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Potato Chips as presented by Smithsonian Magazine
gregz > wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 May 2012 13:26:38 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> wrote:
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>>> Potato chips. I happen to like potato chips. They're one of my favourite
>>> snacks on the planet. So this landed in my inbox and I thought I'd share it
>>> 
>>>
>>> Here's the link:
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>>> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food...1205-BestBlogs
>>>
>>> Or tiny URL:
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/73spe6j
>>>
>>> The article is entitled 'Food & Think' LOL
>>>
>>> "In a study published last year in Gastronomica, student Josh Freedman and
>>> linguist Dan Jurafsky of Stanford examined the language found on 12
>>> different brands of potato chips.
>>
>> At least we still have 12 different brands left. All the smaller
>> shops are gone, even the very good ones.
>>
>> State Line used to be a big and very good brand in Southern New
>> England. Then Frito Lay built a plant here, sold chips for about half
>> the going rate, and put a few others out of business. Then raised the
>> prices.
>
> Lots of companies near me. They got herrs and utz, but there are two
> distinct snyders, of Berlin, and of Hanover. I thing lays classic really
> suck.
>
> Greg
Forgot wise from pa.
Greg
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