2021 Food Olympics - Event #2 Snacks

 For Event #2 I also went to World Market and picked out various snacks from various countries.  I was also going to get a barrel of cheese balls, but I forgot to grab them.  So I ordered them a few days later from Walmart.  I ended up with 7 different snacks from 7 different countries.  Then just like Event #1 we taste tested the snacks, but with just 4 tasters this time.  Then we all ranked each snack 1-7 and averaged the ranks.

And after the taste testing, we have a tie, 2 ties in fact!

Gold    Canada - Sabine’s Collections Garlic, Chives and Parsley Baguette Crisps    

2 of us ranked these #1 and the other two picked these second.  They were nice and crunchy with good garlicky and salty seasoning, making it a gold medal quality snack!  They were also good in soup.                                             

Gold    United States - Utz Cheese Balls  

These were included as an American snack because what’s more American than an oversized barrel of cheeseballs.  These were nice and cheesy with a puffed-up texture like you would expect. These also received 2 first place and 2 second place votes. Tying with the baguette crisps for the gold!

 

Bronze   Ireland -Keoghs Dubliner Mature Cheese and Onion Potato Crisps

These were alright, they had a mature cheese taste, but they weren’t heavily seasoned and didn’t quite have enough of the cheese flavor.

 

Bronze   Japan - Japanese Pringles      

These basically tasted like regular Pringles, but not quite as seasoned. They were also a little different shaped, not quite as long.

Italy - Dolcetto Olive Oil and Sea Salt Tuscan Crisps          

These were just okay.  They were thin and crispy, but also kind of plain and boring. 

 

United Kingdom - Burt’s Sea Salt and Black Pepper Chips

These had noticeable black pepper flavor, but they also had weird taste to them that no one liked much.

 

Japan - Amanoya Himemaru Japanese Rice Crackers        

These were awful and had a very bad after taste.  No one liked them at all, and everyone ranked them in last place.

We had a very good and very close Event #2, and even had to give out 4 medals!  Event #3 will be coming soon!