Deep Fried/Chips: Potato Chip Quiz [and sub-thread]

Subject: Potato Chip Quiz [and sub-thread]
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:28:30 -0600
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Okay, not really a quiz (no one will be graded!), just an attempt to occupy my mind this morning. So, potato chips...

1. What's brand do you prefer?
  a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

3. Smooth or ripple chips?

4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted, aren't technically potato chips)?

5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

6. Plain or seasoned?
  a. Plain
  b. BBQ
  c. Sour Cream/Onion
  d. Cheese
  e. Vinegar & Salt
  f. Other _________________________

7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
  a. Mandoline
  b. Knife
  c. Food Processor

9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go with breakfast ;)
From: Stark (sraven at att.net)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:16:07 GMT
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Golden Flake Thin and Crispy; Lay's Original; Kettle Chips Lighty salted with Fresh Ground Pepper; Zapp's and the former Dirty Potato Chips.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Both

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Both

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Yes

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

Yes,yes,yes,yes,yes, guacamole, jalapeno, chipotle

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

NA

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

No. And don't forget Fritos, Doritos, Cheetos, Banditos and everything else that's salty and crisp like bagel and pita chips and stop me before I explode.
From: Dave Smith (adavid.smith at sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:31:41 -0500
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Good question. I never buy them. Rarely eat them.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

n/a

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

no

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

good god no.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

Plain

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

No :-) That's one of the reasons I never buy them and rarely eat them.
From: Nancy Young (qwerty at monmouth.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:01:39 -0500
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Jill McQuown wrote

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Wise, used to be the low sodium but back to the regular. Low started to be more like no ... potato chips gotta have salt.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?
>
> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

I wouldn't slap someone who gave me any of the above.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

I had some baked ones at my brother's place down the shore, they were surprisingly good. Having said that, I forget the brand.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

Yes. With plain sour cream is just fine with me. Or without.

>    b. BBQ

Tastes quite metallic to me, my teeth want to curl up to get away from them.

>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________
>
> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Anything I would make that one would think of as potato chips, wouldn't *be* potato chips, to me. In other words, potato chips come in a bag from the store.

I know I told this story already; my mil's father was an entrepreneur from Italy, he found a way to make potato chips in his garage, my mil's job was to bag them up to sell in their little produce store downstairs.

Some people from Boston came and bought his potato chip business. Sad say in the house for her.

Makes me laugh, that building, the family home hand built by her father, it's not on a dirt road any longer, it's on Route 1 & 9 in Elizabeth, NJ.

As an aside, we sold the house to some guy who opened a restaurant next door. Drove by it on Christmas, darned if he hasn't resided the house and breathed new life into the old place.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor
>
> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Sometimes.

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

I think I confuse hash browns with home fries. Maybe.
From: "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" (dog3 at invalid.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:05:54 GMT
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Jill McQuown looking for trouble wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Jay's brand. I don't know where they come from. Don't care either ;)

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Kettle.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

It's a tie.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted, aren't technically potato chips)?

I don't like baked chips.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No salt? OMG, chips MUST have salt.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

A and E. I also like the dill pickled chips.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Sure have.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

C.

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Nope ;)

Michael
From: zxcvbob (zxcvbob at charter.net)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:07:18 -0600
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Jill wrote:
> Okay, not really a quiz (no one will be graded!), just an attempt to occupy
> my mind this morning. So, potato chips...

Jalapeno kettle chips (not jalapeno and cheddar.) Second favorite is just plain ripple-cut, like "Ruffles".

I did try making my own potato chips once upon a time, but they turned out too greasy and I haven't tried it again. I used my trusty worn-thin vegetable peeler. I don't know what I'll do when it eventually wears thru and breaks because new peelers are nowhere near as sharp and a worn out one.

Bob
From: ~patches~ (noones_home at thisaddress.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:07:23 -0500
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zxcvbob wrote:
> I did try making my own potato chips once upon a time, but they turned
> out too greasy and I haven't tried it again. I used my trusty worn-thin
> vegetable peeler. I don't know what I'll do when it eventually wears
> thru and breaks because new peelers are nowhere near as sharp and a worn
> out one.

