TS: Triscuits? Or Wheat Things?

What? How is this even a question? Triscuits.

What? How is this even a question? Wheat Thins

One of my favorite snacks in the whole world is american cheese on triscuits. Pretty much the only time I eat american cheese too. Pro tip - if you fold a slice of american cheese in four it makes perfect triscuit size pieces.

Wheat thins

:(

where the triscuit ppl at? i can't be the only one.

wheat thins and kaukauna cheese spreads were my #1 childhood snack. had some last night, actually.

One of my favorite snacks in the whole world is american cheese on triscuits. Pretty much the only time I eat american cheese too. Pro tip - if you fold a slice of american cheese in four it makes perfect triscuit size pieces.

yessssssssssssssss

Wheat Thins taste about the same as the cardboard box they come in. Triscuits! (Love the rosemary ones.)

I am never without a box of Triscuits. Plain, though -- flavored ones are overwrought and msg-laden. Reduced-fat are dry and cardboardy.

There you are!

Surm <3 as per usual

I think I'm a Triscuit purist - I've never felt the need to try any of the flavored ones.

Yeah, this is so Triscuits it ain't even funny. Those new rye Triscuits with some goat cheese on them = bliss.

I eat em with sharp cheddar and jalapenos

See that sounds delicious. I did the American cheese thing ever since I was little so it's sort of like comfort food for me. Maybe I need to expand my triscuit topping horizons.

See but wheat thins already taste good so you don't have to slather them in other stuff to make them edible

i love the american cheese thing cuz it goes SO well with the saltiness of the triscuit

x-post - I like Triscuits straight too though.

surm otm regarding the am cheese v. saltiness - it creates the perfect balance

I like that they have 3g fiber per serving (or in my case like 12g)

Wheat Thins taste about the same as the cardboard box they come in. Triscuits! (Love the rosemary ones.)

― Glorified Lolcat (Dan Peterson), Friday, February 11, 2011 3:07 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

This is nonsense. Wheat Thins have lots of wheaty, nutty sweetness. More flavor than Triscuits, I think.

I don't know which one to vote for. Also, should have been a Pick Only One, not TS.

the texture of triscuits on their own is just heaven

Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits
Rye triscuits

nomnomnomnomnomnomnom

also they are SO UNIQUE

it's like an artist decided to sketch what would be the coolest cracker and he came up with this

As a child, I used to get into trouble because I would eat entire boxes of Triscuits in one sitting. They are one of the most perfect crackers ever created; the hint of butter and saltiness of the original ones is one of my favorite tastes, full stop.

Wheat Thins always tasted like diet food to me, like someone took a graham cracker, made it smaller, and replaced all the flavor with a sock.

Plain? Wheat thins. The great thing about Triscuits, tho, is they're hardy little things and you can load them with spreads or sliced cucumber and what not and they don't get soggy too fast.

totally buying triscuits on my way home now

thanks thread!

I love triscuits. The plain ones + the rosemary/olive oil flavored one is good too. I think they kind of look like industrial-grade office carpet!

Triskets all the way! I once defended them against saltine crackers (fucking saltines!) on another thread. That I had to do that still strikes me as weird. The black pepper (and olive oil, garlic?) ones are my favorite, and I love the rosemary ones too but lately I'm starting to think they're too rosemary-y.

I am a rosemary friend so they are fine by me.

I dunno, Saltines and peanut butter...

i mean look

saltines are a staple, but in terms of taste? like all around, no need for anything else taste? you know who the winner is

What about Ak-Mak?

Triscuits!

I haven't seen the rye triscuits around here, sorry to say.

OMG I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING UP AK MAK BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO COMPLICATED

honestly like in terms of simplicity, can't beat em

i have some right here in my drawer at the office

I hardly ever buy crackers -- even though I loved them as a kid -- so I can't even remember the last time I had a Wheat Thin.

Still, I'm inclined to vote for them over Triscuits. Plain Triscuits were always sort of flavorless, and when I had a flavored one (don't remember which variety) at my dad's house recently, the flavoring powder seemed kind of gross and overpowering.

Wheat Thins, meanwhile: simple, nutty, piquant.

I like that that works for crackers, whereas if you were to describe a person that way...

simple, nutty, piquant.

WHEAT THINS Y'ALL, LOCK THREAD

tbh i haven't had triscuits in years . . . should prob have some soon

triscuits > stoned wheat thins >>>>>>>> wheat thins

the takeaway message i'm getting from this thread is that nabisco is otm

stone ground wheat thins are great but tricky on their own. better with cheese imo.

what is Ak-Mak plz?

http://akmakbakeries.com/

oh wait I've seen those.

they are perfect

I would endorse at least 90% of the responses so far.

I also love these

And stoned wheat thins are good, too.

oh YES Michael i can see we would have a great wine n cheese party together - carrs with pepper are so yummmm

the takeaway message i'm getting from this thread is that nabisco is otm

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 11 February 2011 21:59

POST OF THE DAY

surm, esp w/ say a Stilton or Dolce Latte

on the mouth

You know what I like on Triscuits? La vache qui rit.

