PICKLED ITEMS

Dear, Valued BTS Members

The Chair of the Pickled Items Follow-up Committee would like to thank all the valued BTS members who attended the September 23rd tasting. 12 pickled items were tasted, discussed and evaluated. 100 points were allocated for each pickled item based on: taste (50); after taste (10); texture (10); smell (10); visual appeal (10) and packaging (10).

The official results are listed below the pictures of the pickled items tasting.

The BTS Independent Evaluation and Adjudication Commission and the BTS Audit Board have sanctioned the public release of the results of the pickled items tasting. They are as follows:

1st 80.4/100 - Chili Radish by Kimlan


BTS member quotes:

• Chili hides the pickle
• Give me more
• Awesome!
• I had seconds!
• Good
• Promising

2nd 73.8/100 - Pickled Sliced Beets by Bick's

BTS member quotes:

• Wicked eh!
• Sweet smell
• I had seconds.......
• mmmm...beets
• Yum
• Mom would be happy

3rd 65.4/100 - Pickles by Mikado


BTS member quotes:

• Quality control problems
• Not my favourite
• Corn beef please!
• Bland and offensive. The Dupont Street of pickles
• Not as good as it looks
• Average

4th 63.2/100 - Mat Kimchi by Chongga


BTS member quotes:

• Looks like dead fish
• Korean workers unite!
• Looks like rotting lasagna
• Fake
• Not bad

5th 60.4/100 - Herring in Dill Marinade by Abba of Sweden


BTS member quotes:

• Better than fish
• 6 million Swedes cannot be wrong ... can they?
• Yuck
• Not as good as Swedish berries
• Nice smell

6th 58.2/100 - Pickled Leeks by Lotus Brand


BTS member quotes:

• symmetrical garnishes!
• Gwersee!
• Smells like my dentist
• Eww!
• disappointing

7th 57.4/100 - Tangy Trunips by Toorshi Foods


BTS member quotes:

• Need meat!
• Horseradish in this circumstance is way out of line
• If you like horseradish it is not bad
• Ehh!
• Roast beef
• Get rid of the horseradish
• Shit.......

8th 52.7/100 - Capers by Unico


BTS member quotes:

• Where is the smoked salmon?
• Factory smell, farm fresh flavour
• Salty!

9th 52.4/100 - Pickled Garlic Flower by August's Harvest


BTS member quotes:

• Don't roll over tonight
• This could have been much worse
• Not as good as Korean ones

10th 51.0/100 - Pickled Pattypan Squash by an unknown Moldova based manufacturer


BTS member quotes:

• I can taste the iron curtain
• Bad after taste
• It looks like a dead body
• Baby heads!
• Looks bad and goes down bad
• Looks stupid
• Not horrible
• Brain

11th 36.1/100 - Fresh Turmeric pickled in Brine by Deep Foods


BTS member quotes:

• Ewww!
• Woody, a bit like varnish
• Unpleasant
• Looks like Hickory Sticks
• Sucks!
• Wow, it sucks!
• Oh fuck!
• Bad!!!
• Nasty!

12th 18.6/100 - Pickled Prune by Pat Chun International


BTS member quotes:

• Eyeballs
• I am Chinese and it is gross!!
• The low point of the night
• GROSS!!!!
• Everything except good
• Too salty
• The long history of famine in China explains this

The Chair of the Pickled Items Follow-up Committee would like to extend its appreciation to all valued BTs members who made the culinary exploration of pickled items a success.

Sincerely,

Permanent Chief Secretary
Media Relations Directorate
Broadview Tasting Society

ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear, Valued Members

The Executive Commissioner of the Scheduling & Planning Commission would like to inform valued BTS members that BTS will be holding its first ever weekday tasting on Thursday September 23, at 8pm. The theme will be PICKLED ITEMS. Members are invited to bring one PICKLED ITEM of their choice if desired.

Sincerely,

Permanent Chief Secretary
Media Relations Directorate
Broadview Tasting society

INSTANT SOUPS

Dear, Valued BTS Members

The Chair of the Instant Soups Follow-up Committee would like to thank all the valued BTS members who attended the February 6th tasting. 13 instant soups were tasted, discussed and evaluated. 100 points were allocated for each instant soup based on taste (50 points), texture (20 points), visual appeal (20 points), after taste (5 points) and packaging (5 points). The official results are listed below the pictures of the instant soup tasting.







