How much would you pay for a 5# bag of potatoes? Worth $35? How about
if they were fried for you? Worth it then?

We don't buy chips often and when we do, usually store brand on sale,
but I had a bag of Utz chips bought on sale. Though I never paid a lot
of attention, I was looking at the bag tonight. List price, $4.29 for
9.5 ounces. That is $350 for a 50# sack of spuds.

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 8:17:11 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> How much would you pay for a 5# bag of potatoes? Worth $35? How about
> if they were fried for you? Worth it then?
>
> We don't buy chips often and when we do, usually store brand on sale,
> but I had a bag of Utz chips bought on sale. Though I never paid a lot
> of attention, I was looking at the bag tonight. List price, $4.29 for
> 9.5 ounces. That is $350 for a 50# sack of spuds.

You're paying for convenience.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 03:18:05 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 8:17:11 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> How much would you pay for a 5# bag of potatoes? Worth $35? How about
>> if they were fried for you? Worth it then?
>>
>> We don't buy chips often and when we do, usually store brand on sale,
>> but I had a bag of Utz chips bought on sale. Though I never paid a lot
>> of attention, I was looking at the bag tonight. List price, $4.29 for
>> 9.5 ounces. That is $350 for a 50# sack of spuds.
>
>You're paying for convenience.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Would likely cost more than $350 to turn 50# of spuds into chitato
pips at home... plus the cost of labor to clean up the mess. And
probably takes 3 lbs of spuds to make 9.5 ozs of chips.

This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
rarely buy them.

wrote:
>
> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
> rarely buy them.

What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.

Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
surprised they still make them.

On 1/9/2018 8:17 AM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>> rarely buy them.
>
> What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
> favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>
> Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
> slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
> always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
> surprised they still make them.
>

OMG - "overcooked" is what I said too!

They're right in there with the Tom's chips we see in our truck stops:

https://www.chipsandcrisps.com/toms-snacks.html

https://www.chipsandcrisps.com/toms-...ps-review.html

Taste

Regular readers of reviews at Chips & Crisps will know that we openly
admit to not being the best at reviewing plain Chips. In the UK they
call them Ready Salted. The customers call them Ready Boring. We kind of
agree. These did have a warm potatoey flavor, which makes them good
company for a very tasty sandwich and they were low in saturated fat
(but still tasted a bit oily) compared to most of this flavor variety.

On 1/9/2018 10:17 AM, Gary wrote:
> wrote:
>>
>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>> rarely buy them.
>
> What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
> favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>
> Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
> slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
> always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
> surprised they still make them.
>
Most times I buy store brand on sale. They are as good as Lays and may
even be from them. The lays plant is 5 miles away and supplies much of
New England.

On 1/9/2018 8:55 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 1/9/2018 10:17 AM, Gary wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>>> free.Â* Wise are my favorite so I will get them.Â* Every week there's a
>>> different brand with a similar deal.Â* Lays are my least favorite, I
>>> rarely buy them.
>>
>> What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
>> favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>>
>> Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
>> slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
>> always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
>> surprised they still make them.
>>
> Most times I buy store brand on sale.

Some of those can be decent.

Safeway's "Snack Artist" brand is ok...

http://www.taquitos.net/chips/The-Sn...d-Potato-Chips

Taste: These potato chips had a pale yellow color, plus some nearly
transparent areas on the surfaces, with lots of bubbles embedded inside
and some areas of skin around the edges.

I crunched in to find that the chips had a relatively thick cut and a
nice cirsp-but-light crunch. As for the "lightly salted" aspect, they
weren't the saltiest chips in the world, but the level of salt wasn't
notably low, and they were plenty flavorful, with lots of potato flavor
starting with the first bite. (We've found with some other lightly
salted potato chips where you need to eat several in a row to build up
enough salt in your mouth for a good potato flavor.) I did notice a
particularly high level of shiny grease on any parts of my hand that
touched the chips.

Aroma: Strong fresh potato smell.

Manufacturer: Better Living Brands LLC


> They are as good as Lays

Nope.

Impossible.

https://www.aol.com/2010/03/24/best-...-brands-for-y/

Brand name: Lay's
Cost: $3.99 (bought for $3.59 at Target)
Size: 11 ounces
Nutritional Facts: (For about 15 chips) 150 calories (90 from fat), 10
grams of fat (16% recommended daily value), 180 milligrams of sodium (7%
of recommended daily value).
Taste: Light in taste and packing the greatest crunch in the bunch,
Lay's are coated with just enough salt to make you lick your lips, but
not too much that you start gasping for water. The brand's a winner for
a reason.

