photo courtesy of my friends at the nytimes
let's talk about the varieties:
- chips
- potato chip
- seasoning
- plain / salted / classic
- specialty potato
- specialty preparation (this includes "kettle" varieties
- corn chip
- seasoning
- plain corn / salted
- extruded & puffy varieties
- straight up puffy
- corn - think jax or herr's puffed cheese curls
- potato - i don't know what this is but i am sure it is out there
- other flours (dry powdered apple? yes i can review my favorite product made with apple flour some time)
- puffy yet crunchy
- corn - this is where i would put classic cheetos
potato chips:
i have a strong preference for traditional chips, over puffy crisps/snacks. i think my absolute favorite is a potato chip. i really do like classic salted potato chips for an everyday scenario, and my favorite brands are lays's classic and utz salted classic. in flavored or seasoned potato chips, i really liked those cheddar and sour cream ruffles i had a few weeks ago. i keep thinking of them. i also do like a few chips made with specialty potatoes. cape cod potato chips used to have excellent russet potato chips (just salted), and now they have wonderful yukon gold potato chips.
corn chips:
in the corn chip category, i like seasoned and nonseasoned chips equally. if i am just snacking (as opposed to making nachos or utilizing chips for dipping), i really do prefer doritos spicy nacho. the doritos tacos locos were very delicious, so that might be my runner up. if i am going beyond a simple bowl of corn chips, i like using doritos in nachos, but for plain corn chips, i really like bearitos corn chips in blue corn and tostitos corn chips in restaurant style though they have been registering a bit lip-chappy on my salt scale lately.
extruded snacks:
puffed bagged snacks are not usually my first choice, but if i am eating them i like classic cheetos, which are puffy yet crunchy. the only straight up puffy variety i like is jax, i find that other varieties tend to be digested by salivary amylase a few seconds too soon for me, and i don't really like that. jax seem to have a good crunch factor despite their puffiness. sometimes i get apple sticks from trader joe's and i like those a lot because i love chips but i am getting maybe 1/8 of a serving of an apple.
photo courtesy of my friends at trader joe's
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