I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
~
On 2025-08-01 5:31 p.m., ItJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
 Well, that is the problem with crunchy, salty snacks. They do not
satisfy.
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Jill
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to
live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato
chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's
hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards
out local maker has.
On 8/1/2025 5:49 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
  Well, that is the problem with crunchy, salty snacks. They do not
satisfy.
Sure they do.
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to
live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato
chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's
hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards
out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave.
I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on >edge.
On 2025-08-01 6:13 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:49 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
  Well, that is the problem with crunchy, salty snacks. They do not
satisfy.
Sure they do.
If they were satisfying and hit the spot people would just have a
handful and walk away but the thing about junk food is that it thrives
on the fact that people crave it. Junk food companies thrive on
munchers' inability to keep stuffing chips into their mouths.
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail
to live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for
potato chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss
Vickie's. Let's hope the regional plant that supplies your area has
the same standards out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave.
I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on edge.
Jill
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:55:52 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to >>> live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato
chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's
hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards
out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave.
I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on
edge.
Maybe steam them before you eat them.
On 8/1/2025 8:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 6:13 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:49 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Awwww, go on and rip that bag open and try few. Sometimes
something a bit crunchy and salty just hits the spot for a
snack.
  Well, that is the problem with crunchy, salty snacks. They do
not satisfy.
Sure they do.
If they were satisfying and hit the spot people would just have a
handful and walk away but the thing about junk food is that it thrives
on the fact that people crave it. Junk food companies thrive on
munchers' inability to keep stuffing chips into their mouths.
Hey, I don't do that. I haven't tried these potato chips yet but I tend
to portion snacks out in a bowl and eat a little at a time.
Jill
Bruce wrote on 8/1/2025 7:05 PM:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:55:52 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut >>>>> into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato >>>>> chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to >>>> live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato >>>> chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's >>>> hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards >>>> out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave.
I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on >>> edge.
Maybe steam them before you eat them.
Yes, but "lightly" steam them.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:38:19 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:
Bruce wrote on 8/1/2025 7:05 PM:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:55:52 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and >>>>>> bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut >>>>>> into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato >>>>>> chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to >>>>> live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato >>>>> chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's >>>>> hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards >>>>> out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave. >>>> I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips. >>>> At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on >>>> edge.
Maybe steam them before you eat them.
Yes, but "lightly" steam them.
Yes, and lightly season too.
On 2025-08-01, Jill McQuown wrote:
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type.
Those things set my teeth on edge.
No, Jill. It's your teeth that catch the
ruffles and set ruffle chips on edge.
Then as you chew, it drives the
chip down between your teeth.
The ends sticking out past the teeth end
up pointed and are easily driven into the
space between the teeth & gums as well.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type.
Those things set my teeth on edge.
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
On 8/1/2025 5:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
He certainly is a trouble maker. In a week I see the doctor and may be
able to walk normally again. My first visit to Publix will be for a bag
of Miss Vickie's chips.
On 8/1/2025 11:43 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 8/1/2025 5:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Jill
He certainly is a trouble maker. In a week I see the doctor and may be
able to walk normally again. My first visit to Publix will be for a bag
of Miss Vickie's chips.
Good luck at the doctor! I have yet to try the potato chips. So many
other things on my plate, so to speak.
I bought a lot of food yesterday. The fresh asparagus finally looked
nice, not pitiful thin little stalks. So I've got to plan a meal around >asparagus...
On 8/1/2025 5:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-08-01 5:14 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
I don't want to build up your expectations too much in case they fail to
live up to them. All I can say is that I usually don't care for potato
chips and rarely eat them, but I really liked the Miss Vickie's. Let's
hope the regional plant that supplies your area has the same standards
out local maker has.
Don't think I'm actually going to blame you if I don't like them, Dave.
I'm joking. They can't be any worse than plain old Lay's potato chips.
At least they aren't the ruffle chip type. Those things set my teeth on edge.
On 8/1/2025 4:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) and
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
Identical ingredients. Made by the same company. https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Vickies-Flavored-Kettle-Cooked/dp/B000R7XE5Y https://www.amazon.com/Lays-Kettle-Cooked-Chips-Original/dp/B00T8EKW7A
It wouldn't surprise me if they were identical to the regular Lay's
brand, other than the packaging, and of course, the premium price.
