# Potato chip style of choice. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578 "2011-10-13T21:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deedeeknowit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@deedeeknowit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deedeeknowit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/21 "2011-10-14T02:12:39Z")
Wise potato chips. Classic thin cut. Just enough salt and fantastic. A world of yum. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/22 "2011-10-14T02:36:47Z")
> [@deedeeknowit](#): > > A world of yum. [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/DSC06230v.jpg](http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/DSC06230v.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/23 "2011-10-14T03:05:53Z")
A few times a year I have potato chips, and this was one of those nights. It happened they were “Ruffles” (or whatever they’re called) low-salt. Made me feel all virtuous. To be fair, that’s the only solid food I ate today, after a job interview and screwing around on the internet all night, so it’s probably not too bad. Prefer the Kettle Chips – none of the fancy flavors, at most black pepper., or maybe chiles, or maybe vinegar (but as a sometime-smoker, I dislike lacerating my mouth and increasing the acid content of my body. But since I know how to cook potatoes to my liking, I generally don’t bother. I’ll eat the shit out of some home-made French Fries, though – too much trouble, generally, as well. I will dig up someone’s dead grandmother, tear her head off, stuff her neck full of Kettle Chips, eat them out of her esophagus, then fuck the hole I make with my blowtorch, if it means getting some of those, though. Now, you see why I don’t eat chips/crisps often – it makes me a bad man. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/24 "2011-10-14T12:43:33Z")
I chose Regular, thin cut. like Lays, but Lays suck. Utz has the right amount of salt and grease. Now I want potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/25 "2011-10-14T12:57:35Z")
I love the baked chips. Pringles would probably be in this category but they don’t have to be stacked or shaped any particular way, just baked. And if they happen to be sour cream and onion flavored that is all the better! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/26 "2011-10-14T13:09:46Z")
I love the kettle chips, especially the jalapeno flavor. I don’t really like ruffles, but I do like wavy lays, however, the flavor has changed recently, which is a bit of a problem. Way back in the day, before Pringles embarked on their Olestra voyage, I really liked the reduced sodium pringles. The regulars are way too salty for me, and now all they have are the “light” or whatever its called, made with Olestra, which leaves a hideous aftertaste in my mouth. The reduced sodium regular pringles (this had to be the early-mid 90’s) were my very favorite of all time, now I skip pringles entirely. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/27 "2011-10-14T13:51:15Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I had to vote for other. For inexplicable reasons, Lays Kettle Chips are the better than even the fanciest pants free range organic frou frou brand. That’s my default choice. Agree that they are as good or better than the premium brands. I wouldn’t even put Pringles in the same category as other chips. Are other chips reconstituted like that? I will eat them in a pinch, and would prefer them over any kind of flavored chips, but they are in a different category, to me. What about Cape Cod? I don’t buy them much anymore, but they are very good. Do they qualify as “kettle”? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/28 "2011-10-14T14:03:50Z")
I like ruffled cut, but only plain. Potato chips should taste like potato chips. My favorite brand is still Massachusetts’s State Line, but I don’t get them too often. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/29 "2011-10-14T14:08:57Z")
Lays potato chips are absolutely perfect. Crispy, salty, and light as a feather. The thick-cut kettle chips just seem tough and greasy to me. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/30 "2011-10-14T16:09:06Z")
This is an interesting question. If you were to offer me a bowl of chips, I probably would not pick a bowl of Pringles over another style of chip. But when I buy potato chips, I almost always buy Pringle-style chips because I like the container (handy for storing the leftovers for later and I don’t like reaching into a noisy, greasy bag) and because they don’t have as many potato chip crumbs as other styles (I greatly prefer whole chips to crumbs). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/31 "2011-10-14T16:14:50Z")
Ruffles every time. Best chip ever sold. I briefly ate Pringles when they first it the market. You have to eat too many to fill up. They are so thin there’s just not a lot of potato in that can. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/32 "2011-10-14T17:03:50Z")
Ripple cut when using dip, kettle chips (Miss Vickie’s Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar) otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/33 "2011-10-14T17:36:12Z")
Moved from IMHO to Cafe Society. Oh, and: kettle style, but I prefer the less salty varieties. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/34 "2011-10-14T18:02:41Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > The Lays kettle chips taste like maybe they use a different oil? Dunno, but they are distinctly different than other kettle chips. They actually taste like _potatoes_, at least the ones without heavy flavorings. I’m not a big fan of potato chips–or of fries, for that matter, though I’ll eat both. I do have an odd taste for raw potato, sliced and sprinkled with a little salt and black pepper. The Lays salt & pepper kettle chips remind me of that, only crunchier and longer-lasting. I’d have to pick them as my favorite chips. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/35 "2011-10-14T18:08:25Z")
Kettle style, but once in a while I enjoy Ruffles for that weird lye fizz. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/36 "2011-10-14T18:09:39Z")
Lay’s Lightly Salted, in the light blue bag. I literally can’t keep a bag overnight in the house. Ultra thin, crispy, with lotsa foldovers. They go down too easy… I buy Doritos a lot because I don’t eat Doritos myself… I like Pringles next, and then Fritos… I don’t like ripple cut, they’re like cardboard and are only useful as utensils for men to use as a tool to polish off a container of onion dip. IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/37 "2011-10-14T18:27:39Z")
I’ve always been a fan of ripple cuts like Ruffles. But I have to say I was watching a football game with my father a couple of weekends ago and we were eating some kettle chips he had and they were pretty good. So I could be persuaded to switch. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/38 "2011-10-14T18:39:36Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I like the thicker, kettle style best, but the regular thin ones will do nicely. > > And I love potato chips. But one thing I absolutely cannot abide is flavored potato chips. No onion, no BBQ, no nohtin’. To me, those flavorings are just horrible. So bad, I won’t even eat them. I can’t for the life of me understand how anyone would like that crap. I refuse to live in a land without ketchup chips. Prefer ripple cut, then the regular thin kind, then kettle, then Pringles. But really, I love them all. I also have a couple of chip/flavour combos I prefer. Ketchup is thin chip, all dressed is ripple (the Ruffles tiny ripples, not Old Dutch big ripples), sour cream and onion is ripple (Old Dutch style). ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/39 "2011-10-14T18:41:40Z")
Sweet maui onion chips from Cost Plus World Market. ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578/40 "2011-10-14T19:11:00Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > All the thin ones just get chewed into gummy messes and stick in my molars. I like the kettle kind. > > Specifically, if you’re planning on giving me a treat, the salt and pepper flavor. Almost every brand of salt and pepper kettle chips has been wonderful. > > Of course, that means I eat way too many, like the whole bag at one sitting. > Roddy I have done this too. UTZ’s Salt & Pepper are the usual victims. Hanging my head in shame, Bri2k [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-chip-style-of-choice/599578.md?page=3)