Ranking the Best Alabama Snacks | Bless Your Rank

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  • čas přidán 21. 06. 2024
  • In this episode, Matt Mitchell ranks the best snacks that are made right here in Alabama! Who will take first place??
    Produced and Edited by Joshua J. Hamilton
    Hosted by Matt Mitchell
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Komentáře • 232

  • @everythingfan9726
    @everythingfan9726 Před 3 lety +223

    Can we get a pork skin bless your rank plz!?!?

  • @woltersworld
    @woltersworld Před 3 lety +56

    Cheese straws. I remember chowing down on those. Nice job Matt.

    • @redrooster1908
      @redrooster1908 Před 2 lety +1

      Cheese straws are easy and fun to make at home and serve with drinks

  • @JMccovery
    @JMccovery Před 3 lety +64

    Is it just me, or does "Yellowhammer Yummies" sound like some kind of edible?
    Edit: Hold up, I didn't get any pork skins when I signed up to be a trucker!

    • @shelpippg2202
      @shelpippg2202 Před 3 lety +1

      You got hosed outta the good deal, friend!

    • @coyotelong4349
      @coyotelong4349 Před 3 lety

      Yeah honestly, “Yellowhammer Yummies” sounds like the name for getting hungry during a bad acid trip

  • @markpowers349
    @markpowers349 Před 3 lety +13

    Southern caviar also know as boiled peanuts.

  • @ginamarie2349
    @ginamarie2349 Před 3 lety +15

    Matt makes every snack better...friends really do make it fun.

  • @thomasott5899
    @thomasott5899 Před rokem +1

    The way my wife lit up when you said to have the smokehouse crackers with pimento cheese was priceless.

  • @stevenjustice4699
    @stevenjustice4699 Před 3 lety +21

    Your southern drink video got me to try cherwine now this will drive me to trying those crackers.. I need to just move south so I don't have to spend so much for shipping lol

    • @yoyoducky3067
      @yoyoducky3067 Před 3 lety +4

      If you like Cheerwine, try making a chocolate Cheerwine cake 🤤 it is literally a slice of heaven

    • @Tupelo927
      @Tupelo927 Před 3 lety +1

      @Steven Justice C'mon down! We'd love to have y'all!

    • @wayneknight6640
      @wayneknight6640 Před 3 lety

      @@Tupelo927 Matt & the gang should do a Meet Up in Birmingham at Full Moon or someplace similar.

  • @princebricks632
    @princebricks632 Před 3 lety +19

    Priester’s is the official Gulf Shores Vacation rest stop of AL

  • @francesbeck7780
    @francesbeck7780 Před 3 lety +8

    I live in North Alabama, and I didn't know some of these existed!

    • @MissyA1966
      @MissyA1966 Před rokem

      I'm with you @Frances Beck, I also live in North Alabama (Florence) & I didn't know some of these existed! Although I disagree with the cheese straws! I can't stand them!!

  • @zacharysnyder2520
    @zacharysnyder2520 Před 3 lety +7

    My dad used to make brown sugar glazed pecans every thanksgiving. It was what we snacked on while watching football before the turkey was done. Now I want to try honey glazed.

  • @ladypossum1776
    @ladypossum1776 Před 2 lety +3

    Recently moved to Bama so now I’ll know what to look for thanks Matt!

  • @johnoliver2128
    @johnoliver2128 Před 3 lety +8

    Why do so little know of bless your rank. This needs to be on tv.

  • @wjsmack
    @wjsmack Před 3 lety +3

    "Back in the day, before diseases..." LOL

  • @teresahalverson2488
    @teresahalverson2488 Před 2 lety +2

    I’m catching up on all the bless your ranks and Matt keeps me laughing and entertained. “Your all winners and not trying to sound like a upward basketball coach”. If your from the south, you know. Thanks again

  • @fordchannell2248
    @fordchannell2248 Před 3 lety +4

    my pawpaw lived in fayette (properly pronounced fet) all his life. he was county commisioner, sherriff, and they tried to make him mayor. he ran the williamson sawmill until the day he was worth a million dollars and he shut it down. refused to keep any syrup other than golden eagle in his house. he went to canada once and carried 3 jars with him.