Identical ingredients here as well, just a different shape. https://www.amazon.com/Ruffles-Original-Potato-Chips-Ounce/dp/B074N8ZYLX
In all three cases, they use sunflower, corn and/or Canola oil, I'm sure depending on which is cheapest at the time.
Truly premium brands would use only a single oil, preferable high oleic sunflower, avocado or peanut oil. *This* is a premium brand. https://idahopreferred.com/members/teton-valley-brands/ fried in HOSO.
Or this, https://www.amazon.com/Good-Health-Kettle-Avocado-Potato/dp/B01N3SVG0Q?
gQT=1 fried in avocado oil.
If there were a super premium brand, they'd fry them in chicken fat or
lard, or even tallow.  Ultra premium? Clarified butter.
These also have identical ingredients to the Miss Vickie's. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Kettle-Cooked-Original-Potato- Chips-8-oz/35868969
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten>
Jill
--Bryan
do you like the kettle type of potato chips?
the "local" brand here is made up north in Traverse City
and they are pretty substantial and take some time to eat.
i can eat a lot of them if i want but a few to a dozen is
often plenty. the company link is:
https://www.greatlakespotatochips.com/
i don't even like potato chips much of the time but these
work for me. and by not liking potato chips i mean i hardly
ever in my life buy them at all. Mom buys these and i've
eaten some of them from time to time and they are edible and
i'll keep eating them from time to time until the bag is
eventually gone. i suspect they'll last on the shelf and
not go stale for a year or longer as long as the bag is
somewhat sealed.
On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 08:15:57 -0400, songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
wrote:
do you like the kettle type of potato chips?
the "local" brand here is made up north in Traverse City
and they are pretty substantial and take some time to eat.
i can eat a lot of them if i want but a few to a dozen is
often plenty. the company link is:
https://www.greatlakespotatochips.com/
i don't even like potato chips much of the time but these
work for me. and by not liking potato chips i mean i hardly
ever in my life buy them at all. Mom buys these and i've
eaten some of them from time to time and they are edible and
i'll keep eating them from time to time until the bag is
eventually gone. i suspect they'll last on the shelf and
not go stale for a year or longer as long as the bag is
somewhat sealed.
If not for the mention of "mom", I'd have sworn this was a post by
Dave Smith. "Potato Chips and I, A Journey"
On 8/2/2025 11:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
On 8/2/2025 9:39 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
On 8/1/2025 4:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) andIdentical ingredients. Made by the same company.
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage
cut into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the
potato chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
;
https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Vickies-Flavored-Kettle-Cooked/dp/B000R7XE5Y >>> https://www.amazon.com/Lays-Kettle-Cooked-Chips-Original/dp/B00T8EKW7A
It wouldn't surprise me if they were identical to the regular Lay's
brand, other than the packaging, and of course, the premium price.
Identical ingredients here as well, just a different shape.
https://www.amazon.com/Ruffles-Original-Potato-Chips-Ounce/dp/B074N8ZYLX >>> In all three cases, they use sunflower, corn and/or Canola oil, I'm
sure depending on which is cheapest at the time.
Truly premium brands would use only a single oil, preferable high
oleic sunflower, avocado or peanut oil. *This* is a premium brand.
https://idahopreferred.com/members/teton-valley-brands/ fried in HOSO.
Or this,
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Health-Kettle-Avocado-Potato/dp/
B01N3SVG0Q? gQT=1 fried in avocado oil.
If there were a super premium brand, they'd fry them in chicken fat
or lard, or even tallow.  Ultra premium? Clarified butter.
These also have identical ingredients to the Miss Vickie's.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Kettle-Cooked-Original-Potato-
Chips-8-oz/35868969
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten>
Jill
--Bryan
Identical ingredients is meaningless. Sure, they all have potato,
oil, salt.
Preparation is the difference. Thickness of the potato, breed of
potato, temperature of the oil, cooking time, ratio of salt, texture
of salt.
Thickness of the potato? Kettle chips are all similarly thick cut.
