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But are these so called award winning foods actually better than their non-award winning counterparts? Well, I know two tongues that are gonna find out. It’s time for And The Winner Is Us For Getting To Eat All These Award Winning Foods. Okay, boys, you’ve got smoky paprika chips from four different brands in front of you, one of which won gold in Chips, Pretzels, Rice Cakes, and Salty Snacks at the twenty twenty-four Sofi Awards. But which one is it? The Sofi awards? I hate I missed it. Is this one Sofi? Let’s find out. These are not very orange. Oh, but that’s good. Is it good because we haven’t eaten the other three? Never really had a paprika chip. That’s just a good chip. It is a good chip. It’s a little spicy. It’s crispy. This one here, I’m gonna get a foldy. Forgive me. Kind of want to get a similar. Oh, look at that. I got a bubbly. Totally different. Very “lazy” as in Lay’s-ish. You know what I’m saying? Like a Lay’s. Lay’s like, yeah, it’s a thinner chip, but the. And it’s a smokier, almost sooty tasty to it. But I love smokey stuff. But I don’t like this as much as the first one. I like the crisp of this one better. I like the spice of this one better. And I think that the smokiness is, right. This is excessively smoky. Something’s strange. That doesn’t taste award winning. Don’t love it. This one’s understated. It has hints of attic. Where’s that paprika? You know what I mean? You taste the attic? Like a little asbestos? Just a little oldness. A little. A little. Exposed to the heat and cold of the commensurate season. Forgotten jacket, maybe. Forgotten jacket. I’m thinking about being. That’s what I’m working on. It’s not bad. I went into my attic. This one’s bad. I went into my attic the other night. Is. I don’t. I was looking for a light bulb. And. To see in your eye? I think maybe had some light bulbs, but, I had so many forgotten jackets. You forgot that you put a bunch of jackets in your attic? You know. I do. But I feel like I should bring my forgotten jackets here to work and so I can remember them every time I see someone with one of them on. You want to give them away? Yeah, I don’t want them to be forgotten anymore. Oh, I forgot about that jacket, you know, and somebody comes in with it, wearing it very differently than me. You know what I’m saying? I guess, yeah. No, what I’m saying is like. You don’t want to give any context to the people at home? I think I saw Mikayla. I think I saw you in one of my shirts that just for me, it just fit like a shirt, and for you, I was like, oh, she’s kind of wearing that, like a dress. Again, do you want to provide any other context for people about why people would be wearing your clothes? Rhett lets everybody go through his closet and take what they want. I’m a lot like our sponsor for this episode, Bombas. So for every purchase that I make, I give away one of my pieces of clothes to someone on the Mythical crew. Wow. They didn’t even pay for that connection. No. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I was gonna give you that one. Oh, look, I got a foldy inside of a foldy. That’s nice. These are good. These are exquisite. These are crazily. Crunchy. On a different level than all the others. Okay, I’m gonna give you a three, two, one. But I think you agree. Three, two, one. I mean. If I had to choose a second one, it would be these. It would be the last ones? The last ones. Okay. The Sofi award winning chips are made with, quote, peppers that come from the extreme southwest of Spain, which are turned over several times on drying floors for about a week and smoked over oak wood. They are the smoky paprika chips from Sal de Ibiza in bowl number three. What? The ones that you loved so much are Lays potato chips. But look at the package. Signature, though. Gourmet. It’s a fancier Lay’s. And the second ones are Torres. Torres is strange. The last ones, which were your runner up chips, are from Lorenz. Well, I mean, I didn’t even know Lay’s had these type of chips. Never seen this bag before. Yeah, these are the bags coming in here. That is it. Right there. The problem with these is the bag’s too big. That’s really the problem. That’s okay. I didn’t like the ones that. The ones that won the award were arguably your least favorite, because you said that they taste