I have a question

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
07/24/2019 at 16:54 • Filed to: None

Are Cheetos chips?

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DISCUSSION (22)

Party-vi > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/24/2019 at 16:57

Cheetos are not chippies. Neither are cheese puffs. And a hot dog is not a sandwich!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/24/2019 at 16:59

If you told your kid, “go get yourself a bag of chips”, and s/he brought back Cheetos, you wouldn’t think twice.

However, Cheetos are not chips, in the traditional sense of the word. They are an extruded and fried corn paste creation.

However, in England, they call fries chips, and chips crisps.

Traditionally, one would thing of chips as being made from sliced potatoes. However! No one would dispute that tortilla chips are chips, and they are made from corn flour...

To add more complexity, Pringles, although they closely resemble potato chips, are actually an extruded and fried potato paste creation.

I would say, although Cheetos do fall under the greater umbrella of chips, in that they are a starch that has been fried, they are not, in fact, chips.

MonkeePuzzle > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/24/2019 at 17:01

Kinja'd!!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Party-vi
07/24/2019 at 17:02

Kinja'd!!!

MrDakka > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/24/2019 at 17:02

Cheetos are not chips, they’re puffs.

Also pretty good in a sandwich

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MrDakka
07/24/2019 at 17:06

Have you tried this? I’m morbidly curious ( and not yet morbidly obese) .

benjrblant > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/24/2019 at 17:10

Per the most reliable source of information on the internet, wikipedia:

A chip ( American English and Australian English ) or crisp ( British English ) is any type of snack food in the form of a crisp, flat or slightly bowl shaped, bite-sized unit.

so, i’d say nay.