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My regional candy product is better than yours

Jun 21, 2017#1

Frank

Jun 21, 2017#2

DarkAudit

Jun 21, 2017#3

MindDetective

Jun 21, 2017#4

Dei

Jun 21, 2017#5

fade

Man, I don't know any regional South Carolina candies. Moon Pies? You can get those all over, though, I think. They are good, but not much different that a large Mallomar.[DOUBLEPOST=1498050371,1498050270][/DOUBLEPOST]Maybe pecan pralines. But everyone has some nut praline thing, so not so sure about this one either.

Jun 21, 2017#6

drawn_inward

We have tarheel toffee here, but it's not that special. Skor is better, IMO.

This is a regional sweets map:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...a_dessert_for_every_state_in_the_country.html

Oklahoma does have a great fried pie place near Davis, OK. It's just a large sweet empanada. Good with ice cream! As for candy, Oklahoma has peanut patties. I've only seen them in OK and TX.

Jun 21, 2017#7

Celt Z

Jun 21, 2017#8

strawman

You may be able to buy fudge in other states, but they'll never be Mackinac Island fudge.

http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-holds-nations-fudge-capital-mackinac-island

Jun 21, 2017#9

fade

drawn_inward said:
This is a regional sweets map:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/...a_dessert_for_every_state_in_the_country.html

I cannot speak for my entire home state, but I have never had coconut cake, nor have I seen it served anywhere. I mean other than the one everyone makes at some point in life for Easter, where the coconut is supposed to be Easter Bunny fur.

Jun 21, 2017#10

Dei

Yeah, it's another list that represents a whole state by a city, then also makes pot candy the regional dessert of Colorado because "hur hur Colorado is full of pot heads" :pud:

Jun 21, 2017#11

Bubble181

Do I need to bother about pointing out abouty a thousand types of waffles, chocolate, and apple syrup?

Jun 21, 2017#12

DarkAudit

stienman said:
You may be able to buy fudge in other states, but they'll never be Mackinac Island fudge.

http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-holds-nations-fudge-capital-mackinac-island

While you're at it, drop a Cherry Republic catalog in their laps. Yum upon yum upon yum.

Jun 21, 2017#13

strawman

We are awash in cherries right now - so delicious!

Jun 21, 2017#14

PatrThom

stienman said:
We are awash in cherries right now - so delicious!

Yes, they're to the point where they're actually being reduced in price to increase throughput before they spoil.

--Patrick

Jun 21, 2017#15

strawman

PatrThom said:
Yes, they're to the point where they're actually being reduced in price to increase throughput before they spoil.

--Patrick

That happened to strawberries earlier this year too. We made strawberry jam almost as fast as our kids could eat it.

Jun 21, 2017#16

PatrThom

stienman said:
That happened to strawberries earlier this year too. We made strawberry jam almost as fast as our kids could eat it.

We had strawberry shortcake for dinner one night. Not dessert, I mean actual dinner.
Also if you want to take your Michiganization of Mackinac Island fudge to the max, you have to make it maple-flavored.

--Patrick

Jun 21, 2017#17

klew

Jun 21, 2017#18

sixpackshaker

It all began in 1932 when B.E. and Mabel Atkinson needed to find a way to keep their family afloat during the Depression. As B.E. said, "during the Depression no one had any money, but everyone had a penny." Candy was an inexpensive indulgence that anyone could afford. They started their candy empire bootstrapping their way to success. Mabel created some of the original recipes for the candies we still make today like Peanut Butter Bars.

Jun 21, 2017#19

Bubble181

stienman said:
almost as fast as our kids could eat it.

Something something big numbers something.

Jun 21, 2017#20

strawman

Bubble181 said:
Something something big numbers something.

Feeding a large family is like trying to lay new track in front of a speeding train.

Jun 21, 2017#21

Bubble181

stienman said:
a large family

Something something understatement something.

Sorry, it's incredibly hot here and my brain's half-melted-down.

Jun 21, 2017#22

Emrys

fade said:
Man, I don't know any regional South Carolina candies. Moon Pies? You can get those all over, though, I think. They are good, but not much different that a large Mallomar.[DOUBLEPOST=1498050371,1498050270][/DOUBLEPOST]Maybe pecan pralines. But everyone has some nut praline thing, so not so sure about this one either.

Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some pralines," they say, "Hell no, I don't like no pralines."? Pralines are delicious! Pralines's may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet!

Jun 21, 2017#23

DarkAudit

stienman said:
Feeding a large family is like trying to lay new track in front of a speeding train.

Some trains don't waste time with such piddling little details like... track.

Jun 21, 2017#24

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
it's incredibly hot here and my brain's half-melted-down.

That'll happen when it's made of chocolate.

--Patrick

Jun 21, 2017#25

strawman

DarkAudit said:
Some trains don't waste time with such piddling little details like... track.

Jun 21, 2017#26

Gared

Nanaimo Bars? What the fuck is a Nanaimo Bar? Oh... it's a Starbucks treat... got it. I forgot (no I didn't) that Starbucks is the state of Washington. Forget these:

Or this:

Or - though they certainly didn't invent the stuff - what about these guys:

Nope, none of that matters. Starbucks sells some weird confection from BC seasonally, so that's the favorite sweet treat of all of Washington state.

Jun 21, 2017#27

Frank

Nanaimo bars are delicious.

Jun 21, 2017#28

Bubble181

Emrys said:
Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some pralines," they say, "Hell no, I don't like no pralines."? Pralines are delicious! Pralines's may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet!

"Belgian chocolate"

Repeat after me:

"Belgian chocolate (possibly infused with an alcoholic liquor or beer)"

Jun 21, 2017#29

sixpackshaker

Fruitcake Bitches!

Jun 21, 2017#30

Frank

Belgian chocolate is fine. It's good.

It's no Coffee Crisp. The world's best confection.

Also, I can buy a 4-pack of them for like 3 bucks.

Jun 21, 2017#31

Emrys

Bubble181 said:
"Belgian chocolate"

Repeat after me:

"Belgian chocolate (possibly infused with an alcoholic liquor or beer)"

Well, I've had pralines but I've never had good Belgian chocolate before. I think you should send me some so I can make a comparison. You know, for science.

Jun 21, 2017#32

Bubble181

Emrys said:
Well, I've had pralines but I've never had good Belgian chocolate before. I think you should send me some so I can make a comparison. You know, for science.

Bribe this year's Secret Santa organiser.

Jun 21, 2017#33

HCGLNS

Frank said:

I had one of these on the way home and it's all (~5%) your fault.

Jun 21, 2017#34

Tress

klew said:

I was going to post this too! So instead I'll go with this...

Jun 21, 2017#35

Emrys

Bubble181 said:
Bribe this year's Secret Santa organiser.

How about if we do a national products swap? You send me Belgian chocolate and I'll send you a beaver.

Jun 21, 2017#36

Gruebeard

What Bubble181 really meant to have said:
Do I need to bother about mailing out abouty a thousand types of waffles, chocolate, and apple syrup?

Yes. Yes you do

Jun 21, 2017#37

HCGLNS

Emrys said:
How about if we do a national products swap? You send me Belgian chocolate and I'll send you a beaver.

Jun 21, 2017#38

Emrys

HCGLNS said:
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The fuck am I looking at?

Jun 21, 2017#39

Gruebeard

Emrys said:
The fuck am I looking at?

I think he taped moccasins onto a tribble.

Jun 21, 2017#40

GasBandit

This reminds me of back when I was in the 6th grade in El Paso. There was a little mexican woman just a couple blocks from my school that the kids would commonly go to to buy mexican candy.

I think I may have told this story before.

Anyway, the candy all the "cool" kids were getting those days was this stuff called "limon." It is still sold today, but back then it was packaged a little different - it came in single shot small plastic pouches about the size of a Sweet'n'Low packet, with branding/iconography clearly meant to infringe on 7-up. Inside was this... granular powder. How the kids "did" a shot of limon was simply to tear the top open, tilt their heads back, upend the open pouch over their mouth and flick the side so it all fell at once.

Being the gringo I was, the closest analog I could think of for this was Fun Dip, which is basically flavored confectionary sugar.

Limon is NOT anything REMOTELY like fun dip. It is basically crushed rock salt, squirted with lemon juice, then let dry and then packaged.

