Sweet Leaf green tea with citrus. This is an Austin Texas made product. The tea was great tasting and you could smell the citrus right before you drink it. It is an all organic tea. The citrus flavor consisted of orange, lemons and tangerines. A very refreshing drink. If you like green teas’s give this one a try. It’s great. Also comes in green tea with mint and honey flavor. This can was only a dollar. Rated 4.8 outta 5.-D

Chick-o-stick by Atkinson's of Lufkin, Texas. Being that Halloween is just around the corner we decided to do a candy review. What better candy to do a review on than one of Texas' oldest candy. Chick-o-stick have been made since the great depression. These candies are great. The come in various sizes. They consist of a peanut butter center dipped in corn syrup and then toasted coconut. They have a great taste that reminds me of my childhood eating these candies around Halloween time. They have a slightly hard exterior and a brittle peanut butter center. One of my favorite candies rated 4.9 outta 5-D

Chick-O-Stick! Great candy, eating one right now actually! Not usually a fan of harder candies and coconut, but I love Chick-O-Sticks! Great peanut butter flavor, can't even taste the coconut. If you've never had one, its kinda like a Butterfinger without the chocolate. Great with Seaport Coffee too! ;) 4.7 outta 5 -A

Southside Market beef sausage. This product is from Elgin Tx. This sausage was very juicy and had an ok beef flavor. A bigger size sausage than others. It had a nice casing that snapped when cut and bit into. My only complaint was it lacked a strong smoked beef flavor. Rated 3.75 out of 5.-D

Southside Market Smoked Beef Sausage from Elgin, Tx. A meat market and BBQ restaurant that was started in 1882. T his sausage was very moist, and tender. Good casing other than the ends where the casing became very tough. Not as much smoke flavor and spices as I would have liked, but after browsing their site, I found that there is a few different flavors to choose from that would offer such qualities. Also paired well with the Salt Lick BBQ sauce and was good enough to eat by itself. Overall good texture, succulent, and good taste. 4.0 out of 5. -A

Sweet Leaf tea is made in Austin Texas. It is all organic. As the label says" Granny taught us never to use ingredients we cant pronounce". This sweet tea is one of my favorite sweet teas.The is very refreshing and tastes great. It is made with cane sugar. The ingredients are simple, filtered water, cane sugar, black tea, and citric acid. The black tea has a strong taste but isnt overpowering. Sweet Leaf also makes other flavors as well. Which will be reviewed at a later date. Sweet Leaf sweet tea is a must try for all sweet tea lovers. Rated 4.95 outta 5-D

On the Border Monterey Jack Queso. Made with monterey jack,(of course) asedero, and queso blanco cheeses. This is not bad at all. Not too much spiciness to it though. Strong cheese flavors and rich. I would prefer to add some more tomatoes and jalapenos to it. Definitely a good buy at a cheap price, accessibility, and good for a snack that you don't have to prepare too much. Just throw it in a bowl and microwave a few seconds and serve with chips. 3.5 outta 5 -A

I dont usually eat much queso other than the the ones i make myself. On the borders monterey jack queso wasnt too bad. I was kinda weary of a white cheese queso. To my surprise it was good. It could have been more spicy for my tastes. All in all not bad not great. rated 3.25 outta 5.-D

Cooper's Old Time Pit BBQ located in the Fort Worth Stockyards. After reading good and bad reviews D and I thought we would give it a try at least once. We will definitely go back. As seen in the picture we had gotten beef ribs, moist brisket, corn, potato salad, and beans. The Beef ribs were some of the best ribs that had ever graced my taste buds. Moist and tender. Came off the bone real easy. The rub they used went really well with the taste of the beef. Wouldn't recommend eating the beef ribs with their sauce, didn't mesh well together. The moist brisket just melted in your mouth. Tender, very moist, flavorful. Great rub. Nice smoke ring. Not the best brisket I've ever had, but it was pretty good, would get it again. The corn was good, basic half an ear of corn, can't complain. Just a little expensive though. $1 for half and ear. The potato salad was nothing to write home about, I've made better potato salad at home. What I did like about the potato salad is that the mustard taste wasn't overpowering the salad itself but you could taste hints of it. The pinto beans were average, tasted better when we added their BBQ sauce in it. I would recommend if any of ya'll happen to check out Cooper's, when you order your meat, I would recommend that you not have it dipped in their sauce. Instead get it on the side. Their sauce was very runny and very vinegary. It's not a bad sauce, but I just don't see it going well with all their different types of meat. Use sparingly I would say. But hey, ya'll might love it! Including food, service and atmosphere I rate Cooper's 4.5 out of 5. (5 out of 5 for the beef ribs alone!) -A

What I liked about Coopers was the great smell from the pit as soon as you walk in the door. The brisket was nice and had a good smoke ring. Its moist, very tender and tasted good. Not too smokey. The beef ribs were excellent. Great rub taste. Lots of meat and very tender. The meat tasted good enough not to need bbq sauce, which I didnt really care for. I prefer a thicker sauce. this was runny and vinegar based. So I didnt really try too much of the sauce. The beans were free and tasted ok. The potato salad was above average. All in all a good bbq joint. Id rate the beef ribs 4.8 out of 5, and the beef brisket a 4.25 out of 5. The total rating 4.5 outta 5. We recommend y'all give it a try.-D

Jardine's 7J Ranch Peach Salsa. Perfect amount of sweetness and spice. There's large chunks of peach which the sweetness hits your mouth first. Then there's a little kick that tones down the sweetness perfectly. Very chunky salsa, no runny salsa here! Well worth the price. 4 out of 5 -A

I liked the flavor of the peaches and the jalapenos together. The tomatoes were tasty and ripe. This salsa makes the Texas hill country proud of its produce. It had a good consistency and very fresh tasting. It tasted just as good as Jardines specialty line of peach salsa. Rated 4 outta 5-D