OMG MICHAEL STOP

i have a constant supply of vache qui rit in my fridge ... been pairing them with ak mak as of late

but yes delish on triscuits

My bors in Egypt probably concur:

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110204/capt.11a4b340cb8a43b682a1f1dc47abf1df-11a4b340cb8a43b682a1f1dc47abf1df-0.jpg?x=400&y=266&q=85&sig=PkmRjaN6B7bBcQaErK1vtQ--

bors? Sorry my mouth was full. Apologia

i posted at length on the "cooking disgusting food" thread about my love for Triscuits and all their assorted flavor offshoots over Wheat Thins. I may have exaggerated my dislike of Wheat Thins for rhetorical purposes but Triscuits are easily better.

Is there really such a thing as rye triscuits???

i know that's kinda buggin me out too, sounds too good to be true

Yes there is!!
http://www.wegmans.com/prodimg/262/200/044000046262.jpg

Laughing Cow = la vache qui rit...I am so uncultured I didn't know this until moments ago

Rye Triscuits are all kinds of win, but nothing beats peanut butter + ryvita though

rosemary & olive oil (+ cracked pepper & olive oil) Triscuits are ridiculously overspiced & have a way of overwhelming whatever you top them with. day-glo, in-your-face spiciness works for Doritos because they're specially engineered to PUMP YOU UP, but the humble Triscuit is a grown-up food that ought to reveal its goodness slowly and subtly rather than hijacking your gustatory system like its a fucking Warhead or Altoid.

imho generic woven wheat crackers are 90% as good as name-brand Triscuits (i.e. good enough for me), but generic wheat thins never seem to measure up to the Nabisco ones.

Wheat Thins used to be different ... they made them more like cookies at some point late 80s early 90s

a butter cookie such as a Ritz blows both these outta the water. only downfall is they're too crumbly.

whole wheat club crackers

http://i56.tinypic.com/ekrt3k.jpg

the dark brown wheat ones >>>>> the water crackers >>> the ones that are butterflies >>>>>>>>>>>> the ones with poppy seeds

(just sayin. none of them are that great, or entertaining)

a butter cookie such as a Ritz blows both these outta the water. only downfall is they're too crumbly.

I'm down with Ritz, but unlike Triscuits and Wheat Thins, they don't leave me with the smug feeling that I have just eaten health food.

oh and fyi: destroy pretty much all of the Kashi crackers.

currently crunching on these
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CDk-L3bhL.jpg

triscuits by miles

Trader Joe's pseudo-Triskets are good too, at about $2 a box. They only have the regular and lower fat ones, though, no special flavors.

Is "Trisket" an overseas spelling?

Wheat Thins, meanwhile: simple, nutty, piquant.

Piquant? I don't know about that.

unregistered OTM re flavored varieties being too strong. Even ordinary flavors like OO+pepper are too rich and overwhelming. The cheesy ones far more so. They make me a little queasy.

Is "Trisket" an overseas spelling?

Actually no, I just misspelled it.

it's cute

WHERE IS THE MEDIOCRE SEX OPTION

lol good call

Triscuts. I used to make Triscut sandwiches with cheese slices and pepperoni. One of my favorite thrown-together snacks along with Cocoa Pebbles treat squares.

that's such a classic snack, cheese and pepperoni bites

there was this old school italian deli near my house in hs that had cheese and pepperoni rolls that u could just like eat at the store

mini things wrapped in some kind of dough

geez louise

man I had no idea ya'll had such strong feelings on crackers

Laughing cow cheese is the bomb fwiw.

WHEAT
THINS

these days I go for crispbreads & rice/sesame asian crackers (this is not an issue of snobbery - I genuinely prefer these items). But I'll vote Triscuit over Wheat Thin four out of five times. Esp. good w/ Easy Cheese!

Laughing cow cheese is the bomb fwiw.

― Senor DingDong (Trayce), Saturday, February 12, 2011 6:19 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is true. I just made some scrambled eggs with LC cheese in them and an enjoying it right now.

Bought something called Triscuit Thins this morning - garlic Parmesan and I have to say, these are some bomb ass crackers.

stoneds destroy both of these

but triscuits obv

all the flavored versions of wheat thins i've had were nasty, way too strong flavoring

even RYE? <3

have not had rye wheat thins

think i had rye triscuits though and they were good

oh oops I meant triscuits

Y CANT I READ

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

wheat thins because you can get ranch flavor and eat them like chips

however not as good as ranch air crisps, a wheat thins subsidiary

http://theimaginaryworld.com/crk30.jpg

My brother gave me some of those circa 1985 and soon afterward I became nauseated. Probably had nothing to do with the crackers, but when I think about their smell and taste, I feel queasy again. Which is too bad, because they seem like a good idea.