Breed of potato? If they were using a unique breed, don't you think
they'd include that in their marketing? Google, *frito lay made in
canada canadian potatoes*. The temperature and cooking times have pretty narrow parameters. Sure, there a "ratio of salt," but they have the
same ratio of salt as the other brands, 90mg sodium per 150 calories of product. Texture of salt? Salt has to be finely powdered to adhere to chips. You are grasping at straws.
Like saying all wines are identical as they all have grape juice.
You know that's a load of crap. My guess is that they are so similar to
most other kettle chips, that in a blind test, very few would notice any difference. Both the Lay's and the Miss Vickie's are made in Canada
with Canadian potatoes. Now, as far as their *flavored* chips go, they
very likely have different flavor profiles, but the regular variety has
all the same statistics as the other kettle chips that are made with potatoes, cheap oil and salt. There *are* premium potato chips, but
Miss Vickie's are not premium in any aspect vs. the standard (Lay's)
except maybe price.
--Bryan
On 8/2/2025 11:07 AM, Ed P wrote:
On 8/2/2025 9:39 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
On 8/1/2025 4:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) andIdentical ingredients. Made by the same company.
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage
cut into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the
potato chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
;
https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Vickies-Flavored-Kettle-Cooked/dp/B000R7XE5Y >>> https://www.amazon.com/Lays-Kettle-Cooked-Chips-Original/dp/B00T8EKW7A
It wouldn't surprise me if they were identical to the regular Lay's
brand, other than the packaging, and of course, the premium price.
Identical ingredients here as well, just a different shape.
https://www.amazon.com/Ruffles-Original-Potato-Chips-Ounce/dp/B074N8ZYLX >>> In all three cases, they use sunflower, corn and/or Canola oil, I'm
sure depending on which is cheapest at the time.
Truly premium brands would use only a single oil, preferable high
oleic sunflower, avocado or peanut oil. *This* is a premium brand.
https://idahopreferred.com/members/teton-valley-brands/ fried in HOSO.
Or this,
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Health-Kettle-Avocado-Potato/dp/
B01N3SVG0Q? gQT=1 fried in avocado oil.
If there were a super premium brand, they'd fry them in chicken fat
or lard, or even tallow.  Ultra premium? Clarified butter.
These also have identical ingredients to the Miss Vickie's.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Kettle-Cooked-Original-Potato-
Chips-8-oz/35868969
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten>
Jill
--Bryan
Identical ingredients is meaningless. Sure, they all have potato,
oil, salt.
Preparation is the difference. Thickness of the potato, breed of
potato, temperature of the oil, cooking time, ratio of salt, texture
of salt.
Thickness of the potato? Kettle chips are all similarly thick cut.
Breed of potato? If they were using a unique breed, don't you think
they'd include that in their marketing? Google, *frito lay made in
canada canadian potatoes*.
narrow parameters. Sure, there a "ratio of salt," but they have the
same ratio of salt as the other brands, 90mg sodium per 150 calories of product. Texture of salt? Salt has to be finely powdered to adhere to chips. You are grasping at straws.
Like saying all wines are identical as they all have grape juice.
You know that's a load of crap. My guess is that they are so similar to most other kettle chips, that in a blind test, very few would notice any difference.
On 8/2/2025 9:39 AM, Bryan Simmons wrote:(snippage)
On 8/1/2025 4:14 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
I found a bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (plain sea salted) andIdentical ingredients.
bought them. It's all your fault!
Since I have corned beef & cabbage (I just added half the cabbage cut
into wedges) cooking in the crock pot I will not be trying the potato
chips until I cook a hamburger. Maybe tomorrow. :)
;
Or this,
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Health-Kettle-Avocado-Potato/dp/
B01N3SVG0Q? gQT=1 fried in avocado oil.
If there were a super premium brand, they'd fry them in chicken fat or
lard, or even tallow.  Ultra premium? Clarified butter.
These also have identical ingredients to the Miss Vickie's.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Kettle-Cooked-Original-Potato-
Chips-8-oz/35868969
“Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" --Johnny Rotten>
--Bryan
Identical ingredients is meaningless. Sure, they all have potato, oil, salt.
Preparation is the difference. Thickness of the potato, breed of potato, temperature of the oil, cooking time, ratio of salt, texture of salt.
Like saying all wines are identical as they all have grape juice.
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