Welcome to Good Mythical More Walmart’s trying to one-up some famous things. And turns out some of them are really good at it. They taste just as good. We’re gonna find out. Let’s find out. But first freeze frame. I don’t know. I don’t know. Who knows what they do with it? We’re at their mercy. Yeah, it’s Look what they say. Sorry. Gwynedd, come on in here. Welcome Gwynedd from Sporked. Gwynedd! Gwynedd, Gwynedd’s over there. Hi. Tasting the future. Yeah. Do you feel like you’re tasting the future sometimes? Exactly , yes. All the time. Sometimes tasting the, the alternatives. So many options. Yeah. Have we ever talked about where your name comes from? I don’t think that we have, no. Give us the story on, I would love to Gwynedd the name. Okay. So Gwynedd is a province in Wales but it’s spelled with two Ds at the end. You’re making this up? No Gwyneth with two Ds I would’ve come up with something better with, yeah. We love Wales. Okay. Wales is great. So my parents just found it on a map. Oh, they’re not from there. No. No. And we mispronounce it which really irks people who are from Wales. It’s not a lot of people don’t worry about it. Yeah. So it’s not that my entire life every Gwen has been a Gwynedd. No, I think that I’m, I’m There aren’t a lot of Gwynedds Have you ever visited Gwynedd? No. Should we go? No. Oh. Yeah, we should go. Okay. My God you changed your mind. I changed my mind because I saw the look on your face. Oh my God. When I said no. So I looked devastated. And I just hate doing that to you. So you know what the originals taste like. Okay. So yeah, we have thin mints and then we have the Great Value. Great value Version. Have you come, have you come around Link, because you were talking about how you’ve come around to chocolate and mint together recently. Let me have a thin mint. I heard you talking about that. I’m trying, I’m trying to open up my world here. To experience some of the best of what the Girl Scouts have to offer. Yeah. People love thin mints. But the thing about thin mints is that you can only get them for like, what, a month a year? Those girls put these together. That’s what makes the cookies so special. Those things are stuck. See, I’m afraid if these are just as good These girls been sticking ’em together. That the girl, this is undercutting Girl Scouts. It is, I know, Walmart, should feel bad. Walmart. Walmart trying, they’re trying to just put put every mom and pop and girl out of business Girl bosses. Right. So I tasted the original. Well done. Right? Well done. I mean, I think It’s a little less crispy. Mm-hmm. A little less crispy. but it has like a really nice coating. Basically the same. It tastes so good. I think we, my, oh, so we compared like several Girl Scout cookies to their Great Value versions. Did they nail it every time? ‘Cause they have like a Samoas one and a few of them? Oh Yeah. They were all really good. But these we like, especially we thought these were like better than thin mints. Did they have the peanut butter the Tagalongs, Tagalongs? Tagalogs? I don’t think so. If I was a girl I can’t remember, I’m sorry. What I would do If I was a girl I would go to, to Walmart. I’d take these out, pop ’em out real careful. Like share ’em with all my girlfriends. I’d put Your fellow scouts These in there. Put ’em in there, seal it back up. Sell ’em for a profit. It can be done. That’s so smart. And you can sell ’em year round. You can be the one Girl Scout that’s selling ’em. Mm-hmm. Right? Just keep the boxes Or 3D print the boxes. There you go. Or just print the boxes. Just print the boxes. I don’t think it needs to be 3D. 3D printing sounds way cooler though. So if you have a hankering for these and it’s not that time of year It’s a way to get Girl Scout cookies all year long. They’re just called fudge mint. Yeah. That’s not a great name. But what can you do? How do the Girl Scouts feel about this? They got, they’re gonna not sell in the Walmart parking lot anymore, and just protest. I mean That’s what I’d be doing. Maybe. Yeah. They should be big mad, but I don’t know if they are. Yeah, well I think they could get big mad. Yeah. It, it could happen. Let’s go with another one. I’ve got just a mustard. How about that for a change of pace. Yeah. Okay. Just a mustard. A Grey Poupon Mustard Imitation. Do you guys, so you use Grey Poupon in your waking lives. I know you dream about it. Grey Poupon is gonna taste a little bit strong, straight up. Yeah. So It’s great on a sandwich. Dijon, Dijon. It’s good, but I think that this. It’s for, it’s