That's because the new peelers have all the safety guidelines snapped on them with lawyers making sure they can't accidently cut even a drunken sailor!
From: Chris (scootermom32 at yahoo.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:10:07 GMT
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Lays.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular. Really don't like kettle chips.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth!!!

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Yes, I love Baked Lays.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Never tried them. Doubt I'd like them. The salt is the best part!

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

Yes

>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion

Sure, sometimes.

>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt

Now you're talkin', baby!!! Excellent on occasion, but not for every day.

>    f. Other _________________________

Have tried, but can't say I particularly like, some of the Herr's brand chips....dill pickle, ketchup, Coney Island Hot Dog, Steak and Onion (I think? it was something to do w/ steak). The dill pickle are the best of these.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No.

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

I have, but most of the time I eat *way* more than one. I try to stay away from them (but that's ok, absence makes the heart grow fonder). It used to be that when you ordered a sandwich in a restaurant, you got chips with it (fries were extra). Who knows, maybe it's still that way -- I don't eat out much anymore. Those were always lousy chips, anyway.

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

Aha! You snared me into having egg-a-cup the other day, but I can resist breakfast potatoes quite easily, my dear. Besides, I already had a bagel (w/ cream cheese and strawberry jelly).
From: sarah bennett (anisaerah at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:15:31 GMT
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Cape Cod ar emy favorite, but on the odd occasion that I actually purchase potato chips, it's usually the Aldi or Meijer brand.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

kettle.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

ripple.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

I like pringles, but not baked lays. I used to like munchos, but I got sick of them after a while.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

no

> 6. Plain or seasoned?

plain, salt and vinegar, and sour cream and onion. I don't like BBQ chips. I like some of the "wierd" flavors that Uncle Rays and some other companies make, like steak and dill pickle etc.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

no

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

nope.

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

yum! I think, because of your quiz I'm going to have to have a tuna sandwich with potato chips sprinkled on top :)
From: serene (serene at serenepages.org)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:07:01 -0800
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sarah bennett wrote:
>Cape Cod ar emy favorite,

That's the one!
From: alsandor (alsandor at hotmail.com)
Date: 12 Jan 2006 07:20:47 -0800
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Jill a écrit :

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Truly. Appears to be a house brand for Zeller's, a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company (also known as The Bay...no, not eBay!). AFAIK, they only come in 170g bags.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Well, yes, enough that I will sometimes choose Baked Lays over others. I have a thing about eating potato chips with egg salad sandwiches.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Yech. Do you?

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Once.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    b. Knife

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

At a time? Suuuure...
From: patsfan at opera.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:13:46 GMT
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slice one potato very thin, add some grease to the frying pan and cook them until they are crispy, burnt and brown.....watch one football game and use the dip, washed down with beer......or non alcoholic soda....
crusty
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:01:09 -0600
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alsandor wrote:
> jmcquown a écrit:
>
>> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?
>
> Yech. Do you?

I've only run across one brand that made unsalted potato chips: Dirty Potato Chips - so called because they didn't rinse the potatoes before they fried them. They were slightly thicker cut than brands like Lay's. I was surprised at how good the unsalted chips were! I haven't looked for this brand in a while so I'm not sure they still sell any of the varieties.
From: White Monkey (k.m.c.ooper at chello.nl)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:28:34 +0100
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> 1. What's brand do you prefer?

Don't remember what they're called. A friend brings them sometimes from London.

>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

I hear they're available in some places other than England, but not here in the Netherlands.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Kettle.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

I have absolutely no idea.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

Olain or salt and vinegar or sour cream and chive.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Oh yes.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

Cheese slicer.

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

I doubt it.
--Katrina
From: ~patches~ (noones_home at thisaddress.com)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:05:24 -0500
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Jill wrote:

> Okay, not really a quiz (no one will be graded!), just an attempt to occupy
> my mind this morning. So, potato chips...

Sorry, but we might at most buy 3 bags of chips in a year so my answers likely are of little use to you :( I make homemade chips a couple of times in the summer if that is of any help.

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

internationally known

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

regular

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

smooth as a side, ripple for dipping

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

too processed for my liking

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

I don't mind homemade ones but really salt makes the chips.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

plain

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

yes

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

mandoline

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

My limit would be about 4 or 5; DH's limit would be more.
From: Seamus (zawadzki at yahoo.com)
Date: 12 Jan 2006 08:08:55 -0800
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?