So, here I thought I was getting mexican "fun dip," so I did the usual motion - tear, tip back, flick package - and so basically ~~1500~~ correction: 2000 mg of lemon-soaked salt drops smack dab on the middle of my tongue.

My friends laughed at the face I made for the rest of the year. I've never been able to replicate the look of shock and disgust ever again.[DOUBLEPOST=1498081385,1498081098][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh hey, I found a picture of it. I guess I should have read packaging more clearly back then.

Buzzfeed describes it as "the candy of choice for masochists."

Jun 21, 2017#41

HCGLNS

Emrys said:
The fuck am I looking at?

That is a stuffed Beaver.

Jun 21, 2017#42

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Buzzfeed describes it as "the candy of choice for masochists."

I'm fairly sure that honor is reserved for salmiak.

--Patrick

Jun 21, 2017#43

HCGLNS

Discerning hobos prefer

Jun 21, 2017#44

figmentPez

I may live in Texas, but I was born in Ohio, so I'll post these:

Jun 21, 2017#45

Sparhawk

sixpackshaker said:
It all began in 1932 when B.E. and Mabel Atkinson needed to find a way to keep their family afloat during the Depression. As B.E. said, "during the Depression no one had any money, but everyone had a penny." Candy was an inexpensive indulgence that anyone could afford. They started their candy empire bootstrapping their way to success. Mabel created some of the original recipes for the candies we still make today like Peanut Butter Bars.

I actually know the Atkinsons. Kids went to school together, daughter took dance lessons from one of their daughters, the main plant is less than two miles from my home and I'm not allowed to go in the store very often, I buy too much.

Peanut Butter Bars and Chick-o-Sticks are the greatest things they make.

Jun 21, 2017#46

Emrys

HCGLNS said:
That is a stuffed Beaver.

That is an abomination from beyond the grave. Kill it with fire!

Jun 21, 2017#47

Tress

Bubble181 said:
Bribe this year's Secret Santa organiser.

I accept bribes in the form of cash or money transfers.

Jun 21, 2017#48

fade

Sparhawk said:
I actually know the Atkinsons. Kids went to school together, daughter took dance lessons from one of their daughters, the main plant is less than two miles from my home and I'm not allowed to go in the store very often, I buy too much.

Peanut Butter Bars and Chick-o-Sticks are the greatest things they make.

Didn't realize these were from Texas. We always got lots of these in our Halloween haul.

Jun 22, 2017#49

Squidleybits

Emrys said:
That is an abomination from beyond the grave. Kill it with fire!

I keep throwing this ugly thing away and it ends up in my pantry staring down at me all diseased and freaky and rotting. It's vile.

Someone please come kill it.

Also, all the food pictures are making me hungry! I have no idea how I'm still awake after my treatment and the post gardening-hand washing hives.

Jun 22, 2017#50

Frank

I bought a 4 pack of Coffee Crisps today.

I ate them all.

Jun 22, 2017#51

Bubble181

HCGLNS said:
That is a stuffed Beaver.

When I think of a stuffed beaver, I think of far more interesting things.

Squidleybits said:
I keep throwing this ugly thing away and it ends up in my pantry staring down at me all diseased and freaky and rotting. It's vile.

Someone please come kill it.

So, are you talking about the beaver, or HickGlans, or...?

Jun 22, 2017#52

Squidleybits

Bubble181 said:
When I think of a stuffed beaver, I think of far more interesting things.

So, are you talking about the beaver, or HickGlans, or...?

There are times when the snoring is unbearable, but no, I meant that thing he shared a picture of above. It's horrid. Maybe that picture is why I can't sleep?

Jun 22, 2017#53

General Specific

fade said:
I cannot speak for my entire home state, but I have never had coconut cake, nor have I seen it served anywhere. I mean other than the one everyone makes at some point in life for Easter, where the coconut is supposed to be Easter Bunny fur.

The fuck? I've lived for most of my life in SC and I have never heard of coconut cake. Might be because I hate coconut or possibly because I was raised presbyterian in an area overrun with southern baptists, IDK.

Jun 22, 2017#54

HCGLNS

You guys are mean. Mr. Beaver is a beloved childhood toy my Gramma gave me. It was a very sad day when I said goodbye to him.

