EDIT: 12:27pm – Ugh, I’ve been duped.  I read one article and wrote a whole post based on it.  Booooo.  Ah well, egg on my face.  Check the facts.

Dreams crushed.  I invite ridicule and teasing in the comments below!

Sincerely,

JFG

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Junk Food Nation, though I dabble in talking about entertainment news, I haven’t done a lot of it – you have much better resources for that sort of thing: US Weekly, E!, etc.  But I stumbled on one bit of news that made my eyes widen: THE BIG LEBOWSKI HAS A SEQUEL COMING.

I don’t think you understand.  One of my favorite movies in the world has a sequel coming.  Yes, I am one of those people who think the Big Lebowski is a classic.  Yes, I can quote lines without blinking. I mean, c’mon:

That is a classic, CLASSIC SCENE.  What do you mean, you don’t get it?  Grrrr…just jump ahead to the junk food review then…let me address my people.

When I first started law school, I was unfamiliar with DC and my surroundings and so needed to latch onto familiarity.  So the first month and a half while I was in school, I watched the Big Lebowski over and over and over again – each night before I went to bed, in fact.  I’d often fall asleep before the end of the movie, but the point is the Dude was always there waiting for me.

One night my buddy Sean and I went out and got blitzed, and I remember he had me call a college friend of his up and regurgitate Jesus’ lines into his voicemail:

It was a nice moment in Junk Food Guy history.  The Big Lebowski 2 will feature everyone returning – Jeff Bridges, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, John Turturro. I mean, the storyline features Brandt, the Dude, Walter and Jesus heading to Washington to save their bowling alley.  HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED!?

Anyways, I need to catch my breath. Today’s junk food: New Pepperidge Farms Lime & Sweet Chili Jingos!

New Pepperidge Farms Lime & Sweet Chili Jingos! The Money Shot

New Pepperidge Farms Lime & Sweet Chili Jingos were also bought at my local supermarket the same time I bought the Fiesta Cheddar variety that I reviewed a few days ago. And now I’m going to do something I haven’t done before…I’m going to tell you what I thought of these before I even get to describing them.

Pepperidge Farm, you and I have been together for a while now, and I’m pretty sure, across the board, I’ve loved every single one of your products.  But I REALLY did not like these.  I’m sorry.  We can still be friends, I promise.  But Lime Chili Jingos?  No.

That’s one big ass  lime

I like that these are relatively low cal and low salt…

I don’t like that there are l”lime juice solids” in this ingredient list.  Yikes.

I’m waiting for the innovative cracker that season three times!

Well powdered

When I opened the box, I could immediately smell lime.  But not in a good fresh way….uh oh.

Covered in red powder and speckled in green

Lots of flavor…just not a flavor I like.

Look, I’ll give these new Pepperidge Farms Lime & Sweet Chili Jingos credit – the cracker base is still very tasty and very crunchy.  And it wasn’t the sweet chili part of it – that flavoring is nicely accented by the flavor of onions and peppers.

No, it’s just the OVERWHELMING LIME taste.  That powdered lime flavor I’ve NEVER been a fan of, and it is all up in these Jingos.  Remember when I discussed those Chili Limon Dinamitas? These were very similar.  At the time I said of the Dinamitas:

“And the lime was WAY too strong, and sooooo artificial tasting. And sweet, which was unexpected!  It felt like I was eating spicy Froot Loops, to be honest.”

Yep, this was sort of the same.  Too much lime for me – no subtlety. You squeeze lime onto things to give an accent – why would you try to punch me in the face with it with these crackers?

So to recap, LOVED the Fiesta Cheddar.  Did not love the Lime Sweet Chili.  You have one more flavor left, Jingos – do me right.

PURCHASED AT: GIANT FOOD

COST: $2.50 on sale

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Sincerely, Junk Food Guy