Herr's

>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

ocal (though featured on FTV's Unwrapped)

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

50/50

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

smooth

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Yes

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

no

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

y

>    b. BBQ

y

>    c. Sour Cream/Onion

y

>    d. Cheese

y

>    e. Vinegar & Salt

y

>    f. Other _________________________

"Steak & Worchestershire"
All Dressed, Dill Pickle, Ketchup in the Great White North

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

yes

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

b & c

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

no.
From: Kate Connally (connally at pitt.edu)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:26:16 -0500
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

I can't think of a particular brand as I so seldom buy chips.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Most definitely kettle!

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth - but them I've never seen ripple kettle chips.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

No.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Oh, if only? Know where one could get them? Actually I would like lightly salted if I were going to eat them plain, but unsalted if I'm going to eat them with some sort of dip.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

I like plain and BBQ.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Not yet, been meaning to try it some day.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

I imagine I would either use my Benriner (mandoline-like tool) or the food processor.

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Well, maybe, if someone shoots you dead just as you swallow the first one. ;-)

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

Yum, now you got me craving 'em.
From: Kate Connally (connally at pitt.edu)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:31:45 -0500
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Ooh, I just remembered about Route 11 Potato Chips in Middletown, VA. They're just local to the area or regional. I think they do mail order. I've only had them when I was in the area. Went to the factory and bought them. They are awesome! Wish they sold them in Pgh. I can't really justify spending the money to buy them mail order. :-(
From: Seamus (zawadzki at yahoo.com)
Date: 12 Jan 2006 12:31:31 -0800
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Kate Connally wrote:
> Ooh, I just remembered about Route 11 Potato Chips in
> Middletown, VA. They're just local to the area or
> regional. I think they do mail order. I've only had
> them when I was in the area. Went to the factory and
> bought them. They are awesome! Wish they sold them in
> Pgh. I can't really justify spending the money to buy
> them mail order. :-(

Oh Yeah, good stuff . Sold here in the Wilmington,DE area. Maybe a DuPont connection.
(there are a few DuPont plants in the Shenadoah Valley).
From: pgluth1 (bclinton at whitehouse.gov)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:04:20 GMT
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally
>    known?

Jay's, Utz, and "foreign chips" particularly German style "paprika chips" and Japanese BBQ. (oddly, they are similar)

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth and as thin as possible.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted, aren't technically potato chips)?

Baked - no, ick. Pringles? only if there is alcohol involved.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Yes - I guess I am in the minority here. Most of what I buy is Jay's unsalted. I just they weren't so hard to find.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

>    f. Other: See above - German paprika and Japanese BBQ

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Yes, both at home and when I worked in a restaurant. Unfortunately, it is hard, even with an oversized fry-daddy to have enough room to make chips that can compare with the fry machines in restaurants, so I gave up making them at home. They came out well, but it wasn't really worth the hassle and the mess.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?

(d.) Restaurant grade meat slicer

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Love 'em. Even though I think some of the less popular flavors - pizza, chili, and such - are an affront against nature, I still have problems resisting. Moreover, after making them from scratch in ideal conditions in a restaurant, they can be superb.

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to
> go with breakfast ;)

ooooh. I like home fries too.
From: Arri London (biotech at ic.ac.uk)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:03:52 -0700
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Walker's (UK brand)

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

No preference

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Thought Pringles were fried. Fried is better.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

Plain is good.

>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt

>    f. Other: Cheese and onion, roast chicken, tandoori, prawn cocktail, bacon

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Yes

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline

Mandoline

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

No
From: Nexis (nexis1 at cox.net)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:49:19 -0800
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

I rarely ever eat them any more...for 3 reasons, 2 of which are health related :)
When I was younger, I liked Pringles now and then, but really, if I was having potato chips, I was gonna have Old Dutch. I don't see them as much here in CA, but in Minnie-Soda they were the chip.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

I dislike Kettle chips..too hard!! Regular.

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Depends...am I dipping the chips? ;) I prefered smooth, but used Ripple for heavier dips.

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which,
> granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

See above :)

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Is there such a thing?!?