Jun 22, 2017#55

jwhouk

Cream Cheese Kringle.

Jun 22, 2017#56

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
When I think of a stuffed beaver, I think of far more interesting things.

Whenever *I* think of stuffed beaver, my mind immediately goes to The Naked Gun.

--Patrick

Jun 22, 2017#57

drawn_inward

GasBandit said:
This reminds me of back when I was in the 6th grade in El Paso. There was a little mexican woman just a couple blocks from my school that the kids would commonly go to to buy mexican candy.

I think I may have told this story before.

Anyway, the candy all the "cool" kids were getting those days was this stuff called "limon."

We had that stuff in S.W. Oklahoma too. The Mexican kids would bring it to school. We all thought it was rad.

Jun 24, 2017#58

figmentPez

jwhouk said:
Cream Cheese Kringle.

I buy a kringle every time Trader Joe's has them when I'm there. They haven't had cream cheese yet, though. (I've had pecan, pumpkin and raspberry).

Jun 24, 2017#59

jwhouk

Use the link. Buy direct from the source.

Sent from my NXA8QC116 using Tapatalk

Jun 24, 2017#60

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
My friends laughed at the face I made for the rest of the year.
Buzzfeed describes it as "the candy of choice for masochists."

You should've seen my face the first time I had this:

Jun 24, 2017#61

Zappit

Hmm...Massachusetts regional candy? Other than saltwater taffy, we've got...sigh...Necco Wafers...

You win. You ALL win.

Seriously, you could make honey candy with the bees themselves in the center, and you still win. However, I bet your candy couldn't be a replacement for highway and parking tokens like these can.

Jun 24, 2017#62

fade

Those are made there but you unfortunately can buy them anywhere. But I guess that's true of most stuff on this list.

Jun 24, 2017#63

HCGLNS

Zappit said:
Hmm...Massachusetts regional candy? Other than saltwater taffy, we've got...sigh...Necco Wafers...

View attachment 24672

You win. You ALL win.

Seriously, you could make honey candy with the bees themselves in the center, and you still win. However, I bet your candy couldn't be a replacement for highway and parking tokens like these can.

Jun 24, 2017#64

PatrThom

HCGLNS said:

There needs to be an easier way for me to buy this series.

--Patrick

Jun 27, 2017#65

figmentPez

Zappit said:
Hmm...Massachusetts regional candy? Other than saltwater taffy, we've got...sigh...Necco Wafers...

View attachment 24672

You win. You ALL win.

Seriously, you could make honey candy with the bees themselves in the center, and you still win. However, I bet your candy couldn't be a replacement for highway and parking tokens like these can.

PvP for 2017-06-27

Jun 27, 2017#66

PatrThom

...and some Werther's.

--Patrick

Jun 27, 2017#67

DarkAudit

Billy West has been going off on Moxie lately...

I found some in Pittsburgh recently (and later in my local Cracker Barrel). It actually wasn't that bad. Kinda like birch beer with a hint of licorice.

Jun 27, 2017#68

figmentPez

I like Moxie. I wish I could find it easier.

Of course, I like licorice soda as well.

Jun 28, 2017#69

DarkAudit

figmentPez said:
I like Moxie. I wish I could find it easier.

Of course, I like licorice soda as well.

Try your local Cracker Barrel. Otherwise it's a mostly New England thing.

Jun 28, 2017#70

GasBandit

figmentPez said:
View attachment 24688
PvP for 2017-06-27

Hah, so Kurtz STILL farms us for ideas, I see.

Jun 28, 2017#71

Zappit

GasBandit said:
Hah, so Kurtz STILL farms us for ideas, I see.

I KNEW it.

Jun 28, 2017#72

DarkAudit

Hack.

Jun 28, 2017#73

Celt Z

I've heard of Moxie, but I've never tried it.

Kinda like birch beer

Ooo! Yum!

...with a hint of licorice.

Jun 28, 2017#74

fade

I hate licorice, but I like moxie.

Jun 28, 2017#75

drawn_inward

GasBandit said:
Hah, so Kurtz STILL farms us for ideas, I see.

Fuck you - it's funny.

