Life in the Lower Mainland (BC, Canada)

This week at our local Walmart, Puck was on sale, although it took around half a week before any stock was actually available and put on the International Dairy shelf. The one flavour they had is made primarily from milk, and despite salt being listed third on the ingredient list, it is quite a salty product. In fact, it predominantly tastes like salt, with a faint note of some kind of dairy. It's hard to tell through all the saltiness but I'd say that underlying flavour is close to plain cream cheese. The texture is smooth and extremely soft, much softer than spreadable cream cheese, Nutella, or Cheez Whiz. It's firmness is closer to cake frosting. From their website FAQ: 1. What is Puck Creamy Spread made of? What are the ingredients of Puck Creamy Spread? Puck Creamy Spread is made with natural and pure milk with chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. It is free from palm oil, artificial flavors, nuts and contains 30% less sugar compared to other similar sweet spreads. 2....

Bikaji brand Indian style snacks are on sale at my local Walmart this week, so I took the opportunity to try a couple. Bikaneri bhujia is made from moth bean, so no surprise there's an underlying bean flavour that's tastes familiar even if you don't know what moth bean is. There's a spicy heat that slowly creeps up, so while it might initially taste mild... wait for it. I rate it at maybe medium spicy. You can see in the picture (slide 2) that my packet contained a long chunk of some kind of crispy dough. My guess is it evaded the machinery meant to press the dough into noodles, and fell into the fryer. Bombay Mix  despite the ingredient mix tasted predominantly like a mild chickpea curry, and only rather mildly spicy. Definitely less spicy than the bikaneri bhujia.

It's been a while since I had any coupons from SocialNature , but I recently qualified for a promotion of Only Goodness. I'd never heard of this brand before, but it is available from our local Save-On-Foods . A quick look at their many products including commonplace staples like rice and pasta, shows they are competitively priced with similar products of other brands. In the case of this couscous , I looked at the price of Casbah brand couscous sold at Real Canadian Superstore , which is generally a cheaper supermarket than Save-on-Foods. The couscous in particular I had trouble locating, though that is probably because I don't often shop for couscous or at Save-on-Foods. All the couscous was in its own "Natural" food section whereas I had initially thought it would be somewhere near grains/rice. Happily the Save-on-Foods staff were extremely helpful and polite and competent. She knew exactly where it was and walked me to the exact product. In many other superma...