Last weekend I bought a can of store-brand cashews at Ralph's to snack on in the car on my drive to Las Vegas for NAB. I noticed an off flavor as I munched on them - while cruising across the desert at high rates of speed - but I just figured they were a little stale or something.
I had about half the can left when I got home, and so I brought them into the house to share. In the bright lights of the kitchen I could see that they looked a little greasy. "Greasy? Cashews aren't greasy," I said to myself.
Katy checked the label and sure enough, Ralph's adds "peanut and/or cottonseed oil" to their canned cashews. Bingo. "Off flavor" = "and/or" oil. Gross.
I recommend not buying them - stick to the Trader Joe's cashews. All the delicious cashew taste without the "and/or" oil added in.
I loves me some chili dogs.
Yesterday I went to lunch at Wienerschnitzel with some coworkers to partake of their "5 chili dogs for 5 dollars" deal. They were no Sonic coneys but they weren't bad.
Mike wrote the whole thing up here. I could tell the story myself but he hits all the high points and includes many fine photos.
Enjoy!