Another treat from south of the border, Pearson’s Nut Goodie bar has been around since 1912, and is apparently not available in Canada. Too bad, that. The Look: The Nut Goodie packaging is beautifully old-school, with a “Made in the […]
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Review: Ruffles Loaded Chili & Cheese potato chips
This bag of Ruffles Loaded Chili & Cheese potato chips made its way to NEAROF! HQ in Canada from its native habitat in the United States of America. The Look: The image on the bag looks both delicious and disgusting. […]
Review: Owyhee Idaho Spud
I like Idaho. Road trips have taken me through northern parts of the state, as well as down through the south, en route to Utah. It’s a pretty corner of the U.S., and, as any American will tell you, it’s […]
Review: Popcorn, Indiana’s Original Movie Theater Popcorn
When you go to the movie theatre, you expect to get gouged at the popcorn counter. You and I both know that a $5 bag of popcorn probably costs them less than $0.50 to make. It’s not popped in truffle […]
Review: Bolthouse Farms’ Green Goodness juice
If there’s a juice that looks more disgusting than Bolthouse Farms’ Green Goodness, I haven’t met it yet. It’s a vile colour of swamp-water green, like liquid from an algae-filled fish pond blended with lawn clippings. If you were going […]
Review: Anchor Brewing Liberty Ale
I hate to say this, but some Canadians get a bit smug about American beer. “Budweiser?” they say. “You call that beer?” They then descend into a misinformed tirade about American beer being weak, tasteless, and only adequate when served […]
Review: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
When was the last time you plopped a spoonful of uncooked muffin batter into your mouth, or eagerly chowed down on a chunk of raw bread dough before putting a loaf in the oven? But cookie dough? Who hasn’t tasted […]
Review: Steinlager Classic beer
When I think of Steinlager beer, I think not of its native New Zealand, but of Hawaii, where it seems to be about as readily available as Bud Light. While you couldn’t call it a local beer (it isn’t), you […]