Something Awful snack exchange, Tim Tams, and Boulder chips

Talking to Corey and Billie now, so that's a good thing!

[21:43:23] Flami: learning about martyrs: I did get you some more Mars Bars, so those SHOULD be in the mail on Friday. I think.
[22:03:27] Corey: more candy to make me lazy, huh? :P so have we figured out what's good around here that you don't have in Canada? there's a Something Awful international snack exchange thing going on now, maybe there's people requesting things there that would work
[22:04:08] Flami: haha, oh yes. :P for some reason, I think I should send you some, so you're getting 'em! :P
[22:04:47] Flami: I haven't figured that out quite yet, no... what kind of ideas are floating around in the snack exchange?
[22:05:16] Corey: I don't know, I didn't really read it yet
[22:18:01] Flami: gee, that's helpful... :P let's see.
[22:20:19] Corey: how about maple syrup? I don't think Canada has that
[22:23:23] Flami: har har har. actually, we have maple syrup with the 2010 Olympic characters on them!
[22:25:36] Corey: there's no such thing as 2010 yet
[22:27:20] Flami: Olympic hype... hey, have you had Aero Bars or Coffee Crisp? (reading thread)
[22:30:42] Corey: no and no... you're supposed to find USA American things, not Canadian things
[22:31:41] Flami: I know... you might get Wunderbars and Mirage bars, too :P
[22:41:32] Corey: wonderbras? I don't need that!
[22:46:55] Corey: there are entire massive aisles devoted to junk food and stuff here, so there has to be stuff you don't have there but I don't know about anything notable.. I think you guys get all the main things we have
[22:56:30] Flami: I think so, yes...
(snip of irrelevant discussion about Mexico and Wal-Mart)
[23:17:33] Flami: have you ever had Cadbury or Pringles?
[23:18:29] Corey: we have Cadbury eggs and Pringles here
[23:21:13] Flami: cool... I swear I'm trying to find USA-only things in this thread :P
[23:25:33] Corey: anything? the US people must be sending things to others :P
[23:31:39] Flami: hmm... someone was looking for salty licorice, but I don't know where that would be from. someone else said they could supply Spinblend, but that's mayo :P
[23:33:57] Flami: someone mentioned odd flavors of potato chips... don't know what all you have in that department. or maybe LOCAL stuff, I dunno
[23:33:59] Corey: never heard of that mayo... and I think mayo is mayo. it's a jar of fatty slime and it's good even though that sounds horrible
[23:35:01] Flami: this thread reminds me that I saw Tim Tams at London Drugs earlier. should have bought some, I guess.
[23:36:06] Corey: aren't those the Australian things you bite the ends off of, and drink hot chocolate or coffee or something out of?
[23:36:45] Corey: some chick from Australia was supposed to send those, and Vegemite, but she never did
[23:43:16] Flami: I'm not sure... I saw "Tim Tams" and thought "Australia."
[23:48:51] Corey: well, if that's what those are, they're supposed to be amazing
[23:54:33] Flami: yeah, I think those are the things I saw... and you're talking about something called the Tim Tam Slam, according to Google
[23:59:34] Flami: do you have funky local flavors? (and if I get to the store again, I will definitely be buying some Tim Tams!)
[00:06:43] Corey: read that thing... it's a normal Tim Tam, and that's just a term for drinking shit through one
[00:07:08] Corey: funky local flavors of what?
[00:09:17] Flami: I dunno... you've said stuff about some amazing Colorado-only chip you get
[00:10:19] Corey: I get Jalapeno chips which I thought were a local brand, but they're not.. they're a small brand that you may not get, though :P there's a brand called Boulder Chip something or other... they have some good stuff
[00:10:52] Corey: those are made in Boulder, as far as I know... they stopped making the habanero ones, though...
[00:11:54] Corey: Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper or something like that.. those are good... Sea Salt & Vinegar... I those are good, with a strong taste... uh... I think there was some weird lime type thing that was good... I mostly just got the Habanero
[00:24:33] Flami: weird lime type thing? NICE.
(snip of irrelevant conversation about stuff)
[01:41:56] Flami: you are making me want chocolate. good thing I bought a ton this afternoon
[01:44:02] Corey: how am I doing that? you're the one talking about it! :P
[01:45:13] Flami: you're responding to what I'm saying!
[01:46:53] Corey: yeah, I should probably just ignore you :P
[01:51:08] Flami: yummy dark chocolate :P
[01:52:17] Corey: don't get 99% dark chocolate, it's gross
[01:53:28] Flami: one of my friends sent another mutual friend 99% dark chocolate from France once... he said it was all right, but really chalky
[01:56:20] Corey: it's not all right :P that means there's no sugar in it at all... well, apparently they put something in to call it 99%, but it's all bitter and gross. you bake with that maybe, but you don't eat it straight. about 75% is just right
[01:56:59] Corey: most "dark chocolate" stores have is like 55% or maybe 60% if you're lucky. unless it specifically says something higher, it's probably pretty weak
[02:00:46] Flami: I saw some 75% in store today...
[02:05:08] Corey: well, that's the kind to get :P I've had 85% too... that works, but is getting on the bitter side. 75% is way darker than most stuff labeled as dark chocolate, and isn't really sweet at all, but just enough that it's not just bitter and gross
[02:07:42] Flami: I got some Belgian dark chocolate, but it didn't specify a percentage... some other dark chocolate (which I didn't get) had "___mg of polyphenols [or whatever] per serving!"
[02:16:01] Corey: well, if it's Hershey or Dove or whatever normal candy company... they're weak. Ghirardelli (or however that is spelled :P) puts percentages on theirs and goes up to at least 70%
[02:19:57] Flami: I think that spelling is correct :P ... I'll have to look the percentages up tomorrow or the next day when I'm in the store again
[02:21:01] Corey: my mom really likes dark chocolate, so we've played around with the percentages a lot :P 75% is ideal, at least in our opinion
[02:22:10] Flami: hey, that sounds pretty good... I don't think my dark chocolate now has a percentage.
[02:38:16] Corey: if it doesn't give you one, it's probably pretty low, which is still good, but it's definitely different than 75%
[02:40:05] Flami: oh, of course it is!
[02:45:08] Corey: I don't think it's local, but we did get my mom some "cherry and chili" dark chocolate for Christmas.. I think that counts as a funky flavor :P
[02:45:37] Corey: she gave me a square of it to try... I think it sounds completely awful, but it's actually pretty good
[02:45:48] Flami: ooh, I think I had some of that stuff last year sometime
[02:49:28] Flami: my parents gave me a bar of Lindt 70% dark chili chocolate from the States last November
[02:50:32] Corey: I think that's the brand we got for her. they have 75% stuff here
[02:51:14] Corey: fuck, it's 4 AM already... okay, I'm sleeping now, goodnight :P I have been trying to wake up earlier, and I keep staying up until like 4-5 AM........ that doesn't quite work
[02:52:26] Flami: that's definitely not going to work, no... goodnight.

Must buy Tim Tams at London Drugs, perhaps tomorrow even. Or maybe on Friday... I dunno. If I do that and send one to Corey, I might need a box instead of the envelope I currently have! Oh well.

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