    • @emmagrace146
      @emmagrace146 Před 3 lety +1

      Both my parents are from there and my Grandparents still live there. I love going to spend time with them and Golden Eagle is literally the best syrup ever😂

  • @dixie8763
    @dixie8763 Před 2 lety +4

    Those Smokehouse Crackers are the best!!! It’s funny: they used to come in a ZipLoc bag inside of a brown paper bag with the label on it. Before they got fancy. 🤣

  • @ryanspencerlauderdale687
    @ryanspencerlauderdale687 Před 3 lety +6

    Rank Blue Bell ice cream flavors!

  • @michaelmythology
    @michaelmythology Před 2 lety +4

    Eagle Snacks? How many of you remember that Snack Mix they used to make? Those Cheddar and Bacon Cracker pieces were AMAZING!

  • @662_Food_Review
    @662_Food_Review Před 2 lety +2

    The smokehouse crackers are great. All the different flavors. In Northeast Mississippi we count them as local.

  • @ginny5937
    @ginny5937 Před rokem +2

    Love that foot-tappin' banjo music 😎💃🎶

  • @Sarah-ff2kf
    @Sarah-ff2kf Před 3 lety +20

    I love it when you try all the different foods. I’m in a stupid weight loss competition right now so while you sample all the yummy looking stuff....I’m chomping on my stupid apple but pretending to eat the good stuff. 🤤🤤🤤

  • @OurSmallTownLife
    @OurSmallTownLife Před 3 lety +4

    "Dip that thang all the way"... yeeees!

  • @dewayneblank8467
    @dewayneblank8467 Před 3 lety +6

    I was waiting on Stage Planks to show up. Yeah they are made by Bud's Best Cookies but they win on the Alabama factor big time.

  • @lorettascott5477
    @lorettascott5477 Před rokem +2

    You guys got me hooked I can't stop watching and I'm not getting anything done!!! ❤🙏😊

  • @lenwikbergiv102
    @lenwikbergiv102 Před rokem +2

    Great snack review Matt! But I got to say it... Margarine is not butter!

  • @mamakat7176
    @mamakat7176 Před 2 lety +1

    As someone born in Huntsville Alabama I am Loving this and Matt!😊😋😊

  • @_juicejames
    @_juicejames Před 2 lety +1

    Mannnnn I been away from Bama for close to ten years now, and I miss buds best cookies so bad 😩😮‍💨 nobody understands how good they are.

  • @gamertech360
    @gamertech360 Před 3 lety +3

    Where the heck are Sweet Heat potato chips from Golden Flake?!?!? Wash them down with some Milos sweet tea and your set!!

  • @aslanlionfan28
    @aslanlionfan28 Před 3 lety

    Yay Matt!!

  • @RobbieTayVaughan
    @RobbieTayVaughan Před 3 lety +2

    I love this guy. Hilarious

  • @joannamcpeak7531
    @joannamcpeak7531 Před 3 lety

    I just enjoy listening to your opinions, even if I never try half that stuff. Would much rather absorb your positive vibe, than watch some junk.
    Yay for Matt!!

  • @pamspencer3109
    @pamspencer3109 Před 2 lety

    I'm from Arizona so I didn't know any of them. Where is the Alabama snack gift basket? These look great! And Matt's commentary is what makes these so fun to watch. Great Job!

  • @gourdhead5
    @gourdhead5 Před 3 lety +4

    Instead of Priester's sweet pecans, I recommend roasted salted pecans from Wood Pecan. They have a big sign on 65S of Montgomery, the business is a few miles off the hiway but they are the best pecans.

  • @cynthiasmith398
    @cynthiasmith398 Před 3 lety +2

    We are going to Gulf Shores for our 30th Anniversary. I now have a new list of things to try while we are there.

  • @noblefir9106
    @noblefir9106 Před 3 lety +1

    Those crackers sound incredible Matt. I just love anything with a good real smoke smoke flavor (cheese, nuts, meats, chips, mussels, you name it... )

  • @ed7009
    @ed7009 Před 3 lety +2

    My favorite is Mule Mix, out of Fairhope. Salty, spicy, a little sweet. Damn !!!

  • @oliveoil2x
    @oliveoil2x Před rokem

    This is my favorite series that y’all do. Matt is quite entertaining- and bless his rank- but I rarely agree with the top contenders. Still love watching- I’m not detoured in the least. Thanks & hope you do more in the future.

  • @goat-ct8lu
    @goat-ct8lu Před 2 lety +1

    I lived my whole childhood on the Walker, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson county line. I would have loved it if we could have fished the Warrior together…. That’s an invite. Love the videos.

  • @thegreatcornholio4349
    @thegreatcornholio4349 Před 3 lety +3

    I don't remember any of these but it has been 34 years since I lived in Montgomery. Snack of choice was Cajun Spice Ruffles and stopping at Winn Dixie and picking up a box of Rich's frozen glazed donuts every few days.

    • @americanbobtail1
      @americanbobtail1 Před 3 lety

      Remember Taco flavored Doritos. I found them in a 7-11 recently and they were good....

  • @excellenceinrecycling4093

    When I was in ‘Bama in the early 2000’s they use to have chicken skin snacks, kind like pork rinds, but much, much tastier! There were 6 large pieces in the bag. I forgot the name, but they were incredible! I haven’t been able to find them since 😢

  • @scottnix4991
    @scottnix4991 Před 3 lety +2

    I got no dog in this fight but I reckon there are two categories of snackability that oughta be recognized here. Category 1 is snacks meant to be washed down with a big ol' glass of cold milk while category 2 is things better suited to be chased down with an ice cold Coke. (And by Coke I mean Dr. Pepper.) It took me a good long while but I separated the results in a MS Multiplan spreadsheet if any of y'all's interested. If you wants a copy on floppy disk just text "Hold up Matt" to BR-549.

  • @fm9572
    @fm9572 Před rokem +1

    "Bud's Best Cookies" are sold at our local Rose's discount stores in North Carolina.

  • @RoGueNavy
    @RoGueNavy Před 3 lety +1

    You waxed so poetic about the crackers, I just ordered a bag.

  • @neliajohnson9023
    @neliajohnson9023 Před 3 lety +2

    I want a gift box with one of each of these thing, please.😁

    • @philliphughes6600
      @philliphughes6600 Před 2 lety +1

      Used to work with a company out of central Louisiana. Every year at Christmas would receive a “Louisiana Care Package” box. It would normally include a container of Community Coffee, a bag of Zapp’s potato chips, New Orleans pralines and other things I can’t remember off the top of my head. Bring that up because that would be a great idea, especially to help these smaller companies expand since like most of the other people have commented, had never heard of most of these previously.

  • @hexstudios
    @hexstudios Před 3 lety +6

    I have lived in boaz and I didn't know they existed lol. Gonna have to check them out

    • @laurelfelipe
      @laurelfelipe Před 3 lety +1

      They sell 'em at the Foodland. They're amazing. Try the original spicy and the BBQ.

  • @allieee_w
    @allieee_w Před 3 lety +1

    0:19 very true 😂

  • @nenej.phillips
    @nenej.phillips Před 3 lety +1

    The only snack up there that I’ve ever seen up here is Bud’s Best Cookies but I want those crackers, Matt! I’m going to have to look on Amazon for them!

  • @ricsegers193
    @ricsegers193 Před 3 lety +5

    What about boiled peanuts 🥜

  • @dellwright4829
    @dellwright4829 Před 3 lety +3

    please rank laundry detergent.

  • @Angie-GoneSoon
    @Angie-GoneSoon Před 8 měsíci

    Yo Matt! I'm having Where's Matt.. itis!! I've seen all your bless your rank episodes, uhh... twice.. maybe 3 times.. lol When are you gonna make some more bless your rank videos??
    PS.. I'm watching this one again.. and i don't even live in Alabama! 😂

  • @zachpowell6483
    @zachpowell6483 Před rokem

    Priesters taste like a beach trip. I’m from Montgomery so just after leaving for Gulf Shores we would stop super excited for the beach.