like forgotten jackets in the attic. I think people are looking for more forgotten jackets than their chips these days. Yeah. I thought it was a pleasant story. I’m associating it with a positive review. Yeah. Okay, so next up, we have the best cheese recipient from the Twenty Twenty-Three World Cheese Awards hiding amongst three other non-award winning blue cheeses. They’ve been having World Cheese awards, and I didn’t know? So are they awarding the blue cheese award or is the best cheese happen to be blue? It’s the best cheese happen to be blue. Like, this is like the best cheese. Cheese lovers like me love blue cheese. You know what? I love cheese lovers. Oh, thank you, Link. But I don’t love cheese. I don’t hate cheese, except if it’s blue cheese. But just think about this. Think about if you had made cheese one day and you put it in a cave and then you forgot about it. Let’s say it’s in the basement. Yeah, it’ll taste like basement cheese. With your jackets. And then you’re like, oh, I think a few summers ago. There was some cheese on that cave, and you went back in and it had turned blue, and then you tasted it. Why would I do that? I don’t know. Why would I taste forgotten cheese? I’d rather eat an attic jacket. Because the people with the most sophisticated palates in your life, me and your wife, would both love it. I’m also gonna say the award winning cheese that’s in this lineup we paid two hundred and fifteen dollars for. It was shipped to directly from the country that it’s from. There’s a stark difference in the first two. Gee willikers. The first one is super strong. The first one is more unusual than, this tastes like something that I’ve had before, which is still good. The first one, when I smelt it, I felt like I had already ingested it. The second one. You smelt it, you dealt it. I almost feel like I could be okay with it. So the one that I hate the most is the one that I’m voting for. That is really special. This one doesn’t have a lot of blue in it. It’s got a lot of sour juice. I’m trying to. Like, in the bottom. Now you gotta get to this last one because it’s a totally different complexion. It’s yellow. Look. You can really taste the mold in that one. Yellow and purple. Yeah, that one’s very moldy, mold juicy. I mean, look at this one. And look at how. Look at that. How it’s just like clumped. That tastes like a horse’s foot. Oh, my gosh. It really does. That tasted like one of those TikTok horses before the, before the trimming. Yes. Dead on. You know what I’m saying? Yeah. Like a forgotten horse. Oh, my gosh. I mean. I have a headache. Oh, gosh. You ready? I mean. Both of these are incredible. They’re all great. I thought I hated the first one. This one has a fruity taste. One. I think this one has got to be. This is so unusual. Two hundred and fifteen dollars. Okay. The Twenty Twenty-three Best Cheese award winner is a cheese from Norway described as, quote, beautifully marbled and perfect for cheese platter or dessert served with caramelized figs or fig marmalade. Marmalade. I’m getting nervous because I’m going to have to say what it’s called. It’s called Nidelven Blå from Gangstad Gårdsysteri and it’s on plate number four, you’re both correct. Oh, right. Okay, we did it. The first one’s from DaneKo, the one that you liked at first. This is the first one. No, no, that’s the award winning. Oh, this is the award winning. Yeah, it’s the same color, bro. Well, I didn’t see the front of it. So, DaneKo you liked. The one that you were, like, the second plate in that you were like, I feel like I’ve had this. It’s Boar’s Head. Yep. And then the one that you said had sour juices is just Good and Gather. So it’s. That was my least favorite. The Good and Gather. Boar’s Head is super solid, this one, DaneKo, can I tell you something? Yes, you may. Okay. But what do we want to do with this? I mean, this looks like a Mythical Kitchen for weeks. You know what I’m saying? They’re gonna have fun with that. I’ll come over there. See what they can do with it. Grab a little bite from time to time. Okay, next up, we have bloody Mary mixes, and the one you’re looking for is the twenty twenty-four Sofi awards, Product of the Year in both the Beverage category and Alcoholic Beverages and Cocktail Mixes. A double winner, was this at the SoFi Stadium? Same company, I guess. But