# Corn- or potato-based snacks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210 "2013-06-17T20:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/1 "2013-06-17T20:31:27Z")
You are offered a choice between corn- or potato-based snack foods. The other will cease to exist forever. Corn and potatoes will both continue to exist for the purposes of other foods, but salty dry junk foods based upon them will be no more. Combinations of the two will automatically cease to exist either way, so “Andy Capp’s Fries” are right out. You _must_ choose one. What’s it going to be? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/2 "2013-06-17T20:34:27Z")
Chili Cheese Fritos Forever! ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/3 "2013-06-17T21:10:04Z")
IMHO Fritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, and Doritos offer a little more variety of flavors and textures (but not names) than potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/4 "2013-06-17T21:28:11Z")
Looks like I’m going to have to commit chip-induced suicide. Going a bit off-topic here, but I’d like to rant about the mega-sized bags of chips that have taken over the convenience stores around here. I want a snack, not a meal! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/5 "2013-06-17T21:32:39Z")
I voted for potatoes, but to be honest, I don’t have strong feelings either way. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/6 "2013-06-17T21:36:34Z")
Guacamole is still around, right? If so, corn chips. If not, kill me know because a world without guacamole is not one I want to live in. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/7 "2013-06-17T21:39:11Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Guacamole is still around, right? If so, corn chips. > > If not, kill me know because a world without guacamole is not one I want to live in. **Cell Guy** kills himself…and Czarcasm invents guacamole and becomes a millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/8 "2013-06-17T22:29:47Z")
I went corn, only because I can’t use potato chips as an ingredient in chili. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/9 "2013-06-17T22:35:30Z")
Potato. It’s not even close. I can eat guacamole on all kinds of things, including potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/10 "2013-06-17T22:42:07Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I voted for potatoes, but to be honest, I don’t have strong feelings either way. This - I rarely do chips as snacks any more unless it is a chips and salsa thing, or potato chips and dip thing at parties [which is maybe 2 to 3 times a year] as I am more a pretzel girl. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/11 "2013-06-17T23:22:36Z")
Thank God the rice cakes weren’t sacrificed. We couldn’t live without them. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/12 "2013-06-17T23:32:06Z")
Potatoes, by a narrow margin. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/13 "2013-06-17T23:44:13Z")
I’m drawing a blank on what exactly I’d lose. I’m not a fan of corn chips so those are out. French fries are meh, unless extra crispy. Corn Chex are the best of the 4 non-adorned flavors of Chex. And corn itself is great, and the OP seems to imply that the non-processed version of each (corn on the cob, baked potato maybe) are still existing. I’ll keep potatoes then, especially due to my corn chip ambivalence. I’ll get rid of corn if I can also keep maize ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/14 "2013-06-18T00:18:45Z")
Corn snacks are stupid, the good chips are flour tortilla, and _Fritos_? Please. French fries, potato chips, and tater tots are all pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/15 "2013-06-18T00:25:01Z")
Where are you guy’s getting french fries as snack foods?😕 You don’t cook snack foods, you open a package and eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/16 "2013-06-18T02:15:41Z")
Corn and I do not get along, so potatoes all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/17 "2013-06-18T02:16:20Z")
I don’t want to live in a world with out chips and salsa. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/18 "2013-06-18T02:32:44Z")
I voted for corn–plain tortilla chips for salsa or bean dip; Cheetos; caramel corn; cheddar corn. Potato chips suck. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/19 "2013-06-18T02:42:49Z")
Corn. Corn has to be healthier than potatoes, right? Right? Seriously, I’ve noticed a dearth of nacho cheese-flavored potato chips. So yeah, corn for me. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210/20 "2013-06-18T02:58:29Z")
Corn. No contest. Far more versatile and varied, IMHO. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-or-potato-based-snacks/661210.md?page=2)