Doing an informal potato chip review and Jose Andres Potato Chips are the best chips I've ever tasted. What's your favorite? Would love to try
I love the San Nicasio potato chips from Spain.
http://www.chowhound.com/post/la-espa...
And now looking at the background on Andres chips, turns out that San Nicasio makes them.
huh. i wonder if it's the same chip? guess time to do a side-by-side
I filed this post (San Nicasio isn't available in Canada - at least I haven't seen them), but on a recent trip to UK I found them on a Supermarket shelf (Waitrose), so picked them up.
At first taste I thought them excellent - but mot convinced of potentially 'best in world' status. However, the scientist in me wanted a test, so I put them out at a family reunion (ages 17-70), along with a variety of other brands. Nobody else was aware of my 'test'.
The result: the San Nicasio chips disappeared before any other brand was half gone!
Eating is Believing!
And I brought a bunch back - they're also excellent for packing around wine - my ancient madeiras made it back intact!
Thanks for the recommendation.
My favorites are Sterzings, made in Burlington, Iowa and I don't think they distribute much beyond that area.
Shearers, from Brewster, Ohio is a very close second.
It's odd and endearing that potato chips are one of the last regional products that maintain a strong foothold in US supermarkets. I don't know offhand how many brands there are, but there seems to be major regional brands just about everywhere I travel.
Sure, I like the JA potato chips, but I didn't notice they were better than many others. The only time I really love potato chips is with an egg salad sandwich.
don't you mean Utz that's fresh made only from a few stands? out of a regular vacuum bag in a corner store? I'll pass.
hot from the kettle at Balto's Cross-Street Market? I'd (well I wouldn't kill but I'd) be a really mean person for one of those and when I get mean I can make nuns and sailors cry and guess who crumbles first.
yeah wow, I'd only had the packaged Utz (boring), but when I had the fresh I bought two, snarfed the first and slowly rationed the other for a day or two. and fondly recalled my grandmother telling me about the days when there were no commercial potato chips and how proud she was once making a bag to bring to a party as I strolled down from Federal Hill.
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