#Flavored Chips Review

[bluepoodle7]

#Pringles #PringlesHotHoney #FlavoredChips #FlavoredChipsReview

This is part 2 of the Pringles Hot Honey Chips and these are the rest of the images.

Part 1

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[manulys]

Cinnamon Spice Drop Cookies Fabulous spice flavor coupled with smooth cinnamon chips are the perfect compliment to the satiny texture. They elicit RAVE reviews by all who sample them!

[leonardlikesthissite]

This Saturday Leonard is reviewing salt and vinegar Let's chips! I've had these before, and we'll see!

Oh they're good! I like the flavor, I like the crunch!

Salt and vinegar Let's chips are good, and they're a buy!

[nevermorgue]

Okay but what about modern Amnabel's group food preferences?

cracks knuckles. Alright, let’s get into it.

Annabel Lee - complicated. Annabel likes to have the upper hand in every situation, even in casual afternoon lunch outings. She will adapt to almost anything put in front of her. For example, if she goes to someone’s house and they serve tea and scones, she will claim that they are her favorite. Are they? Who knows. She will play it as if whatever is given is something she enjoys immensely, creating the illusion that the world seems to cater to her- that she got lucky that it was her favorite meal. She does this ALL. THE. TIME. “Oh, they are serving pie. That is one of my favorites.” No it is not. She is just making it seem like it is to create the look that “Wow, how lucky for her. The world seems to love her- they’re serving her favorite food!” You get it? She says it’s her favorite for convenience sake. This is why Prospero brings her so many varied pastries when he can. He’s trying to figure out what she actually likes.

As for what she actually likes: She has a pretty varied palette. She does prefer food that is considered more “common” as it tends to have more flavor, and she absolutely loves American food far more than what she had at home. Is the type of person to eat popcorn one piece at a time, but then resorts to shoving 4-5 pieces in her mouth when she’s invested in whatever she’s doing.

Keeps up appearances by ordering what is expected of her. Teas, light foods with small portions.

- packs snacks throughout her school day like grapes or small cheese cubes. Dainty, barely filling little things.

- She loves spicy foods. Hot curries, salsas, she loooves the burn.

Ada - Also keeps up appearances, but obviously not the same way Annabel does. She will pretend to only like more expensive things, but she honestly thinks such things are too bland. She’s a southern girl used to flavor and savory dishes.

- LOVES cheap frozen dinners. She would rather die than admit this of course. Like think those frozen mac and cheeses you put in the microwave.

- She can and will force herself to eat something she doesn’t like, especially if Annabel/Prospero is eating it.

- Hates squid. Calamari? Yuck.

- She likes to comment on things she eats like she’s doing a shitty food review on Youtube. The only person that listens is Will, but you can’t really tell that he’s even paying attention.

- Loves celery

Prospero - This man has a sweet tooth, but he knows how to keep it tamed. He has a very balanced diet and makes sure to make every lunch or breakfast filling enough to last him through morning classes.

- Salad man. He will put so much shit into a salad. He’ll make days worth of salad and sometimes he and Annabel will just eat the whole thing in between classes.

- His favorite dressing is balsamic vinaigrette.

- Very rarely eats fried foods. Corn dogs are cool and he’s more likely to eat one of those rather than something else fried

- For snacking he always gets the things that are called “thins” or “light”, and he is very strict when it comes to the “no eating three hours before sleeping” rule.

- This man hates cashews

- I HC prospero as a mama’s boy idk i get the vibe. He grew up having homemade pasta and refuses to eat it if the restaurant isn’t like locally Italian.

Montresor - Big on steak. Big on potatoes. Big on veggies when they’re roasted or oven baked or anything where they’re mixed up and peppered and cooked. Dude will eat a raw carrot for fun though

- crunches loudly on chips. he does it on purpose.

- has a surprisingly shitty spice tolerance. It’s not BAD, but his face will get red and he tries to play it off.

- Likes messy finger foods like ribs

- Licorice kind of guy. specifically red.

- Prefers green apples over red ones

- really likes blue cheese, especially for his wings

- cannot STAND marzipan anything

Will - Peaches peaches peaches peaches pea-

- Prefers simpler foods. Basic ham and cheese sandwiches, a bag of chips…normal and boring.

- gets overwhelmed when served anything more complicated than what you’d get at an Applebees. He doesn’t really think he nor his body are suited to eat such things. They’re TOO delicious and he isn’t worth it.

- He loves cheesecake brownies. He’s literally only had them twice in his life but he would go insane if he ever saw any for sale anywhere

- The drinks he gets at coffee shops are considered “girly” to Montresor, so he only buys them when he’s alone. Like fruity refreshers and stuff.

- He would like a lot more food if he actively attempted to try new things, he just has no desire to treat himself.

- eats wheat thins for fun

- Only eats 1 singular fruit for breakfast or just skips it all together.

- would probably start crying if he ate a soup. it’s warm and filling and it makes him feel like a waste of space. the warmth settling in his stomach reminds him that he’s real and he hates it.

