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Martin Peyruc
May 145 min read
Heinz Pickle Ketchup
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Sorry, the Ides of March always gets me worked up. So does Vehicle by The Ides of...
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Martin Peyruc
Mar 244 min read
Coca-Cola Spiced
Foolish adventurers, you’ve entered the Crypt of the Relentless Gargoyle! Make your peace with the hereafter, for here you shall surely…...
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Martin Peyruc
Feb 253 min read
Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn
Hey there, gentle reader, come on in and let me regale you with tales of the cuisines I’ve found on my many expeditions. Or, if you...
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Martin Peyruc
Dec 9, 20234 min read
Van Leeuwen Dill Pickle French Ice Cream
Greetings, chums (I like the term chums, it’s friendly, but it’s also a reminder that I will dump you into shark-infested waters if...
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Martin Peyruc
Oct 30, 20234 min read
McDonald’s 2023 New Sauces: Mambo and Sweet & Spicy Jam
Greetings, loyal readers! As for my disloyal readers, your perfidiousness (am I torturing my translators, or do I like to talk like a...
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Martin Peyruc
Oct 16, 20233 min read
Doritos Late Night Loaded Taco
Good evening. It probably isn’t night, but I’m pretending. I’m Method writing, so I can be even more insufferable and have people take me...
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Martin Peyruc
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Nothing Bundt Cakes Churro Dulce de Leche Bundtlet
My new corporate masters have cracked the whip and I’m ashamed to admit it, but I kind of liked it. This is mostly because I’m a deviant...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 25, 20232 min read
General Mills Carmella Creeper Cereal
Good morning, readers! It’s probably not morning when you see this, but since I’m reviewing a cereal today, just let me have it. Carmella...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Coca-Cola Y3000
Greetings friends, readers, and perhaps a few arch-nemeses; I, The Reckless Gastronome, have returned from the future with a new...
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Martin Peyruc
May 13, 20232 min read
Coca-Cola Clear Lime
Wow, so it’s been four years since I’ve written anything as the Reckless Gastronome, so please forgive me if I’m a bit out of practice....
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Sweet and Salty Chocolate Fudge Combos
Sweet and salty, it is a flavor that has become popular lately, although not one that applies to people if my love life is any...
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Martin Peyruc
Jan 24, 20161 min read
Peanut Hottie
Have you ever had a need you didn't know existed? An experience that shifts your world view? I myself had never thought of heating an...
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Martin Peyruc
Dec 13, 20153 min read
The Peeps Show!
Who doesn't crave eating the young of flightless domesticated avians? Way back when the years still started a nineteen, you could only...
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Martin Peyruc
Nov 10, 20152 min read
Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips
It looks like the United States' longest unsecured border has been breached. Normally at this point I'd gently tease our neighbors to the...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 7, 20152 min read
Lay’s NY Reuben Potato Chips
As everyone agrees, the famous Reuben Sandwich is is named after its inventor the famed actor, Paul Reubens. In fact you can the very first
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Martin Peyruc
Aug 15, 20152 min read
Southern Biscuits and Gravy Chips
I have to confess the concept of gravy always makes me nervous. I've spent enough time in hospitals (no, not for food poisoning) that I...
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Martin Peyruc
Nov 2, 20141 min read
Blue Plate Special Blackberry Cobbler Soda
Good thing they let me know that it's a cobbler soda, otherwise I would have thought its a pie soda, and that would be ridiculous. Could...
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Martin Peyruc
Oct 11, 20141 min read
Opies Pickled Walnuts
I have never heard of these. It never even crossed my mind that you could pickle nuts of any kind, much less walnuts. According to...
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Martin Peyruc
Oct 1, 20141 min read
Lester’s Fixins Peanut Butter & Jelly Soda
Is there anything more classic than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich? According to Wikipedia the average American will eat 1,500 of them
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 27, 20141 min read
Calbee Snapea Crisps Wasabi Ranch
Interesting, I guess they can make Cheetos out of stuff other than corn. Actually it's not accurate to compare these to Cheetos, because...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 20, 20141 min read
MoonPie Salted Caramel
It's almost hard to believe that salted caramel until the early 2000's was considered a gourmet treat. It has slowly worked it's way down...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 19, 20141 min read
Bacon Mamma Jamma Bacon Jam
My family in Argentina always have a hard time with the words ham and jam. In Spanish ham is spelled jamon but pronounced ham-on (yes, I...
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Martin Peyruc
Sep 1, 20141 min read
Bruce Cost Ginger Ale Unfiltered Original
Do you like ginger? Do you really like ginger? I don't mean gingers, our fair skinned and red haired friends (they are great, though). I...
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