- [Producer] Go!
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- Oh my God.
- Hey everyone.
It's me, Jasmine, and I'm joined today by a special guest.
- Hey, I'm Murad.
- We've chosen some of our favorite snacks.
I've chosen American snacks.
- And I chose snacks that I grew up eating as a Palestinian.
- After every round we're gonna see
if we wanna keep the snack or swap them.
- Let's get snacking.
- My favorite thing to do.
Time to reveal our first snack.
Ready?
- Let's go.
- Three, two, one... ooh.
- Okay. - Oh my God.
I am excited to try those, I love me some nuts.
[Murad Laughs]
- So, I see you brought some Cheetos.
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos, lime, baby.
- I haven't been eating a lot
of American snacks lately,
just cause I'm trying to watch my figure,
(Jasmine laughs)
but yeah these will be new to me.
I might be down to swap, we'll see.
- Really!
Can you tell me what you brought today?
- So, hospitality culture is really important
in the Middle East.
Basically, anytime you go to an Arab
or Middle Eastern person's house,
you're gonna see like a ton of food,
but specifically like a lot
of different kinds of mixed nuts.
These are my personal favorite.
They're really good.
They're sweet and sour,
and pistachios are just always awesome.
- I'm gonna dig into mine.
Nothing like opening a fresh bag of Hot Cheetos, eh?
Cheers.
(Cheetos crunching)
I don't know how I'm gonna be able to swap with you.
My mouth is salivating.
- Weirdly, mine too.
(both laugh)
- Whenever I get the munchies,
these are the first things I think of.
- If you're brave and you can open a pistachio
with just your mouth, you can just
like throw the whole thing in your mouth.
- Do you ever suck on the shell?
- That's what I really want to do,
but I can't do it on camera.
(both laugh)
- I'll do it.
(both laugh)
Shall we trade?
- Let's do it.
(Cheetos crunching)
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, these are pretty good.
(Jasmine laughs)
Let me know what you think of these.
- Okay.
Cheers.
Mm.
Wow!
I don't taste the sweetness.
It just tastes like pistachios doused in lime.
- I think maybe the sweetness is on the shell.
- Oh!
- When you get a bag of them,
there's like a whole like,
layer of powder at the bottom, and it's like, all sugar.
- Mm.
I did it with my mouth.
- [Producer] Oh! - Nice.
(both laughing)
- It's very good.
It's just hard to choose.
You know what?
I don't like this keeper swap thing, I want both.
- Yeah, this is hard cause
I haven't had these in a long time.
I kind of love those too much.
- It's like in your soul, right?
- Yeah, I feel like I'd be betraying my culture if I didn't.
- I could eat these.
I could swap.
- I'm gonna keep this.
(Murad laughs)
- On to snack two.
All right, ready to do this?
- Let's do it.
- Three, two, one.
Oh my God, they look so good.
- I have brought Fruit by the Foot.
A very, very iconic part of my childhood.
My mom would put these in our lunch boxes.
I just put 'em in my mouth and eat and 'em
like all rolled out and just...
I can show you when I take it out.
- So I brought, you guys might know this as Turkish delight,
but I grew up calling this halkum.
They're super sweet, usually rose water flavored,
and it's coated in like, powdered sugar.
- This is a foot long fruit gummy.
It's actually longer than a foot.
So I would roll it out all the way,
and then I would take this part off,
and I would just like walk around.
Imagine a small Jasmine walking around at school.
And then sometimes you stand up, and then you count down
and see who can eat it the fastest.
You want do it?
- Let's do it.
And I noticed it's gelatin free, so my family,
if you guys are seeing this, there's no pork in this.
(both laugh)
I bet they made the paper edible to...
(Murad laughs)
cause I'm sure people are eating the paper.
- It's not edible.
(both laugh)
So you can put up to like a tongue's length
in your mouth and that's it.
- [Producer] Three, two, one, go!
(playful music)
- Oh my God.
(Murad laughing)
(bell chiming)
How the heck did you do that?
(Jasmine laughs)
That was really hard.
Vaguely fruity, still tasty.
- Shall we try these?
- Let's do it.
To me, these are like old lady desserts
because at one of my aunt's houses
they'd usually have a plate of these.
I hated these for a really long time,
but these are pretty good, I'm not gonna lie.
- I love it.
- Yeah.
- I actually also grew up eating Turkish delights.
- Oh nice.
- And one time our family watched
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...
- Yeah.
- and that's when our family obsession
with Turkish delights came about.
- You can't really avoid
getting the sugar all over yourself.