[stars-n-spice]

Bad Batch Food Headcanons:

Was having the meal of champions (soju, galbi, and buldak) and it got me thinking,,

So have this collection of random food headcanons:

Crosshair insists he can handle spicy food but he cannot. He's eating hot cheetos and he's fucking crying

Wrecker had to build up a tolerance for spice - he fucking LOVES spicy food ("It's like an explosion in my mouth!!") but couldn't handle it at first. Now he can handle buldak with half of the spice packet!

Hunter and Tech can handle their spice decently but Echo isn't too fond of spicy foods.

Like Wrecker, Omega built up a tolerance to spice, but also like Crosshair she's sensitive to it and will insist that she can handle her spice

Echo is a picky eater. That's like canon. He doesn't care that he's a grown man, he's ordering mac-n-cheese at the fancy restaurant. Deal with it.

Tech is another picky eater but he thrives off instant stuff like ramen or snacks like chips. Man can plow through a whole Costco-sized bag of tortilla chips in one sitting without realizing it.

Hunter has a stomach of steel, he'll eat anything and everything. It's only a matter of REMEMBERING to fucking eat. He'll stand up, nearly faint, then go, "What the hell?" and it's because he hasn't eaten since fucking yesterday.

No Crosshair, an ice coffee is NOT a suitable breakfast. How many times do we have to tell you? And aren't you fucking lactose intolerant???

Oh they love their dinosaur chicken nuggets though - especially Omega and Wrecker. They'll dunk them in ketchup and create a whole murder crime scene.

Omega LOVES soup. Any and all kinds! I think she'd really enjoy udon or 냉면 the most though. The slurp-ier the better!

I feel like Tech is a curry enjoyer. Indian curry, Thai curry, Japanese curry - he loves it all.

Rip Crosshair you would've loved flavored soju 😔

Rip Wrecker you would've loved Korean BBQ and all you can eat sushi

I don't think Hunter likes cold foods. His teeth are sensitive and they hurt when he eats cold stuff like ice cream (no I'm not projecting)

Crosshair likes mint ice cream. Echo likes rocky road. Wrecker enjoys strawberry or sherbert. Omega likes cookie dough. Tech likes caramel or coffee.

Ice cream is like the only kind of "dessert" that Crosshair likes (despite being lactose intolerant) - he doesn't really have a sweet tooth

WAIT CROSSHAIR WHEN I TELL YOU ABOUT BINGSU!!!

SPAM. SPAM. SPAM. Shut up they WOULD eat spam and idc what people say I fucking LOVE spam. Spam is the love of my life, they could never make me hate spam. I used to write parody love songs about spam as a kid. They would enjoy breakfasts of spam, rice, and eggs.

They'd devour the shit out of Mexican food. Like CMON-

Feel like Omega would like fiedo. And Echo too

Wrecker thinks breakfast burritos are godsend - he absolutely loves papas and chorizo

Y'know what would be funny? Echo being a picky eater yet LOVEING Mole. It's not for everyone (I personally like it) but he thinks it's good

Omega has a boba addiction. She has ro have it every week. Her favorites are Taro, Strawberry Matcha, and Honey Milk Tea

Only Hunter and Wrecker like boba; Echo, Crosshair, and Tech find the texture funny but they enjoy the drinks

I feel like Echo is a big bread eater. My sister reminds me a LOT of Echo and she absolutely ADORES bread (she's also a picky eater) - catch him at 85° or Paris Baguette

Hunter would love Soul Food and he also can work a grill

Rip Echo you would’ve loved soba and you would've loved 맥주

Tech actually secretly (not so secretly) has a sweet tooth - he really likes muffins and pies specifically

Omega and Wrecker record "Food Review" videos together

I have,, so many more ideas and whatnot but I'm leaving it here-

Ugh I just,,, I have so many foods I'd love to introduce them too-

[theminecraftbee]

so, first, accountability statement: I plan on trying to finish the “zedaph steals a baby” fic by the end of the month and god is that one-line summary no longer accurate but we’re sticking to it, said here publicly so now I have to do it. obviously I also have recursive exchange and the writing I have for hotguy comics zine, but I am not SUPER worried about either of those time/inspiration-wise at the moment and also for Reasons I know it won’t be long until I have more free writing time after that, SO.

various items that are on my potential writing docket, I am curious which of these appeal most:

I dust off the supervillain support group au. two ways this could go: I chip away at the second arc of my original outline and acknowledge this will be like a 300k fic I’m not ready to feel “done” with or “ready to post” with for ages, or I re-work it into something a little more doable and less ambitious keeping the same premise (ren runs a support group for supervillains, doc pov as he starts to heal and redeem himself). this MAY honestly be a target for “if I don’t hate the first 50k on re-reading it and I can actually make my brain write the second arc, do a slower release schedule and then start releasing chapters before I’m done writing”? but this ALSO runs the risk of “I stopped writing it, which is often a sign I was having trouble writing it”.

