# In Memory of Corn chips and Potato chips of days long ago... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888 "2018-04-22T03:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/41 "2018-04-24T04:45:48Z")
Here is a tip - one can rejuvenate many crispy snacks (and cereals such as Cap’n Crunch) that have become stale by leaving the bag open quite easily. Just spread the goodies out on a cooky sheet and pop them into a 250 F oven for about ten minutes. Crispness and crunchiness restored! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/42 "2018-04-24T09:44:19Z")
theres a budget chip company…laura scudders that used to make a bbq corn chip that was better than the ones frito lay makes … I don’t think scudders is made these days because other than the ones I just mentioned there dollar store or below quality ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/43 "2018-04-24T10:11:11Z")
Around these parts, [Mikesell’s](https://mikesells.com/collections/potato-chips) potato chips are king. Their regular potato chips used to be made with 100% peanut oil. They were the best, but they switched to other oils due to high cost and allergy concerns. There was an outcry from the Mikesell devotees, so they recently came out with a “special” potato chip [made with 100% peanut oil](https://mikesells.com/collections/potato-chips/products/100-peanut-oil-potato-chips). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/44 "2018-04-24T14:47:01Z")
Speaking of Pringles, does anyone remember another brand of similar manufactured ships that came in a box? I think in our market (Wisconsin, mid 70s, maybe) they were out before Pringles. The box had a cartoon representation of the manufacturing process. Potatoes were mashed, then rolled out on a sheet, then identical chips were cut out and baked or fried or something. My memory says they were better than Pringles, but it has been a long time. I can’t even remember the name. Did anyone else have them? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/45 "2018-04-24T17:03:33Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Oh I miss O’Grady’s Au Gratin potato chips. Thick cut, cheesey. Those were wonderful. I miss them too. Regarding the OP, corn chips and bean dip from the pull-tab can were practically a food group when I was a kid. Add a Popsicle and that was lunch many a day during summer vacation. Do they even make the bean dip in a can anymore? I haven’t looked for it lately. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/46 "2018-04-24T23:01:20Z")
You can get the bean dip in a can at the grocery stores around here, but you gonna pay through the nose for it. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/47 "2018-04-25T04:38:54Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Speaking of Pringles, does anyone remember another brand of similar manufactured ships that came in a box? I think in our market (Wisconsin, mid 70s, maybe) they were out before Pringles. Well, the entire food market is divided into BP and AP - Before Pringles and After Pringles. A completely processed potato product. A snack made from potatoes that are shredded, dried, ground into a coarse powder, and pressed back into a potato chip shape by a soap manufacturer (Procter & Gamble). Nothing like it came before Pringles. They came out in 1967, by the way. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/48 "2018-04-25T15:02:12Z")
Forget dip. Ya’ll are missing out if you haven’t ever eaten Grippo’s BBQ chips…best in the world. Yes, like Graeter’s ice cream, SOME good things do come out of Cincinnati. [https://www.grippos.com/](https://www.grippos.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/49 "2018-04-25T16:31:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Now, what I miss most about pretzels is the salt. Nowadays they’re all afraid to put enough salt on them. I think all the salt migrated over to the potato chips. Seriously, some of those flavors are way too damn salty. Especially steak or prime rib flavors. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/50 "2018-04-25T17:18:37Z")
Thin chips that taste bad: don’t buy. Thin chips that taste good: use a spoon. Pringles: never buy. If you think you need Pringles, make your own. 1 cup of flour, Hmmm. Actually, that’s the recipe. If you want Pringles, just eat a cup of flour. 🙂 OK, I take it back. Half a cup of flour, half a cup of maltodextrin. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/51 "2018-04-25T17:22:09Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Well, the entire food market is divided into BP and AP - Before Pringles and After Pringles. A completely processed potato product. A snack made from potatoes that are shredded, dried, ground into a coarse powder, and pressed back into a potato chip shape by a soap manufacturer (Procter & Gamble). > > Nothing like it came before Pringles. They came out in 1967, by the way. > > Dennis > [@Me](#): > > I think in our market (Wisconsin, mid 70s, maybe) they were out before Pringles. I’m not sure what your point is. I asked about other Pringle-like potato chips. Whether or not they came out before Pringles, they did exist as I described them, and I’d hoped someone remembered them and told me the brand. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/52 "2018-04-25T17:23:54Z")
I haven’t checked in a long time: are **Bugles** still around? And wasn’t there a “sister corn snack” that whistled when you blew in the end? And did anyone’s mouth ever heal up properly after eating these? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/53 "2018-04-25T17:41:38Z")
As recently as a few years ago, you could get bean dip in a can at Giant Eagle, but then they just disappeared. If I’d known that they were going to stop carrying it, I would have stocked up. And you can still find Bugles sometimes, but either they changed the recipe, or my tastes have changed, because nowadays they don’t taste like anything but salt. Of course, you can still use them as prosthetic fangs and claws, and there’s a cheddar flavor that’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888/54 "2018-04-25T19:50:34Z")
> [@Qwakkeddup](#): > > Yeah, I forgot to rant about the powder coating of imitation [del]cheese[/del] flavor. There is at least some real cheese/dairy product in the Dorito’s powder. My wife works for a large dairy cooperative, and they supply cheese for Dorito’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-corn-chips-and-potato-chips-of-days-long-ago/812888.md?page=2)