  • @suzieq9009
    @suzieq9009 Před 3 lety +1

    Never seen the crackers and loved the buds best peanut butter cookies them crackers should be in every store in Alabama

  • @allanwarmflash4440
    @allanwarmflash4440 Před 3 lety

    ok crowning you the King of Alabama

  • @sportsfan0525
    @sportsfan0525 Před 2 lety

    I got to check this stuff out

  • @OurSmallTownLife
    @OurSmallTownLife Před 3 lety +1

    Now I gotta go find the things I haven't tried yet... like those smokehouse crackers!

  • @novocaine09
    @novocaine09 Před rokem

    I live in Fort Payne, about 40 minutes from Boaz. I remember being little and my parents going to those giant outlets pushing me around in a stroller. I hated when my parents kept looking at clothes. I was always impatiently waiting for KB Toys and the chocolate candy store.

  • @Bloodwhiner
    @Bloodwhiner Před 5 měsíci

    Now do the same Bless Your Rank for every other southern state, I'm sure folks here would happily send you samples from our neck of the woods - South Florida would definitely be the oddball with Chicharrones, Plantain chips, Egg Nouget, Guava Paste, and that is just the Cubans, now add in every other Latin neighborhood.

  • @jenniferbatey3154
    @jenniferbatey3154 Před 3 lety +1

    I love! Half Moon cookies! However, I do agree that they need to actually cover half the cookie in the chocolate.

  • @swimfectionist97
    @swimfectionist97 Před 3 lety +2

    I have literally gone around and around the pecan sampling table at Priester's and no one said anything. 😂

  • @ajevans1422
    @ajevans1422 Před rokem

    Don’t worry about good ol Boaz Alabama. We got a splash pad at our park now lol.

  • @faustinocorrea9924
    @faustinocorrea9924 Před 3 lety +1

    Buds cookies are everywhere. Have them up in Pa but like you said good value. 79 cents up here

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter Před 3 lety +1

    This is exactly the order I would've put these in, weird!

  • @l.s.933
    @l.s.933 Před rokem

    I live in Baldwin county Alabama and i have only heard of priesters pecans and pork rinds but we’re about as south as you can go in Alabama

  • @nursemikole
    @nursemikole Před rokem

    Bugs/critter related snacks bless your rank!!! Scorpion lollipop. Nacho dust crickets. Etc. Let's do it!!!

  • @hunterhays1945
    @hunterhays1945 Před 3 lety +2

    I feel so proud to be from boaz

  • @RJ-mw2gw
    @RJ-mw2gw Před 3 lety +3

    Upward Basketball 🏀 Good Times, lol

  • @Inpreesme
    @Inpreesme Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @kimgowans8268
    @kimgowans8268 Před rokem

    It may be a crime to not stop at Priester’s Pecans! ❤️❤️

  • @allyballinger1264
    @allyballinger1264 Před 3 lety +4

    Fayette and the counties around it are crazy 😂 I know because I like one county over

  • @crazylife7324
    @crazylife7324 Před 3 lety +1

    We are headed to Bama now and I need some of those cookies lol

    • @ThNatural
      @ThNatural Před 3 lety +1

      If you’re talking about the Halfmoon cookies highly recommend!! If you’re talking about Bud’s Best try and get some butterfinger cookies!

  • @braylenndowdy3029
    @braylenndowdy3029 Před 3 lety +2

    I wish I could arrange to have all of these snacks and I can ask what snacks you may want from West Virginia

  • @ashleyj0
    @ashleyj0 Před 2 lety

    Omg he's so funny 🤣🤣 the standard issue trucker's equipment 💀 dead 🤣

  • @donnaallison7462
    @donnaallison7462 Před 3 lety

    I live in the town right by Boaz were the smokehouse crackers are made they are good.