pearl monster au, which has been cooking in my head for a long while. the basic premise is “one day, pearl, with no memory of how or why this happened, wakes up in a facility as a monster and must try to figure out how she got there, escape, and find her way home, even knowing she may be irrevocably changed”. now with bonus season 10 fish flavor to add to this creature design I’ve been iterating on in my head for forever! this one is ALSO an experiment for me in “can I write a fic where I can’t write dialogue for basically the entire first act”, which would be interesting to see from me, you know?

the related “bigb folklore au”, where after secret life bigb is woken up by Cat and Dog by the tracks of the King Snake, which bigb can recognize as the railroad track, and decides to journey down the railroad to see if he can figure out what the fuck is going on. I need to do video review of life series bigb for this one. this is my excuse to get Weird and Metaphorical and also assign everyone to various animals for no reason, along with using some very specific aesthetic I have wanted to use for some worldbuilding but hadn’t gotten around to yet in any of my stuff. man walks through the desert with animal, confronts train that might be the watchers, might be death, and might just be a train. also, realizes that “confront” is the operative word there and has to deal with that. you know how it is.

““office au””, in air quotes because it’s not REALLY what anyone going to an office au is looking for so much as an excuse to write weird horror. iskall, normal-ish software developer man in a boring office job who does game jams in his free time, goes to work one day to work in his boring downtown office on a payment system for a client. and then things, uh, Take A Turn. this would be a LITTLE me going “what if I wrote an au with a guy who works in tech but like, the boring side of tech I’m in. like, banks and consulting and manufacturing and shit. where you sit in meetings all day and tweak java 8 code even though that language is ten years out of date. but THEN. something exciting happens in the worst way possible.” I’m doing to iskall what I did to mumbo stuffed bird is what I’m saying. it’d be fun.

DO ANY OF THESE PARTICULARLY INTEREST ANYONE. your input will be valued. like 50% chance i get hit with a strong bolt of inspiration then IGNORE that input but it’ll be valued all the same,

[techav]

As I've mentioned before, the ultimate goal for my 68030 homebrew systems is to run a proper multi-user operating system. Some flavor of System V or BSD or Linux. I am not there yet. There is still so much I need to learn about programming in general and the intricacies of bringing up one of those systems, plus my hardware does not yet have the ability to support multiple users.

I've toyed with several ideas as to how to get the hardware to support multiple users, but ultimately decided to leverage what I have already. I have a fully-functional modular card-based system. I can easily build new cards to add the functionally I need. And to make development and debugging easier, I can make each card simple, dedicated to a single function.

The catch is I've already run into some stability issues putting everything on the main CPU bus. So what I really need is some kind of buffered peripheral bus I can use for developing the new I/O cards I'll need.

So that's where I started — a new 8-bit I/O bus card that properly buffers the data and address signals, breaks out some handy I/O select signals, and generates the appropriate bus cycle acknowledge signal with selectable wait states.

It wasn't without its problems of course. I made a few mistakes with the wait state generator and had to bodge a few signals.

With my new expansion bus apparently working I could set out on what I had really come here for — a quad serial port card.

I have it in my head that I would really like to run up to eight user terminals on this system. Two of these cards would get me to that point, but four is a good place to start.

I forgot to include the necessary UART clock in the schematic before laying out the board, so I had to deadbug one. I'm on a roll already with this project, I can tell.

So I get it all wired up, I fire up BASIC, attach a terminal to the first serial port, and get to testing.

Nothing comes across.

Step-by-step with the oscilloscope and logic analyzer, I verify my I/O select from the expansion bus card is working, the I/O block select on the UART card is working, the individual UART selects are working. I can even see the transmitted serial data coming out of the UART chip and through the RS-232 level shifter.

But nothing is showing up in the terminal.

I've got the terminal set for 9600bps, I've got my UART configured for 9600bps, but nothing comes across.

I did note something strange on the oscilloscope though. I could fairly easily lock onto the signal coming out of my new serial card, but the received data from the terminal wasn't showing up right. The received data just seemed so much faster than it should be.

Or maybe my card was slower than it should be.

Looking at the time division markings on the oscilloscope, it looked like each bit transmitted was around ... 1.25ms. Huh. 9600bps should be more like 0.1ms. This looks something more like 800bps.

I set the terminal for 800bps and got something, but it wasn't anything coherent, it was just garbage. I wrote a quick BASIC program to sweep through the UART baud rate generator's clock divider setting and output a string of number 5 for each setting until I got a string of 5s displaying on the terminal.

So then I tried sending "HELLORLD".

I got back "IEMMOSME".

No matter what I changed, I couldn't get anything more coherent than that. It was at least the right number of characters, and some of them were even right. It's just that some of them were ... off ... by one.

A quick review of the ASCII chart confirmed the problem.

'H' is hex 0x48, but 'I' is 0x49. 'E' is 0x45, but was coming across correctly.

... I have a stuck bit.

