# Weirdest Potato Chip Flavour **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 6, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799 "2023-01-06T21:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/41 "2023-01-07T16:40:16Z")
Have you tried Worcestershire Sauce flavour? Those things are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/42 "2023-01-07T16:48:02Z")
Oh, yea! Back in the UK but it’s been 20 odd years now. I do sometimes use Worcestershire + ketchup as a dip for my fries. Love Wooster sauce in general. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/43 "2023-01-07T16:49:14Z")
Not flavor but maybe texture. Growing up in India, potatoes would be harvested in late summer and prices would drop. We as a family would buy a lot of potatoes, slice up potatoes in mandolin slicers, and then boil the chips in salted water. Then they would be sun dried on cotton cloth - they stick a bit and had to be peeled off when dry. The result will be sundried potato chips. These would be stored in tins and throughout the year, on any given day, we would take some out and fry them fresh. YUM Nowadays we just buy sun dried chips whenever we visit India. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/44 "2023-01-07T18:04:17Z")
The best I ever had were years ago, Doritos Late Night All-Nighter Cheezeburger flavor, in a black bag with neon signs. They actually DID taste a lot like cheeseburgers, pickle, ketchup and all. … The gas station convenience store often sells odd flavors. Herr’s had some meaty-flavored roast beef or baby back ribs flavor, also very good. All I see from them now is dill pickle or ketchup flavor. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/45 "2023-01-07T20:53:23Z")
So, they were only flavored by salt? No other spices? ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/46 "2023-01-07T21:14:50Z")
Yeah - no other spices. A lot of cuisines in India use spices sparingly or none at all. For example in many of Bengal’s fish (seafood) recipes, spices are mostly absent : you want to taste the fish, not the spices. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/47 "2023-01-07T21:17:29Z")
Thanks, I hadn’t realized that. Every time I read/hear about Indian cuisine, it seems spices – and a _lot_ of them – are the be-all end-all. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/48 "2023-01-08T00:21:41Z")
Isn’t that a variation of the way potatoes are preserved in the Andes? ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/49 "2023-01-08T00:39:56Z")
I do not know what happens in the Andes. There is nothing special in this process. Banana remnants have been found in Indian archaeological sites (circa 2500 BC like Harappa) and Banana / Plantain chips were/are made into chips using a similar process. Tapioca “chips”([https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sabudana-papad-recipe33.jpg](https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sabudana-papad-recipe33.jpg)) in India, are also made in a similar way. Tapioca chips are crunchier and fluffier when made fresh. ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/50 "2023-01-08T02:39:54Z")
Was scrolling looking for these here! Hostess sold those for about ten minutes in the 70s. They sold quite well at first, as people saw them, shook their heads, and said, “I gotta try those”. Then they tasted one and threw the bag away. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/51 "2023-01-08T16:10:06Z")
The apple pie chips are nasty. Don’t waste the money. If it gives you any idea of the grossness magnitude, even my 8 and 11 year old junk food fiend boys wouldn’t touch them. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/52 "2023-01-08T18:08:10Z")
Thanks for taking one for the team. 👍🏽 Do try the mango sherbet with chamoy. Sublime. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/53 "2023-01-08T18:36:58Z")
Usually the HEB oddities like that are really good, but the apple pie ones are just terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/54 "2023-01-08T20:24:18Z")
My favorites are Tapatio hot sauce flavored, which I think are delicious. But they seem to have stopped making the potato chips and only make corn chips, now. I do wish we could get ketchup flavor here in California. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/55 "2023-01-08T21:42:29Z")
I’m there for crab flavor. Surprisingly, I hated dill pickle. I like salt and vinegar, and onion and chive, and even chocolate coated chips (but they are too expensive). Shrimp aren’t bad but I think it very much depends on the brand. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/56 "2023-01-08T22:11:41Z")
I’ve always liked the “Paprika” flavor they sell in Europe- I think mine were from Czech Republic or Italy. They’re sort of like barbecue chips, but missing something- the smoke flavor? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/57 "2023-01-08T22:20:36Z")
I was in Italy last year for work and went to the store for some snacks and found the following Pringles. Indian Chicken Tikka Masala Maylasian Red Curry Ketchup Ham & Cheese Paprika Texas BBQ Sauce Roast Beef and Mustard I was able to refrain from trying any. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/58 "2023-01-08T22:30:02Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’ve always liked the “Paprika” flavor they sell in Europe- I think mine were from Czech Republic or Italy. They were big in Hungary, too. Here in Chicago, I sometimes see Chio-brand paprika chips (which were also sold in Hungary.) I believe they are a German brand, but I could swear I’ve seen them made in Hungary and Romania before. > They’re sort of like barbecue chips, but missing something- the smoke flavor? I agree, if you strike “smoke” from the sentence. I _hate_ both paprika and ketchup chips. They make me sad. Just give me plain salted chips at that point. I had some Ruffles or normal Lays “Magic Masala” chips the other day at the Indian grocery, and those were pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/59 "2023-01-08T23:22:33Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Shrimp aren’t bad but I think it very much depends on the brand. I don’t know if I’d like shrimp potato chips, but I love shrimp chips (shaped like FrenchFries). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799/60 "2023-01-09T00:19:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I thought Rhode Island-style clam chowder had a clear broth? You’re right, thanks, I was thinking of Long Island clam chowder with the tomato-cream combo. Duh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-potato-chip-flavour/977799.md?page=4)