rules; or guidelines

i probably should've put this in the first post, but here's a few guidelines that we abide by for this blog:

-the food should be cheap
-the food should be kinda easy to cook
-we must follow the cooking instructions printed on the box
-we must consume the entire thing in one sitting

at any point, we can break any of these rules. for example, i don't think it's going to be physically possible to eat the whole box of "cheese club macaroni and cheese" (which utilizes a pouch of gooey, disgusting cheese that you just pour on top of the cooked macaroni).

anyway, those are the 'rules'.

product: Asia Specialties Cream Cheese Wontons

Asia Specialties Cream Cheese Wontons
purchased at: aldi's
price: $1.99
net weight: 6 oz
calories: 280 x 2 servings = 560
daily price: $7.11
# of product: "10 wontons" (recieved one bonus!)

story: back when i was a kid, i never used to like cream cheese. i hated cheese in general (my extremely particular relationship with cheese could probably be a novella-length book), but all that changed when i started eating jr. bacon cheeseburgers at wendy's when i was 12. slowly i started liking all things melted fake cheese. i've since started liking cream cheese, and since i've always loved dough, it was hard to pass these babies up when i saw them for less than $2. the fact that something with a filling probably three times removed from being real cream cheese is being passed off as an "asian specialty" further cemented the deal.

judgement: right off the bat, these things won my heart over by containing a bonus wonton. i love it when i get more product than the box even says i should get. it feels like there has been a bank error in my favor [/monopoly].
they were pretty easy to cook; just open, heat up the oven and jam them in for like 10 minutes or something. as you'll note in the picture to the left, they look pretty good coming out of the oven, too.
taste and texture-wise, these were awesome. they were crunchy, piping hot, and didn't taste like cardboard or plastic, which is always a worry with cheap frozen food. they were also somewhat filling, although i could probably eat a few boxes in one sitting because they're so good.

bottom line: if you see these for sale and the idea of it doesn't put you off, you should absolutely buy these. i'd pay upwards of $2.50 for them and that's saying a lot. to utilize the comedic device known as the "call-back", that's 2 1/2 jr. bacon cheeseburgers i'd be willing to spend for these.
also, i ate these plain, and it'd be a fun project to find out the best dipping sauce for them.

next time: Marketfare Deli Pride Fish & Cheese sandwich