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BIGS Sunflower Seeds
Making The Cheap Seats Even Better, One Monster Seed At A Time
By Dusty Overby
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Name: Dusty Overby
Email: doverby@gearpatrol.com
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About: Gents… my name is Dusty. To date, I have been resident amongst the masses of Gear Patrol devotees. Now, I have received a different calling. My charge is to shrug off the casual and carefree life of one who solely reads; I am to eschew the selfish pleasures man-info consumption, and to, instead, contribute mighty works of journalistic prowess suitable for the enlightenment of the Gear Patrol audience.
I’m sure that we would all agree that Gear Patrol shines as a bright beacon in the world of Men’s Lifestyle and Leisure. With numerous other sites and magazines vying for your attention, you read Gear Patrol because it cuts through the worthless flotsam and jetsam the other sites and blogs rehash day in and day out, bringing you a unique perspective on the latest gizmos and whatnots that matter to you. Well, it just so happens that I majored in gizmos and minored in whatnots.
Hopefully, my background and experiences will allow me to deliver piping-hot and tasty content direct to you from my areas of expertise. I was schooled in the beautiful Southeastern U.S. of A. There I spent only a modicum of time in actual class; instead wisely opting to hone other skills such as video game dominance (Ed: Dusty’s GoldenEye skills were unparalleled - full stop), media and entertainment studies, and indulging my competitive nature.
Post graduation, I sojourned for three years in southern Germany. There, I garnered a great appreciation for European culture as well as their longstanding brewing traditions/skills. Needless to say, travel is up there on my list of personal passions. Now I am back in the States where, by day, I work in sales and marketing in the construction industry. Also, I’m an on-again, off-again runner who enjoys many outdoor activities, preeminent among them being a fanatical, though rarely fantastical, golfer.
That being said, you may have to indulge some of my written idiosyncrasies. If my posts get too wacky, surely someone will let me know (Eric?). I plan to bring a bit of wit and wisdom to a community that clearly already has them in spades. Fellow readers, I shall do you proud by helping advance Gear Patrol in advancing you. After all, it’s a good bet that at least some of what entertains me just might entertain you too.
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Guys love sunflower seeds. They smack of summer, baseball, and spitting - a manly lineup if ever there was one. Many of you probably have your own seed-smashing techniques, honed over years of sitting on a weathered pine bench in a shady dugout somewhere in your past. When it comes to a chaw of sunflowers seeds, I tend to eat the whole thing, but that’s another story.
You might not think that the tried and true, salty goodness of a standard sunflower seed could be improved upon. I’m not sure that I did either, until I ran up against a bag of BIGS Sunflower Seeds.
What sets BIGS apart from your run of the mill ballpark fare? So far as I can see (taste, chew), BIGS have got three, well, big advantages over their scrawnier competitors.
- They are available in some most excellent flavors (see below).
- They come packaged in a high-quality, resealable bag. Freshness=Check.
- They really are really, really big.
The biggest (I just can’t stop myself) news here is the smattering of well-paired flavors you can get in a bag o’ BIGS. My personal favorite flavor is Sizzlin’ Bacon, a collaboration with our good friends at Bacon Salt. BIGS also offers seeds in Buffalo Wing, (a very tangy) Dill Pickle, Zesty Ranch, or Original Salted (for you traditionalists). Whichever you choose, just make sure that you come to play. BIGS Sunflower Seeds are not for the fairweather fan.
Cost: $17 (12 Bags)
bacon makes it better.
The internet has done wonders for bacon's public image. Sucks for pigs.
I put Bacon Salt on my BIGS Buffalo Wing seeds! hahaha.
Ah how these remind me of the south. And Bacon….yuuummm. Hope those seeds didn't come from this sunflower though
Ah how these remind me of the south. And Bacon….yuuummm. Hope those seeds didn't come from this sunflower though
Ah how these remind me of the south. And Bacon….yuuummm. Hope those seeds didn't come from this sunflower though
Ah how these remind me of the south. And Bacon….yuuummm. Hope those seeds didn't come from this sunflower though
Ah how these remind me of the south. And Bacon….yuuummm. Hope those seeds didn't come from this sunflower though
I've had the zesty ranch and while probably not as tasty of their pork brethren were still pretty good.
No joke, the Dill Pickle will straight up knock you down. Which, if you like pickles, would be a good thing. I mean, it's like they distilled the purest essence of pickle, but it on roids, then mainlined it into a sunflower shoot.
No joke, the Dill Pickle will straight up knock you down. Which, if you like pickles, would be a good thing. I mean, it's like they distilled the purest essence of pickle, put it on roids, then mainlined it into a sunflower shoot.
WOW! The Pickle seeds are straight up the best seed ever!!! I think they are even better than actual Vlasic Dill Pickes! Way to go, keep up the awesomeness!