@PHRoG I guess you didn’t get the box of 300 original flavor last time. I got about halfway through, then put them in a closet for some reason. I stumbled across the bag recently and wondered if they were still edible. Guess there’s only one way to find out!
@mossygreen A best by date isn’t an expiry date, FWIW. These are probably dry as hell, so as long as you don’t store them in a swamp you should be good for a long while.
Hello, mother leopard?
I have your cub.
You must protect her,
But that will be expensive…
10,000 kola nuts,
Wrapped in brown paper…
Midnight, behind the box
I’ll be the hyena, you’ll see.
@awk I really did not like the salt and vinegar and we loved the regular ones I ended up with I think 4 boxes of them total took them to work and people just ate them and ate them and ate them
@awk
I didn’t like the salt and vinegar. At first they left a weird aftertaste that changed the flavor of other things for a while, but eventually that stopped happening. They’re edible, and fine in a pinch, but the BBQ was definitely worse. No smokiness, molassesness, or spice.
@cengland0@Kyeh@mossygreen yeah, but those were from the distressed airline snack fire sale while these were just some more they bought after determining we like to buy them. Once you’re hooked you’ll pay more, right?
@Kyeh Ah yep, you’re right. Those did have longer dating! It’s 70oz total here vs 105oz for those at $29. I never made it through that order fast enough, but snagged some BBQ and Cheezy here to try. Surely I can get through 140oz if I didn’t get through 105oz, right? … right?
@troy I’m sure you can do it!
Especially since these are bigger bags. I find it easier to resist opening a new bag than just finishing a bag that’s already open.
@cengland0@mehcuda67 The hand on the couch is a lot paler than the one holding the bowl thingy. I figured his right hand is the bulge under his shirt (wiping salt off where it won’t show?).
@cengland0@mehcuda67@phendrick I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with his right leg. That can’t be comfortable, and why would he work so hard to bulk up his thighs and not his calves?
@hchavers Most of the United States over at least the past century never called it maize. Here, the word corn is reserved for what Europeans would refer to as maize, but that’s because the English use the word corn for any kind of grain. Barley in particular. This is yet another example of how the US and Great Britain are two English-speaking populations separated by a common language.
Look at who made them. Kellog and General Mills both have European divisions, and they often use the same brand and product names there. (Except in France, biên sur!)
They are really good but it’s way too much fucking much!! I ate the shit outta this and just tossed 1/2 of it a month ago. Still worth it. Hope that helps
@OutbackJon@rpg714 I’ve tried the habanero. Be glad that you won’t be getting an assortment which includes it. I look for the habaneros to end up in irks along about July. As packing material.
After buying these last time, I decided to get the other flavors at my local supermarket. The sea salt and cheesy ones were just fine. The salt and vinegar at first left a bad aftertaste that changed how everything else tasted for a while, but eventually that stopped happening. Now it’s mostly okay. I haven’t tried the spicy one, and the BBQ one is pretty bad. It’s missing any sort of smokiness, sweetness, or spice that one would expect with BBQ flavoring.
As far as texture, it’s pretty good. Very crunchy, but not too hard. Less hard than Corn Nuts, but harder than most crackers.
Corn nuts are prepared by soaking whole corn kernels in water for three days, then deep-frying them in oil until they are hard and brittle. The kernels are soaked because they shrink during the harvesting and cleaning process, and rehydration returns them to their original size.
@Pufferfishy@SputnikHQ They aren’t even the right variety of corn to be poppable, so they won’t. They also aren’t the same variety as the field corn that’s grown for industrial feed stock or as livestock food. But they’re not the same variety as is sold fresh for use as people food either. Given that there are actually several hundred varieties of corn, this isn’t all that surprising.
The 0.35oz Sea Salt were very good for about 6 months, then they started to taste a little funny but were still edible.
The 1.6oz Salt and Vinegar are pretty good, but the flavor isn’t perfect (they are not as addictive as salt and vinegar potato chips), and 1.6oz is dare I say too much to enjoy in one sitting.
I am trying the 0.7oz Habanero next.