The lowest-order bit on my expansion bus is stuck high. That's why I wasn't seeing any coherent data on the terminal, and it also explains why I had to go hunting for a non-standard baud rate. The baud rate generator uses a 16-bit divisor to divide the input clock to the baud rate. When I tried to set the divisor to 0x0018 for 9600bps, it was getting set to 0x0118 — a difference of 256.

Another quick BASIC program to output the ASCII chart confirmed this was indeed the problem.

Each printed character was doubled, and every other one was missing.

That sounds like it could be a solder bridge. The UART chip has its D0 pin right beside a power input pin. A quick probe with the multimeter ruled that out.

Perhaps the oscilloscope would provide some insight.

The oscilloscope just raised more questions.

Not just D0, but actually several data bus pins would immediately shoot up to +5V as soon as the expansion bus card was selected. As far as the scope was concerned, it was an immediate transition from low to high (it looked no different even at the smallest timescale my scope can handle). If the UART was latching its input data within the first third of that waveform then it certainly could have seen a logic 1, but it doesn't make sense why only the one data pin would be reading high.

I thought maybe it could just be a bad bus transceiver. The 74HCT245 I had installed was old and a little slow for the job anyway, so I swapped it out for a newer & much faster 74ACT245.

And nothing changed.

It's possible the problem could be related to the expansion bus being left floating between accesses. I tacked on a resistor network to pull the bus down to ground when not active.

And nothing changed.

Well ... almost nothing.

This was right about the time that I noticed that while I was still getting the odd waveform on the scope, the output from the terminal was correct. It was no longer acting like I had a stuck bit and I was getting every letter.

Until I removed the scope probe.

Too much stray capacitance, maybe? That waveform does certainly look like a capacitor discharge curve.

I had used a ribbon cable I had laying around to for my expansion bus. It was long enough to support a few cards, but certainly not excessively so (not for these speeds at least). It was worth trying though. I swapped out the ribbon cable for one that was just barely long enough to connect the two cars.

And finally it worked.

Not only was I able to print the entire ASCII set, I could program the baud rate generator to any value I wanted and it worked as expected.

That was a weird one, and I'm still not sure what exactly happened. But I'm glad to have it working now. With my hardware confirmed working I can focus on software for it.

I've started writing a crude multi-user operating system of sorts. It's just enough to support cooperative multitasking for multiple terminals running BASIC simultaneously. It may not be System V or BSD or Linux, but I still think it would be pretty darn cool to have a line of terminals all wired up to this one machine, each running their own instance of BASIC.

[leighlew3]

Want to know how it feels to be a writer in Hollywood?

Picture yourself working at an ice cream shop.

Customer: “Ohhh all of these look amazing, but that one in particular -- that looks so good, I'd love to try this 'rocky road' flavor.”

Worker: “Fantastic! Coming right up! Oh, you’re aware there’s nuts in it, correct? Just making sure, in case of allergies.”

“Yeah. I know what I want. Please give me rocky road.”

“Sure, no problem. :) Here ya go! Even gave ya a little extra, on the house!”

“Ew why is there nuts in this? It’s too crunchy for my mouth and I shouldn't be eating nuts anyway. I don’t want this.”

“Oh, I’m- I'm sorry… that’s… um, okay, well is there something else you’d like to try?”

“What do you suggest?”

“The mint chocolate chip is really popular.”

“Seen it too many times.”

"But have you tried it?"

"No, but I've seen it enough to know that's not what I want."

“Okie dokie. Though I will say we do something different with ours, we also add in-”

“Wait, hold on -- *lowers phone* -- I was just talking to a friend of mine, he's never even had ice cream, but he had this brilliant idea: what if we take the rocky road ice cream and mix the mint chocolate chip INTO it?”

“Oh, I— I'm sorry, just to understand, you just said you didn’t like nuts from rocky road and had no interest in the mint chocolate chip, but now you'd like both -- just, combined?"

"Yes, and I'm very excited about it!"

"K, I'll get to work on that for ya. Just a note, I'm not sure these two flavor profiles will work super great together, but hey -- it can't hurt to try."

“Exactly. It’s called development of flavors. Sometimes you have to figure out what you don’t like, duh.”

“Right. And we did. But now you want two things you didn’t want? I'm just trying to understand-”

“Yes, obviously, because together, it’s never been done.”

“Okie dokie. Not a problem!"

“And, can you do this fast? We need to leave soon.”

“Gotcha. Here you go!”

“Oh, this is gross. This doesn't work well together. Why the heck would you combine this? The flavors don't work well together.”

“Oh, I — I'm so sorry, but you wanted them combined."

"I mean it was a collaborative effort."

"Um, not really, you didn't even listen when I- you know what? It's all good. We're adaptable here and always happy to serve! Can I offer you something else! Sherbet, perhaps?"

“Is that like, fruity?"

"Yeah, we have orange or mango, I love the mango personally."

"Hmm. Maybe I'll try the orange. Actually, you know what? I don't know anymore, I don't know. I think I’ll come back in six months and tell you want I want.”