Jun 28, 2017#76

blotsfan

Speaking of regional foods: have any of you heard of honey butter as something to dip sweet potato fries in? I was talking with friends and one of them said he thinks it's only around here and I really don't know now.

Jun 28, 2017#77

strawman

blotsfan said:
Speaking of regional foods: have any of you heard of honey butter as something to dip sweet potato fries in? I was talking with friends and one of them said he thinks it's only around here and I really don't know now.

Honey butter is used for a number of things - though I generally associate it with sopaipillas, a fried quick bread which is a treat with honey butter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopaipilla

Can't fry them fast enough for my brood.

I don't know any regional info about either, but my parents did it in Georgia, and I continue to do them occasionally here in michigan.

I think there's a chain buffet restaurant around here that stocks honey butter next to their rolls, which has a southern theme, so if anything I'd guess honey butter is a southern type condiment. Have never seen it prepackaged, though.[DOUBLEPOST=1498660749,1498660598][/DOUBLEPOST]This article suggests that honey was used as a preservative for butter in ocean voyaging days:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/lif...his-delicious-spread-was-born/article4439456/

Jun 28, 2017#78

Gared

blotsfan said:
Speaking of regional foods: have any of you heard of honey butter as something to dip sweet potato fries in? I was talking with friends and one of them said he thinks it's only around here and I really don't know now.

I've heard of honey butter as something to use on baked sweet potatoes, but usually just laugh at people that do it because invariably, they're trying to find a condiment that fits a baked sweet potato the way that sour cream, cheese, butter, etc. fits a baked non-sweet potato - and usually it goes a little something like this:

***Attention Type 2 Diabetics! Do you miss baked russet potatoes since your diagnosis?! Miss them no more! Just have a baked sweet potato with honey butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar! They're awesome! And, while you're at it, have this non-dairy ice cream substitute which is just mashed bananas and peanut butter! It's totally great too! And, you should give up sugar and just drink apple juice all the time! Oh, and since your doctor no doubt told you to increase your vegetable consumption, you should have Waldorf Salads all the time now, and tons of melon and other fruits! It's healthy! Oh, and beer is bad for you now too, so switch to rum! Follow these simple steps and your diabetic life will be over faster than you can blink!^***

^Because you'll be dead.

Jun 28, 2017#79

strawman

I've always preferred brown sugar and butter with my sweet potatoes, maybe a little cinnamon.

Jun 28, 2017#80

PatrThom

I've heard of honey butter as a condiment for plenty of things, but never for sweet potato fries. Around my house the only condiments for sweet potato fries are ketchup or chili salt (1 unit each of chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic powder mixed with 2 units of salt).

--Patrick

Jun 28, 2017#81

GasBandit

I've never heard of honey butter but it sounds like something I need in my face.

Jun 28, 2017#82

fade

If we can use "stuff from your state that's good even though everyone has access to it now", then how about the York peppermint patty? SC's gift to the candy world. Named for York, SC.

Jun 28, 2017#83

papachronos

Hushpuppies with honey butter are practically candy.

I'm going to Sunset Beach, NC in five days, which is next to Calabash, NC - the (self-styled) fried seafood capital of the world, and hushpuppy Mecca as far as I'm concerned. I've already packed my one-size-too-large pants to accommodate the inevitable waistline inflation.

Jun 28, 2017#84

figmentPez

GasBandit said:
I've never heard of honey butter but it sounds like something I need in my face.

You live in Texas, dude!

Jun 28, 2017#85

GasBandit

I dunno what to tell you, I've never seen that bottle in my life. And I DO go to whataburger on occasion

Jun 28, 2017#86

blotsfan

GasBandit said:
I've never heard of honey butter but it sounds like something I need in my face.

If you think honey butter is something you'd like, I guarentee you that you'll like it.

Jun 28, 2017#87

Celt Z

We have honey butter for a number of breakfast-related items around here, but with sweet potato fries is new to me.

Jun 28, 2017#88

blotsfan

Now this is weird to me because I don't think I've ever seen honey butter in any context besides sweet potato fries.

Jun 28, 2017#89

drifter

The only place I can recall seeing honey butter is at a restaurant with the free bread.

Jun 28, 2017#90

fade

Honey butter goes on steakhouse yeast rolls.