again, this was not a bloody Mary award. This was a beverage award in two categories. So, one of these really blow us away better and better. It better blow us away better. It blow us away better. I can’t say I like that. And there’s no alcohol in any of these. We’re just tasting the mix is what I was told. That is very peppery, which makes me like it. It doesn’t have a. It’s a rich, deep red. It’s not as creamy as I want it to be. Really? Okay. Now, this one’s got more floaties in it. This one has a more celery taste in it. Which I don’t like as much. But it’s a little bit more traditional. But I feel like this might be just, like, some brand that you know, not award winning. Some brand you know. Okay. Which would be kind of a good name for a brand. We’ve been to, a brand that you know, we’ve been to the attic. We’ve been to the basement. We’ve been to the horse barn. Let’s see if one of these takes Rhett somewhere else. Okay. Thicker, a bit more basic. The most tomatoey of all of them, and I think it’s got the longest lasting spice. This is the most complex thus far. You remember. It’s not too celery, which I like. You remember the tomato soup that we would have at school, and they would serve it on the days that they served the grilled cheese? Yeah. This tastes like your girlfriend had that for lunch. And? And then you met after school. By the dumpsters? By the dumpsters, and she put in some Altoids right before you made out. And you taste a little mint and a little, something a little spicy, but also something a little tomatoey. And then anything else that she’s had for that day. Okay. Is that specific enough for you? And it’s thick, too. So kind of like forgotten tongue. Forgotten tongue. Thick tongue. It’s growing on me. I’m not having anything really stand out, to be completely honest with you. Maybe this one will do it. The sweetest. This. This can’t be it. No. It’s just basic. No, definitely not. I’m not liking this one now. Well, I don’t know. Too much celery. Ready! Not ready. I’m not ready. To be clear, does the third one have a minty taste or that was just part of the story? I didn’t taste any mint. You know, sometimes when you have an Altoid and you’re like, that’s a little spicy? Got it. It makes a make out session a little spicy. Got it. You know what I’m saying? Three, two, one. Yep. We are agreeing. It’s complex. It’s complex. If it’s gonna win an award, it’s gotta. It’s gotta make you think a little bit. Okay, so that’s three times in a row that you’ve both agreed? Right. And we’re right. Twenty twenty-four Sofi Award winning bloody Mary mix is described as, quote, bold and juicy. So tasty, you’ll be a morning person in no time. Made with tomato, lemon, traditional bloody Mary spices, and a pinch of heat from chilies with local barrel smoked sea salt. Of course, it’s the Barcoop Bevy Bloody Mary Mix in glass number one. No! The other ones. I mean, it’s the thinnest, too. It shocked you the most. It seemed. It was the most. I don’t like it. Unusual. I don’t like it, though. I don’t hate it. I’m sorry. Now that I know that it won an award, I feel kind of like. Well, you know, I gotta like it. Well, what are these awards? I mean, maybe the awards. Let’s see the others. I’ve only said the word name three times. The second one is from Dick’s dirty Bloody Mary Mix. Okay. That’s funny. The third is Bloody Mike. Bloody Mike did it. We like Bloody Mike. Last one is from Ocean Spray. Which is why you were like, meh. Yeah. Comes in a plastic bottle. It could be grape juice. Oh, I forgot to tell you, the winner. Way to go, Mike. Or actually, sorry, the loser will have their own. No, it’s the winner. Yeah, the winner gets the thing. I knew what the thing. Well, it’s written in my copy that the loser gets the thing. But I know what the thing is. It’s an award winning thing, and I would want to have it if I won. Okay. Doesn’t sound great to me. But no one’s winning. It’s true. So maybe I just get it in the end. As you can see, we can’t. Time for a little dessert. You’re blindfolded because it’s chocolate round, and some of the chocolates say, you know, the brand on them. We don’t want you to see it. The winner here is the World’s Best Chocolate award from the twenty twenty-three International Chocolate Awards. Oh, this is a big award. Oh, that’s a long piece of chocolate. This is