Food Reviews

[Venetia]

don't trust any pre-made dry sauce mixes.

Just as a quick FYI, pre-made sauce mixes are not always bad. I use ones for gravy a lot because they have pre-sifted flour (I don't have a flour sifter and even if I did, flour sifting is messy as fuck). It's usually hard to fuck up gravy, and the pre-mades are usually on the bland side, so you just pep them up with your own seasonings, to taste. They usually just save you time or ingredients. And some dry packets to make dressings are quite good, and you'll end up with more dressing than if you bought it by the bottle. But avoid dry packets for marinades; I've never had a good experience with one.

 

[Byron]

Um. Hey. This is my first review. OMG SO NERVOUS.
But seriously.
DEEP RIDGED Flame grilled Steak.

Okay so taste: :heart: :heart: :heart:

First off as soon as you open the pack the smell that wafts out gives you a hint of what it will taste like. As far as taste goes, I enjoy it, I don't normally like steak flavoured crisps so it was a nice surprise to taste a "Flame grilled steak" that didn't taste of the conventional "Steak" crisps. However there is a strong hint of something... I don't really know what it is, but it makes the overall taste drop. I guess the "Bold Flavour" statement on the back of the pack is right. As soon as you put it in your mouth you are hit with intense "flame grilled steak" flavour. I like the crisps, and I keep eating them, but that is only because they are the only crisps my family buys. If there were other crisps I would pick them over this. But all in all they are an okay pack of crisps.
The only mega bad point is the amount of crisps you get in the pack. I know people go on about "Omg I wanted crisps not air" but walkers decided to take this statement and put more air in the bag:

That is a bag I just opened.
But yes all in all I like them but I prefer others over them.

 

[Sauk]

TERIYAKI FLAVOURED BEEF JERKY

My rating: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

When I was a child, I was super picky about what I ate. I wouldn't eat anything red, cranberry sauce had to be called jell-o for me to taste it, hamburger patties were "round steaks" or else I wouldn't eat them, you get the picture. Throughout my life, I've experienced a lot of self-deprivation, especially in regards to food. One thing I was NEVER keen on tasting was beef jerky, for reasons I cannot think of besides the idea of dried meat being packaged and sold. Just yesterday I had bought my first bag of beef jerky (to put it in perspective, I'm bloody 20 years old), and to my surprise, I proper enjoyed every bite of it.

The aroma when opening the bag is a strong smoked beef smell, mixed with (of course) teriyaki that makes your mouth water. The texture of the beef is chewy and semi-tough, which adds to the allure of the food since I feel like a manimal as I eat. It only has approx. 250 calories per bag, with the salt content being on the higher end, but that's to be expected with cured meat. I'm actually waiting for the store to open right now so I can get my ass out of the house and buy like 4 bags of this stuff, I've even sacrificed my steak to make my own jerky (the price is rather expensive, around $6.50 for an 80g bag).

I recommend this product even to vegans, it is bloody amazing.

Nandos Sweet Potato Mash

Dunno what you call them in America, yams?

We call them sweet potatoes as well. Most people incorrectly label them as yams, even though yams and sweet potatoes are 2 different things (one is white, the other is orange).