Jun 28, 2017#91

figmentPez

And cinnamon butter goes quite well on cornbread.

Jun 28, 2017#92

GasBandit

figmentPez said:
And cinnamon butter goes quite well on cornbread.

Auugh cinnamon butter.... So good.... Mllaughuaghlll....

Jun 28, 2017#93

PatrThom

drifter said:
The only place I can recall seeing honey butter is at a restaurant with the free bread.

Yes, I got it most often at Steak & Ale restaurants. They would serve it with their little dark table loaves.
But it's equally at home on biscuits, cinnamon toast, pancakes, basically any breakfast bread.

--Patrick

Jun 28, 2017#94

Frank

Holy shit, I want some honey butter super bad.

Jun 28, 2017#95

strawman

If you've got honey and butter then you have everything you need to make some.

Jun 29, 2017#96

PatrThom

stienman said:
If you've got honey and butter then you have everything you need to make some.

Oh sure, tell the WORLD, why don'tcha.

--Patrick

Jun 29, 2017#97

strawman

PatrThom said:
Oh sure, tell the WORLD, why don'tcha.

--Patrick

I carefully evaluated every single [recipe] I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of [recipes] that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

-Edward Snowden

Jun 29, 2017#98

Frank

Well, now I just need to find something I really want to put it on.

I have determined the old native classic frybread will be the vessel.

Jun 29, 2017#99

drifter

Fuck you Frank, now I want frybread.

Jun 29, 2017#100

PatrThom

drifter said:
Fuck you Frank, now I want frybread.

You're an adult! Make some!

--Patrick

Jun 29, 2017#101

Frank

I practice what I preach!

Also, these too, but I think you guys have access to these in the US now too.

Jun 30, 2017#102

DarkAudit

Frank said:
I practice what I preach!
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Also, these too, but I think you guys have access to these in the US now too.

View attachment 24704

We have All Dressed Ruffles, but reports from the field suggest they still pale in comparison to their northern cousin.

Jun 30, 2017#103

PatrThom

I think they're called "Loaded Baked Potato" here in the States.

--Patrick

Jun 30, 2017#104

Frank

PatrThom said:
I think they're called "Loaded Baked Potato" here in the States.

--Patrick

We have loaded baked potato flavour too and it's definitely not the same. All Dressed is like a mix of salt n vinegar, onion and BBQ.

Jun 30, 2017#105

DarkAudit

PatrThom said:
I think they're called "Loaded Baked Potato" here in the States.

--Patrick

No, they're called All Dressed. They pop up here from time to time.

In various taste test videos on YouTube, folks routinely give the Canadian version higher marks. Even looking at them, you can tell the original has more flavoring on the chips.

Jun 30, 2017#106

Frank

And here's what Tim Horton's is doing for Canada's 150th.

Taking their disgusting microwaved potato wedges and putting them with some what's likely not real cheese curds with shitty gravy on a crappy donut.

Gross.

Tim Horton's sucks.

Jun 30, 2017#107

PatrThom

You'd still eat one, wouldn't you.

--Patrick

Jun 30, 2017#108

DarkAudit

Frank said:
And here's what Tim Horton's is doing for Canada's 150th.

Taking their disgusting microwaved potato wedges and putting them with some what's likely not real cheese curds with shitty gravy on a crappy donut.

Gross.

Tim Horton's sucks.

Only available in the US, and then only in five specific locations.

If the car is sufficiently repaired by Saturday, I should take a drive to Columbus and get one of these out of spite. :troll:

Jun 30, 2017#109

PatrThom

Nope. I already got burned by the Arby's venison one, where they ran out 12 minutes after they opened for business even though they supposedly had enough for 3 days.

--Patrick

Jun 30, 2017#110

DarkAudit

PatrThom said:
Nope. I already got burned by the Arby's venison one, where they ran out 12 minutes after they opened for business even though they supposedly had enough for 3 days.

--Patrick

Three of the five stores are in NY. Just the one in Michigan. So your chances were already pretty low.

Jun 30, 2017#111

PatrThom

It's only 150min away. I already drive 2/3 of that back and forth to work every day. Easily within striking distance.