giving me Easter bunny so far. Do you already have some? These are all big chocolate bars, so just pinch off like. I’m just smelling. A piece. I mean, so you do have some in your hand? Yeah. Smells like an Easter bunny, doesn’t it? Good gracious. That must have been huge before you. You did something down here, huh? Here and here? I just took one block, dude. No, you didn’t. No, you took a lot more. No, you left, like, part of it’s also on the, on the plate, too. There’s a whole bar. Well, I have. it doesn’t feel complicated. That’s dark. How does one appreciate dark, dark chocolate? I don’t know. It’s my favorite. This feels like eighty-five percent, man. This feels like the sweet spot. Too much. I think I’ve had it before, though. I like it because it kind of feels like it’s assaulting you a little. It needs salt or something. Is this the next one? Oh, yeah, it’s thicker. I can tell. Okay, now that’s. Grab the top. Grab above. Break it. There we go. Oh, I like the sound of that. Oh, yeah. Oh, this is thick. This one’s sweeter. It’s not as dark. This has some fruity notes. Maybe it’s darker than it seems, and that’s why it’s award winning. It’s pretty good. I like it. I think I know what the first one is. I don’t know what that one is. And look at. Oh, this one. This one’s not. The first one is so big. It’s just gratuitously large. It’s as big as a puzzle. You know, you could lay it out and. Assemble something on it. This one does many things in my mouth. Tell me how many things happen in your mouth over the course of a few seconds. What? It is interesting. Well, I haven’t said anything. I was listening to the chocolate. There’s darkness. There’s a sweetness. There’s a fruity sweetness. I’m not saying I even like it more than the other ones. It tastes a little bit like beer. But there’s more happening that might perk you up on in a contest. It’s hoppy. Yeah, because when you’re eating all these chocolates, you need something to, like, just really wow you. Now, this one is got. Oh, okay. It’s got. It’s got something. Some sort of, like. It’s been. It’s been milled. It’s got a. It’s like. It’s, like, three D printed or something. This is three D chocolate? What happened to this one? Yeah, it’s bad. Did you just throw it at me? I try to make it land on the table. Okay, so we’re not voting for that one. The first one I have at my house right now. Do you only buy awards? I only buy award winning thing. All right. Hold on. I’m ready. Wheres my thing? Three, two, one. We going different? I don’t have a lapel. Okay, you’re in there. Okay. The twenty twenty-three World’s Best Chocolate is crafted from the rare Chuncho cocoa, renowned for its floral and fruity essence. This is Vigdis Rosenkilde, which is seventy percent cacao, on plate number three. Yeah, that’s the one. And look at that. It’s got a cacao on the actual. I knew this was Lindt, which is good. It’s solid. Too much. And you almost guessed the percentage. Because it’s ninety percent. Ninety, okay. Okay. And then the next one is Blue Stripes Whole Cacao. It’s seventy percent. Look at that, Link. That’s seventy percent. That’s in your ballpark. I like that. RIP to the last one, which was just Trader Joe’s dark chocolate. Something happened, Trader. I mean, even if you look at the front of it, I thought that, that’s an error. I think it might just be in somebody’s. It’s been melted. Windshield. Okay. So, Rhett, you won. I thought you were getting this thing, which is an award winning erotic novel, but actually, Link has to read you excerpts of it, and then also you can take it with you. I don’t know. There’s something with the erotic novel we’ll do something with in More. Okay. I might need more people than just Link to read from it. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. You know what time it is. Hi, I’m Nicole from Massachusetts, and today I am celebrating winning a Forty Under Forty award for being my Mythical best. And it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. Congratulations. Click the top link to watch us determine if weird awards are real or fake in Good Mythical More. And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land. Are you ready to make one hundred dishes straight from the Mythical Kitchen? Well, they’re all waiting for you in the Mythical Cookbook available at mythicalcookbook.com