The C-Store: Brandeis’s own convenience store. All colleges have one. And though they may be called something different on each campus they all provide college students with a selection of classic (typically overpriced) food choices and a selection of some more unusual choices. Like novelty items, but food…
It doesn’t take a long time in the C-Store to discover these weirder picks—some are almost as unnatural as hating chocolate. ALMOST.
1. Pickle Flavored Potato Chips
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Admittedly, these may not be as odd as one might think (given that we found 2 brands of them) but they’re still pretty odd. While pickles and chips both make good snacking options, combined, probably not so much.
2. Chiles & Cherries in Chocolate
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Cherries good, chilies good, chocolate, good. Combined, it’s well, interesting…
3. Crystallized Ginger in Chocolate
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Same goes for the ginger and chocolate as did for chilies and cherry chocolate above. Given that ginger can help with stomach aches and chocolate… is…chocolate, this could be a good finals week snack.
4. Cheddar Horseradish Chips
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Cheddar potato chips are good. Add horseradish to the mix, probably not so much. A foodstuff that has been known to induce tears is probably not the best idea for a snack that can only be eaten handfuls at a time.
5. Pepperoni Pizza Crackers
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Pizza can and has take many forms: rolls, bagels, hot pockets. But cracker form isn’t something that’s really expected. If you’re crazy about pizza then maybe this another way to live out your obsession.
6. Bean Chips
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I’ve seen tortilla chips, potato chips, corn chips, pita chips, etc. But I have never seen bean chips (and by this I mean chips made out of beans) anywhere but the C-store.
Ok…I just tried the black bean chips, they aren’t bad. They’re kind of…bland. But with a bit of a black beany taste. They’re good if you want a final weeks snack that isn’t super bad for you.
7. Spicy Thai Chile Tuna Medley
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Maybe I’m just a canned tuna fish purist, but the only things I think it should be mixed with is mayo and maybe some chopped celery. Save the fancy stuff for the fresh tuna. (Though apparently others disagree.)
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