--Patrick

Jun 30, 2017#112

Frank

DarkAudit said:
Only available in the US, and then only in five specific locations.

If the car is sufficiently repaired by Saturday, I should take a drive to Columbus and get one of these out of spite.

Don't do it. Seriously. Their potato wedges are even viler than their coffee.

Jun 30, 2017#113

DarkAudit

Frank said:
Don't do it. Seriously. Their potato wedges are even viler than their coffee.

I'd only do it to rile up Jay, anyway.

I'd wager he's gonna find a whole new category of f-bombs to react to this news. :popcorn:

Jun 30, 2017#114

Gared

Frank said:
And here's what Tim Horton's is doing for Canada's 150th.

Taking their disgusting microwaved potato wedges and putting them with some what's likely not real cheese curds with shitty gravy on a crappy donut.

Gross.

Tim Horton's sucks.

My only question is - would Tim Horton's have done something this disgusting before they were bought out by Burger King? Because that looks nasty... kinda like Cheetos flavored chicken fries. Or any chicken fries, come to think of it.

Jun 30, 2017#115

blotsfan

Two of those are by me. I could use a bit of self-loathing...

Jun 30, 2017#116

Denbrought

These are my favorite potato chips, with every brand's salt&vinegar a distant second.

Jun 30, 2017#117

Gruebeard

Denbrought said:
These are my favorite potato chips, with every brand's salt&vinegar a distant second.

I'm a fan of their BBQ.

And the Doritos Jalepeño and Cheddar.

Jun 30, 2017#118

PatrThom

Denbrought said:
These are my favorite potato chips, with every brand's salt&vinegar a distant second.

I've never seen these, but now I wonder how they are different from bacon flavor.

--Patrick

Jun 30, 2017#119

jwhouk

I vaguely remember steak-flavored Lay's chips at one point.

Jun 30, 2017#120

Denbrought

PatrThom said:
I've never seen these, but now I wonder how they are different from bacon flavor.

--Patrick

Bacon and spanish cured ham don't taste alike, in my opinion. I would recommend trying the stuff, if you haven't.

Jun 30, 2017#121

PatrThom

Denbrought said:
Bacon and spanish cured ham don't taste alike, in my opinion. I would recommend trying the stuff, if you haven't.

I know they don't, but I don't expect Frit0-Lay's chip flavor toolbox to accurately replicate the subtleties between two actual foods.

--Patrick

Jul 1, 2017#122

Gruebeard

jwhouk said:
I vaguely remember steak-flavored Lay's chips at one point.

Ruffles did that last year, I think. I thought they tasted weird.

Jul 1, 2017#123

Denbrought

PatrThom said:
I know they don't, but I don't expect Frit0-Lay's chip flavor toolbox to accurately replicate the subtleties between two actual foods.

--Patrick

If I can find the bacon flavor in Spain this coming Christmas, I'll try both side by side.

Oct 13, 2017#124

DarkAudit

Arby's bringing venison sandwiches back nationwide next Saturday. And now with ELK in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.

Oct 13, 2017#125

PatrThom

DarkAudit said:
Arby's bringing venison sandwiches back nationwide next Saturday. And now with ELK in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.

I wondered if they were going to.

--Patrick

Oct 15, 2017#126

WasabiPoptart

We have mochi - sweet glutinous rice flour mixed with coconut milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and food coloring. You can add flavoring, too, if you like.

Li Hing Mui - sour dried plum coated in a sour, salty, licorice, tiny bit sweet powder called li hing. I like the white ones more. Extra salty, sour. You can also just buy the powder. They sell other sweet candies with the powder on it, like gummy bears and rainbow belts.

Oct 15, 2017#127

Dei

DarkAudit said:
Arby's bringing venison sandwiches back nationwide next Saturday. And now with ELK in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.

Hah, the Colorado one is 15 minutes from me.

Oct 16, 2017#128

Cog

Dulces Manabitas.

Oct 22, 2017#129

DarkAudit

Brad gives it a try...

@Dei, did you try to get the elk sammich?

Oct 22, 2017#130

Dei

Too busy and not interested enough.

Oct 22, 2017#131

Gruebeard

Dei said:
Too busy and not interested enough.