Mmm chicken in a biscuit - sodium flavored goodness. Drunk snax ahoy

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

victory

u r all idiots

nuh uh!

more poll results that i intend to blame on the brits

Triscuits are American, jerk.

a landslide of Triscuits! A nation celebrates!

hope that landslide buries all you terrible people tbh while i am kicking it on awesome wheat thin mountain

wheat thin mountain flimsy, washed away in the first rain of the season leaving Triscuit Ranges standing tall in their wake

Tri-Scuits!
Tri-Scuits!
Tri-scuits!

(Triscuit Ranges formed after landslide, obv...my geology sucks obv)

i feel like your argument here is that triscuits are notable because of their sturdy construction material like qualities, which means sure they should win a poll about what cracker would you use as a foundation for your mobile home but not so much an argument for which is better in the edible sense

"Triscuits! The granite of the snack cracker world!"

Your wheat thins are not awesome and would make for a poor mountain, is what I'm telling you

"Triscuits! They're Tooth-Cra-Cra-Cracking Good!"

enjoy your roofing tiles

Triscuits are basically shredded wheat with salt? Not a bad thing, but wheat thins stand alone more often than triscuits.

Triscuits are American, jerk.

― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered)

I like to think that ILX's biggest demographic is Englanders so I blame them for all the poll results I don't like

this is such a wonderful poll result, i really feel better about my night

honestly I couldn't give a flying hoot about this poll. however, I once saw my mom flip out on my dad once because she thought he bought triscuits instead of wheat thins

wish i had some triscuits tbh

i have them in my desk drawer at work

i have some for breakfast sometimes but i try not to make a habit out of it

worse things than a triscuit habit! :)

Bowl of gumbo and a handful of garlic triscuits = my lunch was better than yours. (Maybe)

chocolate croissant = yes, your lunch was better than mine

"Triscuits! They're Tooth-Cra-Cra-Cracking Good!"

um maybe you should see a dentist

jjjusten still has his baby teeth iirc

C**** T** likes Wheat Thins AND Triscuit.
39 minutes ago

just one Triscuit?

ya just one

why are whole wheat crackers so hard to come by? I searched the cracker aisle of my supermarket and the only whole wheat ones were Triscuits and Wheat Thins (and their generic equivalents) and some fancy overpriced (Carr's brand) whole wheat rounds. you'd think that cracker people would want to keep up with the craze of proudly labeled whole wheat bread and cereal products, but apparently not.

I like my crackers the same way I like my women-- packed to the gills with transfats and cross-hatched.

haha

oh yeah Ritz has a line of "whole wheat" crackers, but they're only about 15% whole grains so what's the point? I'll stick with Triscuits for now -- at least they aren't shifty about these things.

just do what i do-- pound some overcooked brown rice or amaranth into the ritz cracker. sure, the shape gets compromised a little, but hey, life is largely comprised of small compromises ime anyhow

is that "overcooked" as in "congealed and pulpy" or "overcooked" as in "burned to a crisp"? seems risky and unpleasant either way unless you are very very high.

like, congee zone

and you just SLAM it into those Ritz crackers

and then you chase it with a leary biscuit

I dunno, dude, nutrition isn't supposed to be that labor intensive, and congee is like concrete if you spatter it all over the walls and forget to wipe it up before it dries. maybe I'm better off with a simple Kashi IV drip or Cream of Wheat spooned into empty pill capsules and swallowed with a mouthful of vitamin water. being a health nut isn't worth it if you have to spend all your time worrying about what you put down your throat.

http://i.imgur.com/kVXvmvV.jpg

these things are weird. they taste more like ketchup than beans, and the bean stuff is kinda powdery. they're not actually woven — I guess it's impossible to weave dehydrated rice paste? — but there's a fake weave pattern on the surface of the cracker to satisfy brand loyalists. they're more brittle and crumbly than wheat Triscuits, and they don't break apart "with the grain", so they're not as fun to nibble on. I think I like them, but I'm too disoriented to sort out my feelings right now.

(the world is ending and I'm having a very serious debate with myself about Triscuit spinoffs)

generic Markers Basket Triscuits are just as good as the real thing, btw!

Wheat Thins' buffalo flavor is pretty great.

they taste more like ketchup than beans

That's one in the "plus" column.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nabisco-snack-physicists-develop-highly-unstable-q,34421/

OAK RIDGE, TN—Snack physicists at Nabisco Labs announced Friday the first successful synthesis of a Quadriscuit cracker, a salty treat long postulated by the theoretical models of food scientists but never confirmed by experiment until now. “At the moment, this hyperwafer can only exist for six milliseconds in a precisely calibrated field of magnetic energy, positrons, roasted garlic, and beta particles,” lab chief Dr. Paul Ellison told reporters at a press conference outside Nabisco’s $200 million seven-whole-grain accelerator. “However, by bombarding the cracker with neutrons until it reaches critical levels of zestiness and crunchability, we believe we can one day develop a chemically stable and edible Quadriscuit. Needless to say, such an irresistibly tasty breakthrough could upend everything we thought we knew about snacking.” Ellison added that the snack’s existence cannot be explained by classical Fig Newtonian physics.

irl lols