These Chips Are Making Me Thirsty!

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 11:25 AM CST in 2007 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

Every Chiefs fan is feeling down now. The season has been a disaster and most have already mentally bypassed the final two games and are looking to next year (or 2009).

Fear not! I have created this thread to discuss your favorite potato chips, or any other game day snacks you enjoy.

The idea came to me as I thought...well, nevermind. You don't really care about that. Ladies and gentleman, I give to you the greatest snack chip known to mankind:

Jalapeno Krunchers. Thick. Crunchy. Perfect flavoring. Just enough heat to make you sweat but not enough to burn out your taste buds and miss all of the delicious jalapeño flavoring.

My college roommate and I actually tried to con Jay's Foods into sending us free bags of Jalapeno Krunchers. It didn't work. They saw right through our shady "school project" scam.

So AP readers, take your anti/pro Herm energy and put it into debating the greatest snack chips. Hopefully this brief respite from football will leave you feeling more energized while visiting the site, which is about to get a lot cooler. I just saw some previews of SBN 2.0 and my oh my is it going to be cool.

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Potato Skins. bacon & cheddar

powerfully addictive. Like eating an entire Morton's Salt container.

by sm7600 on Dec 20, 2007 11:51 AM CST reply actions

Pretty sure I've had at least a flavor of those

One of the few chips I'd describe as "heavy".

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 11:53 AM CST up reply actions

Nom nom

Is where I reminisce about a those British brands I can't get here?

And btw, they're Crisps not Chips. Chips you have with fish as in "Fish and Chips" all wrapped up in newspaper and going soggy from all the vinegar and cough I think need to go get a room.

Blame my wife!

by sir eccles on Dec 20, 2007 12:06 PM CST reply actions

So here's a story.

I love the TGIFriday's bagged bacon and cheddar potato skins. LOVE them. It's an obsession. So every other day (usually on off-gym days) I head on up to the concession room upstairs and grab a bag. The best thing about them being in that concession room is that they're not sold everywhere. They're kind of hard to find, actually. So having them within a 2 minute trip is amazing.

Well, about six months ago, the coil stopped moving. You put your money in, and there's some sort of error. It beeps at you and demands another selection. Even though there's a whole row of bags full of delicious potato skins with flavor-like goodness being preserved inside. I kept going up and pressing it, and being bummed when I couldn't get any, having to settle for pretzels.

It got so bad, I actually called the little number on the thing. Do you have any idea how dumb you feel calling the vending place to say "Hey, I know you're busy, but I'm a lardass that can't live without this concoction of chemically enhanced processed potatoes, so if you could just do me a favor and get off you ASS and fix them so I don't have to postal, that would be great"? Only, in less scary terms of course. The lady on the phone said, yeah, sure, we'll take care of it, thanks.

Never fixed.

So now every day I go up to the third floor, put my 85 cents in, and hope, this one time, that the bag will fall to me. And every time, I'm greeted with the cringe-inducing beeping of the machine, demanding I choose nuts, or gum, or God forbid, salt and vinegar potato chips. And I'm forever stuck, looking at this snack that I can never obtain, stomping downstairs with my mouth watering for those tater skins.

And that's a lot like how I feel about our offense.

Not criticising Herm Edwards for anything since December '07.

by Ridiculous Matt on Dec 20, 2007 12:35 PM CST reply actions

No minimum order

at this site.

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 12:49 PM CST up reply actions

Right brand, wrong flavor Chris

Krunchers Jalapeno are pretty good, but the best are their "Sweet Haiwaiian Onion" flavored.

These are very hard to come by, and it's kinda funny that you mentioned your college roommate when talking about free bags of Krunchers. Because just last year, my college roommate discovered this brand in St. Louis and introduced them to me. We went to every store in Columbia (MU guy) looking for these chips, and most carried the Krunchers brand, but not one had the "Sweet Haiwaiian Onion" flavor that we had come to love. My roommate wrote a letter to the company voicing our frustrations, and he was rewarded with a voucher for 2 free bags. We thought about making the trip to STL just to purchase the bags, but waited until we had a reason to go. It was most definitely worth the wait, and to this day I swear that bag was the best bag of chips I have ever had.

by Chiefs n Chopper on Dec 20, 2007 12:42 PM CST reply actions

I think I've seen those chips before

But in a legendary, did I really see them sort of way.

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 12:47 PM CST up reply actions

CHips

Good old Lays with some sour cream dip does the trick for me.

When we watch the games at home & the kiddos are not napping, I put out chips & dip to occupy them. The 20 month old would do George Costanza proud with his double dipping. He puts at least two tablespoons worth of dip on the chip; eats the dip & then dives back in for more dip.

It's so fucking adorable.

Merry Christmas everyone!

You play to win the game!

by tailgateandwin on Dec 20, 2007 12:49 PM CST reply actions

Thats not as bad

as my brother eating chips and salsa and holding his mouth over the salsa while he eats and dropping bits of chips back into the salsa.

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

He's 24-years old

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

Yea

I think I owe him $10 for our fantasy football bet. You got me covered?

Speaking of fantasy - are we going to continue that league next year? With keepers?

Cheers!

You play to win the game!

by tailgateandwin on Dec 20, 2007 1:06 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah I got you covered

I'd be down for a keeper league. And I promise to pay more attention next year to my leagues.

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 1:08 PM CST up reply actions

When it comes to spicy chips

Art & Mary's > Krunchers.

Chris how about a post for tailgate/watch party recipes? Much like the Friday Football Foodie that the Ladies do (can't link to it, IT Nazi's block that site). I'm confident in saying that, as a whole, KC can prepare gameday meals better than any other NFL city.

by Bill Grigsbys Cirrhosis on Dec 20, 2007 12:57 PM CST reply actions

Prime Rib

I will post my husband's prime rib recipe. It takes about 45 minutes on the grill at Arrowhead & is a huge hit. He put son a dry rub about two days before & then we grill it up. Holy shit - it's making me hungry.

And then there is always cheesey potatoes.

I can't believe the Chiefs suck this bad.

You play to win the game!

by tailgateandwin on Dec 20, 2007 1:08 PM CST up reply actions

Certainly

We'll do that eventually.

I'm close to agreeing with you on Art and Marys. Close.

by Chris Thorman on Dec 20, 2007 1:09 PM CST up reply actions

Trump you all

When I was in Africa 2 years ago as a missionary (good beginning to a sentence), I fell in love with these Nyama Choma chips. Greatest thing you'll ever eat. Nyama Choma is like the Kenyan equivalent of barbecue, but... i dunno how to describe it. It OWNS these two brands, which I like, but not love.

2 points for the Seinfeld reference, BTW!

by webby37 on Dec 20, 2007 4:01 PM CST reply actions