I just saw something in the convenience store that caught my attention. It was a snack mix that had cashews in it, which was the first thing that I saw because I love cashews. The next thing I noticed was that it was pizza flavored. Cashews on pizza? That is weird, but AWESOME. And the third thing I noticed was that it was called Gamer Grub.

Grub for gamers? It's bound to be overpriced - yep, $2.00 for 6oz bag. And heck, that was the 2 for $4 special the store had - normally they were 2.49. But I love cashews and I love pizza, so I bought it without a second thought.

As I walked out of the store with it, I examined the bag more closely. According to it, it had a special formula of nutrients designed to improve focus while gaming. And it said it wouldn't cause greasy fingers or keyboard crumbs. The reason was that it was designed to be eaten by tearing open the specially designed bag and just pouring it into your mouth. Which I didn't realize at first, so I pulled out a cashew and thought it was greasier than they claimed. But then, it dawned on me that I was "doin' it wrong" and I began to feed on it the proper way.

It was delicious. As far as pizza-tasting snacks go, this was one of the best - despite the cashews. I have no idea how they did it, but cashews, almonds, and other snack-like foods became the perfect carriers for whatever secret pizza sauce they poured on it. Not only that, but it did seem to live up to its claims of energizing the eater. Although I was not gaming at the time, I figured that it would likely help me focus in class.

Of course, I had to take a look at the nutrition facts myself. I suspected that they wouldn't actually be very good for you. And yes, they are about as sodium-filled as they can get, and the two packs I ate constituted about half of the calories I need per day. But I don't eat breakfast so hopefully I can get away with this. Other than that though, they aren't too bad. The pizza kind, at least, is very low in sugar (although it has a fair amount of other simple carbohydrates). It has 3g of protein per serving, which is 12g per bag (There are somehow four servings in a bag despite the obvious result of eating it all at once), which isn't exactly low as far as protein goes. On the other hand I had expected more, given that it was filled with cashews. They are also chock-full of nutrients that no one says are bad for you, though, like Vitamin A. Also, despite being an "energy" food there is no caffeine. It would be kind of hard to pack caffeine into a snack mix, admittedly, but I suspect this was an intentional choice of the manufacturer. Likely, gamers who would use this as intended will be drinking caffeinated beverages alongside them anyway. (I was, and I wasn't even gaming.)

And yet, they are delicious, and despite their price, high calorie count and extremely high sodium, I want more.

I suspect cocaine is involved.

-mikeejimbo