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Skriven 2006-08-18 01:24:08 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Sacerdote
Ärende: Re: Picnic Tastes pt. 2
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 -=> On 08-16-06  22:36,  Dave Sacerdote <=-
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 DSac> Continuing to comment Michael's convenient list...
 
 ML> Chip tasting
 ML> Archer Farms (Target house brand)
 
 ML> Traditional - a decent full-fat chip, nothing special

 DSac> I found them good but pretty much interchangeable with any other
 DSac> "kettle cooked" chip variety.
 
  I agree.  I like the reduced fat Cape Cod better.

 ML> Buffalo wing 

 DSac> Interestingly chickeny but not enough vinegar tang to approximate
 DSac> "real" wings and not spicy at all.

  These were a disappointment to me.  We had not had them, nor would I
  buy them again.
 
 ML> Black pepper and sea salt 

 DSac> Pepper was good, "sea" salt was pointless; as if anyone could tell
 DSac> the difference on a chip. That's just pretentious nonsense.
 
  I agree about the "sea" salt comment.   I'm not sure that these or the
  salt and vinegar chips taste any more salty than ordinary chips --
  which are often heavy on the salt.   The pepper flavor is quite good
  to me, and this might be one of our favorites.  It is certainly one we
  have bought before and will again.


 ML> Jalapeno Cheddar

 DSac> Not very much heat, a little cheesiness.  Not a trace of jalapeno
 DSac> grassiness (is that a plus or a minus? [g])

  To me, these had very little cheese flavor and the heat was more akin
  to the black pepper than to what I would expect of jalapeno.
 
 ML> Salt and vinegar

 DSac> Salt and chemical acidity.  Why can't they make these taste like
 DSac> malt vinegar instead of just "sour"?

  I like salt and vinegar chips.  Gail detests them.
 
 ML> Cape Cod
 
 ML> 40% reduced fat 

 DSac> I can't tell the difference between these and regular full-fat
 DSac> Cape Cod chips, except that the full-fat ones sometimes have a kind
 DSac> of naff old-oil taste.

  These have been one of our standards for quite some time, when we can
  find them in the huge bag at BJ's or Sam's.  The warehouse sized bag
  is hardly any more expensive than the large bag at the supermarket and
  is twice as big.
 
 ML> Jalapeno and aged cheddar

 DSac> Reminded me of nacho cheese chips.  Better jalapeno flavor and
 DSac> spiciness than the Archer Farms ones.
 
  These were from Cape Cod.   First time we've seen them.   I definitely
  liked them better than the Archer Farm jalapeno.

 ML> Tarragon soda from the Russian store

 DSac> Tarkhun.  Blogged here: http://tinyurl.com/nydge

  Very good.
 
 ML> Choxie chocolate-coated cherries 

 DSac> Deep inside is a wonderful dried bing cherry.  Unfortunately, to
 DSac> get there one has to gnaw through a waxy artifical coating that
 DSac> is kind of like the outside of a Raisinet if the the Raisinet had
 DSac> extra paraffin and no chocolate.

  I enjoyed.  When we stopped at Target to get the chips, they had a
  variety of similar things from the same brand.   Almost got a
  chocolate raspberry one, but decided the chips were enough this time.
 
                               Dale Shipp
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