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

C! Preferably with Top the Tater (another thing I can't find here in Sandy Eggo)

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

As a class project in 8th grade home-ec, yes.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

We used the old mandoline with the plastic box underneath to catch the cut veggies/fruits.

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

LOL! I sure can now!

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

Fun post, Jill! When I was a kid, potato chips were great. Nowadays, they are too damaging to my blood sugars and like I said, no Top the Tater here in good old SoCal, so nothing good to dip them in ;-) lol.
Can't get puffcorn here either :/ hehe

kimberly
From: Michael O'Connor (mpoconnor7 at aol.com)
Date: 12 Jan 2006 18:32:02 -0800
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

I like the local brands; of the national brands I like Jalapeno Krunchers, I think they're called. They're kettle chips.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Kettle

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

no preference

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

Pringles are the only baked brand I can eat.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

There is this one brand they have in the vending machines at work, they're salt and pepper kettle chips, I forget the brand name but they're very good.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

No. If I just ate one and closed the bag, the chips would get stale before I got a quarter of the way thru the bag.
From: Elaine Parrish (esp at ebicom.net)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:20:50 -0600
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Lays

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

regular

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

both

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

yes

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

no

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

yes, yes, kinda, no, no, ????

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

yes

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

odd kind of pre-mandoline mandoline thingy. Still got a scar on each thumb from the no-guard days some 30 odd years ago. But I learn quick. It only took me twice. I'm sure it helped that I didn't have more thumbs <g>.

My gram made them all the time when I was a kid. She used a knife. She also peeled the potatoes with a knife and could do it leaving the peel in one long, spiral string ( and apples, and turnips, etc., too). That, I never mastered. I bought a potato peeler. I've bought a number of them through the years, but the only one I still have is the cheap one I bought as a teenager. go figure

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

no
From: Hairy (hairy at hotmail.com)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:39:17 -0600
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?

Sterzing's

>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Local----Burlington, Ia

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

They're ok, but I never buy them.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

NO!

> 6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain
>    b. BBQ
>    c. Sour Cream/Onion
>    d. Cheese
>    e. Vinegar & Salt
>    f. Other _________________________

Plain and BBQ

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Yes

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

KA slicer

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Maybe on a bet.

Dave
From: "-L." (gentleboa at peacemail.com)
Date: 13 Jan 2006 23:04:32 -0800
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Jill wrote:

> 1. What's brand do you prefer?
>    a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

Generally don't like them; never buy them. If I buy anything it's veggie crisps from Snyder's of Hanover:
http://www.snydersofhanover.com/Pages/Bakery%20Selections/products_veggie_crisps.html [archive.org]
US brand, I guess.

> 2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

None

> 3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Neither

> 4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
> aren't technically potato chips)?

I guess the answer would be yes, since the Synder's brand are pringle-esque with less fat.

> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

No.

> 6. Plain or seasoned?

    a. Plain

Everything else is just gross.

> 7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No.

> 8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
>    a. Mandoline
>    b. Knife
>    c. Food Processor

N/A

> 9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

yes. Or none. ;)

> I don't have any potato chips but I think I'll make some home fries to go
> with breakfast ;)

I am one of the ones who doesn't like potatoes. Homemade fries I like, but don't eat often.
From: sbusiello at gmail.com
Date: 14 Jan 2006 07:14:05 -0800
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this is a great post

there are a million chips on this site: http://www.iamfood.com [archive.org]

you can review and rate them, but there isnt a questionaire on them, at least none that i could find.

-CB
From: serene (serene at serenepages.org)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:05:25 -0800
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Jill McQuown wrote:

>1. What's brand do you prefer?

Any kettle chip has my vote. Also, lately, I've been liking the brand in the white bag with the lighthouse(?) on it -- they have forty-percent-reduced-fat chips, and I love them. Less greasy.

>3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Smooth kettle chips are my favorite.

>4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
>aren't technically potato chips)?

I like them, but they don't hit the same spot as potato chips.

>5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

Only if there's dip.

>6. Plain or seasoned?
>    a. Plain

yes

>    b. BBQ

yes, especially honey bbq

>    c. Sour Cream/Onion

yes

>    d. Cheese

yes, but I don't love them

>    e. Vinegar & Salt

ewwwwww!

