Junk Food Nation, NFL trading has been happening and free agency began earlier this week and WOW.  Maybe I’m just more attuned to it this year, but I haven’t remembered so many moves that I thought were potential difference makers for teams!  The most significant moves are often ones no one pays attention to – adding help on the O- and D- lines, signing a great center, etc.  The big name offensive player transactions are always the ones that get attention and are splashy.  Notable to me, in that vein, are:

1) Wes Welker to the Broncos.  As my friend Matt put it, “Belichick just hated him, and they were trying to phase him out but Hernandez got hurt and they had to keep using him.” Anyways, now Brady is without his favorite weapon and Peyton has him in Denver.  Peyton with Decker and Dem. Thomas stretching the field, AND add a quick slot receiver???  Broncos suddenly became even BETTER.

2) Danny Amendola to Patriots. So, Welker leaving may not make that much of a difference, because Amendola is sort of the same player, and just signed a five-year deal with New England.  Amendola is also a smaller sized, fleet footed slot possession receiver who happens to be a few years younger than Welker. One big difference – Amendola gets dinged up.  A lot.  But, other than that – I think Amendola will thrive (unfortunately for me).

3) Anquan Boldin to the Niners. The Super Bowl runner-up wanted to reload, and reload big, stealing one of the championship Ravens’ deep threats right away from them in Boldin.  Finally, Colin K. will have someone to throw to other than…Ted Ginn?  I can’t name one Niners receiver except for Vernon Davis.  One problem: As my friend Rob put it, can Boldin survive without Flacco throwing him those high arching teardrop bombs deep? Colin K.’s throwing style is definitely more laser beam straight… unsure Boldin can handle that.

4) Percy Harvin to the Seahawks. The Hawks were a popular favorite to advance in the playoffs, with their own rookie star Russell Wilson, and now Percy Harvin, one of the most productive WRs in the league, has followed his former teammate Sidney Rice right to the American Northwest.  Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, Sidney Rice, AND Percy Harvin??  This team is scary.  The NFC West, which just a few years ago was a joke, now has two powerhouses in SF and SEA.

5) Steven Jackson to the Falcons. Notable because Steven Jackson is 2-3 years younger than Michael the Burner, and has always been regarded as a top talent on a bad team (Sorry Rams.  You stink).  But now, you add this powerful running back to a team that ALREADY has Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White, and Tony Gonzalez??  This team is poised to dominate.

Anyways, just a little sports babbling on this Friday.  Today’s junk food: Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit!

Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit: The Money Shot

I found these Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit in my local grocery, and basically right now, you can find them anywhere.  I love Triscuit, and I was SUPER intrigued by this product.  Here, instead of just adding a new flavor, Triscuit has decided to flip the script, changing the underlying cracker itself.  Weird.

Real food

Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit are part of Nabisco’s push for “real food.” You can see all their flavors here, on Pinterest.

The labeling here couldn’t be more simple – a roasted onion, and slices of sweet potato.  I am curious – do these taste like sweet potato?

~22 calories a cracker

Quality ingredients

I must say, I love an ingredient list that is this short.  Not that Triscuits were ever loaded with fancy crappy chemicals before, but these Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuits stay the course in that regard.  Plus, this is the first time I’ve seen the Mondelez branding since I blogged about it…almost one year ago.  TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH.

Rice crackers?

Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit are essentially rice crackers…which is interesting.  As an Asian dude, I’ve eaten my share of Asian rice crackers, those light crispy things you can get in the bulk food section of fancy grocery stores.  I love those!  Savory and crispy, I can eat mouthfuls of rice crackers before falling into a nice coma. So, Triscuits and rice crackers combined?? Hm.

I LOVE FIG

Oh Triscuit…you so fancy

Looks sort of the same…

As soon as I opened a box of these Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit, the onion smell was potent…and unmistakable.  I love onion flavor…so I dove right in.

….TASTES AMAZING. Are those onion flecks?  OMG.

WOW.  WOW WOW WOW. These Roasted Sweet Onion Brown Rice Triscuit crackers were REALLY REALLY GOOD.  I do love Caps Lock, don’t I?

Since the look of the Triscuit was SORT of the same, I expected the crunch to be similar – but it wasn’t.  Regular Triscuit crackers usually allow your teeth to sink into them a bit – these were MUCH crispier, crunchier, and overall, IMO, a better texture! While it didn’t have that same wheat thread feeling, it did have SOME of that, and the overall feeling was lighter…..i.e., I could eat even more of these without feeling gross!  HUZZAH!

And the flavor.  THE FLAVOR!  Extremely powerful onion flavor, very very savory. Not too salty.  The parsley and white vinegar definitely added a tiny bit of tang which was great – helped cut the super strong potent onion flavor, and made the overall taste a bit more manageable.  The perfect blend of onion and spices.

Didn’t notice any sweet potato taste, and the only rice-y thing about these I recognized was the rice-cracker-like crunch.

Overall, these were a hit!  I finished half the box without realizing it.  Buy these.  NOW.

Check out the Impulsive Buy’s review of these, here.

PURCHASED AT: Safeway

COST: $3.00

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Sincerely, Junk Food Guy