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[Anonymous No.10553405]

What are the options for Americans or Brits looking to buy real potato chips?

i.e. not just a potato flour mixture molded into a chips-like shape, like Lay's or Pringles which both taste nothing like real chips

[Anonymous No.10553421]

>>10553405
It's been years since I've been in England. When I was it seemed that reconstituted "crisps" were king, but then again I was a kid at the time so I wasn't the one shopping.

Here in the US there's a huge range to choose from. Most brands are legit chips that are cut from a potato. Pringles and their ilk aren't called "chips" on the packaging because they are re-constituted. Lay's is certainly not the best brand but at least they are actual chips. The market for premium chips is huge and there are many brands to pick from . They are often called "kettle" style chips.

[Anonymous No.10553432]

Lays are actually real ones, they even have kettle thing in USA. i always buy this tho, cheddar is also good

[Anonymous No.10553436]

>>10553405
Bong here. As well as being plenty of decent brands of whole-potato crips, the supermarkets own premium crisps tend to be very good also.
Space Raiders are the GOAT though, idgaf

[Anonymous No.10553475]

I don't know about on the tiny isle of Bonglandia, but here in Burgerstan the best options are regional brands like Tim's or Zapp's. Or store brand like another anon suggested. Basically any chip company that isn't trying to sell to the whole world, just their little corner of it.

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[Anonymous No.10553533]

>>10553405
Perhaps Wise, I find them better than Lay's. If you want to get into regional stuff then there's zapps and tons of others and then you'll have to be more specific.

[Anonymous No.10553545]

>>10553517
do want

[Anonymous No.10553561]

>>10553405
These are good.

[Anonymous No.10553570]

>>10553561
This, most things Gardetto's makes is king

[Anonymous No.10553612]

I like all varieties of Cape Cods. Been eating them for twenty years.

[Anonymous No.10553660]

>>10553561
These look really good

surprised we don't have them in Scandinavia

[Anonymous No.10553697]

>>10553405
I like to buy a bag of Tom's potato chips once in a while. Tried these last weekend, they were really good, ended up eating all of them in 2 days.

[Anonymous No.10554454]

>>10553405
Most potato chips are just potatoes. Adding flour and extra equipment isnt worth the cost.

[Anonymous No.10554570]

>best flavor of chips
>can't find them anywhere

[Anonymous No.10554763]

>>10553570
There are two types one is a mix of things and I think that was the original but by public demand Gardettos did the garlic rye chips alone. They're not easy to find.

Pic related is the original, that's good too, but sometimes the rye chips alone hit the spot.

[Anonymous No.10554774]

>>10554570
I'd sure try those out if I ever see them.

[Anonymous No.10554779]

>These will fucking destroy your gums and pallet
>They crumble in the most satisfying way
>Realistic flavor, evenly distributed
>Bags are rarely under 2/3 fill
>Lots of "dust"
>Absolute obliteration of soft mouth tissues
Can't go wrong imho

[Anonymous No.10554785]

[Anonymous No.10554787]

>>10554779
I see now, the extent of my ignorance

[Anonymous No.10554795]

The Kettle Brand makes a really good chip with a handful of interesting flavors.

[Anonymous No.10554807]

>>10554795
Like Himalayan Salt Avocado Oil?

[Anonymous No.10554822]

>>10553517
based deenz crisps

[Anonymous No.10554823]

>>10553697

my nigga

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[Anonymous No.10554833]

>>10554763

Where do you live? Both the rye chips and original as well as italian blend Gardettos are super easy to find in CO. Maybe cuz all the stoners? Nah they were easy to find way back when.

I never get the rye chips cuz i think theyd just be boring. They are the best part of the blend but the blend makes them taste extra good.

[Anonymous No.10554867]

>>10554774
They tasted like beef stock, Thai basil, and onion. They were fucking amazing.

[Anonymous No.10554986]

[Anonymous No.10554997]

>>10554986

[Anonymous No.10555037]

Kettle or Zapp's

[Anonymous No.10555051]

>>10553697
>2 days

Bro... I eat a bag of chips for breakfast

[Anonymous No.10555109]

>>10554997

[Anonymous No.10555123]

>>10553405
This will sound strange but what do you define real as? There used to a little joint in Grand Central Station called USA Chips or something like that where they would slice them, cook them, spice them and bag them to order. But then the hipster faggots took over the place and priced them out of existence.

So I unless you mean mass production shit which is pretty much the only thing now, I don't know what the fuck you're on about.

[Anonymous No.10555239]

Cape Cod, of course. Or Utz. They're better than nuts!

[Anonymous No.10555935]

>>10554986

[Anonymous No.10555943]

>>10553405
Lays are actual potato slices. Ruffles are the ones made from mashed potatoes.