Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Something Probably Bad and Unhealthy

We were at Sam's Club to pick up some fresh blueberries that we love to have with our morning oatmeal or cereal, as well as tofu and kimchee.

We passed through the snack aisle and heard someone say, "Oh wow! They have it again." When we turned around, a happy, excited woman said, "They haven't had this in forever and my friends and family love it!" And she picked up 4 of the big bags which took up a lot of room in her cart.

Hmmmm....

What to do... Art picked up a bag and looked at the ingredients. "It's not healthy," he cautioned.

I looked at him. He couldn't see my smile (I’m wearing a mask), but he rolled his eyes and put one (just one) in our cart.

At the self check-out, the attendant saw our bag and laughed. She said it was really popular and that nurses were the ones who bought a lot of it. Nurses? She went on to say it was a bit too sweet for her. She prefered salty chips.


No, it's not made of turtles. It's corn. When I looked it up online, I discovered that the name comes from the shape and it's a Korean product!

We tried it with our lunch sandwiches. They are extremely light and airy. And yes, a bit on the sweet side. Art says they taste like sweet corn from a can. 

It's addictive. 

Very addictive.

Don't buy it.

And the fresh blueberries we came for? Dang! They didn't have any.

19 comments:

  1. Interesting. I have not seen these at my Costco, probably just as well!

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  2. I am sure that your health will not deteriorate. :)

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  3. I'd like to see that oversized turtle Mitch McConnell chopped up and put in a bag! Don't think he would be good eats though :(

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  4. so hard to eat healthy...I love chips and they are too salty but at least no sugar!

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  5. They don't have it here. But I think I will like it though I seldom eat chips.

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  6. oh it's also called "turtle chip" in Korea. 꼬북칩
    I looove chips too!

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  7. They look like those Bugle chips smashed and placed inside each other. Haven't seen them in K.C. Linda in Kansas

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    1. Even though I’ve lost most of my taste, I know they don’t taste the same. These are sweeter. Art doesn’t care for them... so he says.

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  8. It does look like a Bugle! I don't generally like corn chips, but if I ever see these I'll have to give them a try. (just out of curiosity) Blueberries are my favorite berries; I picked them for many years as a teenager. I lived right next to a blueberry field. :)

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  9. Haven't seen any and hope I don't cause now I will just have to try them.

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  10. Processed foods have too much salt and sugar and that's what makes us want more.

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  11. Processed foods have too much salt and sugar and having not eaten them for years, they don't attract me any more.

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  12. You are so funny. Yes, today we went grocery shopping, aand eveen with dogged determination, both Von's and Ralphs were out of some things.

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  13. We don't do Sam's Club and I like my chips salty, so I think I'm safe, but thanks for the heads up :-)

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  14. I like sweet corn but looks like an item with lots of carbs and maybe sugar? Addictive I don't need. I don't belong to any of the big box stores as not cost effective if shopping for just one person I don't think.

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  15. You're right, they don't sound very healthy, but I understand about how addictive those little things might be. I'll stick to blueberries. :-)

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  16. I checked out the ingredients list online...They are NOT healthy! It reads like a cesspool of unpronounceable chemicals. UGH! What a horrible thing to get addicted to!

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