The Junkees - Dave O'Neil and Kitty Flanagan

Subscribe for Junkees news and updates FREE at Nearly.com.au   Natural Confectionary Company - 3 new bags Garden Party Mix Fruity Stackers Fruit Basked with 25% less sugar - "Questionable flavours and then the texture kicks in."   Blind Tests Kitty for Dave - Finger Lime and Tasmanian Pepper Leaf chips , from the Native Flavour Collection. Dave for Kitty - Pesto chips, by Vita e Buona. Kitty for D...

Subscribe for Junkees news and updates FREE at Nearly.com.au   First lot of received goods Coated - they coat everything in chocolate. They make a good Freckle, but they're called Milk Chocolate Speckles .   Blind Test Interlude Taste of Game Grouse & Whinberry Plain Onion, unknown brand (possibly out of date)   Goods received from Canada Coffee Crisp bar Skor , "enrobed in rich milk chocolate...

Subscribe for Junkees news and updates FREE at Nearly.com.au It's been a while - 30 April was the last one, Milky Bars - but we're back! No messing about - Sarge! (Kitty's 12 year old chocolate burmese cat) Get off the mixer!   Feature act Smiths thin Cheese and Caramalised Onion chip.   Controversial - Kit Kat Milo   Blind Test  Thanks Liza in Singapore! She's sent them to Dave who's given them t...

Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au We haven't been able to find some of the products on this episode on the internet. So we haven't linked to all of them. If you can track them down please email us! hi@nearly.com.au   Taiwanese Soda Water - Calpis Water!   Milky Bars Traditional "Milkybar Gold"   Blind Tests Dave Kitty   Just Get Some Hugo's Rocky Road Clusters - wrong brand!   Ne...

Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au   Yes, Tic Tacs. As suggested by Dave's partner. Are they European? Yes. Flavours Peppermint Spearmint Orange Watermelon mix Fruit Adventure (Apple, Strawberry, Passionfruit & Cherry) Blind Tests Dave Kitty Dave Kitty   Sent in by Mel - thanks Mel! Fruit tingles, now in a bag! Lifesavers brand sherbet sticks   Facebook Group fo...

Lunch or Golf?   Happy Easter! Rocklea Road Easter egg (and in rabbit form) Allan's Bites - Chocolate Coconut Rough Scorched Peanut Butter egg   Blind Test Kitty Dave   The Cream Egg Originally Fries Cream Egg. Now Cadbury's.   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au   Facebook Group for The Junkees is here - so many great photos!   Big shout out to Audio...

Crunch crunch. Happy Easter! Third week back and it's a good vibe!   "Here in a year?" Double Crunch Chips Tyrrell's pride themselves on being triple crunch apparently.   Double Crunch Blind Test Kitty's Choice 1 Kitty's Choice 2 Dave's Choice 1   Clinkers. Like home brand Clinkers.   Sweet Sweeeeet Memory Jogger   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au  ...

Hot cross buns! Laurent - buy early and but in half then put in freezer for later. They only stock them during the season. Not like others. Woolies - sent us a free sample. Ok, settle down. Coles - balancing Woolies' enthusiasm. Oh yeah! Hate Taste - Caramilk hot cross bun. With butter and salt ;)   What's caught your eye? Whizz Fizz Egg Kit Kat Mini Egg Fruit Tingle Egg Darrell Lea Raspberry...

This feels familiar, sweet and salty. Nice to be back.   What we've been eating over summer Twirl breakaway mint flavour Berri Quelch Fruit Sticks Bulla Choc Tops Salt and vinegar chips Tyrrells Cheese and Chive Kettle Chunky Himalaya Salt flavour M&Ms (not the browny M&Ms)   Blind Test Abound! Dave - Blind test 1 Kitty -  Blind test 1 Dave - Blind test 2 Kitty - Blind test...

"I'm here as the audience, the live audience" - Kitty Flanagan in the back seat on the way home from a gig in Lorne. While Kitty and Dave are away we have the episode of The Debrief that sparked The Junkees. Dave, Kitty and Brad Oakes recorded the episode back in November 2019. They'd stopped for snacks, as you do, then Dave and Kitty realised they shared a love for the sweet and salty. You'll hav...

Part two of two - each with two Blind Tests nominated in absentia. Prosecco Kettle Chips Haggis Chips   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Facebook Group for The Junkees is here - so many great photos!   Big shout out to Audio Technica - The Junkees use Audio Technica AT-BP40 microphones . Sounding good!   Follow Kitty! Instagram / Facebook / YouTube Follow Dave! Tw...

Part one of two - each with two Blind Tests nominated in absentia. Truth be told, Dave and Kitty are taking a quick break. No scandal, just doing what we hope you're doing or have done recently too. SPOILERS - two blinds Seaweed flavoured Thins chips Black truffle and sea salt chips   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au   Facebook Group for The Junkees is here - so many g...

