Baked or Fried Chips: The Taste Debate

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The forum discussion centers on the taste debate between baked and fried chips, with participants expressing strong preferences for fried varieties, particularly Cheetos and tortilla chips. Many contributors emphasize that the taste can vary significantly based on the brand and type of chip, with some noting that certain baked chips, like Lays Baked BBQ, can be preferable over fried options. The conversation also touches on cultural differences regarding terminology, particularly between British and American definitions of chips and crisps.

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  • Understanding of chip varieties, including potato chips, tortilla chips, and banana chips.
  • Familiarity with brand names such as Cheetos, Lays, and Cape Cod.
  • Knowledge of cooking methods, specifically frying and baking.
  • Awareness of cultural terminology differences, particularly between British and American English.
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  • Research the flavor profiles of different chip brands, focusing on Lays and Cape Cod.
  • Explore the health implications of baked versus fried chips.
  • Investigate the cooking methods for making homemade tortilla chips.
  • Learn about the cultural significance of chips in various cuisines, particularly Mexican and British.
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Food enthusiasts, snack manufacturers, culinary students, and anyone interested in the cultural aspects of snack foods will benefit from this discussion.

Which chip is better, baked or fried?

  • Total voters
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  • #31
British yes.I don't know if jared is a Geordie but I'm a Londoner,Born in Poplar and raised in Custom House and Canning Town.What about you drizzle?
 
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  • #32
I be Welsh (South Wales valley boy).

I thought of the British chips too when I responded.
 
  • #33
Wa'? Sorry yous, cannit tell ye aboot mesel! :biggrin:
 
  • #34
I picked "don't have a preference" because it depends on the specific chip. I prefer Lays Baked BBQ chips over most fried BBQ chips. But I prefer regular Doritos over baked Doritos. So, it really depends.
 
  • #35
Evo said:
This is why I had to put in the British option. You people don't know food, you call chips crisps, you call cookies biscuits. You people don't even have real biscuits!
A read a saying or quote the other day, "butter my butt, and call me a buiscuit, . . . ." I thought of Evo and her commentary on biscuits.

Of course, in the southern US, biscuit is the equivalent of what Aussies and Brits call scones.
 
  • #36
Baked...Bring it on EVO!
 
  • #37
Baked. Will I still be alive tomorrow?
 
  • #38
HeLiXe said:
Baked...Bring it on EVO!
*picks up banning gun, gets HeLiXe in her sight*

Want to take that back, son? *spits her chaw on the ground*

Newai said:
Baked. Will I still be alive tomorrow?
*notices Newai coming into the scene, Evo pulls out second banning gun and locks on Newai*

MAKE MY DAY!
 
  • #39
Evo said:
*picks up banning gun, gets HeLiXe in her sight*

Want to take that back, son? *spits her chaw on the ground*

*notices Newai coming into the scene, Evo pulls out second banning gun and locks on Newai*

MAKE MY DAY!
I was going to ask about...

Never mind. I think I'll leave this alone. :)
 
  • #40
dlgoff said:
I was going to ask about...

Never mind. I think I'll leave this alone. :)
A very wise man. :approve:
 
  • #41
Last night I made... tacos! What a surprise eh?

I always make a point to fry up a few flat shells for munchies later, but sometimes I just can't wait. There is nothing like a warm salted shell right out of the oil. Mmmmmmmmm. If they come out just right, they almost melt in your mouth.
 
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  • #42
Ivan Seeking said:
Last night I made... tacos! What a surprise eh?

I always make a point to fry up a few flat shells for munchies later, but sometimes I just can't wait. There is nothing like a warm salted shell right out of the oil. Mmmmmmmmm. If they come out just right, they almost melt in your mouth.
Those are delicious.

Reminds me of when this woman on tv that can't cook (of course she was given a cooking show) on Food Network, Sandra Lee. She takes 20 raw corn tortillas out of a bag, puts them in the microwave with a wet paper towel for 20 seconds, takes a tortilla and puts her filling on it, then takes a bite. The raw tortilla crumbles apart and her eyes bug out, camera cuts away.

Ya daft tart, corn tortillas are raw, RAW! They have to be cooked first.
 
  • #43
Evo said:
Those are delicious.

Reminds me of when this woman on tv that can't cook (of course she was given a cooking show) on Food Network, Sandra Lee. She takes 20 raw corn tortillas out of a bag, puts them in the microwave with a wet paper towel for 20 seconds, takes a tortilla and puts her filling on it, then takes a bite. The raw tortilla crumbles apart and her eyes bug out, camera cuts away.

