Categories
recipe

Rusty Fire Crackers

For football watching, Rusty said he was going to make Fire Crackers. I had no idea what he was talking about. But he said they are what fishermen eat down South.

They are saltine crackers with Ranch Dressing (powder) with pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, vegetable or olive oil –all mixed in a bag and then put in the oven to crisp up.

We couldn’t find Rand Dressing powder mix. I haven’t seen dry dressing mix in a long time. Either they don’t make them anymore or they just don’t sell them in the smaller groceries up here in NY. It’s hard to find a lot of stuff up here that you’d normally find in the mega supermarkets anywhere else. I wish there was a Publix in Williamsburg. I also liked Albertson’s because they had a toy aisle.

Anyway, Rusty got Onion soup mix instead. I don’t if it made it better or worse, but dang these Fire Crackers were pretty good. I was impressed, since they sounded lame.

Categories
product

Trader Joe’s Oriental Rice Crackers

There was a nice spread of Trader Joe’s in the back room at the Littlefield show. I couldn’t tell if this bag of “Oriental Rice Crackers” sounded racist —the Oriental part or the Crackers? I feel like everyone learned that “Oriental” was a racist word from Pam on the third season of The Real World. I always called myself “Oriental” as a kid, but was ashamed when I learned I was racist. I hate racists and hate being called one. Self-hating racist? That’s so meta.

I know these crackers don’t mean any mal-intent. But is it better to call them “Chinese Rice Crackers”? Sounds better to my ear. But they taste more Japanese.