JUNK FOOD NATION IT IS TAX DAY!!!!!  It’s only fitting that here in DC it is a complete rainy mess.  The only thing sure in life is death and taxes, right?

1. There are TAX DAY FOOD DEALS all day today to “celebrate” this stressful day.  My buddy Ryan over at GrubGrade has the scoop – he’s already posted about free fries at Arby’s and 15% off at White Castle.  If you live in Cleveland, here are some deals for that city.  CNN has a great list here too.  My presonal favorite:

“California Tortilla: Walk into any California Tortilla, make a purchase and say “Taxes Shmaxes” to score free chips and queso.”

SCHMAXES!

2. Passover began last night, so to all my Jewish readers….happy Passover? I have a bunch of Jewish friends, and I STILL don’t know if that’s appropriate.  Someone explain Passover to me please so I can stop offending people.

3. GOOGLE GLASS IS ON SALE FINALLY. But, for TODAY ONLY.  Seriously, this is what Google is doing.  I wrote about Google Glass way back when, and even wrote about people having sex using Google Glass… and now, for just the small amount of $1500, you too can own Google Glass. Sales opened at 9am, and spots are limited, SO GO NOW AND BUY.

4. Finally, a quick bizarre Metro/subway story from yesterday.  Here in DC, the Metro is often delayed for a variety of reasons – trains breaking down, rails failing, etc.  Yesterday, as I left work for my commute home, I ran to hop on the train….and waited. And waited. And waited.  And the train wasn’t closing its doors or pulling away.

“We are holding at this station,” the train conductor stated.  Hooo-kay. I stood there chatting with a friend absentmindedly…for another 5-6 minutes.  WTF.

“Customers, an update…we are offloading a train at Metro Center, so we will be delayed another few minutes.” Ugh, lame. Offloading happens sometimes in DC – usually when people are holding the doors as the train conductor is trying to close then, and then the conductor decides to punish everyone by forcing them off the train.

So we waited. And waited.  AND STILL no movement. What the heck was going on?

“Customers…another update.  We are offloaded a train at Metro Center. However, there are students on the train who refuse to get off the train. So we are trying to get the students off the train.”

At this point, people on the train started to snicker. What the hell – who are these idiot kids and what was happening at Metro Center?  How hard was it to corral these students and get them the hell off the Metro?? I kept imagining scene from Peter Pan where these kids were mischievous devils who kept pulling the hats down over the pirates’ eyes and doing flips and sh*t to avoid capture.  But in reality, GET OFF THE TRAIN. I’VE GOT DORITOS CALLING MY NAME AT HOME AND I WILL NOT BE DENIED.

Today’s junk food: Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins!

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: The Money Shot

I reviewed Rold Gold’s foray into the Pretzel Thin world before when I discussed the three cheese variety. I was kind of “Meh” on them – they weren’t bad, but were a little salty.  Would I find these Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins to be any different?

Let’s do photos and then the review:

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: How small are these diced tomatoes?

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: Is garlic tangy?

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: 120 cal per serving

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: CHEDDAR CHEESE??? Waitaminit

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: Furry with powder

When I opened these Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins and SNIIFFFFFED – I couldn’t really smell anything… maybe a general creamy savory smell.  A little bit of herb.  Time to crunch.

Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins: Green flecks

Like the three cheese variety, the Rold Gold Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Thins were a bit salty.  I think the salt worked better in this flavor, however – since I doubted that these would be BLASTED with parmesan cheese, the additional saltiness actually helped kick up the parm flavor on these crisps.

The general flavor was a nice garlicky buttery parm flavor.  Each crisp was thin and light and had a decent pretzel flavor.  Like the three cheese variety, these weren’t as bitter as other pretzel thins I’d had, which was nice.  The garlic powder and cheese helped set up a general savory flavor. Not bad – nice herby notes here and there.

All in all, again, not a bad snack.  No WOW factor, but if you want flavored pretzel crisps, these’ll do in a pinch.

PURCHASED AT: Walmart

COST: $2.88

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy