Waaazzzaaaaappp Superfriends! Time for a long awaited Vendor Review from the man who knows snack foods, and author of the two best selling books "Eat Right, Stay Fit, and Die Anyway", and "I Gave Up Hope and Died and It Worked!"

This weeks review:

Hot Seasoning Porkies Brand Fried Pork Rinds

Oh, you know that these were just calling me. I was mesmerized by them the moment I saw them. I mean, just look at the title! Anything including the word "Porkies" get's an automatic star minimum in my book.

The product *is* actually Porkie brand; that's the company that makes them. The company is actually called "The Porkie Co. Of Wis., Inc."! BUAAAWWWHAAHAHAHH! That's awesome! Nope, www.porkies.com takes me to a Michigan State webpage on porcupines (it could have pointed to worse).

Anyway, viewing the ingredients lists NO REFERENCE to a pork product of any kind. These appear to be all Corn Flour. Rats. The product weights a mega half ounce! Probably the worst money to weight ratio in the machine. I open the bag and sniff the contents; I can't describe it, but there is no sign of any food odors, and it's not good.

First bite: horrible. Absolutely horrible. Imagine biting into a hornet's nest, then suddenly being stung in the back of the throat. That's what it was like. Papery crispness, no flavor, then suddenly cayan death. No flavor, just pain. Thank goodness I had a backup Mountain Dew nearby.

Into the trash vile fiend! No more cayan flavored hornets nests for me!

Rating: no stars (out of five stars)


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