  • @digitalrookie
    @digitalrookie Před 3 lety

    Damn you Matt I wanna try all those snacks and all the Golden Flake chips

  • @pleasantopticsple316
    @pleasantopticsple316 Před 2 lety

    I’m from west Jefferson feel that

  • @TheSpreadCFB
    @TheSpreadCFB Před rokem

    My neighbors to the east (I live in Mississippi) got some good snacks it sounds like

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před 3 lety

    My grandparents are from Alabama!

  • @allthingsamber160
    @allthingsamber160 Před 3 lety

    Love cajun food my husband is from New orleans

  • @tjcleland6825
    @tjcleland6825 Před rokem

    I have traveled to 43 states including Alabama, currently live in Illinois and I have never even heard of any of these brands. Need to take those smokehouse crackers for a spin

  • @kaldo_kaldo
    @kaldo_kaldo Před 3 lety +2

    Today I learned Alabamonians call them "pork skins" rather than "pork rinds".

  • @wyatthersom6579
    @wyatthersom6579 Před 3 lety +1

    Mmmmmmmmm love me some pork skin 😋

  • @Phonetroll
    @Phonetroll Před 3 lety +2

    Golden Flake originated in Birmingham in the 1920-ish time but very recently sold to Utz

    • @tonic.1917
      @tonic.1917 Před 3 lety +2

      That explains why they have no longer have flavor 90% of the time!

  • @wayneknight6640
    @wayneknight6640 Před 3 lety

    @Matt & the gang should do a Meet Up in Birmingham at Full Moon or someplace similar.

  • @ryzian3
    @ryzian3 Před 3 lety

    I work in Boaz and had no idea about the crackers gonna have to pick me some up!

  • @allthingsamber160
    @allthingsamber160 Před 3 lety

    Love pork rinds and I'm from wisconsin

  • @dimmn82
    @dimmn82 Před 3 lety

    If you ever find yourself in Enterprise, the donut place downtown is amazing.

  • @UA4N01
    @UA4N01 Před 2 lety +1

    I ordered some Spice's Smokehouse Crackers. Great crackers!

  • @Artifacter
    @Artifacter Před 3 lety

    Hey, we have a full moon down here in Dothan

  • @ftwtech
    @ftwtech Před 3 lety

    I thought y’all were in Mobile. Ur in Birmingham?

  • @whitneykerr3342
    @whitneykerr3342 Před 3 lety

    Yes cheese straws

  • @alanageorge6642
    @alanageorge6642 Před 2 lety

    But Golden Eagle syrup on a biscuit though...life-changing

  • @romecottrell6444
    @romecottrell6444 Před rokem

    I believe my state have delicious snacks and food , " Go Big Red " 😃.

  • @lifewithemily716
    @lifewithemily716 Před 3 lety +1

    fayette county representative here to say that i'm so offended by golden eagle caramel corn being so low!!

  • @FlaMan991
    @FlaMan991 Před 3 lety

    Anniston born here

  • @jelassiterII
    @jelassiterII Před 2 lety

    The upward bound basket ball coach comment hit me hard.

  • @toasteee252
    @toasteee252 Před 3 lety +4

    Did you just make a comparidon of peanuts and chicken and in almost the same sentence infer you can't take peanuts to church...but you can eat chicken in church.
    😆 at least this is what I heard

    • @bec7080
      @bec7080 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm trying to picture myself in the church post-pandemic trying to sneak chicken out of my purse during the kneeling prayers.

  • @Libraifonly
    @Libraifonly Před 3 lety

    Dip the pork skins in apple cider vinegar with garlic powder added. Hot sauce optional, depending on taste.

  • @erinbell7224
    @erinbell7224 Před 3 lety

    Upward bound basketball coach :-)

  • @thomashauguel6811
    @thomashauguel6811 Před 8 měsíci

    Bud's Best Cookies are WAY better than they have any right to be, that is for sure. 😍

  • @Rasdawg915
    @Rasdawg915 Před 7 měsíci

    Ive lived 22 of my 30 years of life in Alabama, and I didnt know about any of these 😅 maybe ollies but thats it.