Nabisco Original Premium Saltine Crackers (4 oz. box)

Item Purchased: Nabisco Original Premium Saltine Crackers (4 oz. box)
Location Purchased: 7-Eleven / 1350 S. Halsted / Chicago, IL
Price: $1.79 + tax

Review: I'm one of those people who always asks for extra crackers with their soup or chili. I like to make a meal out of what most people treat as some kind of insignificant appetizer or side dish. Waste not want not. In order for me not to waste, however, there must be a crunchy salty chunk of super flat bread in every spoonfull of soup. Self-serve soup bars fear me and counter people never give me enough of those extremely wasteful cellophane wrapped two-packs. This is why I decided to buy an entire box of crackers for only one 12 oz. cup of soup.

As ubiquitous as Nabisco's saltines are, there are other options on your grocer's shelf, but this is one rare instance where I am a brand loyal consumer. I've tried several brands of plain saltine cracker (not to be confused with butter crackers or wheat crackers... that is a whole new ballgame) and none of the others come close to what Nabisco achieves with these papery biscuit strips. Premium saltines have the perfect amount of salt sprinkled and stuck on top of them to not only offset the plain flour taste of the cracker, but also to spice up whatever brothy meal you decide to eat them with.

Rating: 4.5 / 5

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