I received this amazingly generous bounty of snacks from soccernamlak. Two huge boxes containing a wealth of fantastic snacks from USA and, in particular, North Carolina. My exchanger posted these all the way to Dubai, UAE.

This is what soccernamlak listed in the box in his own words:

• Lay’s Tangy Carolina BBQ - Lay’s Potato Chips here incorporate the classic North Carolina BBQ Recipe Blend of spices, vinegar, and a laidback atmosphere. • Lay’s Sriracha - One of the Three FInalists in the United States for flavors, these chips have the kick of Sriracha sauce blended in. Sriracha, also known as Cock Sauce, is originally from Thailand and is used as a kicker for basically any Asian dish. • Lay’s Chicken & Waffles - One of the other finalists, this combines the delicious taste of southern fried chicken with the maple syrupy goodness of waffles. • Cracker Jack - These are molasses coated popcorn and peanut pieces. Some say it was the first “junk food” in the United States. It also has a strong relationship with baseball, even featured in the classic “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” song. • Goldfish Mixup Extra Cheesy Pizza - Goldfish are goldfish shaped crackers. This is one of those flavors that make you shake your head. But there ya go. • Cheerwine - A dark chery cola founded in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1917. It was a local delicacy for a while, but has recently spread across the eastern United States. • Sun Drop - While this was developed in the 1930s in Missouri, it has always had a strong southern cult following. It’s a citrus flavored soda, but in my opinion better than Mountain Dew or Mello-Yellow. • Vitamin Water - It’s basically sugar, flavoring, and water, but despite it not being healthy, they’re addicting in my opinion. • Lychee flavored Ramune - Ramune is a carbonated drink originally found in Japan. We can get them at one of our local stores. They’re interesting drinks, if only for the marble in the top part of the bottle. • Pretzel M&M’s - Milk Chocolate Bites with pretzel filling. Salt meet sweet. • Necco Wafers - These are some of the oldest sugar candies in the United States, dating back to the 1840’s. They’re basic, but a recognizable package. • Kit Kat Crunchy Hazelnut - Also one of the “imported” candies into the United States, I always loved these for their crunch that they have. • Double Stuffed Oreo - Nabisco took these chocolate wafer cookies with sugar icing and doubled the icing. They’re fattening, high in sugar, loaded with calories, but addicting. You have been warned. • Krispy Kreme Krispy Juniors - These are sweet glazed doughnuts from a company that was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1937. While second to Dunkin’ Doughnuts, they still have a cult following. One of the stores in Raleigh is also host to the Krispy Kreme Challenge: Competitors run 2.5 miles from North Carolian State to the Krispy Kreme store, eat 1 dozen (12) doughnuts, and run 2.5 miles back. All in 1 hour. • Nutella - It’s an Italian Hazlenut spread. While you could spread it on things, eating out of the jar is also acceptable. • Pop Tarts Blueberry - A staple of many youths and college kids, these are typically used in lieu of a proper breakfast. They’re basically pre-baked pastries. Again, nothing healthy about them, but still addicting. Eat ‘em straight from the package, cook them in an oven, or freeze them. • Cinnamon Toast Crunch Muffin Mix - Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a popular cereal in the United States, basically being mini cinnamon pieces. They decided to make them into a muffin mix. • Trader Joe’s Brownie Truffle Baking Mix - Trader Joe’s is a national chain store that caters to the organic, locally grown, “hipster” crowd if you will. They make a lot of their own products as well. This is one of them. It’s absolutely delightful. • Honey Buns - Basically these are cinnamon rolls that have (like many things in the south) been fried. • Carolina Treet Barbeque Sauce - This was founded in 1953 in my current city of Wilmington. This is vinegar based. • Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing - This is fattening, creamy, absolutely mouthwatering salad dressing. Ranch is popular in the south, being used on salads, pizza, and french fries to name a few things. Hidden Valley is the best of the best here. • Sticky Fingers Carolina BBQ Sauce - This time we have a South Carolina contender, being mild mustard based. • Pure Maple Syurp - Taste the sweet sap of the maple tree on your pancakes or waffles. • Texas Pete Wing Sauce - This is considered your cheap, basic hot sauce that pretty much gives whatever you want a nice kick • Southern Peach Salsa - It’s Mexican Salsa (mainly tomatoes) with a southern twist and added peaches. A bit sweeter and not as hot/spicy as normal salsa. • Kraft Macaroni & Cheese - It’s Pasta/Macaroni with powdered cheese. Again one of those youth staples. • Spaghettio’s - Speaking of staples, Spaghettio’s is like pasta and macaroni, but for kids. • Bush’s Grillin’ Beans - Another southern staple, we typically use beans in cookouts. Think hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, green beans, bread, cole slaw, potato salad, macaroni salad, and beans. Unlike beans from, say, the UK which are tomato sauce based, baked beans in the United States are drenched in Bar-B-Que Sauce, just like the southerners like it. • Original Beef Jerky - It’s basically dried, salted beef. I made sure to get this specific one because they do make turkey, pork, and chicken jerky. It’s dry rubbed meat basically. It’s popular down here as a snack food. You do have to chew quite a bit on it though to even partially digest it. • Cornbread Mix - A southern staple with any chicken and collared greens meal. • Bisquick Biscuits - Again, another southern treat in classic American style: quick and easy. Fresh/scratch made biscuits are huge down here, being used as a dinner bread or even as a breakfast item. We have biscuits with cinnamon icing, blueberries, chicken, sausage, egg, steak, gravy, cheese, or some combination of those.

First I received the fantastic Lays potato chips. I have never seen or heard of these flavours before! The Sriracha is tangy and spicy. I got a bit carried away eating these and had to take a break, they are super hot. The Carolina BBQ ones have a great rich taste. The chicken and waffles really are something else - they actually do taste like friend chicken and waffles with syrup. It is a very unusual combination but I must admit I do kind of like them! I have also tried the jerky and the cracker jack, both very good. I can't wait to try all of the other snacks. It will take me a while, I am sure!

Thank you, soccernamlak. Your generosity has inspired me to be a rematcher to several other exchanges.