It's like a more delicate, elevated,
pretentious dessert in comparison to Fruit Roll-Ups.
I will actually swap these
because they're good and I'm nostalgic,
but that was fun, I did like that Fruit Roll-Ups experience.
- All right, so then how about you take these?
I will actually swap with you, cause I love them.
And with the rest of these, why don't you practice,
and we can do a rematch next time.
- Let's do it.
- On to the next one.
- Three, two, one...ooh.
I have brought Ritz Toasted Chips,
sour cream and onion flavored.
Have you had these?
- No, I've actually never had these.
- They will blow your mind.
My roommate brought them home one day a couple years ago,
and she was like, "Do you want some?"
I was like, "Sure."
And I was like...
I could literally see my pupils like, dilate,
and ever since I've been addicted.
What did you bring?
- I brought maamoul.
These are date cookies.
I wish I was able to bring fresh ones,
like the ones that my mom makes,
cause they're 10,000 times better,
but these will do.
I know a lot of people don't like dried fruits,
but dates are actually surprisingly good
as a cookie filling.
They're really soft and so soft that they're,
like, kind of smushed sometimes, but...
(wrapper crinkles)
- Oh my gosh.
- Still really good.
They're very crumbly and dry.
They're dry in a way that compliments, like, tea.
- Thank you so much.
I feel like I've got the golden ticket.
Ooh, it's so pretty.
Cheers.
Ooh, it's like a shortbread cookie.
- Yeah, actually, yeah.
- These are very good.
- Traditionally, they're made out of farina,
which is more crumbly, but these will do in a pinch.
(wrapper crinkles)
(Jasmine inhales)
(Jasmine exclaims)
(cracker crunches)
- Any idea of like, Ritz that you had in your mind;
throw that out, cause this is a whole other level.
Ah, so good.
- They look so fancy.
Oh my God.
I'm not even joking, these are so freaking good.
- So good!
Also, best flavor: sour cream and onion.
- Mm hm.
- Regular Ritz look manufactured.
The flavor's like, more intense.
It just feels more like, artisanal.
- Yeah.
Almost like a flattened bread stick.
For this one, I'm gonna have to keep this one.
- Ooh, I was gonna swap it,
but only because my mom makes better maamoul.
(both laugh)
And these would be a good addition to my pantry.
- So you are?
- I wanna swap.
- I'll share with you.
- Yeah, okay.
Oh, thank you.
- Next snack.
Ready?
- Let's go.
- Three, two one... ooh.
So colorful.
- Yeah.
These are Jordan almonds.
They're basically just like candy coated almonds.
And for some reason I really associate these
with like, weddings.
I feel like a lot of wedding goodie bags
had these, growing up.
That would be like, the highlight of a wedding for me.
And I see you've also brought something very colorful.
The ever so loved Sour Patch Kids.
When I think Sour Patch Kids, I think of movies.
This is like, the go-to
that we would get at the movie theaters.
And I say that lightly, it was more like
I went to Target first, put in my purse,
and then went to the movies, and then
ate them during the movies.
All right.
Family size, baby.
I don't have a favorite, but for some reason
I always go for the blue.
- Are they all the same flavor?
Cause I've actually really wondered that.
- I don't, I think this one's blue raspberry.
Orange.
This is either green apple or watermelon,
and yellow is lemon.
Cheers.
Mm.
Gummies are my favorite candies.
That's so good.
I love when it sticks to your teeth.
- I don't think I like that.
(Murad laughs)
- So these are all the same flavors?
- Unfortunately, yes.
- Tradesies.
You know, I will say, the colors of these
make me feel so relaxed.
Cheers.
Mm.
I love candy shell.
I'm not gonna lie, when you said they were almonds,
I was like, eh, I don't really like almonds.
I really only taste the hard shell candy,
which makes me like them more.
These are really good.
- So unlike the almonds, I feel like
these are gonna stress me out.
They're pretty good.
I think you can't eat too many.
You definitely can't go crazy with Sour Patch Kids,
- I've never experienced anything he's talking about.
- Really? - Family size
should say Jasmine size.
- I'm definitely keeping mine.
- I have to say I'm keeping mine too.
- Yeah, okay.
You can take it.
- Well, I do love these, okay?
They're really good.
That was really fun, Murad.
Thank you for bringing all those snacks,
I loved trying some new foods.
- Yeah, thanks for bringing a bunch of foods
that I totally forgot I loved.
- And now you have some homework.
Work on that Fruit by the Foot technique
and we'll do a rematch.
- Okay, we'll see who wins next time,
cause I think I got it.
- Until next time!
Bye!
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