I bought and hated the 300 pack. They tasted bad from the get go. They had a bitterness that turned me off. And I LOVE Corn Nuts, so it isn’t that I don’t like this type of snack.
So while I am tempted to try these, I am going to pass.
I am borderline heartbroken I missed the sea salt flavor. I bought the 300 pack and loved them. I bought the salt&vinegar when they were offered and they were okay but my heart belongs to the OG.
@Bloodshedder I was super happy at first because I missed out on the Cheesy flavor, but the pack doesn’t have that one. I’m still excited for the variety pack though and might even end up using my coupon for the inevitable meh in a week of those variety packs.
Mine arrived today, but after trying every flavor, I dislike them. They all taste like burnt oil to me. I found the BBQ to be the most offensive somehow. The teachers I was going to pawn them off on can’t take them because they are processed around Peanuts. Oh well.
Specs
Product: 100-Pack: Love, Corn Premium Crunchy Corn
Model: HAB07X100, SEA07X100, BBQ07X100, SAV07X100, CHZ07x100
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$86.95 at Food Service Direct
$114.95 for 100 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 13 - Wednesday, Mar 15
That’s a nutty deal.
@yakkoTDI
I was thinking it was pretty corny! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
These are good…but, 100 of just one flavor? Meh…pass.
@PHRoG I guess you didn’t get the box of 300 original flavor last time. I got about halfway through, then put them in a closet for some reason. I stumbled across the bag recently and wondered if they were still edible. Guess there’s only one way to find out!
@lisagd @PHRoG They become harder and harder to eat over time. What was once super crunchy turns nigh impenetrable.
@jandrese @PHRoG Yeah, sounds like I should probably throw them out.
Oh YES! And not expiring in three weeks or something! But do we have expiration dates by flavor?
@mossygreen A best by date isn’t an expiry date, FWIW. These are probably dry as hell, so as long as you don’t store them in a swamp you should be good for a long while.
Ok, can we band together and form exchange groups where we round robin one another half of our box so we can at least have two flavors?
@onae I’ll be on the corner, we can swap packs there.
@onae @phendrick
Hello, mother leopard?
I have your cub.
You must protect her,
But that will be expensive…
10,000 kola nuts,
Wrapped in brown paper…
Midnight, behind the box
I’ll be the hyena, you’ll see.
@onae
Check your local Kroger’s/Fred Meyer. I’ve seen a few flavors available there.
@onae @phendrick @zachhh meh’s station is non-operational
@onae @phendrick @scottheisel @zachhh
So many flavors
But we only can buy one
And most are sold out
Page wouldn’t load at first. I thought maybe it was an IRK and was appropriately disappointed when it finally did load.
Cheesy one already sold out. That was fast.
@cengland0 , the one flavor I was interested in too…
Would’ve bought an assortment… and I STILL have the rancid 300-pack from before. (The salt and vinegar I got the second time was good though.)
Any reviews on the habanero or BBQ?
@awk I really did not like the salt and vinegar and we loved the regular ones I ended up with I think 4 boxes of them total took them to work and people just ate them and ate them and ate them
@awk
I didn’t like the salt and vinegar. At first they left a weird aftertaste that changed the flavor of other things for a while, but eventually that stopped happening. They’re edible, and fine in a pinch, but the BBQ was definitely worse. No smokiness, molassesness, or spice.
@awk ditto…to some of what you said
/giphy it’s-corn
@medz
/giphy it’s-got-the-juice
@medz
smackin’ my lips, snackin’ the corns, hope to not be crackin’ the choppers
Last two times these were for sale here, it was a 300 pack and $29.
2022-02-12
2021-12-14
Does the best-buy date really make them worth 3x the previous price?
@cengland0 Honestly, the dates were better last time?
@cengland0 @mossygreen
Wow, they were!
@cengland0 @Kyeh @mossygreen yeah, but those were from the distressed airline snack fire sale while these were just some more they bought after determining we like to buy them. Once you’re hooked you’ll pay more, right?
@cengland0 Those bags were 0.35oz and part of a special airline inventory closeout. The bags here are 0.7oz, longer dating and a variety of flavors.
