Another Snack Review
Tom Yum Cashews: How did that ever leave the lab?
This snack has the mouth feel of damp gravel mixed with oyster shells and old bamboo clippings. Chewing is unpleasant; swallowing is almost painful and inevitably there is some part that has to be coughed up or spit out.
The second item in ingredients: lemongrass. Even if you've had a passing dalliance with this ingredient you probably understand why so little goes a long way as it is highly fibrous; when used to cook with only the very inside light green tender bit is used and the other 98.5% is thrown in stock (then discarded) or best just thrown away. Not here; they've used every twine-like fleck. There is lots and lots of the dry shredded stickery bits in this snack!
I'm all for a risky mouthful every once in awhile in the name of TJ Adventures, but Tom Yum Cashews should be avoided.
This snack has the mouth feel of damp gravel mixed with oyster shells and old bamboo clippings. Chewing is unpleasant; swallowing is almost painful and inevitably there is some part that has to be coughed up or spit out.
The second item in ingredients: lemongrass. Even if you've had a passing dalliance with this ingredient you probably understand why so little goes a long way as it is highly fibrous; when used to cook with only the very inside light green tender bit is used and the other 98.5% is thrown in stock (then discarded) or best just thrown away. Not here; they've used every twine-like fleck. There is lots and lots of the dry shredded stickery bits in this snack!
I'm all for a risky mouthful every once in awhile in the name of TJ Adventures, but Tom Yum Cashews should be avoided.
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