# My daughter (on the spectrum) just bought a case of potato chips **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077 "2021-04-30T00:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/21 "2021-04-30T14:46:25Z")
Lay’s made Nashville Hot Chicken flavor from _ **Party Fowl???** _ What about the originators of Nashville Hot Chicken, [Prince’s](https://www.princeshotchicken.com/) & [Hattie B’s](https://hattieb.com/)? That’s a travesty. Party Fowl is just a hot chicken bandwagon-jumper. And I don’t even _like_ hot chicken! StG ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/22 "2021-04-30T16:14:42Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > One of the potato chip makers should make a commercial where they say they are ramping up production to ensure the there is no chip shortage. They could show them packaging up cases of potato chips and sending them to car manufacturers, computer makers, etc. THAT is very clever! 👍🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/23 "2021-04-30T18:03:49Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Mallard, Old Dutch does make the best chips, though ketchup flavor is not my thing. Do you guys have the Spicy Dill version that is popular down here (near the Old Dutch St. Paul, MN plant). I’m not a dill nor ketchup chip fan so I’d have to check on that one. Mrs mallard and I prefer “lightly salted” ripple but our kids that moved to the US claim ketchup flavour is hard to find. They’re in the Milwaukee area. Same with “spitz” brand sunflower seeds. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/24 "2021-04-30T22:14:23Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > ketchup flavour is hard to find Yep, I checked the U.S. website and the St. Paul plant doesn’t make it. I like the lightly salted Rip’l and the Chive and Onion Rip’l the best. I’ve never found another brand I like as well. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/25 "2021-05-01T04:30:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I bought a case of Lays Stax simply because I eat them a lot, and it was a bit cheaper than buying them individually at the time. I was not aware that potato chips could be bought individually. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/26 "2021-05-01T06:14:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rX7wtNOkuHo/hqdefault.jpg "Nelson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/27 "2021-05-01T07:06:12Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > Whenever we visit our kids in the US they always want us to bring a case of Old Dutch ketchup flavoured potato chips. A little piece of Canada that they can’t do without This is why we need that really big wall on the border, to stop the smuggling of dangerous stuff. Sure, they start with ketchup flavored chips but soon it will be poutine and then Molson beer and music by Rush! We could probably make Canada pay for it too. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, damn. I’ll bet there’s no **kale** shortage, amirite? Hmmm?? Harrumph. Not having a kale shortage is self explanatory. Who wants green stuff that tastes like crap when you can buy similar green stuff that tastes good? 🥬 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/28 "2021-05-01T07:42:38Z")
Cheetos. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/29 "2021-05-01T08:01:12Z")
Sorry, can someone explain this? Is there actually a shortage? What is the Asia connection? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/30 "2021-05-01T08:47:28Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > Sorry, can someone explain this? Is there actually a shortage? What is the Asia connection? Sure. There is a worldwide _computer_ chip shortage, due to various factors related to the pandemic. Most of these are made in factories in Asia. There is no potato chip shortage, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/31 "2021-05-01T09:05:18Z")
I really had to wonder why I was thinking that’s normal. Probably because my parents cook in a soup kitchen, so they often buy potato chips by the case. The case of individual serving size bags, not the bigger bags. Soon after the pandemic started, the local snack food company started offering a gift box with 15 bags of their various offerings. As people weren’t socializing as much, they weren’t eating so much snack food. I still want to buy one of their boxes, even though we’re still isolating. Looks like fun. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/32 "2021-05-01T10:43:35Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I still want to buy one of their boxes, even though we’re still isolating. Looks like fun. Most chip companies have an assorted box with a variety of individual bags. Here’s just one of them at Walmart. Party time! 🎇 [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Frito-Lay-Family-Fun-Mix-Snacks-Variety-Pack-18-Count/971503257?findingMethod=wpa](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Frito-Lay-Family-Fun-Mix-Snacks-Variety-Pack-18-Count/971503257?findingMethod=wpa) ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/33 "2021-05-01T10:52:55Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > Whenever we visit our kids in the US they always want us to bring a case of Old Dutch ketchup flavoured potato chips I got ketchup flavored chips once. I was in Lake Placid NY on a ski trip. They were so bad that I ended up putting them on the path to my car over a patch of ice for traction. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/34 "2021-05-01T13:29:19Z")
I had the Carnitas Street Taco chips, last year, I think. They were delicious and actually did taste like tacos. But as with so many of flavored chips, the first few are really tasty, but if you eat a lot, the potato chip taste underneath overwhelms the layer of taco/pizza/hot sauce taste…BTW, there is a brand of chips made by Herr’s (I often find at a gas station or 7-11) that is similar, they make Baby Back Rib flavor and also Ketchup flavor. Other flavors too, they are available on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/35 "2021-05-02T10:30:02Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > There is a worldwide _computer_ chip shortage, due to various factors related to the pandemic. Most of these are made in factories in Asia. > > There is no potato chip shortage, as far as I know. oh 🤪 I feel like I was whooshed by 20+ posts. Guess I should go hang out with the OP’s daughter… ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/36 "2021-05-02T11:00:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > You can try. **[There is a pickle shortage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-up-with-claussen-minis/941075)** WHAT?! 😮 This will not end well. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/37 "2021-05-02T15:15:53Z")
Not to worry. [https://www.amazon.com/Lays-Dill-Pickle-Chips/dp/B005OSS5RS](https://www.amazon.com/Lays-Dill-Pickle-Chips/dp/B005OSS5RS) ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/38 "2021-05-02T19:12:16Z")
Oh good, that will help! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/39 "2021-05-04T22:41:16Z")
Send me your Tabasco Fritos (or chile and cheese) and I will send ya all the Ketchup and All Dressed chips you can handle! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077/40 "2021-05-04T23:15:35Z")
If you like Tabasco Fritos, then you probably love pain. Gitchyseff some of these (also made by Frito-Lay): > **[Amazon.com: Sabritones Chile and Lime Flavored Puffed Wheat Snacks, 4 oz Bag](https://www.amazon.com/Sabritones-Chile-Flavored-Puffed-Snacks/dp/B00FFJ44OO)** > > Shop Sabritones Chile and Lime Flavored Puffed Wheat Snacks, 4 oz Bag and other Snack Foods at Amazon.com. Free Shipping on Eligible Items Don’t recommend you get them from amazon, as they need to be really fresh. Depending on where you live, you may not be able to find them. Here in South Texas they’re everywhere, including at gas station/convenience stores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-on-the-spectrum-just-bought-a-case-of-potato-chips/941077.md?page=1)