For Lent, I gave up salty snacks. And, while it was Dorito's Blazin' Buffalo and Ranch corn tortilla chips that were staining my fingers like a six pack a day smoker, my relationship with potato chips goes way back. When I was about six years old, I went on a tour of the Old Dutch factory, which was just off the highway in downtown St. Paul at the time (as was the Taystee Bread plant - St. Paul smelled lovely back then). At the end, we were given free bags of chips and we could choose what kind we wanted; I'd only had plain chips before and I decided to be brazen and have the sour cream and onion. I was changed forever.
It's the longest and strongest relationship of my life. Sometimes I'll stray and have the ridged cheddar chips and occasionally the surprisingly pleasant dill pickle, but I always go back to my first love. Oh, sour cream and onion, how I love your salty oily goodness. You complete me.
It's also Internation Ask a Question Day, so...
Does anyone else have a sudden urge to eat at Wendy's?
4 comments:
Old Dutch Sour Cream and Onion IS heaven! I grew up on those things!
Last year I gave up cookies/cake/cupcakes/etc. for Lent and ended up eating my weight in chocolate covered almonds each day, gaining 10 lbs by Easter.
Sometimes I'll stray and have the ridged cheddar chips and occasionally the surprisingly pleasant dill pickle, but I always go back to my first love.
My question: Have you always been a potato chip whoo-wer?
I have never much cared for potato chips. I know ... weird. I prefer pretzels.
First, I have to go find the cookbook in your last post - sounds great! Am just now getting around to "The Man Who Ate Everything," and I love it!
Second, I didn't give anything up for Lent this year because of a prior "post-Lenten" binge a few years back. I am a chip fan, but would definitely have to give up sweets to keep true to the spirit of Lent.
Love the Old Dutch lineup - my favorite chips. Love the sour cream & onion, as well as the dill pickle, but my ultimate favorite is probably the onion & garlic. Love those things!
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