“Wait, s- sorry- six months?”

“I’m very busy. I have to go to four other ice cream shops just this week.”

“Oh... ok...”

“In the meantime can I get a free sample of the mango sherbet?”

“Oh, so you do you want sherbet! Sure, be happy to get that for ya!”

"Please put it in the large ice cream cone and with double scoops."

"Oh... that's... sorry that's no longer a sample. You'd have to pay for that much..."

"Haha. Sure. I mean, you're lucky I'm even standing here. Most people would kill for my presence in their shop."

"...you know what? That's fine. Here you go, have a good day, and I hope you leave us a positive review!"

“I don't do reviews. And oh, this tastes weird... this is way different from ice cream. It's very fruit forward.”

“Yes, because it’s sherbet.”

"Yeah, I know the difference."

"But you just said... nevermind. Can I help you with anything else?"

“No. And, thanks, I guess. Really would have preferred ice cream. Maybe something chocolate like rocky road or mint chocolate chip, you know?”

"?!?!!?"

End scene.

[waokevale]

@the-valiant-valkyrie 's DST teas review (VERY LATE)

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WX-78 Blend

By itself, it smells very herbal, the lemon aroma is very distinguishable and pleasant. I added about a teaspoon or so, and brewed it for the recommended time on the page. At first it tastes somewhat like chamomile, then, I added sugar and lemon juice and it started taking on a more homey vibe. The lemon certainly brought out the distinct black tea flavor + strengthened the natural lemon flavoring.

Update: made it a second time, this time added two and a half teaspoons of sugar, 2 slices of lemon and a touch of lemon zest (for about 3/4 of the 400ml mug filled.) It was AMAZING, very pleasant flavor, lightly sour and sweet, brings back memories, legit became one of my favorite teas, I'd definitely buy a bigger bag at some point in the future if it'd still be available.

All in all I would highly recommend it, If you're fond of relaxing teas such as this one.

First impression: 6/10

Current impression: 8.5/10

(forgive my shitty phone lighting)

Walani Blend

Upon first smelling it, it's very fruity and exotic, that smells only intensifies upon brewing.

Quite sour by itself, adding a tad of sugar (about 2 and a half teaspoons per half a 400ml mug for me, again) then it's just a right mix of sweet and sour, the flavor somewhat reminds me of raspberry. You can pick out the orange and mango if you feel for it, but they're not that intense. The coconut and apple are the most pronounced in the aftertaste.

(Overall, very enjoyable, especially on mornings and late nights 6.5/10)

Lunar Blend

The coconut gives it a very nutty feel, with the added scent of flowers.

When brewed, dull and slightly bitter without any add-ons, although the coconut and chocolate chips are especially prominent. When added some cream and sweetener, it becomes more light, it doesn't have an especially compelling flavor, but it's not bad either.

(Then again I'm not an expert on tea, 98% of the time I just drink black tea)

For me personally, it's a 5/10

Willow blend

When first smelling it, the dark chocolate and strawberry are the most distinguishable, cinnamon is only there if you really smell for it. After brewing, both of the formerly mentioned scents mixed further.

By itself it's very bitter obviously, but after adding some cream and sugar, it tastes more like coffee with a note of strawberry and cinnamon.

There's also a herbal after taste.

Overall pleasant , though people who like their tea with milk/cream would enjoy it the most.

First impression: 5.5/10

Second impression 6/10

Wormwood Blend

Straight out of the box it has a wild berry feel to it with a flowery scent.

After brewing it, momentarily the mint leaves make themselves known, but after tasting, they're only present in the after taste.

The chamomile becomes very distinct, with the flowers on the side. I can taste some hibiscus, orange and the apples, but they're not that present.

I added a bit of lemon and sugar and the taste immediately changed into a more comforting sweet tea.

Overall 7.5/10 for me

Woodie and Lucy Blend

When fiest opened, it smells very nutty and sweet. The apple and the safflower are barely noticable, you'd have to seriously smell it, in order to feel them.

Upon brewing, the fruity scent catches up to the nutty one, and it becomes sort of a mix of the two.

At first I added some almond milk and maple syrup, but it just didn't stick with me. It was alright, but there was just something missing.

The second time I added some UHT cream and condensed milk and JACKPOT, this was it (at least for me) the cream softened up the flavor and the condensed milk made it sweeter, more cozy, it adapted perfectly for my taste.

First impression: 5/10

Second impression 7.5/10

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All in all, very nice teas! I recommend y'all try them!

[canonsinthehead]

FINALLY, A MASTERLIST.

Here you can find all the posts posted in the site without breaking your back in half scrolling all the way back. I'll try to keep as updated as possible.

Enjoy!

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QUIZZ: What do you want to know more about this Naruto Celebrity/Hollywood AU?

(HC) NARUTO MODERN/HOLLYWOOD AU (PT.1 -9)

(HC) Beauty Standards in Different Villages.