>    f. Other _________________________

Every Giftmas, James gets a box of odd-flavored chips from Canada from his brother. Last year, they were all ketchup flavored. It grows on you. This year, it was ketchup, barbecue, honey barbecue, cheddar cheese, steak & worcestershire, Old Bay seasoning, jalapeno, spicy hot, and maybe a few others. Oh, some plain, and some salt & vinegar. Eww.

>7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

Oh, sure.

>8. If yes to question #7, how did you slice them?
    b. Knife

>9. Can you really only eat just one? <G>

Heh. Yep. Couldn't when I had an eating disorder, but nowadays I can even eat half a piece of candy, which would have been unheard of back then.
From: xxnonexspamxnonexx at tampascanner.info
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:43:33 -0500
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Jill McQuown wrote:

>1. What's brand do you prefer?
>   a. Is it a local /home town/regional brand or internationally known?

I don't know that I have a real brand preference, but a long time favorite is Schneiders of Hanover OH in the SE OH area. They did come in a blueish/grey like foil bag at one time. I don't even know if they are still around as I've not been to the area a lot any more..

I tend to buy store brand chips or Wise, or what ever is on sale at a good price.

>2. "Kettle" chips or regular?

Regular, is my preference, but kettle is fine too.

>3. Smooth or ripple chips?

Prefer rippled especially for dips. I get a craving for smooth/regular chips now and then.

>4. Do you like "baked" chips (like Baked Lays or Pringles, which, granted,
>aren't technically potato chips)?

Pringles yes, but the other baked ones are not the same to me. They are fine, just I don't think the baked ones are in the same category as Pringles.

>5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?

NO!

>6. Plain or seasoned?

>   b. BBQ

No way. Disgusting.

>   c. Sour Cream/Onion

Ok, but not my thing. I much prefer to have real sour cream.

>   d. Cheese

No.

>   e. Vinegar & Salt

YES! LOVE THEM! Especially if I can get ones made with real vinegar. Cape Cod and the aforementioned Schneiders (did/still?) make them.

>7. Have you ever made your own potato chips?

No.
Subject: Unsalted & Lightly Salted Chips (WAS Re: Potato Chip Quiz)
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:07:39 -0600
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>> 5. Do you like unsalted potato chips?
>
> Oh, if only? Know where one could get them? Actually I
> would like lightly salted if I were going to eat them
> plain, but unsalted if I'm going to eat them with some
> sort of dip.

Apparently 'Dirty Potato Chips' are still around and here's the web site listing the different types:

Dirty Potato Chips

I *love* their unsalted chips and I'm a salt fiend! I'll have to check at Schnuck's the next time I shop to see if they still carry this brand.
From: Stark (sraven at att.net)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:38:44 GMT
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Jill wrote:
> Apparently 'Dirty Potato Chips' are still around and here's the web site
> listing the different types:

At one point Dirty Potato Chips was bought by Zapp's, a New Orleans-based similar-style chip. Don't know if the buy-out remained after Katrina.
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:54:33 -0600
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Stark wrote:
> At one point Dirty Potato Chips was bought by Zapp's, a New
> Orleans-based similar-style chip. Don't know if the buy-out remained
> after Katrina.

They originally started in Memphis, did you know that? Yep, used to say it was a product of Memphis, TN right on the bag :)
From: Stark (sraven at att.net)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:40:03 GMT
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Jill wrote:
> They originally started in Memphis, did you know that? Yep, used to say it
> was a product of Memphis, TN right on the bag :)

I did. One of Memphis' ad gurus, John Malmo, was responsible for the name and the packaging explanation that Dirty chips weren't really dirty. The concept was a brief winner. I did like the chips; we had inlaws and friends coming from Nashville and Little Rock just to buy bags of Dirty Chips. I thought that was a little much. Don't know if they actually ate them or put them on their tables as a conversation piece.
From: Andy (q)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:43:00 -0600
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Jill McQuown wrote:
> They originally started in Memphis, did you know that? Yep, used to
> say it was a product of Memphis, TN right on the bag :)

I didn't know that. Interesting name for a brand. Wonder what the story behind that is?

If you have UTZ (PA) food products:

https://www.utzsnacks.com/pages/utz

They also make salt-free potato chips. I'll look for "Dirty" up here.

The salt-free chips are a high-blood pressure dream chip!

All the best,

Andy