pretzels vs. potato chips

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.

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.

Well, mustard pretzels maybe, but not plain ones.

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

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.