ART FOR KISAME WEEK 2024

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(HC) Which Village are you from (Celebrity Edition)

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I'M WATCHING ALL OF ONE PIECE.

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What car would RGG/Yakuza/Judgement characters drive?

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[bluepoodle7]

#Pringles #PringlesHotHoney #FlavoredChips #FlavoredChipsReview

I tried the Pringles Hot Honey Chips and these were pretty good.

When I opened these chips they didn't have a smell.

But these had a tingling spicy taste that stays on your tongue while having a light seasoning taste.

These just warmed my tongue but not spicy unless I eat a bunch of them.

These chips were lightly sweet with a warming effect spice and were lightly salty.

I wanted to see if these chips were still good.

These chips were still good.

I would eat these again.

Got at Walmart.

[the-cat-and-the-birdie]

It's my birthday!

My Birthday Post featuring DiscoPunk!

I had work today but afterwards I went to the Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips shop in Times Square to treat myself 😋🐟🍴🍲

I ate Fish 'n Chips on my birthday so Hobie could be with me in spirit 💅🏾🎉

Though he'd probably call Gordon Ramsay a 'fuckin tosser' or a 'loud-mouth wanker' or something. (his words, not mine)

I would pay SO MUCH money to see Gordon Ramsay yelling at Hobie meanwhile Hobies like

"Yeah, yeah. Cork it, you uptight Tory Twat."

I love British slang. I'm so happy I can abuse it through Hobie. I say 'I can't be arsed-' and 'taking the piss' all the damn time because they just sound so much better than 'I can't be bothered' or 'making fun of'.

Review: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That shit was HITTING. The inside could've used a little salt but I'm a greedy American and black so you know I like my shit GLUTTONOUS.

The breading was so good though!! And it came out HOT. I liked the aioli too ☺��

The fries however were BOMB.

They're CRIMINALLY GOOD.

I got these fries with garlic and butter and chives and stuff called the 'Dirty #2'. So good OMG!!!!!

I'd go back JUST for the fries. Oh my Lord. I love me some seasoned meatless fries. Like just season the hell outta them, Popeyes-chicken style.

I don't know any other place that sells fries this flavor so I'LL GO BACK.

Y'ALL... Y'all. What if..

What if British food... g-good? 😳

The Discovery of British Chickens - DiscoPunk

(Dianes actual reaction every single time Hobie gives her British food that isn't beans or blood sausage. Then Hobie has to watch her drench it in Tobasco hot sauce-)

Diane has legitimately said to Hobie "I didn't know y'all had chicken wings over here! I won't even know know y'all had chickens! That's so cute!"

Hobie's response: 'Di, you lot come from here. Where did you think the Americans got the chickens from if not us? 😭'

'I don't know.. Just thought we discovered them after the revolution or something.'

Pavitr, astonished and overhearing this - 'Do you think Americans discovered chickens?'

'We didn't?'

'Diane, they're chickens. Not fossils. I can't bel-'

'Bruv, she's American. You're gonna to confuse her-'

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Anyways, thanks for reading my birthday post! Here's Hobie as a thank you!

BYE.

[jovoy]

hello everyone welcome to cheese review with jovoy today we are reviewing mimolette cheese. now this is a cheese i have seen in the fancy open refrigerated deli cheese section of the grocery store for years and yearned for for some reason but never bought..and today for whatever reason i decided was the day i was going to try it. its orangeness finally became too enticing for me and i had to buy it

let me preface this by saying im no cheese expert ok. but this is very orange. and it has a very weird hard greyish rind that is apparently from cheese mites. so if you are weirded out by the artisanal cheesemaking process this is certainly probably not a cheese for you. and its very firm and a bit waxy i would say you need some sort of cheese knife to cut it. it has a very salty and slightly sharp flavor but not like cheddar sharp mostly just salt…slightly nutty but not quite in a parmesan way. and the internet told me to pair it with super dark chocolate but all i had were these extra dark guittard chocolate chips so i ate it with those. and i was like that seems weird i dont think that will taste good at all…but it did! it was very good in a way that i cant really describe and i felt a little like remy from ratatouille. and i dont drink wine usually so i did not pair it with a wine but im sure that would have been just fine. overall i would give mimolette cheese like a solid 6.5 out of 10 and like probably an 8 with some dark chocolate. it would be a conversation starter on a cheese board and you can tell them your friend jovoy told you to try it maybe

[incomingalbatross]

Top 5 desserts (or entrees)?

Ooh good question! I'm going to go with desserts (in no particular order):

Ice cream is VERY good, in all its varieties. A staple dessert. Hot fudge sundaes are ESPECIALLY good, though.

Related: I have a cool freezer-cup thing which you can fill with the beverage of your choice and then freeze it into slush, which means I can make chocolate milk and then have a milkshake even if there's no ice cream in the house. It also comes with the Enrichment Activity of scraping the sides so that it freezes evenly.

Chocolate cake, specifically our family recipe. It's moist and dense without being fudgy and it always gets rave reviews.