@troy Actually a good explanation. Thanks.
@cengland0 @troy
Not longer dating, though!
@Kyeh Ah yep, you’re right. Those did have longer dating! It’s 70oz total here vs 105oz for those at $29. I never made it through that order fast enough, but snagged some BBQ and Cheezy here to try. Surely I can get through 140oz if I didn’t get through 105oz, right? … right?
@troy I’m sure you can do it!
Especially since these are bigger bags. I find it easier to resist opening a new bag than just finishing a bag that’s already open.
/showme guy snacking on crunchy corn on a couch, photo
@medz Huh.
@mediocrebot some assembly required?
@mediocrebot I thought Thing from the Addams Family died with Ted Cassidy, but looks like he (it?) survived and is lurking on the couch.
@phendrick That detached hand behind his head is disturbing
@cengland0 @phendrick Worse yet it’s his own hand. That’s what happens when you eat too much crunchy corn.
@cengland0 @mehcuda67 The hand on the couch is a lot paler than the one holding the bowl thingy. I figured his right hand is the bulge under his shirt (wiping salt off where it won’t show?).
@cengland0 @mehcuda67 @phendrick I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on with his right leg. That can’t be comfortable, and why would he work so hard to bulk up his thighs and not his calves?
I’m digging that magic half-bowl, though.
When did we stop calling it Maize? I hope this is Maize called the wrong name. I hate to think this is the other corn being served as food.
@hchavers
It’s not the large kernel style maize, if that’s what you’re referring to. This is more like Corn Nuts, but less hard.
@hchavers I don’t remember calling anything maize.
@hchavers Most of the United States over at least the past century never called it maize. Here, the word corn is reserved for what Europeans would refer to as maize, but that’s because the English use the word corn for any kind of grain. Barley in particular. This is yet another example of how the US and Great Britain are two English-speaking populations separated by a common language.
@hchavers @werehatrack And yet I have eaten corn flakes in England.
@blaineg
Look at who made them. Kellog and General Mills both have European divisions, and they often use the same brand and product names there. (Except in France, biên sur!)
@werehatrack Yep, they were Kellogs.
Tough to find Weetabix over here, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
They are really good but it’s way too much fucking much!! I ate the shit outta this and just tossed 1/2 of it a month ago. Still worth it. Hope that helps
@bugger
Why did you toss it out if it’s so good?
@bugger @DVDBZN Because they eventually turn rancid - most fried snacks will. These are tasty when fresh.
@DVDBZN yes, they last they’re freshness date. I tried them but they were very stale. So, tossed
I was going to buy one until I found out all 100 packs were the same flavor. Why no variety pack?!
@rpg714 takes extra work in the warehouse.
@rpg714 Same here. A variety pack would have been great. 100 of the same flavor is going to get boring really quickly.
@OutbackJon @rpg714 Imagine how those of us who bought the 300 pack feel!
@rpg714 Same. I was all set to buy & split them w/a friend.
@OutbackJon @rpg714 I’ve tried the habanero. Be glad that you won’t be getting an assortment which includes it. I look for the habaneros to end up in irks along about July. As packing material.
I will give you $15 for 100, and that’s 50% more than you charged last time they sold.
@DaveInSoCal they may take that offer once May rolls around.
Nice try, meh.
/showme premium snack-sized corn in love with cheese and BBQ
@mediocrebot Not bad Mr. Artist Bot!!
I like the bowls of Cheesy & BBQ corn! 
Hmmm…with all the food offerings lately, I wonder if your next IRK will be a buffet. Think about it…an IRK buffet.
@eeterrific Please don’t give them any ideas.
After buying these last time, I decided to get the other flavors at my local supermarket. The sea salt and cheesy ones were just fine. The salt and vinegar at first left a bad aftertaste that changed how everything else tasted for a while, but eventually that stopped happening. Now it’s mostly okay. I haven’t tried the spicy one, and the BBQ one is pretty bad. It’s missing any sort of smokiness, sweetness, or spice that one would expect with BBQ flavoring.
As far as texture, it’s pretty good. Very crunchy, but not too hard. Less hard than Corn Nuts, but harder than most crackers.
