As the tortilla chip turns

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 05/19/2017 at 11:13 • Filed to: None

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My wife and I are hippies about food. One of our few indulgences is tortilla chips, as long as they’ve got suitably hippie-friendly labeling. Yes I know nutritionally they’re still the same as regular old Tostitos, but whatever. Let me have my chips dammit!

A couple months ago, I tried these !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . In order to earn their low sodium label, they’re only very lightly salted, but I think they’re just damn good chips. As you can see, for the same 140 calorie serving, the Que Pasa chips have only 50 mg of sodium vs 115 mg in Tostitos.

Both brands provide 2% of your recommended daily intake of iron. Good to know.

My wife though, she said that they weren’t salty enough, and asked me to find some other hippie-friendly chips that were saltier. There are a couple other brands of hippie-friendly chips I found among the extensive selection in the hippie-friendly chip aisle at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which I’ve been rotating between.

(You really should look at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , it’s pure quasi-unintentional comedy gold.)

My favorite chip brand as of late has been !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! which are not only hippie-friendly but also produced locally, right in Janesville, WI.

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But today, my wife texted me,

“Can you buy unsalted chips from now on? These are too hard to resist.”

Immediately I thought of the delicious low-salt Que Pasa chips which my wife had previously ixnayed due to their low salt content. Many times while shopping in the hippie-friendly chip aisle at Woodman’s, I’ve looked longingly at the Que Pasa chip shelf, thinking maybe I’ll get them again, but haven’t bought them, because my wife thought they weren’t salty enough.

I reminded her of the existence of the delicious Que Pasa chips that I loved but she said weren’t salty enough, which was a little fun to needle her about, but really I’m just excited because now I can get them again.

I’ll still rotate in the Blue Farm ones from time to time, because they’re good too, and blue corn chips are pretty when you eat them with guacamole, and oh boy do I make some excellent guacamole.

Tripper > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 11:19

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If you guys really want to be hippies about it, get the “healthiest” tortillas you can find and make your own!

Textured Soy Protein > Tripper 05/19/2017 at 11:21

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And then my house will smell like grease for days! Yay?

Tripper > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 11:22

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Nah bake em! Cut the tortillas into pieces little salt little oil. Just a few minutes till they’re golden.

Textured Soy Protein > Tripper 05/19/2017 at 11:24

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Bake them?

Tortilla chips must be fried. I’m not that much of a hippie.

Tripper > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 11:27

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Can’t knock it till you try it. I prefer them, they’re also thicker that way. Much better for the guac

DipodomysDeserti > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 11:29

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Just make good salsa then you won’t need salty chips. Or drink a margarita with the chips.

Textured Soy Protein > Tripper 05/19/2017 at 11:35

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If I’m going to indulge in super awesome thicker chips for guac, Woodman’s has chips that this little hole-in-the-wall small town Mexican joint makes and packages. But those are wayyyyy too good to have on the reg.

Textured Soy Protein > DipodomysDeserti 05/19/2017 at 11:35

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I already like the not-salty chips, my wife has been the holdup.

For Sweden > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 11:36

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If the chip bag has English labels than the chips are trash

Textured Soy Protein > For Sweden 05/19/2017 at 11:39

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Problem solved!

Rico > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 12:42

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Many times while shopping in the hippie-friendly chip aisle at Woodman’s, I’ve looked longingly at the Que Pasa chip shelf, thinking maybe I’ll get them again, but haven’t bought them, because my wife thought they weren’t salty enough.

Why not just buy them for yourself?

Textured Soy Protein > Rico 05/19/2017 at 13:02

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We have limited pantry space, his and hers tortilla chips are redundant.

Rico > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 13:07

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Oh c’mon it’s a bag of chips that probably won’t last more than a few days. It’s not about having his and hers it’s about getting what you like and not just shutting the whole thing down because your wife said she doesn’t prefer them.

Textured Soy Protein > Rico 05/19/2017 at 13:16

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We usually have one bag of chips at a time so we get a kind we both like. It takes a decently long amount of time for the two of us to kill a 1 lb bag of chips. I was trying to be lyrical when describing not buying the Que Pasa chips but I don’t actually care that much. The Blue Farm chips are fine. I just got a chuckle out of her asking for less-salty chips when the last time I bought the less-salty chips she said they weren’t salty enough.

Rico > Textured Soy Protein 05/19/2017 at 13:42

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Definitely is chuckle worthy in a “I told you so!” kind of way. Don’t mind me busting your balls about the chips!