for rich people. It is. Could you pass the Grey Poupon? Mm. That’s nice. That’s real nice. Mm. Okay. What kind of mustard do they What a horrible name. Eat in Wales. Okay. Grey is not an appetizing color to say. Poop on Poop on. Yeah. Don’t think too much about it. Gray poop on. It’s made with white wine. This isn’t bad, but if you do them side by side, this is a little stronger. So we actually really What happened? Ew. You might actually- You got the juice. Might prefer that one if you, if you, if you like that. Sorry. But I don’t, I like the smoother taste of Grey Poupon. Okay. So we actually preferred this one because of of the stronger taste. Okay. You just get , you’re getting more mustard for your money. You are getting more mustard. Like I said, if you like this kind of mustard, you’re getting more of it. It’s a great value. It’s more wasabi-ish, -esque. It’s, it’s aggressive, but I think it’s pretty tasty stuff. So this one didn’t match it. This one, one-upped it. Yeah. We thought so. It’s good. Yeah, because every time I eat Grey Poupon, I’m like There’s nothing bad about it. It’s just, I mean I’d like more. You can make it go twice as far. Yeah. Because you do half as much. I feel like we do like aggressive mustards over at Sporked. It’s kind of a thing about us. I’m, mustard is something that I’m slowly expanding my life to include more of. I, I definitely acknowledge that there’s nothing better on a Hot dog? No, not, a corn dog. Yeah. Nothing better on a corn dog than like a nice pungent mustard. Yeah. It’s complimentary. And then from there, like a, like a run-of-the-mill sandwich. Just a nice little layer of mustard is something that I used to not do. I used to It’s good. Go full hard on the mayonnaise. Oh yeah. You gotta balance out mayonnaise. Yeah. I like mustard and mayonnaise. So in my, in my age, I think I’m becoming a mustard. I’m getting coming around to mustard, mint and chocolate. Every, everybody That was yours, I’m throwing it away. Everybody goes through a mustard puberty. Yeah. And it just depends on how old you are when you go through it. You went, you late mustard bloomer. Aw, I loved mustard at like three. Now I’ve got so much mustard energy built up. Like where am I gonna blow that everywhere. My mustard hormones were everywhere when I was a kid. Big mustard man now. Okay. Yeah. I’m gonna go to one that I’m excited about. Tostitos con Queso. Medium. And then just the Great Value. Boy, they, they make their, their labels lame on purpose. I think they just show this is cheap. It’s cheap, yeah. This is what it is. Yeah. And don’t take any time on it. They can make a better design. They can make a better label if they wanted to. Yeah. But they are keeping things affordable. Now look at, it’s the Tostitos is a lot more orange Want a chip? Which kind of makes me think I’m in nacho territory only. Mm mm, okay. Mmmm. Tostito’s is great. Wow. I’m trying to get There’s really no reason to get Tostito’s if you’ve got access to that. It’s so like, I don’t know. It’s creamier and it’s like peppery. I think more peppery than Tostitos And less nacho-y Yeah. Maybe like In a good way. Yeah. Like a less aggressive and salty flavor or something. It’s really good, right? It’s better. See? Is it better to your taste? It’s got more flavor. Yeah. It’s not quite as spicy is it? Maybe that’s the one thing about Tostitos that I like a little bit more. Yeah. But I’m sure you could get, You could probably get it A Great Value, spicy version. You could dial it in. What about the displays? What a great value. Maybe. What about the displays? I love great values. I think Tostitos, they’re getting a lot of mileage out of that. Almost having to walk around them when you’re walking in through the store. Mm-hmm. Sometimes you’ll just be walking and then all of a sudden they’ve got a whole thing that they’ve built that’s kind of out there and you have to kind of move around it. Like, like an end cap kind of thing? Yeah. Or like a display? They’re like, man-spreading in the grocery store. But not just an end cap, but like something that sticks out into the aisle a little bit. Tostitos is, is It’s aggressive. Is queso-spreading? And it’s the chips too, right? Their whole thing. And they put this in the aisle with their chips. I will say Tostitos makes a white version of this and it’s really good. This was all from, we tasted all these for our best queso ranking. Okay. That’s on sporked.com. Oh, that’s convenient. Yeah. Check it out. It is. There’s a search bar. Anything that you like, search it