@DVDBZN The habanero is nasty. Be glad you missed it.
So now with Valentine’s day coming up you are telling us love is corny? I am not sure our significant others will find that funny.
How long do you leave in the microwave for them to pop??
@SputnikHQ I seriously think these are a by-product of the pop-corn industry. AKA - industrial waste.
@Pufferfishy @SputnikHQ
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_nut
lol - so they’re feed corn resurrected as a “snack”.
Delicious.
@Pufferfishy @SputnikHQ They aren’t even the right variety of corn to be poppable, so they won’t. They also aren’t the same variety as the field corn that’s grown for industrial feed stock or as livestock food. But they’re not the same variety as is sold fresh for use as people food either. Given that there are actually several hundred varieties of corn, this isn’t all that surprising.
My wife found these to be inedible. We threw them away.
(chemically) Flavored industrial waste.
The 0.35oz Sea Salt were very good for about 6 months, then they started to taste a little funny but were still edible.
The 1.6oz Salt and Vinegar are pretty good, but the flavor isn’t perfect (they are not as addictive as salt and vinegar potato chips), and 1.6oz is dare I say too much to enjoy in one sitting.
I am trying the 0.7oz Habanero next.
@Bloodshedder I tried the habanero, and wished I’d bought the salt & vinegar instead. Ick. Did not finish the bag. YMMV.
The Salt and Vinegar passed SWMBO’s (English) taste buds. Mine too.
I bought and hated the 300 pack. They tasted bad from the get go. They had a bitterness that turned me off. And I LOVE Corn Nuts, so it isn’t that I don’t like this type of snack.
So while I am tempted to try these, I am going to pass.
@Trinityscrew I should have listened to you. Just hit my pallet the same way.
/giphy unkind-jumbled-border
/showme unkind-jumbled-border
@mediocrebot Will the bot figure out text or anatomy first?
@blaineg @mediocrebot No.
/showme unkind-jumbled-border in the style of western wanted poster
Any guesses on which flavors those desperados are?
@blaineg Ranch, of course.
@Doooood Perfect.
/showme bitter, bad tasting Love, Corn. Banana for scale.
I wish they were packaged as a variety pack. If I didn’t like one flavor I’m not stuck with 99 more.
@archery23 But then you would be stuck with a flavor that’s terrible; habanero.
I am borderline heartbroken I missed the sea salt flavor. I bought the 300 pack and loved them. I bought the salt&vinegar when they were offered and they were okay but my heart belongs to the OG.
Mmmmmm! Can I use these to make Cornhole bags?
@morpheus1 You can, but they’ll smell.
@806D2701 @morpheus1 Use them as is. Probably have to move a lot closer to the hole though, as light as they are.
Turns out, all they had was variety packs. I’m on board.
/giphy bank-error-in-your-favor
@Bloodshedder Yep! I wanted a variety pack to begin with, so I’m not upset by this twist at all!
@Bloodshedder @kasona I’m both ways on this, but finding the variety pack an overall-probably-better option for me.
I wonder if they would’ve sold out if they’d correctly been displaying as variety packs instead.
@Bloodshedder Now I’m even more glad I skipped this deal.
@Bloodshedder @kasona @xobzoo It feels like they definitely wouldn’t have sold out, but I definitely would have bought more than one case, so maybe?
@Bloodshedder I was super happy at first because I missed out on the Cheesy flavor, but the pack doesn’t have that one. I’m still excited for the variety pack though and might even end up using my coupon for the inevitable meh in a week of those variety packs.
Did it ship for you guys yet? Not yet for me, but I figured the change would take more time…
I just hope the change to variety pack will change the expirations a bit too?
@ongware Mine just shipped
If it ever shipped, that would be awesome.
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
Mine arrived today, but after trying every flavor, I dislike them. They all taste like burnt oil to me. I found the BBQ to be the most offensive somehow. The teachers I was going to pawn them off on can’t take them because they are processed around Peanuts. Oh well.
Just arrived today. My best by dates are 5/6/23, when it was advertised as 5/23-7/23….