Doughnuts! Get a special shout-out because I can't make them myself, so they're even more of a treat. Chocolate-frosted donuts and cake donuts (regular or chocolate flavor) in particular.

America's Test Kitchen Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies: not my favorite thing to make, because they're quite a bit of trouble, but the best chocolate chip cookies available. They're rich. They have so much butter in them they get grease on your fingers.

[adobe-outdesign]

Review on Poltchageist please? it's design is interesting and cute.

(This is the last review request in my inbox—if you guys have requests, send 'em in.)

(Also, important note before we start: Ironically, some leaks regarding the DLC just dropped today. I don't review content until it's officially released, so I will not be discussing any of the leaked information in this review.)

While I don't think I like it more than the Sinistea line, I do like Poltchageist here. I don't actually drink tea much at all and I don't like matcha flavoring much either, so correct me if any of the following information is wrong, but it seems like it's based off of vintage matcha tea caddies. Here's one I dug up on Google that looks very similar, right down to the black patterning and the "face":

At first, I wasn't sure why this was a convergent evo, as it's still tea, just a different flavor. It feels like a convergent to tea would be something like coffee, which looks like tea but isn't. A different flavor of tea seems more like a regional. This also doesn't look that much like the original line; you couldn't accidentally mistake one for the other.

However, I do sort of get what they were getting at—Poltchageist is similar to Polteageist, meaning the line is effectively inversed, which is actually a pretty cool idea. It has the painted-on face of Sinistea, and it's possessing the container itself like Sinsitea does instead of the tea, but the actual body shape being a tea-holding container is all Polteageist. It's basically how Wugtrio looks a lot more different from Dugtrio than Wiglett does to Diglett, just backwards. In that respect, I think it gets away with being a convergent.

That said, I do wish it had different typing. I think it was neat that our previous two convergents had types that were opposites, or at least completely different; maybe this one could've been grass/fairy, or maybe even grass/water.

Anyway, all that conceptual stuff aside, it looks pretty good visually. I like the striking black-and-white palette with the green matcha as an accent color, and I really love those floating matcha powder hands. The matcha scoop(? is that the right word) is also a fun touch. Bonus points for how drippy the face looks, almost like it's crying, and the kintsugi-style repair job on the cracks.

My only nitpicks are that the three dots above the eye feel kind of random, and the hexagonal cut-outs for the hands feel too inorganic—more natural cracks and chips would've been better. Also, I feel like the face could've fit the container more. If you look at Sinistea or even the above caddy, there's a lot of intricate markings that fit the space nicely, while Poltchageist's face feels more slapped on.

Regardless, overall, it's a pretty decent concept and design. I don't like it quite as much as Sinistea and I don't know how badly that line needed something new, but this is fun and definitely unique enough to justify itself.

[unhingedoveractivemuse]

Title: Love and Comfort

Pairing: Evan “Buck” Buckley/Eddie Diaz

Tags: Established Evan “Buck” Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Marriage Proposal, Food as a Metaphor of Love

Notes: Flufftober Day 24 Comfort Food

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If there is one thing that Eddie misses about Abuela being in L.A., other than her presence, it's the food.

It’s not just about the phenomenal flavor she unfailingly manages each time either. It’s the association he has with each and every dish.

It’s sitting under Abuela’s roof eating quesadillas and knowing all his problems can be tucked away. It’s her calm reassurances over caldo de pollo. It’s watching a telenovela rerun with homemade guacamole and corn chips.

He eats well now between his captain and partner, but there’s just something about Abuela’s cooking that screams comfort, and he misses it. Not to the point that he would fly or drive down to El Paso for it frequently. He is not dealing with his parents if he could help it, especially since they're on his case (again) about his chosen partner after Christmas.

Goodness, he can't believe he subjected his other half to that wreck.

But the point is, he craves it. Or, at the very least, he craves Mexican. Homemade, authentic Mexican food.

“Eds! Stop hogging the bathroom!” he hears from the other side of the door.

“Almost done, love!”

Part of him wonders if he can throw a wrench into their plans tonight and have Mexican instead. Christopher is off at a friend’s, so they had planned on a date night at this Italian restaurant and then some alone time that they desperately want.

He's just really missing Abuela's cooking after the call he had with her last night.

Well, it was a call with his parents that Abuela overheard and hijacked, which Eddie is so grateful for because Abuela understands how important his partner is to him inside and outside of work.

She even gave him Abuelo's old ring over Christmas as a blessing for whenever he's ready to propose.

Which is what tonight was supposed to be.

But he really is craving Mexican.

Could he propose at that little mom-and-pops?

But it wouldn't be very romantic, would it?

Before his thoughts could spiral, the bathroom door opens, and in steps his partner in his full glory, wearing a button-up and slacks that accentuate his beautiful body.

Maybe they should just skip dinner and head straight into the bedroom.

“Eddie Diaz, I heard the shower turn off fifteen minutes ago,” Buck tells him. “We’ll be late at this rate.”

