that will still be fun. Then praise GAMBLOR, BLEERGH, SHANK’LOR, AND OUR MATRON SAINT!
As always,
Lady bfc made chocolate banana bread and while i disagree with her that it isn’t breakfast, she’s right that it’s dessert.
You can reach across the divide (unlike certain flunkies in your capital) and agree on the important thing – whatever the meal, it is delicious!
https://streamable.com/xkqpbg
I apologize for absolutely getting my assed kicked!
— C. McGregor
Just seems like one of those sports you can’t dabble in and out of. Once you retire it’s game over.
This was the first tune spotify recommended for me tonight. Maybe these algorithms, unlike the kids, are alright.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nVU5eplQmIU&feature=youtu.be
Saw Black Joe at Sam’s Burger Joint in San Antonio when he was breaking out. What a talent!
I should have pared back a little of the campari in this boulevardier, but still tasty
Gumby has people clutching their pearls over this one. I’m confident you guys can handle it.
That new Maleficent sequel looks great
I would love to handle that certainly.
Oh yeah!
Where does Gumby “have” these people? Can he do with them as he pleases? I have recommendations.
He’s on some boob site, but some of the people on it took offence to the Catholic nun gone bad theme of this picture.
That’s crazy
I reckon I’d appreciate this more if I knew who BEFORE person was. I am old and drunk.
You don’t know Al Pacino?
Not in that configuration. Thanks, though, I see it now….
He’s dressed as Bob Dylan
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Watching “The Rock” with the theory that the character of “John Mason” as a disavowed James Bond makes the movie so very much better.
Yeah, I’m down with that.
—Dwayne Johnson
Watch the HBO movie Phil Spector by David Mamet and starring Al Pacino, and imagine that it is the real Godfather III, where Michael Corleone has entered the music business and gone batshit insane so he wears crazy wigs and kills someone.
Motivation to occasionally leave a bottle of wine unfinished; I have excellent stoppers
Screw cap has the same flavor-saving qualities.
But none of the style!
This is why I toss all stoppers.
(sees the Nicole Kidman/Stone Temple Pilots SNL episode from 1993 airing on NBC)
“Oh, God! Who else died now?!”
We’re having linguisa for dinner, what cocktail or beer goes with that?
capirinha maybe? Although I have a strange feeling an americano might be delish with. Or if beer, a quality lager.
Portuguese, Brazilian, or Filipino?
Is there actually that much difference flavor wise?
Filipino is sweeter. Brazilian is spicier. The differences are subtle.
In Hawaii you can get egg, rice, and Portuguese sausage at McDonalds.
In Hawaii you can get Spam everywhere and with anything.
The selection of different flavors is mind boggling. In Guam it’s the same way.
Creo que Portugués
I think Zymm’s suggestion of an americano is a good one.
Lady BFC busted out some rosé so I’m going with that but may riff on the campari for a boulevardier afterwards
Pilsner or a sparkling wine
You gotta love a sauce that has a whole stick of butter in it:
Dairy fat is life, and also eventually death, but totally worth it
That’s a good reason why I’m on a diet right now and my Cholesterol levels are “one sample at a time please”.
Hello
‘Sup
Nothing much, just got back the grocery. There’s a Buffalo Wild Wings in the adjacent parking lot and the lot is full for the UFC McGregor fight. A lot of Trump flagged trucks.
Seems like it might be fun to chain them all together and see if they can cooperate to remove the chain
Ha ha, losers.
Is it me you’re looking for?
I always find it very strange to drink the Asian drinks that are more jelly than water. Aloe vera tastes good but it’s weird to drink.
I love aloe vera drinks, and I get legit pissed when they’re not chunky enough. I also get aloe instead of boba when ordering boba though, so I’m all in on aloe chunks. (Rose tea, no sugar half ice, aloe)
They’re great and aloe is really good for you. I just feel I’m eating/chewing the drink instead of “drinking”.
I feel like there’s a seperate category of drinks you chew, perhaps pioneered by falooda, but definitely continued with smoothies and boba
Totally missed that Cutler’s wife gave hime the ol’ spray bottle
Is that a euphemism for a sex act?
It’s how you keep cats off the counter, but could easily be a furry/light domination thing
So, just as a note, hating blue cheese and similar is actually a genetic thing, just like those poor souls who can’t enjoy cilantro.
So we shouldn’t fight our sad, blue cheese disliking brethren, but rather, pity them for having a deceitful tongue
No, i prefer to criticize their poor life choices
That’s cool too
*slowly hones cheese knife*
Ah, yes, the great terrible green soap.
You are doubly cursed, unfortunate
I’m watching a show called FATE: The Winx Saga. It’s about faeries. Looks like Chad Ochocinco’s dream of Carboat finally became a reality.
One character is named Skye. Another is named Bloom. There’s also a River.
So it’s a modern Midsummer Night’s Dream?
No, it’s definitely not that.
ah, but what if it COULD
I showed this exact video to my niece and her boyfriend and they both asked me what language it was in.
That is awesome. I am still giggling at that.
They subtitle Letterkenny in the US, they would damn well subtitle this. Although, even with subtitles they might not get the Russell Brand joke
Isn’t salad cream a UK thing?
Anyway, I have to say that Japanese snack makers are clearly wizards. I’m working my way through my first Bokksu box and I had a dried strawberry somehow infused with white chocolate and I don’t even know what’s real anymore, but at least it’s a tasty fantasy
I think so. James May did some videos on it.
Fast forward to the 7:30 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytbyFzOt320&t=422s
Fingerprints in the bread! Also, excellent mic (mike?) work with hearing the lettuce
Ready to see Hippo and Litre unite against me? I recently purchased pear and blue cheese ice cream and think it’s fucking tasty.
I choose team BFC!
I’m in too. That’s good stuff.
I will not stand by ye.
Blue Cheese is the devil. I fucking love cheese but get that mouldy shit outta here.
Mrs. Cola is in to that ice cream though.
Blue cheese is the devil.
We’ve had the Cookie Wars. I think you just ignited the Cheese Wars.
My Samoas have not yet shipped and I’m not happy about it.
oh my cats, I just CAN’T EVEN
I don’t know about snacks, but I just made (and devoured a bowlful of) creamy shrimp scampi over linguini. The sauce is rich in shallots and garlic, a little white wine, and a cup of whole cream and a full stick of butter.
It’s my birthday so I don’t care. I’ve lived too long anyway. But I won’t die before I have my cheesecake desert with Tillamook real vanilla ice cream (I also have sugar cones for the latter).
More importantly, can we get links to the snack delivery services you folks are using?
I use Universal Yums and many ethnic grocery stores in my city. I try to mix it up each post. I do have a 2 part MexiSnaxx coming up as Balls sent me a box of stuff a while ago.
The niece and nephew got their Yums! box today and dove right into the Netherlands. Next stop: Romania.
Yep, got mine a couple days ago too!
Mine has shipped but nawt arrived! Rawr!
I get Try The World as a gift from my brother. Link:
https://www.trytheworld.com/pages/snacks
I wonder why the Thai gummy candies are in a bag that is not imprinted in the Thai alphabet.
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That one came in the Snack box for Thailand. The script, I agree, does not look Thai.
Maybe all those Asian alphabets look the same to the folks that put the boxes together?
From New Jersey!
Man, you boldly eat some horrifying shite! Huzzah.
It’s fun! Always on the lookout for the next Colombian Chicken chips or Korean Honey Twists!