Greatest Value: Technically Clancy's gives you the most chips for the
price €“ but they're also the clear loser in the taste category. On a
scale of 0 to 10, Store Brand Scorecard gives Clancy's a value score of 5.

The best eating experience goes to Lay's, aided by that great crunch,
light texture and supreme saltiness. That said, Lay's costs the most and
we're trying to save some money here. Value sco 8.

Well-priced Market Pantry is the best option for folks wanting the
potato packing the most punch, and they're the healthiest too. But the
salt factor just isn't up to snuff. Value sco 7.

This leaves the Jewel brand the value winner in this challenge. The chip
crunch isn't loud and proud like Lay's, but the chips themselves have a
more potato-like flavor, and the salt-per-chip ratio is pretty much
perfect. Pity the bag's so tiny, but buy two of them and you're still
paying less than you would for an 11-ounce bag of Lay's. Value sco A
mighty 9. Slam dunk for Supervalu.


> and may
> even be from them.

Not a one.

Lays doesn't do contract chips.

> The lays plant is 5 miles away and supplies much of New England.

But they don't sell to 3rd party labels.

Meanwhile as to Wise:

https://www.chipsandcrisps.com/wise-...ps-review.html

Crunch
It may have been because of the oil, but these thin and crispy Chips did
not seem as crunchy as some of this nature. It took a few to get a good
crunch going and they quickly turned to mush.

Texture
These were standard, no frills, basic and simple Chips. Upon which, many
will happily base their quality. There was a sizeable amount of grease
visible on Chips that were liberally oil bubbled and not visibly seasoned.

Taste
We are not the biggest fans of Natural, Original, Regular or whatever
else Chips companies call their flavor-free Chips, at Chips & Crisps.
These tasted a little oily potato to our unrefined palates.

On 1/9/2018 9:57 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> They still sell the full lineup

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On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:17:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>> rarely buy them.
>
>What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
>favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>
>Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
>slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
>always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
>surprised they still make them.

To me Lays taste raw/way undercooked. When I was growing up Wise was
the only potato chip sold in NY, I didn't meet Lays until years later
when I moved to CA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Foods
Years ago potato chips were packaged in clear cello bags so you could
see the chips, now they are sold sight unseen in opaque bags.
Everytime I've opened a bag of Lays I've been disapointed, they are
mostly broken, and when I got to the bottom at least 20% by weight are
crumbs. Utz chips are so-so, very inconsistant. My favorite is Wise
Ridgies. I detest any of the flavored chips, all I've tried leave me
with a chemical/metallic aftertaste, like from sucking on pennies.
http://www.wisesnacks.com/

On 1/9/2018 11:18 AM, wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:17:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>>> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>>> rarely buy them.
>>
>> What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
>> favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>>
>> Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
>> slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
>> always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
>> surprised they still make them.
>
> To me Lays taste raw/way undercooked.

If they were "raw" they'd not be crisp.

If they were "undercooked" they'd not be the single most popular potato
chip in the WORLD!

> When I was growing up Wise was
> the only potato chip sold in NY, I didn't meet Lays until years later
> when I moved to CA.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Foods

Provincialism again...

It's like watching America's Test Kitchen - you least coasters have
these walls of non-entry to products the rest of the nation takes for
granted!

> Years ago potato chips were packaged in clear cello bags so you could
> see the chips, now they are sold sight unseen in opaque bags.

True.

> Everytime I've opened a bag of Lays I've been disapointed, they are
> mostly broken, and when I got to the bottom at least 20% by weight are
> crumbs.

So you have yet /another food handling issue/ there, no surprise as I
have seen what passes for fresh fruit in your stoopidmarkets.

Shameful, bruised up, nasty old pussy ploppers.


> Utz chips are so-so, very inconsistant. My favorite is Wise
> Ridgies. I detest any of the flavored chips, all I've tried leave me
> with a chemical/metallic aftertaste, like from sucking on pennies.
> http://www.wisesnacks.com/

And yet:

https://www.chipsandcrisps.com/wise-...ps-review.html

Crunch
It may have been because of the oil, but these thin and crispy Chips did
not seem as crunchy as some of this nature. It took a few to get a good
crunch going and they quickly turned to mush.