there and see if there’s something that you could like even more or to see if your opinions are validated and line up with the Sporked crew. That’s the, that’s the game I play sometimes. That’s so fun. Yeah. So. I love games. It’s just a, it’s a powerful tool and it’s free to use Let’s eat steak sauce straight. Sporked.com. Yeah. So, yeah. How are we gonna do this? Are, are you thinking about going to Gwynedd? Like have you thought about it? Like, you know it like at some point. Yeah. Before you pass. If I said no, you can still go. You’ll organize a trip to go and be like, this is my name. This is my town. This is my place. Yeah. I would be super annoying about it too. Tell everyone in And do like a vlog series. But would you say your name like the town when you were there so you didn’t have to have that conversation? I would say it the way I say it. I think and then, okay. And then everyone. Yeah. And let everyone be mad at me. Just let ’em deal with it. Yeah Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Live with it. This is what I’d say to all the Welshmen Welshman everywhere. What a weird spoon. I just don’t, I don’t have a place in my life for A-1. Kristy. I’ve said it. I’ll say it again. She loves this on a steak. And if I That means you’re not doing a good job with the steaks. I know. Just so you understand. It ain’t just me, it’s just, it’s it’s just something that she grew up doing. Okay. I’m not, it’s not bad on a bad piece of meat. I, yeah You know what she’ll do? There’s a burger you can get at Cookout that has Ooh A-1 on it. It’s a steakhouse burger. I think that’s a good, I think that’s a good call actually. I think A-1 on a burger. I think it’s Swiss cheese, onions and A-1 steak sauce. Tangy. It’s a good taste. It’s such a weird taste. But steak doesn’t need it. Yeah. No, I know. Burger. Yes, I agree. Okay. Classic steak sauce is just what they call it. I know. I feel like this label’s like, especially bobo-looking. Oh, it’s a little thinner. It’s a little lighter. It looks more like Heinz 57. I love Heinz 57. I forgot But not totally. Heinz 57. It looks so good. Heinz 57 is a lot thicker than A-1. And a lot orange-er. Heinz 57 was my go-to. I forgot about the whole bottle. So it’s very different. These are, it’s different than A-1, but It’s more subtle. It’s more saucy and subtle. I don’t like the aftertaste as much. But I mean what is it like half the price or something? It’s cheap. Yeah. But it also, I don’t know, I think it has like, almost like a more like sophisticated flavor than A-1. A-1 like really hits you in the face with that. A-1 one has more bite. Tang. Yeah. Yeah. And this is like If you almost like, like A-1, but it’s just a bit too much for you, then get the Great Value. Lemme tell you, it’ll be a great value. It says perfect for all cuts of meat. But I think it should say perfect for not that great cuts of meat. I think the only way that I would discover and taste this if I didn’t have this existence and this experience with you, Gwynedd, is staying at like an Airbnb. You know how there’s like And they left it in the fridge door. They strip everything out. Yeah. And then there’s like a couple of things in the pantry. There’s like some garlic salt and some knockoff steak sauce. Yeah. And then like, so a can of oats for some reason. Right, and somebody gets like top round, you know. I’m saying it’s just like not a great cut of meat and they make steaks out of it. Okay. And you’re like, I’m gonna put this on it. Yeah, exactly. Or, or your wife is there But this is also Just don’t know how to respond to this top round. Yeah, yeah yeah. Right. Like well outta my depth. Yeah, right. Yes. Don’t use either of these on good steaks, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I, that’s the deal that we’re making. I, I mean, I don’t like putting sauce on meats in general really. There’s very, I mean, I don’t know. Yeah. People will ruin a good brisket with, with sauce too. Yeah. No, that’s true. Like when you go to a barbecue place and it’s sauced and you’re just like, why’d you do that? Pre-sauced? That’s an insult. It’s an insult to me as a North Carolinian. Rude I’m really excited about this one, but I want to ask you a a personal/logistical question. Okay. With all the food that you’re tasting over there Yeah. At, at Sporked. Like, do you have a similar experience to us, which is like if we have, if we shoot an episode that’s like if we’re just chowing down on a bunch of stuff at at a certain point we’ll lean over to each other and say this is it for me today. Yes. Like, I don’t, I don’t, I’ll, I won’t eat dinner. I frequently wind up feeling like upset about how much I ate in a day and I leave work. And I cry. Gwynedd! That’s not true. Don’t make it a sad story. I, it’s kind of a treat that I get to eat all the stuff I eat but then I’m like, okay Yeah. I’m not, you know, I’m not hungry for dinner now. No, exactly. I’m not weeping or anything. Okay. I cry only a little bit. I love my job. I don’t weep. I just, you know, you Do you stop crying by the time you get home? