Review: Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread & MEA CULPA, TERMINATOR 5
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MEA CULPA, BABY:
So, a while back, when the reports of the new Terminator movie were coming out, I KILLED IT – on Twitter, on this blog, etc. I thought they were ruining the franchise, botching the story, RUINING MY NERD LIFE. But then I saw the new trailer:
HOLY SH*T THAT LOOKS AMAZING.
I don’t WANT a trailer to sway me, but WOW. As my friend Rob told me, the problem with Terminator 4 was that it lacked the classic “chased by a Terminator” element that made the movies so successful – and this brought it back. Plus, ASIAN TERMINATOR (WIN!) The girl sort of looks like a young Linda Hamilton…and did that guy flip a bit of his arm into the air, turn it into a javelin, throw it??? *nerd convulsions over here*
What do you think? Tell me in the comments below.
TODAY’S JUNK FOOD: Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread: The Money Shot
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread! I’d never seen it before, but Google searches revealed that these had been around (in old packaging) back in 2012???? Well, WTF. I guess they’re BACK, then.
I love Wheat Thins, so I had to pick these up. Plus, Tuscan Herb! HOW FANCY.
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread: TASTE IT
TASTE THE TOPPABLE WHOLE GRAIN. What a weird command, Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread. Calm down. Still, this bruschetta pizza looks good – even if I do think it’s WAAAAY too much effort to top/eat crackers with more than one ingredient. AND this wants me to use the OVEN?? LOL NO.
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread: 30 cal per cracker
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread: Interesting ingredients
What is” Tuscan Herb” anyways? This tuscan herb spice mix has basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, garlic, and red pepper flake in it. So….yeah. There ya go.
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread
When I opened these Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread and smelled, they had your standard “tuscan herb” smell – sun dried tomato and oregano are the strongest scents I picked out. Each flatbread was a long rectangle, although I’m sure you can see that many were cracked.
Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread
I munched a few of these Wheat Thins Tuscan Herb Flatbread, and really enjoyed them! Despite the decent aroma coming off these, I didn’t get a TON of sun dried tomato flavor. I did, however, get a decent herb / oregano flavor, and the cracker itself was full of buttery olive oil flavor. The texture of the crackers was more light and crispy, rather than the familiar stiffer chew of the Wheat Thin. The dough itself was decent, with the big salt crystals providing a welcome burst here and there.
All in all, a decent cracker – I’ll say 6/7 out of 10. Nothing too special, but wheat Thins did get across the herb/olive oil flavor successfully. I’d buy these again, for sure.
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Discuss - 29 Comments
Wow, that Terminator trailer does look intense!
1.Adulthood is so overrated.
2. Terminator looks awesome.
3. Flavored crackers usually taste too fake for me to enjoy. I prefer plain with some kind of yummy cheese or hummus for dipping/topping.
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Alright, so they’ve got a Wheat Thins Flatbread…. what about Wheat Thins Deep Dish? So Wheat Thicks? Oh gosh, I could sell this to Nabisco!
I’d be down with trying Wheat Thicks.
@Kate and Dana: ME TOO!
Your posts are funny
At least it’s not Monday.
Those cracker look pretty tasty but many of them seem to be broken in the pics
Personally, I love that the Falcons lost – it means a .500 team (at best) will win the NFC South & put a pathetic team into the playoffs while much better teams stay home AND play on the road in the playoffs. The NFL needs to wise the hell up & re-seed playoff teams or get rid of divisions. Being the best of the worst in a small group means nothing. It’s stupid. STUPID!
Dear Green Bay Packers,
please keep winning. It will only make it that much sweeter to boot your asses into 2nd place come Week 17.
These flatbread crackers are quite good.
Good times.
I don’t know. I still am pretty skeptical about the new terminator. Seems to be unwinding to much classic storyline
I loved Terminator 1 and 2 but didn’t even know there was a 3! So I’m way behind!
Rise Up…okay maybe not, but still a Falcons fan for life!
Do these taste like Pizza sort of? If they do, I’m in!
For fans of his, I’m sure Tony Kornheiser will spend time talking about a cracker product.
Regarding holiday shopping, that is the best thing the internet has brought. No more malls baby!!
Ooo la la…These flatbread crackers look fancy. I’m not a big fan of tomato-flavored things, but since you said these focus more on the herbs, I might give them a try.
Ooh these sound good. Might be too much for the kids but i think a more plain spread of cream cheese or plain hummus would be good on this flavored cracker. Flavored crackers with a flavored dip or spread is sometimes overkill.
If the goal is to “taste the toppable whole grain,” wouldn’t piling more stuff on top of the cracker make it harder to do just that?
Ritz
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I imagine those crackers would be really good with the right kind of cheese. Maybe a basil leaf too if you’re feeling fancy.
I dislike wheat thins ever since I ate a a ranch flavored one . Ew:( . Have you ever seen boxed water its a funny gimmick
This Terminator is going to be the shit! They’re showing us how the time travel works exactly, we get the liquid metal Terminator already AND we get both young & old Arnold. I feel confident that the story will FINALLY be concluded with this planned trilogy.
What is a tuscan herb anyway? Bruschetta pizza sounds tasty
Yeah the NFL might have some thinking to do. We can at least pretend they might change.
As far as crackers, I’m still stuck on the Cranberry and Sage Triscuits! And hope they stay around for the rest of the holidays.
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