pretzels vs. potato chips

In My Humble Opinion
1

Well, the question boils down to: does anyone actually prefer pretzels over potato chips?

Background:

So, I’m doing the Body-For-Life thing (don’t ask), which means for six days of the week I have to closely monitor my eating habits. On the seventh day, my free day, I can eat whatever the hell I want.

Now, I can give up the sweets and the red meats easily enough. I’ve never had much of a sweet tooth–but I have always been partial to the crunchy, salted snacks.

Particularly the potato chip.

 Ambrosia by the salty handful.

In the past, nary a day went by without a bagful.

 Usually a big bagful.

Now though, since chips are on the “definitely-prohibited” list, I have had to switch to the far inferior pretzel for the occasional salt-jones that creeps up.

So my question (finally): Is there any humanoid out there who, given the choice between the two, would actually choose the mildly pleasing pretzel to the soul-satisfying chip?

Reveal yourself now. We want to see what bizarre mutations crawl out from the rocks.

2

Potato Chips are second only to Bacon as being food of the gods. Plain ones, preferably thick, and loaded with oil and salt. However… I recently discoverd Pumpernickel and Onion hard pretzels made by Snyders and those things are amazingly yummy. Hard as rocks, black as sin, loaded with salt and just darn good.

3

Well, mustard pretzels maybe, but not plain ones.

4

What about popcorn? I guess if I knew I’d die tomorrow, I’d choose potato chips first.

5

It’d be a very close call between popcorn (no microwaved crud, has to be from a popper), Pringles potato crisps, or a big bag of shrimp chips… Mmmmmmmmmmmm…

(Pretzels aren’t bad for a change of pace, but don’t make the top three)

6

Potato chips with bacon/chive/sour cream dip…
Only sex is better.

7

Potato chips are a more satisying nosh (the grease aspect is viscerally appealing), but pretzels taste better with beer.

National brand-wise, have you tried Paul Newman’s Salt and Pepper Pretzels? Now, THAT’S a nice pretzel.

8

As any good Pennsylvanian will tell you, it’s not an either/or thing. Proper pretzels and potato chips are staple noshing foods.

9

Let me be the first to applaud the humble pretzle.

I like potato chips for a treat–particularly a good, thick, crunchy kettle-style chip. Mmmm.

However, for day-to-day consupmtion, they are too greasy and guilt-inducing. As a lunchtime staple, I prefer pretzles. Filling and low-fat.

10

Whoops–Let me address the OP specifically. The cafeteria I eat at serves sandwiches with a handful of potato chips gratis, but they’ll give you pretzles instead if you ask, and I always do–so yes, given the choice, most times I do choose pretzles.

11

I’ll choose pretzels, but only if they are coated with chocolate. Of course, that probably goes against the OP’er’s Body-for-Life diet.