Reviews by Russ S.
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Kashi Sweet & Sour Chicken
When I cook this at work, people walking through the kitchen like to exclaim that it smells good. I'm pretty sure that's a testament to good frozen food.
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Orbit Sugarfree, Positively Pomegranate Gum
Pomegranate is one of those flavors where, when you see it, you think "Ooh, I like pomegranate", but if given 5 different flavors without descriptions, its doubtful you'd taste it and go "Yeah, that's TOTALLY pomegranate". Orbit banks on this philosophy, and the gum merely tastes "fruity" to me.
However, the true appeal to this gum is that, unlike other Orbit gums, this one doesn't turn rock solid after chewing it for 40 minutes. It seems to keep its soft chewyness much longer than you'd expect. Which is both a boon and a bane, as I tend to use the gum-hardening process as a mental check that my gum has lost flavor and I should toss it. Without that indicator, I tend to chew this gum long after the pomegranate has taken the traded in it's flavor powermachine for blandsville.
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Healthy Choice Grilled White Meat Chicken
I told my coworker Rich i was going to give this three stars and he said that was "an edible rating", and he'd be correct.
On my quest this morning to get Kashi frozen lunches (re: five stars), I found the Shaw's near Lechmere in Boston was completely out of the entire stock of Kashi frozen ANYTHING. Was there a recall, I wondered? What sort of substitute do I get? Certainly not Lean Cuisine, there's hardly any food in those. Same thing for "Smart Ones". Eff those effs, how am I sposed to live through the afternoon with such meager portions? This Healthy Choice thing LOOKS pretty appetizing. So I went for it in a rush.
Yeah, so its got some funky plastic housing that cooks the food weird. And the ingredients seem SOMEWHAT healthy. And its not that bad, I guess. There isn't a whole... (show more)
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Quaker Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chunk Granola Bar
Yeah, so I just did an experiment at work where my co-worker randomly selected a Quaker granola flavor from the wealth of flavors we have stashed away, and without looking (but still had my eyes open, as I know closed eyes hinders taste), I tried to determine the flavor of granola bar he had selected. I guessed correctly, he had chosen Peanut Butter and Chocolate, but really only because I was familiar with the choices available. After guessing correctly, was I able to tell it was peanut butter and chocolate? No. Two Stars for ambiguity.
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Wrigley's Raspberry Mint Sugarfree Gum
I know I reviewed Orbit Citrusmint and said that I preferred it over the other "mint" flavors, but then I remembered Raspberrymint. Not so much "minty", but highly "raspy", this gum will wash any level of gross-ass stank out of your mouth, leaving you feeling as refreshed as a stick of sugarfree raspberry flavored gum made in Canada possibly could.
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Orbit Sugarfree, Citrusmint Gum
People like to use words like "zest' and "zing" when they refer to the wonder flavor of Orange. Orbit somehow managed to contain this zesty zing-ness in this particular flavor of gum, so much that, when faced with the option of Citrusmint over any other "mint", such as Peppermint or Wintermint, Citrusmint wins every time.
It should be noted, however, that this gum has no "mint" properties whatsoever. False advertising loses you one star, Orbit.
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Big League Chew Outta' Here Original Bubble Gum
I hope kids still eat this stuff.
A fun and hilariously dangerous thing to try if you're under the age of 13 -- shove that whole friggin' pack of Big League Chew in your mouth at once. The first 10 seconds are dry shredded gumchewing goodness. Then you start getting the gum juice... it has no place to go, so you have to start swallowing it. Then you realize you're swallowing unchewed shreds. Then you start freaking out that you're gonna choke. Then you choke.
The kid that lasts the longest wins. I don't think anyone can make it past a minute or so without pulling a gigantic disgusting waste of $1.50 out of their mouth and throwing it out.
WOOT! Being a kid rocks.
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Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink
I believe it was the Beastie Boys who said "You think it's chocolate milk, but it's watered down Yoo-Hoo".
And that's what sucks about Yoo-Hoo. It ain't chocolate milk. It's chocolate water. It is the Sunny Delight of the chocolate milk world.
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Twix Caramel Cookie Bar
First off, I love Twix. Caramel, Peanut butter, whatever flavor. Even the Oreo ones I think they had for a while back in the day were good.
So we have this vending machine at work, and it's got Twix in it. Yesterday I'm standin' there, contemplating my choices, and it's a choice between Twix and Goetze's Caramel Cremes.
And I realize Twix wins.
So I push F4 and my Twix falls, and I snatch it out of the little vending hopper at the bottom, where it lies amidst a few loose M&Ms. I wonder who the poor bastard was whose M&Ms exploded on contact.
A man should expect that when he opens his Twix, they will be little identical Twix twins. Perfectly formed in their thin cookie goodness, with caramel layering laid perfectly.
This was not the case, however, as somewhere between... (show more)
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Kashi Lemongrass Coconut Chicken
I was pleasantly surprised about 1 minute after I peeled the plastic off my Lemongrass Coconut Chicken the first time. I was expecting it to suck, and to suck really badly. Lean Cuisine and Stoffer's have taught me that no matter how much you want your frozen dinner to taste like "real" food, it always falls somewhere between "OK" and "Vomit".
Kashi's brand of frozen foods really is a step above that, and the Lemongrass Coconut Chicken flavor is somewhat baffling to me for the following reasons:
1: Usually I would never eat this. Or rather, I wouldn't think I would like it. Lemon? Usually not my thing. I equate it with Pledge, the stuff you use to clean your grandma's coffee table. It's pretty good in this, although I would say its a relatively strong flavor.
2: There's more food in... (show more)