Texture
These were standard, no frills, basic and simple Chips. Upon which, many
will happily base their quality. There was a sizeable amount of grease
visible on Chips that were liberally oil bubbled and not visibly seasoned.

Taste
We are not the biggest fans of Natural, Original, Regular or whatever
else Chips companies call their flavor-free Chips, at Chips & Crisps.
These tasted a little oily potato to our unrefined palates.

On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:18:19 -0500, wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:17:14 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
wrote:
>>>
>>> This week the market in town has 9.5 oz bags of Wise; buy 2 get 3
>>> free. Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>>> rarely buy them.
>>
>>What a difference between two people. Lays Classic chips are my
>>favorite chip but almost equally is the Pringles Sour Cream ones.
>>
>>Never Wise chips though. They always tasted overcooked and
>>slightly burnt to me. This was 50 years ago, but back then, they
>>always tasted slightly burnt and I haven't had one since. I'm
>>surprised they still make them.
>
>To me Lays taste raw/way undercooked. When I was growing up Wise was
>the only potato chip sold in NY, I didn't meet Lays until years later
>when I moved to CA.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_Foods
>Years ago potato chips were packaged in clear cello bags so you could
>see the chips, now they are sold sight unseen in opaque bags.
>Everytime I've opened a bag of Lays I've been disapointed, they are
>mostly broken, and when I got to the bottom at least 20% by weight are
>crumbs. Utz chips are so-so, very inconsistant. My favorite is Wise
>Ridgies. I detest any of the flavored chips, all I've tried leave me
>with a chemical/metallic aftertaste, like from sucking on pennies.
>http://www.wisesnacks.com/

You're what? 75 yo and you don't know how to shop for potato chips?
You pick up a bag of chips by the top seal then lay the bag out onto
your other hand. You tilt the bag back and forth lengthwise and
listen. If you hear a lot of noise, the chips are mostly broken. If
everything seems to move only a little bit, in a mass and is mostly
quiet, you have a bag of mostly intact chips. It helps also to know
where (what store) the guy loading the shelf feels compelled to
pat/slap the bags to get more bags on the shelf. Don't buy from that
store.'
Janet US

On 1/9/2018 9:37 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Where's Sheldon's "extruded potatoes" rant

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On 1/9/2018 8:04 AM, wrote:
> Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
> rarely buy them.

Lays are simply the best potato chips on the planet.

Only provincial least coasters trumpet Wise' overcooked crisps.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:44:22 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo >
wrote:

>On 1/9/2018 8:04 AM, wrote:
>> Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>> rarely buy them.
>
>Lays are simply the best potato chips on the planet.
>
>Only provincial least coasters trumpet Wise' overcooked crisps.

You're one of those who prefers soft cookies, a cookie dough wuss.

On 1/9/2018 11:22 AM, wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:44:22 -0700, Casa estilo antiguo >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/9/2018 8:04 AM, wrote:
>>> Wise are my favorite so I will get them. Every week there's a
>>> different brand with a similar deal. Lays are my least favorite, I
>>> rarely buy them.
>>
>> Lays are simply the best potato chips on the planet.
>>
>> Only provincial least coasters trumpet Wise' overcooked crisps.
>
> You're one of those who prefers soft cookies, a cookie dough wuss.
>

"Prefer"?

Hmmm...

Ekshually I have lately developed a hankering for salted caramel CRISP
cookies.

Same for Brownie Brittle.

Ever try some?

http://browniebrittle.com/

https://shop.browniebrittle.com/collections/toffee

Toffee Crunch

The only thing yummier than Sheila G's„¢ Original Brownie Brittle„¢ snack
is when it's topped with our Toffee Crunch. If you're a toffee lover,
you owe it to yourself to try this delicious treat. Our Toffee Crunch
Brownie Brittle„¢ snack is simply divine!

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Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> How much would you pay for a 5# bag of potatoes? Worth $35? How about
> if they were fried for you? Worth it then?
>
> We don't buy chips often and when we do, usually store brand on sale,
> but I had a bag of Utz chips bought on sale. Though I never paid a lot
> of attention, I was looking at the bag tonight. List price, $4.29 for
> 9.5 ounces. That is $350 for a 50# sack of spuds.

economic's are funny!

On 1/8/2018 6:57 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Would like to find their Grandma Utz's

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