Ya daft tart, corn tortillas are raw, RAW! They have to be cooked first.

Yeah, twenty seconds in a nuke and you still have a raw corn tortilla! :biggrin:

I have experimented with cooking corn tortillas in the nuke. It seemed promising at first, but they all come out tough.
 
  • #44
Evo said:
Cheetos, definitely fried.

Definitely Cheetos, period. I do have to be careful so the telltale orange dust doesn't give me away to my wife. :rolleyes:
 
  • #45
Evo said:
*notices Newai coming into the scene, Evo pulls out second banning gun and locks on Newai*

MAKE MY DAY!

*dangles bag of kettle fries over starving goat*

I'll do it! I'll do it!
 
  • #46
Ivan Seeking said:
Yeah, twenty seconds in a nuke and you still have a raw corn tortilla! :biggrin:
This should probably be in the food thread, but since you mention nuking...

The best enchiladas, IMO, are made with corn tortillas. But it's really hard to fill then roll them, without splitting, before baking. So I nuke a package for a few seconds to make them pliable. And they have a natural curl to them. Like some sort of membrane with a memory when heated.
 
  • #47
This thread is a disguised form of tyranny. I voted fried, lest I make someone's day.

(*cough* moderator with a banning button *cough*).

P.S. I actually do like fried better though...
 
  • #48
dlgoff said:
This should probably be in the food thread
To poll, calls for a separate thread. Besides, chips aren't really food. They're crunchy devices used to block out annoying conversations you don't want to listen to.
 
  • #49
Newai said:
*dangles bag of kettle fries over starving goat*

I'll do it! I'll do it!

WATCH OUT!

A mountain goat http://www.king5.com/news/Mountain-goat-suspected-in-death-of-Olympic-Natl-Park-hiker-105138334.html"the other day... :!

Goats are killers!
 
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  • #50
Cape Cod classic kettle-fried chips are da bomb.
 
  • #51
turbo-1 said:
Cape Cod classic kettle-fried chips are da bomb.

Haha, I've worked there.

I had the damned cheese popcorn line running right behind me on open conveyors! Bad bad bad.
 
  • #52
btw, bad because I could grab the stuff by the handful all day long.
 
  • #53
Ivan Seeking said:
Haha, I've worked there.

I had the damned cheese popcorn line running right behind me on open conveyors! Bad bad bad.
It didn't put you off cheese corn? An old friend of mine worked at an orange juice concentrating/bottling plant in Florida. He won't touch orange juice - just the smell of it evokes memories of the smell of scorched juice.
 
  • #54
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  • #55
lisab said:
WATCH OUT!

A mountain goat http://www.king5.com/news/Mountain-goat-suspected-in-death-of-Olympic-Natl-Park-hiker-105138334.html"the other day... :!

Goats are killers!

Maybe he had a bag of baked chips.
 
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  • #56
Newai said:
Maybe he had a bag of [STRIKE]baked[/STRIKE] fried chips.

Fixed that for you :devil:.
 
  • #57
turbo-1 said:
It didn't put you off cheese corn? An old friend of mine worked at an orange juice concentrating/bottling plant in Florida. He won't touch orange juice - just the smell of it evokes memories of the smell of scorched juice.

I never stay long enough to have that happen. I was there for two or three jobs lasting a week or so each - programming and integration for new systems going online.

..though I did leave Lance, in North Carolina, as one big pimple. :biggrin: I spent far too many weeks there.

[late edit: they had some new potato chip product called Thunder something with bluecheese... I think. Highly addictive stuff!]
 
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  • #58
Evo said:
*picks up banning gun, gets HeLiXe in her sight*

Want to take that back, son? *spits her chaw on the ground*

*pulls out Evo-kryptonite*
[PLAIN]http://www.viewpoints.com/images/review/2007/115/9/1177512536-1882_full.jpg
MWAHAHAHAHA!
 
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  • #59
helixe said:
*pulls out evo-kryptonite*
[PLAIN]http://www.viewpoints.com/images/review/2007/115/9/1177512536-1882_full.jpg
mwahahahaha!
aaaarrrggghhh!
 
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  • #60
:biggrin:

But seriously my fave is original wavy lays with french onion dip, so "fried" for me.
 

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