Pretty sure it was Mungo Jerry who sang, "In the summer time when the weather is fine... you got ice cream, you got ice cream on your mind." Splitting/splicing hairs for this Summer Showdown. Splice, pine-lime flavour Split, lemon-lime flavour Backed up with Blind Tests! SPOILER ALERT - these are rare and exotic samples that don't have ready websites to link to.   Lemon flavoured french fries...

Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Summer is the season to get away, and since we can't exactly just fly overseas and enjoy the canals of The Netherlands. What better way to experience a culture than to eat their junk foods? Thanks to Mitchell and Felicia for sending such range of Dutch delicassies.   Dutch Liquorice a.k.a "Drop" in Dutch Coin liquorice Double Salt Liquorice...

Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au It's the big day! Get a gift to do the customary exchange, or if you're listening to this AFTER Christmas Day, enjoy a second dose of the Yuletide greetings! What to drink? Lime & Raspaberry spiders - green and red! And there's an exchange of gifts. For Kitty - Whittakers artisan squares, Wellington roasted Supreme coffee, West Coast buttermi...

The two big contenders in the sour soft jelly category... Sour Patch Kids , and... Damel Sour Mix (could be Spanish?)   Also this episode! Dave's Blind Tests - Blind Test 1 , Blind Test 2 Kitty's Blind Tests - Blind Test 1 , Blind Test 2 NEW SEGMENT - Dave Brings Something In But We've Already Done It Before Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Facebook Group for The Junkees is...

Aero Bar up against it's competitor shadow - the Cadbury Bubbly .  Bubbly is an obvious second choice name to Aero.   Also this episode! Blind Test - Dave , Kitty (unknown) and Kitty Doritos' Crunch Mix/Cheesy Nut Mix Do you have a Magical IGA? Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Facebook Group for The Junkees is here - so many great photos!   Big shout out to Audio...

With the pubs back open in Melbourne town the idea for a Junkees equivelant of a pub snack. Little bit of history - Kitty worked in a pub in Karratha, mostly FIFO customers ordering jugs of vodka and mixer. On with the show! Treats Mentioned Root Beer Wedges (potato crisp style) Blind test ( Dave / Kitty ) Sweet Sweeet Freak Of The Week ! Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Faceboo...

Kitty's book latest book is out! More Rules For Life!   Pre-vegan Dave Hughes would keep a packet of Allen's snakes in his glove box to munch on at the lights. Not so much these days! It's vegan sausages, vegetables and the treats below. "What we wanted to do was good vegan stuff" - Kitty Flanagan Vegan Treats Mentioned Organic Crispy Rice Clouds, salt and vinegar smash Vego whole hazelnut ch...

Kitty's book latest book is out! More Rules For Life!   On with the show, definitely tastes like chicken Tyrrells Sunday Best Roast Chicken chips Fried Chicken Arnott's Shape   Also on this episode Blind Test!  New segment - We Listened Freak of the Week Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Facebook Group for The Junkees is here - so many great photos!   Big shou...

Aero bar, seemingly from way back in yonder decade. Three flavours sampled Classic Milk Mint Caramel Gold Some great lame research this episode, but take it with a pinch of salt   Also on this episode Blind Tests! Blind test 1 , blind test 2 , blind test 3 Freak of the Week! CC's Cornados and mini papadams   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au Facebook Group for The Junke...

Recording hardware issues have got in the way but the next episode will be out ASAP. If you're keen on a listen with a familiar friend check out Dave on 1 0 Questions with Adam Zwar HERE Or Somehow Related with Glenn Robbins and Dave. Coming up on the currently-unreachable episodes - Aero Bar, blind tests and chicken flavour! Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.au More about the show:...

Not your normal Junkees episode. Dave will explain why. We've put together three classic Twisties segments from The Junkees archives. Chicken vs Cheese + line extension taste test Blind Test Twisties A history of Twisties that's not lame research but from the CSIRO blog ! Thanks Jessica in the Facebook Group for pointing that out. Back to normal soon.   Find articles for The Junkees here on N...

Looking for saltiness, crispness and cheese flavour saturation. Which one has the REAL peccorino? Who's packing Farmhouse Cheddar? A good cheese biscuit can be a rare comfort food. Cheds vs Country Cheese   Also in this episode Freak of the Week - Cobs Corn Puffs Barbecue flavour Other Freak of the Week - Hubba Bubba flavoured M&Ms   Find articles for The Junkees here on Nearly.com.a...

Not the fancy pants versions, or any cookie packet promising 40% more - figure out the best ratio and commit to the consumer! This should be an easy category - tried and true - but there are unanticipated complexities (and let downs!). The high value biscuit in Kitty's house growing up was the Nabisco Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookie - "and they were THE chocolate chip cookie, there was no other."...