Aye. Every time I try one these exotic meats, I'm reminded of why we domesticated steak..

Oct 22, 2017#132

WasabiPoptart

I love venison, but I think I want my mom to make it instead of Arby's.

Oct 22, 2017#133

Tinwhistler

About half the time I make hamburger helper, I use the ground buffalo that I can get at the grocery store these days. They had ground elk in 1lb packs last month, and I made hamburger helper out of that too. Everyone thought it was the best hamburger helper I'd ever made. :lol:

It may be sacrilegious to use exotic meats in hamburger helper, but I don't really know much of what to do with ground beef except that, tacos or burgers. And I do want to encourage grocers to continue to offer more meat options. I'll flip the day I can get some good rabbit at the grocery store.

Oct 22, 2017#134

DarkAudit

Tinwhistler said:
It may be sacrilegious to use exotic meats in hamburger helper, but I don't really know much of what to do with ground beef except that, tacos or burgers.

I add an onion, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, tomato paste, and tomato sauce to 2lbs ground beef to make an awesome spaghetti sauce/hot dog chili.

Oct 22, 2017#135

GasBandit

Venison makes tasty sausage.

Oct 22, 2017#136

Tinwhistler

DarkAudit said:
I add an onion, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, tomato paste, and tomato sauce to 2lbs ground beef to make an awesome spaghetti sauce/hot dog chili.

I used to make my own spaghetti sauce with it too. But spaghetti's off the menu. I really shouldn't even be having hamburger helper. But it's better for me than spaghetti.

Oct 22, 2017#137

DarkAudit

Tinwhistler said:
I used to make my own spaghetti sauce with it too. But spaghetti's off the menu. I really shouldn't even be having hamburger helper. But it's better for me than spaghetti.

So it's good that this sauce can also double as hot dog chili. My mom would even use it to make herself a taco salad.

Oct 22, 2017#138

WasabiPoptart

It makes me laugh that you all keep calling venison "exotic meat". We had deer in our backyard when I was growing up. Shoot it and cook it up!

Oct 23, 2017#139

DarkAudit

WasabiPoptart said:
It makes me laugh that you all keep calling venison "exotic meat". We had deer in our backyard when I was growing up. Shoot it and cook it up!

Might be exotic in the not finding it on your local fast food place's menu most days sense, but around here the first day of gun deer season is a de facto state holiday (archery season not quite so much). They used to call it "Out of School Environment Day."

Oct 23, 2017#140

Emrys

"Bumbi's mom! She's..." :cry:

Oct 23, 2017#141

blotsfan

Emrys said:
"Bumbi's mom! She's..."

She's delicious!

Oct 23, 2017#142

Tinwhistler

WasabiPoptart said:
It makes me laugh that you all keep calling venison "exotic meat". We had deer in our backyard when I was growing up. Shoot it and cook it up!

We get deer in our yard too. I only call it "exotic" because you can't get it at the grocery store, usually.

Oct 23, 2017#143

Bubble181

Tinwhistler said:
We get deer in our yard too. I only call it "exotic" because you can't get it at the grocery store, usually.

There's plenty of flies and cockroaches and whathaveyou around here, too, but eating them I'd classify as kind of exotic, too. Heck, plenty of dogs here ,but they'd definitely raise some eyebrows if they were suddenly in between the mutton and the veal i nthe supermarket

Nov 19, 2017#144

Frank

These just came out in my neck of the woods. These might be my favourite flavour of chips ever. If Lays doesn't keep selling them, I will be very cross.

They're a cross between mild ketchupy tomato flavour and sour cream and onion with a bit of added smokiness of the bacon taste.

Dec 4, 2017#145

HCGLNS

Fuck you @Frank I'm eating an Oh Henry bar.

Dec 4, 2017#146

Gruebeard

Oh my!

Dec 4, 2017#147

Frank

HCGLNS said:
Fuck you @Frank I'm eating an Oh Henry bar.

It's ok to like bland, crappy chocolate bars.

Enjoy your 263 empty, flavourless calories.

Dec 4, 2017#148

PatrThom

I just brought a 4# milk chocolate bar into work.
It’s not being eaten as fast as I had hoped.
I might have to truck 2# of chocolate back home again.

—Patrick

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