Signature Cafe Amish-Style Macaroni Salad

My container wasn't this big, but I picked up a side of that Amish Mac Salad from my local Acme. This was a fairly classic rendition of Amish Mac Salad. You know it's proper if it has that gross tangy sharp/sour aftertaste, which this totally did. Nice. I like the creamy sauce and the tiny egg bits. This works great instead of mayo on a deli sandwich, any kind of deli sandwich will do!

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Grown In Idaho - Hand Cut Fries

Finally, I'm finishing off the trifecta of frozen potato products from this company! In all, these really are convenient and a big calorie bang for your buck. Unfortunately, I don't LOVE potato or fries that much; they're more of a conveyor for cheese/gravy/meat for me, which I never have at home and so I'm inevitably unimpressed. My main issue is that these are too thing and too oily/sweet, with not enough (any?) salt or pre-seasoning. Sure, I can add my own, and sure, I can mix up some mustard and ketchup and mayo and pretend I'm at a West-Coast Burger chain, but in the end we're all just staring into the void.

What?

These are fine. They are soft on the inside and slightly crispy on the outside. They are very easy to cook (although it does take like 30min, I could fall asleep by then). They are a little too funnel cakey, but overall decent, and certainly not worse than any other frozen fry I've had.

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 6/10

Birds Eye Steamfresh Rotini & Vegetables

This gave me a crazy stomachache after eating, so it lost a few points for that. Anyway, this is a very easy to cook (just plop the bag in the microwave) side dish, with decent nutrition facts, but the taste is nothing special and the noodles are weirdly soft. The veg are fine and the sauce is a little too buttery maybe? They used to make a box version of this which I liked much better. Still, if you're hungry in a pinch, this is alright, although probably not my first choice. It's decent for 2 bucks though, for sure (minus the random stomachache).




Overall
Cost: 8/10
Taste: 6/10

Green Giant Super Sweet Yellow and White Corn

 This is my #1 favorite corn! (Second only to perhaps baby-corns or on-the-cob corn). It's sweet and crisp and buttery, but not overly so or overly salty or watery. Plus it goes great with everything from pasta to meat to other veggies. Yum!

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 8/10

Sally Sherman Cole Slaw

Not bad for a store bought cole slaw, especially after that horrible mac salad debacle. Good texture/zing, but maybe a little too sweet - it has kind of a funny aftertaste. Also a bit too creamy (probably that dang Hellman's mayo again!!). But overall, good for what it is, a little dollop of flavor on the side of a nice ham sandwich.

Overall
Taste: 6/10
Cost: 6/10

Sally Sherman Macaroni Salad

This is absolutely horrible!!! Augh!! It advertises on the side "Made with Hellman's mayonnaise", which I also hate, so maybe that's it. Maybe I only like Amish macaroni salad. But this is just bad news. It's tart but not horseradishy, milky but not smooth, and full of calories even as it tastes like the worst artificial sweetener possible. Oh dear.

Overall
Cost: 2/10
Taste: 2/10