I tried to use Angel's Snack and it didn't work...what am I missing?

It uses a remedy for each party member. if you don't have 4 remedies with a 4 person party, it will not work. Easiest way to dispell party wide status effects.

Oh OK, so it cures all status effects? Sounds incredibly useful!

ugh. Alright, I'll post regular updates of what I've been doing in the game in here I've gotten ahead of you both btw. I'm a little past the black mage village near the lifa tree. I just a got Eiko as a character. 

I would recommend that both of you find all of the chocographs that you can. 

Also, I found a stellar place to grind. If you go up a ladder that's in Gizamaluke's grotto, you'll find the area on top of a mountain/hill. You can get to it in the first and second discs easily. There's a regular enemy here that's called "grand dragon" that will net you over 8000 exp per fight for a 4 member party. It's a level 65 dragon. It is the easiest and quickest way to level up to a decent level. It will save you time grinding later on. 

This creature is fiesty but with the right set up. it's very managable.

For the best way to deal with it, you'll need the auto-reflect ability (you can get it from the reflect ring that you can buy from the auction) for all 4 characters because the dragon likes to cast thundaga on you or all of the party which is a one hit kill. It will reflect back onto the dragon for a good bit of damage. Also with auto-reflect Vivi is a beast. You can cast a spell on your whole party and it will reflect back onto your enemy for about 4000 to 5000 damage. It would also help if you had the reflect null ability for your healer. 

Another way is to have coral rings equipped on the party. It will take longer this way but most likely, neither of you guys probably bought the reflect ring. it will work though.

Regardless of which way you use, you'll need to equip the ability, antibody on everyone because the dragon has a poison attack that's nasty.

Just revive whoever dies from his physical attacks and you should be fine. 

You can probably kill him in 5 mins or less depending on set up.

Did you go back to Lindblum after Burmecia? I always wondered if the characters react differently after you've witnessed the horrors in Burmecia (probably not...), but I was always too lazy to go through that grotto again :-p

This dragon sounds a little OP in fairness! Got the Reflect rings but right now I'm not sure if it's a necessity. Not the most difficult thing ever

Honestly, it really, really isn't worth it to grind on Grand Dragons. It takes a fair bit of preparation, all so that you can over level yourself and remove challenge from the rest of the experience.

There's not really any challenge to throw yourself at in these type of games that tests actual player skill except for someone's patience involving tasks. It's more about math than anything. Are your stats good enough to beat this foe? It's not like you can roll out of an attack or slip an attack by using any skill. You don't have to use any strategy. I literally can beat the majority of enemies by just pressing the X button over and over again. Heal when needed. There's not much to it. Challenge isn't the focus of this game but the story is.

That's a good question! I should go back and check it out to see if there is any new dialogue.

Go check out Ozma for me and let me know how that "Just pressing X over and over again" goes for you. 

Final Fantasy games aren't super difficult, but to say there's not much to it and you need zero strategy is false. Especially considering when how depth you go with setting up your team to tackle a certain fight.