The official results tabulated by the BTS Independent Evaluation and Adjudication Commission and reviewed by the BTS Audit Board have been sanctioned for public release. They are as follows:

1st 75.75/100 - Beef Express


BTS member quotes:

• Blah.....
• Decent.
• Shit, those were good noodles.
• Thumbs up.
• Salty.
• Pleasing flavour.
• Tastes like the instant noodles I remember.
• Packaging boring.
• Noodles suck!

2nd 72.75/100 - Knorr Cream of Leek

BTS member quotes:

• Tastes fishy.
• Not a strong leek flavour
• Not super , but not bad.
• OK.
• Eh.
• My first leek experience, not bad.
• Not sure about his one.

3rd 72.33/100 - Kikkoman Red Miso

BTS member quotes:

• Exotique packaging.
• Yum!
• Very tasty.
• Great!
• I can taste the red!
• Mmmmm....red.

4th 70.33/100 - Nile Spice Sweet Corn Chowder

BTS member quotes:

• Not horrible.
• Corny!
• Suprisingly sweet.
• Very nice.
• Yum, nice sweet corn flavour.
• Very corny.
• Blah....

5th 65.93/100 - Grace Fish Tea
BTS member quotes:

• Like airplane soup.
• Needs noodles.
• Tastes like chicken.
• It is nothing like fish tea. What is fish tea?
• Looks like bad jello.
• Chickeny!
• Not going to happen.

6th 64.56/100 - Grace Cock Soup

BTS member quotes:

• Salty, not creamy.
• I love cock.
• One spicy cock; nice!
• Colour is disturbing
• Salty and spicy like bar nuts.
• Spicy!
• Tasty!
• The best cock I have ever tasted.
• Bonus points for the name

7th 58.69/100 - Lipton Cream of Chicken
BTS member quotes:

• Yummy.
• Boring package.
• Okay... but not too creamy.
• Gross.
• The colour was offensive.
• Why so gelatinous?
• Gelatinous not creamy.
• Does not smell like chicken.
• Too gelatinous.

8th 58.31/100 - Red Soup
BTS member quotes:

• Tomato sauce?
• Too tart.
• Fizzy texture and too thick
• Airplane tomato sauce.
• Watered down tomato sauce
• Better than expected.
• Yuck!
• Does not look red.
• Good for airplanes!
• Too thick

9th 57.50/100 Lipton Beef vegetable

BTS member quotes:

• Blah.
• Lacks noodleness.
• Has nothing on beef express.
• Meh.
• Tastes a little burned.
• Salty.
• Noodles suck!

10th 55.83/100 - Lipton Spring vegetable


BTS member quotes:

• Eh.
• Bleh.
• Blah.
  
• Artificial tomato taste.
• Quite respectable.
• No thank you.
• Not sure.....

11th 54.56/100 - Kikkoman Wakame Soup

BTS member quotes:

• Ewwwww.
• Exotique.
• Sesame seeds are a nice touch
• Too fishy.
• After tastes hangs around.
• Nice.
• Pungent.
• Really fishy.
• Wacky!
• Swampy.

12th 52.38/100 - Taste Adventure Sweet Corn Chowder

BTS member quotes:

• Looks Gross.
• Too thick.
• More split pea than corn chowder.
• Good quality.
• Tastes like peas and potatoes.
• Looks like baby puke!
• Did you find this on the floor of a bar?
• Good ingredients not good taste.
• Tastes like mash potatoes.

13th 43.83/100 - Mama Sita's Mung Bean Soup


BTS member quotes:

• Smell fishy.
• Is not bad.
• Seems to thick.
• Weird looking.
• N/A.
• Most disappointing.
• Not environmentally friendly.
• Mung!
• I am out.

The Chair of the Instant Soup Follow-up Committee would like to extend its appreciation to all the valued BTS members who made the culinary exploration of instant soups a success.

Sincerely,

Permanent Chief Secretary
Media Relations Directorate
Broadview Tasting Society

ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear, Valued Members

The Executive Commissioner of the Scheduling & Planning Commission would like to inform valued BTS members that the next tasting will be held on Saturday February 6, at 8pm. The theme will be INSTANT SOUPS. Members are invited to bring one INSTANT SOUP of their choice if desired.

Please RSVP by 31 January to confirm your attendance.

Sincerely,

Permanent Chief Secretary
Media Relations Directorate
Broadview Tasting society