Junk Food Nation, the Oscars are Sunday night, and I’ll likely be tweeting my way through the evening, so be sure to follow me on Twitter @junkfoodguy or on Facebook so we can quip it up together. “THAT DRESS LOOKS DUMB!” “NOT ENOUGH BOOB!” Yeah, it’s going to be real mature on my Twitter stream Sunday evening.

Anyways, who do YOU think is going to win an Oscar? I watched a BUNCH of the contenders this year, but I’m always struck how uninformed I am STILL when I look at the categories. Let’s go through a few:

Best Picture

American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street

I saw American Hustle, Dallas Buyers Club, and Gravity.  Among those, I’d go for Gravity, I guess.  I liked the other two, but I really felt like Gravity was groundbreaking with some of the angles, scenes, and imagery it contained.  Plus Sandra Bullock was pretty great.  Your thoughts?

Best Animated Feature

The Croods Despicable Me 2 Ernest & Celestine Frozen The Wind Rises

I mean, I’ve barely heard of the other movies, but I know Frozen is on pace to make something like 900 trillion dollars in the box office right now, so I’m going to bet it wins best Animated Feature.  900 trillion.  Yeah, you heard me.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Dallas Buyers Club Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa The Lone Ranger

Um, why are there only three movies in this category. Nobody got their hair styled in any other movie?? Jennifer Lawrence looked damn hot in American Hustle – somebody should win an award for that alone.

Best Live Action Short Film

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) Helium Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) The Voorman Problem

Not hating, but where the hell was I supposed to see these?? Maybe they’re on YouTube, I dunno. I actually LIKE short films, and I’m sure these are great, but this is one of those categories I fast forward through.  C’mon now.

Best Foreign Language Film

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) The Great Beauty (Italy) The Hunt (Denmark) The Missing Picture (Cambodia) Omar (Palestine)

I always feel bad not knowing anything about this category, but if I have no time to see English short films, when the hell am I supposed to watch foreign language feature-length films? The answer is never. You are the weakest link; goodbye.

Anyways, tell me what your thoughts are on the Oscars Sunday in the comments below!

Today’s junk food: Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries!

Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries!  These are not new, but I’d been avoiding trying them.  Why?  Well, a couple reasons: a) I’d had plenty of Andy Capps Fries in the past, and I’m not a huge fan of those, b) one of my favorite companies, Snikiddy, also makes fries, and felt fairly satisfied with those as well.  So when I saw these, they weren’t “new” to me.  But Super Bowl weekend, I saw this display, and thought EFF IT.  Let’s give these a shot.

Ruffles Crispy Fries come in two flavors, non-cheese and cheese.  I mean, original and cheese.  Of course I’m going to opt for the flavor that HAS cheese.  When is cheese a bad thing?  Answer: never.

The thing I love about these Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries is the suggestion that I put these in the microwave to be heated.  What??  I will not be doing this, but…I guess thanks for letting us know this an option?  I’ll try heating my Doritos next.

Now I’m beginning to think maybe these will take like the old crusty hard fries left in the bottom of your fast food fry container.  I don’t love those.  I’m worried now.

Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries contain all the right things – onion powder, buttermilk, tomato powder, sour cream, yes yes yes.  More.

Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries certainly LOOKED like dried french fries.  Good shape, good feel too – nice and solid.  They smelled like cheese.  The length of fries also comported with french fries you’d get at a fast food joint.  Time for a taste!

I crunched down on some of these Ruffles Cheese Crispy Fries and HOLY EFF.  THESE WERE GOOD.  Like, I have to admit, SHOCKINGLY good to me.

The crunch of the fries was NOT stale at all, like those dry fries at the bottom of your container.  They were crunchy, but not overly crunchy.  But also these were NOT AIRY, like so many other fry-chips are…these were just full on thick potato sticks that produced great potato flavor.  No corn blend here.

But the biggest thing for me was the flavor. THE FLAVOR!  They captured the flavor of my favorite potato chip ever, Ruffles Cheddar and Sour Cream Chips! OH. MY. GOD.  You didn’t tell me you were going to do THAT, Ruffles!  The bag says CHEESE, not Cheddar and Sour Cream!  You tricked me…and I’m so glad you did!

The combo of sour cream flavor with the cheddar cheese taste was absolutely divine.  A perfect savory combination. Mixed with the potato-y fry-chip, the taste just POPPED.  Each crunchy mouthful of this cheddar/sour cream flavor made my smile grow.

You must buy these.  Now.  I need to see if bigger bags of these are made.  This has become a noticeable snack for me now.  Wow.

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COST: $1.09

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy