bettergoods tortilla chips

 wal-mart has this bettergoods store brand now. mostly fancier, more expensive things. basically their answer to target's good & gather store brand.

they have some different tortilla chips, we got 2 to try (there are 4-5 different ones);

heirloom blue corn and multigrain tortilla chips; not too bad. kind of thick, which is odd.

cassava flour red quinoa chips (which i can not find on the site for some reason). tastes better than the blue ones, more like regular tortilla chips. these are strips about an inch wide & maybe 4 inches long, on average. which i have never seen before.

if you want something different for your next party, or get together to watch a sports game, these would be good for that.

 

aldi's meatall pizza

 we got this one not long ago and had it for dinner.

first of all; the meatball pieces were big, but too few. they were just cut in half & they should be cut into smaller pieces.

second; the sauce was very spicy. like buffalo sauce level spice. and nowhere in the description of the pizza was it indicated that it would be spicy.

have to remember not to buy it again.

cold again

 the past few days it's been getting colder & will stay that way for a bit. that's typical of january.

not too much snow though.

christmas 2024

 hope you have a nice holiday today. or a nice wednesday, if you don't celebrate.

be careful driving tonight. if you're drinking, call a cab or car hire thing. and "buzzed" driving is just as bad as drunk driving.

if you're braving the stores for sales, or to return something tomorrow i wish you luck

so cold

 it was in the 20s last week, with some snow.

and now it's in the 30s this week. just a few weeks ago it was unseasonably warm.

more cheese

 from aldi we got truffle goat cheese. rather sharp, maybe a bit bitter. not sure if that's the goat cheese or the truffle. we've had goat cheese before & it's a bit sharp-ish, so it's possibly both.

from wal-mart we got what they call a "cheese flight" that has irish cheddar, smoked gouda and dijon & herb rubbed fontal. we've had irish cheddar & (non-smoked) gouda before, but not fontal. which is why we got this thing. you can smell the smoke on the gouda, but don't really taste it. the fontal is fairly mild and you taste some of the dijon & herbs.

also from wal-mart we got cracker barrel artisan flavors truffle cheddar where you can taste a bit of bitter-ish truffle & dill havarti that has a bit of an herbal taste.

we had all of this with the target entertainment crackers, which are ok. not quite as good as wal-mart's or aldi's.

thanksgiving '24

 hope you have a nice holiday and can find something in the sales tomorrow.

we're not doing the traditional foods (except for the turkey, my brother hats it & we would get ham) this year. didn't do them last year either. it's just such a hassle to make up all that stuff & then have leftovers for like 4 days.