The N Cracker AA: Nominations
It’s time for the N Cracker AA — together, we’ll choose the best cracker of them all.
You probably know how this works already, but in case you’ve never been here before: Keckler and I will make a big old list of kinds of crackers, with your help; we’ll randomize ’em and put ’em in flights; then we’ll write about ’em and you’ll fight about ’em and then we’ll have a winner. (Check out the introduction to Cinemarch Madness for an idea of how the N Cracker AA will go. No brackets this time.)
A few things to know:
- not sure what we’re doing with “sandwich crackers”; feel free to nominate them
- graham crackers are out, for the same reason tomatoes are a vegetable — in other words, if it’s a “digestive cracker” most people “use as” a cookie, it’s out
- …but Goldfish are in
- yes, you can nominate different types of the same brand
Three (3) nominations per comment, please. You can second as many as you like, and you can re-comment, but please make an effort to read the thread at least cursorily. Thanks!
Now, my Carr’s Cheese Melts and I are going to kick back and see what you come up with. Questions/arguments, let us know! You have ’til Tuesday July 30.
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…yeah, so after reading this thread over the last two days, I went shopping while hungry just now and ended up buying four types of crackers. Including Wheat Thins, which I forgot I already had. Oy.
Wheeeeeeat Thiiiins. For realz y’all, I could eat a box in one sitting. (And have).
Also Saltines. They aren’t just for stomach bugs anymore! A sleeve of Saltines, a jar of Nutella and a knife and I’m a happy girl.
Kashi’s Tasty Little Crackers, especially the honey sesame variety. Delicious.
Almond Nut This with a Hint of Sea Salt flavor.
Nairn’s Oatcake crackers, any flavor!
I’m sure these would be eliminated early if they even made the bracket but I have to throw them in!
Wheat thins original
Ritz
Nabisco premium saltines (the only thing I can eat whenever I get sick is progresso vegetarian soup & saltines)
Thanks for clearing up the Carr’s cracker mystery, Sars!!
Also adding:
Wheat thins (non-stoned, although the stoned variety is superior)
Ritz
Wasa crips – whatever the ones that had Ivan Lendl on the box in the ’80’s… I LOVED those things for some bizarre reason
Animal Crackers
Water Biscuits
Grahamn Cracker
Hot & Spicy Cheez-Its!!! Best thing ever.
Seconding Waverly Crackers (and high-fiving my great grandma)
How about those Pepperidge Farm sesame stick things? I used to live for those.
Yum, crackers…
If you live around NYC or NYCers, one of the true delights of the contest will be hearing people discuss the merits of their favorite ‘crackizz.’ Too bad that locution isn’t captured in all its sonic awesomeness here on the internets.
Oh, MAN.
– Can we nominate a cracker posthumously? Because Triscuit seems to have discontinued its “fire-roasted tomato and olive oil” (read: tasty tasty MSG) variety. My husband swears I’m the only person who ever bought them, but I may never love again. Seriously.
– Townhouse, thirded. Slightly more unapologetically buttery than Club and light years better than Ritz.
– Cheez-It original, umpteenthed, and I expect we’ll see it in the final.
Also, are we allowed to trash-talk yet? Because all Cheez-It’s knockoffs are miserable in comparison except maybe Goldfish. Better Cheddars taste like freezer-burnt mild ched, Cheese Nips (do they even still bother?!) like waxy death, and the list goes on.
The sesame rectangle in the Pepperidge Farm Entertaining Quartet
Pepperidge Farm Snack Sticks — sesame or pumpernickel (I believe the whole line is now discontinued, sniff!!)Used them to scoop buckets of the pink and orange swirl “port wine” cheese Wispride spread back in the day, yum!!
Raincoast Crisps — partial to the rosemary raisin variety — excellent with a super sharp aged cheddar
Putting in a last minute vote for RkKrisps and Peanut Butter-Cheese Sandwich Crackers.
Most of my faves have been named, so I’ll try not to be multiplicative.
Roasted Garlic Triscuits
Ka-Me rice crackers–sesame
Kashi 7-grain snack crackers
I wanted to specify the PREMIUM Saltines for my vote! That’s the Nabisco brand. I am now going to try the ZESTAs again but in my memory they are not as good as the Nabisco.
More love for Nairn’s oat cakes! C’mon!
Do you guys have Ryvita over there?
Only one nom for Captain’s Wafers? The best, most buttery cracker ever? What do you people do in restaurants while you are waiting for your actual food?
If Saltines win I will despair for humanity.
Captain’s Wafers
Vegetable Thins
Captain’s Wafers
Umm.. Why has no one,said bacon dippers? It’s not just Canadian, is it? So yummy!
I only have two noms:
Tricuits: Rosemary and Olive Oil flavor. (Try these with jellied cranberry sauce as dip. It’s delicious.)
Nabisco Bacon Crackers. (I don’t think you can buy these anymore though, so maybe they don’t qualify.)
Cheezits (although my vote is for the Colby over any of the other flavors… especially the provolone, which tastes like ashtray, but I keep rebuying them every few months because I love actual provolone cheese, and I apparently never learn.
Those buttery Pepperidge Farms crackers shaped like butterflies (Butter Thins, I think are the name? Do they still make those?)
I actually prefer the dill-and-olive-oil Triscuits to the rosemary, because I am contrary.
I second Tam Tams, my childhood favorites.
DSayko: I think cheese was done a couple of years ago, but I don’t remember the winner.