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. This, just as long as you don’t share it with anybody at home. And then my husband like makes me eat dinner and I’m just like, no, I can’t do it. Yeah. And you just weep and like force mashed potatoes into your mouth. Yeah. Kristy knows when we’re shooting the show, I’m not coming. She’s not counting on me to eat the dinner. There was a, there was a while there where it was like I would take her off guard and be like, I just can’t I’ll sit at dinner, but I just can’t I’ll sit here and watch and say nothing. Yeah. And just sit, stare at you, while you eat. I kind of put some thought into making this is what she said. And I was like, okay well let’s coordinate a little bit more. Yeah. And now we figured that out. Now I We did a beef burrito taste test recently. Oh yeah? Yeah, I had, you know it’s like over the course of the taste test I’m probably only eating like one full burrito, honestly. It’s hard to tell. It just, Yeah. I just really wound up with heartburn. Wanted to die. Let get back to something positive. Tell me how much you love these chips. These are good. I freaking love these chips. Do you love them? These are my second favorite chip. Okay. Behind the cheddar sour cream Ruffle. So I haven’t tasted these head to head in a while but my recollection is that They’re so good. What you’re gonna find here is like even more sour cream and onion flavor and more potato flavor than you’re getting from Lays. You’re saying it’s better. Tell me what you think. That’s quite a promise. Wow, it’s very different. They’re very different. Almost a fruity No, this ain’t fruity. I know what you’re saying. I think it’s the, I think it’s the onion. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Like maybe like a sweeter onion kind of flavor. Sweeter But Great Value potato chips I promise are very good. Like we had the sour cream and onion ones the other day and we were all like, whoa, these rule. That’s these. If you just got me Salt and vinegar If you got these at a party, I pro I would, I would not know that I wasn’t eating these until I had these side by side. I think I would. Okay. But these like cost a nickel for sure. Yeah. The mag-, they’re good, but the magic’s not there. Okay. So I’m not, yeah, I’m, I gotta go back. You can’t win ’em all. But yeah, I really like these These almost taste bland after you go to those. I really love them. You know what I’m saying? Good crunch. There’s so much a good happening there This is a good chip, mm-hmm. There’s too much happening, Gwynedd. No, I’m so sorry. But they’re, they are good though. I’m so sorry. But you just can’t, you can’t beat the second best chip on the planet. Okay. With a Great Value. That’s too much to ask. That’s fair. That’s too much to ask. Set myself up for a loss here. Some pe I I I just think that when you it’s different enough that some people will prefer it. Like Gwynedd Like me. No, I do think, yeah. I like the quality of that chip a lot. Why don’t you? I do, I do Go to Wales. Okay. And you wear an outfit. One half of it is this color green and the other half of it is this color green. So they’re actually really close. Okay. And you hold this bag in that hand and this bag in that hand. And you just, you you don’t say anything ’cause you don’t speak Welsh. You have a sign written in Welsh or maybe you have one of those collars like the dog in Up. Okay. So that anything you say is automatically said in Welsh. And you say, I am Gwynedd, I am visiting. I am named after this place. Tell me which ones of these chips you like better. That’s pretty much what I do when I go on vacation. Anywhere. Oh You’re trying to you’re trying to make all her vacations work trips. Yeah. All right Drumming hard. Get to work. Gwynedd in Wales. Okay. See you when I get back from Wales. All right. Have a great time. Thanks Sporked just found all the best Walmart foods you should be buying instead of the expensive name brand stuff. So head on over to sporked.com for the full rankings.