He rolls his eyes with unrestrained fondness. While this isn't his boyfriend with a clipboard, this huffy boyfriend trying to get their date just right is just as endearing.

Honestly, everything about his boyfriend - about Buck - is endearing and perfect, and he realizes that he has to postpone satisfying his cravings. He wants to propose with an urge unlike anything he's ever felt. He wants this man to be his in every way possible and be able to proudly announce that to anyone who'd listen.

He can't do that at the Mexican restaurant he wants to go to though. Buck deserves the best, including the most romantic proposal Eddie can give him, which means being in the best setting and atmosphere possible.

Besides, his boyfriend has been looking forward to trying this place out, talking about how good the reviews are, the atmosphere, etc. That's why he had suggested it and booked their reservation in the first place.

He wouldn’t - couldn’t - ruin that for Buck.

“I'm coming, I'm coming,” he says, taking one last look in the mirror before stepping up to his boyfriend and pressing a quick kiss to his lips.

He'd never get tired of doing that.

Buck returns the kiss easily. “I'm going to use the bathroom real quick. Grab my phone for me?”

Eddie nods, stepping out of the bathroom as his boyfriend goes in. He pats his pocket, making sure the ring is still in it and makes his way to track down Buck’s phone.

Actually, why does Buck need Eddie to grab his phone? They weren't on that big of a time crunch. And why does it smell like-

Oh, he thinks when he steps into the kitchen.

Buck made them dinner.

More specifically, he made them Mexican.

“Like it?”

He whips around, wide-eyed, staring at his boyfriend. “How'd you know?”

Strong arms wrap around him, and he finds himself leaning into the hug and pressing their foreheads together in a move they've long gotten used to. “You usually find a way to sneak in some Mexican after talking with Abuela. But you didn't say anything, so I figured I would surprise you instead.”

“How'd you even do all this?” he asks incredulously. “I would have noticed the smell.”

“That's why I didn't make it here. I commandeered Bobby’s kitchen for the day and left the food in the food in the car until you got home from work and went to take your post-work shower.”

“But you were looking forward to that Italian place.”

Their schedules just never aligned with any of the available reservation times for them to go, and Buck had been so excited when they finally got it.

And now he's giving it up for Eddie?

(He’s also giving up a proposal, not that Eddie will tell him that.)

“It'll still be there next time, and I know you'd prefer Mexican right now over Italian even if you're hiding what you want again.”

Oh, Eddie feels the love for this man bursting from every pore of his body.

“I love you,” he says in lieu of anything else. What else could he say to express his feelings?

“Well, save that for after you've tried it. Because I'm not so sure if the results are good.”

“You've cooked Mexican before.”

“This is a new recipe for me. Now come on,” his partner urges, pulling Eddie towards the spread. “Try it.”

He naturally goes for the tamales first, the many years of it being his favorite of Abuela's recipes making itself known, and the moment he bites into it-

It's comfort. It's Abuela's soothing voice, consoling him after he once again failed to do something his parents expected him to. It's Abuela's handmade comforter around his shoulders. It's Abuela reassuring him that loving his best friend isn't wrong.

“Babe?”

Eddie blinks back into reality, almost jumping in surprise when his best friend's hands come up to his cheeks to wipe away tears he unknowingly shed.

“This is Abuela's recipe,” he says in a trance after emotionally finishing the tamale in his hand. It's not 100% Abuela's flavor, but it’s 90-95% there. “How- When?”

“When we went to your parents’ for Christmas.”

Oh. When Abuela and Buck had been holed up in the kitchen all day.

“I thought you were just being her sous chef.”

Buck grins, shaking his head. “Nope. She was teaching me all day. I know it's not exact, but it was as close as I could get it. I might have had her on Facetime when I was cooking today too.”

“She gave you her recipes.”

“Yeah.”

“She never even gave them to my mom.”

“I've been told.”

And looking at his love now, proud smile on his face, in his house, in the home they've built for themselves, Eddie realizes he can't wait.

Screw waiting for a romantic atmosphere.

Eddie surges up, pressing a firm, hard kiss onto the lips that he loves, conveying all the love he can without words. Buck returns it easily, and they stand there holding each other and trading kisses, a table full of Eddie's favorite flavors next to them.

“Marry me,” he says - pleads - when he finally brings himself to pull away. “Please.”

Dazzling blue eyes blink at him in surprise before a delighted, giddy grin spreads on his partner's face. “Yes. Always, Eds.”

Once the blinding happiness subsides enough, he'll realize that it was fitting. It was never quite about romance for them. They can do romance, but their relationship is more heavily characterized by comfort, by family and home, and the ability to be themselves. It’s characterized by lazy walks on the beach, picnics at the park, and fun days at the zoo. So it’s fitting that they'll start the next chapter of their lives in their home with comfort food on the table.

For now, he slides the ring Abuela gave him onto his fiancé's finger and relishes in the taste of comfort with the one who makes him the happiest and most comfortable by his side.