# Chip and Dip Kung Fu

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 16, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460 "2005-06-16T00:03:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460/1 "2005-06-16T00:03:42Z")

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There are two types of chip and dip eating people in this world. Those who like chips and will occasionally dip them in various dips (I think of them as **chippies** ), and those who view the chip solely as a dip delivery device - A necessary evil that must be crunched up with the dip because it’s rude to stick your fingers in the dip and slurp it off of them (the\*\* dippies\*\*) .

I love a good dip, and my chip functions as an edible utensil. I will always have a 1/2 basket of chips left, while my dip bowl will be empty.

What’s your chips-n-dip kung fu?

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**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460/2 "2005-06-16T02:12:30Z")

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Meh. On my cheat days I break out my silver dessert spoons. PB on my left, a dip on my right. To hell with chips.

(Does this make me a _gulp_ spoonie?)

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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460/3 "2005-06-16T02:30:17Z")

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It depends on the chip and the dip. If the chip is already flavored, or if it is a good quality potato chip, then I am after the flavor of the chip, and so add the dip only as a bit of enhancement. If it is a plain corn chip or tortilla chip, though, it wil have very little flavor of its own, and as I try to stick to salsas that are good (and there are a couple of restaurants around here that make salsas that are nearly orgasmic in their quality), the chip functions only as a salsa-collecting device.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chip-and-dip-kung-fu/308460/4 "2005-06-16T03:00:56Z")

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With potato chips I tend to be a chippie, but I need the dip to cut the saltiness. I eat no-salt-added chips “naked.”

With tortilla chips I’ll eat a few naked ones, but mostly I’m a dippie. The chips are crucial, though: no matter how much I love the dip, I can’t eat it without a decent chip (which means no Fritos ::shudder:: ).

Mmm, chips and dip! 🙂