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All Dressed chips.

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:35 (twenty-three years ago)

oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Good lord do I love them.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:40 (twenty-three years ago)

For those of us not freezing in the Great White North, these are?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Basically a combination of every other flavour made by the manufacturer in question. The salt and vinegar usually overpowers the others I find.

― Elliot (Elliot), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Eurgh.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I didnt know these were in the same category as ketchup chips. I suspect its just the chip people cleaning out the assembly line but its a collection of all their other flavours (supposedly), the end result is a potato chip that taste like nothing else, yet very very tasty and very salty.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Sunday, 23 February 2003 03:59 (twenty-three years ago)

i think the barbeque and salt and vinegar usually overpowers the other flavours. i used to love these, and then i went off them and can't bear the thought of eating them again. i had no idea they were a canadian thing though, weird eh?

― sand.y, Sunday, 23 February 2003 04:08 (twenty-three years ago)

i love them

― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 23 February 2003 04:44 (twenty-three years ago)

I have no idea what you are talking about. I am picturing either chips in little tuxes and dresses or some All Tommorrow's Parties thing geared towards the food industry. Am I off?

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 23 February 2003 05:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Certifiably THE BEST thing about Canada (and where-ever else they have them).

― Dan I., Sunday, 23 February 2003 08:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Good enough to be namechecked in "Oh Canada!"

― Tag (Tag), Sunday, 23 February 2003 10:56 (twenty-three years ago)

What exactly would constitute a dress vs undressed chip??

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 23 February 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

I've never had All Dressed chips, but this thread ~~inspir~~ ~~influ~~ made me go out and buy a bag of Terra Yukon Gold Salt & Vinegar chips. Damn you, thread.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 23 February 2003 22:15 (twenty-three years ago)

HAHA.

(Cruelty -- it's very cruel.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 23 February 2003 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Whenever I go "north of the border" I always bring home MANY snack-sized bags of chips in flavours that we can't get here, like the pickle flavors, and all dressed and ketchup and so forth. They're a big hit as souvenirs for friends (and, living with Canuck, he insists of bringing home LOTS of sour cream and onion ones).

I recall having ketchup-flavoured Cheetoes when I was in Barcelona ten or so years ago. I wonder if they're still around.

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Monday, 24 February 2003 06:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I dress chips in salt, occasionally I may **accessorise** with some red sauce but not all the time... my chips never wear vinegar, on moral and ethical grounds.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 24 February 2003 09:35 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

ALL YOU CANADANS ARE SICK FUCKS.. FUKIN POT DESTROYED YOUR TASTES.. ALL DRESSED IS THE FALVOR OF MY ASS AFTER A TACO BELL SHIT AND A SALT SUPPOZITROY

― canadians r sick======, Friday, 13 June 2003 06:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Let me just say again how good All Dressed chips are. Next time I go up I'm going to buy tons and tons of them.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 13 June 2003 07:44 (twenty-two years ago)

CANADANS

= Canadians prone to filthy innuendos

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 13 June 2003 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Steady on there Mr Canadian. I feel that I have to respond to this thread being as it was started on my birthday, however, i have never heard of such crisps/chips & i feel that my life is still complete without them!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Friday, 13 June 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't get them myself. There is such a thing as too much flavour. And when that flavour is difficult to make out and the salt overwhelms you, yuck. Give me Old Dutch ketchup & Miss Vickie's salt & vinegar. I guess I'm too dull for chips with too much taste.

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 14 June 2003 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Fule! All-dressed chips are like the gods' own food dropped down to earth in a foil bag! C'mon now! (Though I get heartburn for three days straight after eating a bag, but that's a good thing, it proves they're working.)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 15 June 2003 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you grate them before you eat them you bitch?

― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 15 June 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Fuck yes!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 15 June 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, that's a great idea! Grated All Dressed Fried Potato Crumbs. The possibilities are... well, I think there's at least one... maybe?

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 15 June 2003 02:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Just crush em and use em as a chicken coating, like Shake n Bake!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 15 June 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

YEEEUURRG! I think you could extract octane from All Dressed chips, with all that grease and chemicals.

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 15 June 2003 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

But grease and chemicals are the building blocks of life!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 15 June 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

There's no All Dressed chips in the states? Come to think of it, they're less common in Quebec than in Ontario or any other province I've been to.

I think I've struggled to define exactly what All Dressed taste like all my life.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 15 June 2003 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, you can't avoid them in Vancouver.. hence i figure the French Canadians must know something you don't!

Stateside potato chips are approaching the toxic All Dressed level though, with all these Ultra Flavor flavors like SHARP WISCONSIN CHEESEHEAD chips, and BOLD BBQ STEAK STYLE chips... we just give them balls, and "authentic" names, that's all.

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 15 June 2003 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, things are getting weird in chip land. Any meat-flavoured chip (or meat + dairy product, like Sour Cream 'N' Bacon) is going too far for me.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 15 June 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

mmm dill pickle chips

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 15 June 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

these are my new obsession

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 15 June 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a friend in elementary school who forced himself to develop a taste for dill pickle chips so people wouldn't gather around him at recess with their palms out (like they did with everyone else who had a snack).

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 15 June 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I think this is the slashdot of junk food.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Sunday, 15 June 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Fries and Gravy chips, Ball Park Hot Dog chips, and Grilled Cheese and Ketchup chips??? I'm going to Canada!

― rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 15 June 2003 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

plus we got cadbury's chocolate

FRUIT & NUT FOREVER!!!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 15 June 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

gff i don't know whether to kiss or kill you

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 15 June 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

four weeks pass...

I am eating Salt and Pepper Old Dutch RAVE chips. Whoa, peppery! I'll try the All Dressed ones later. Thanks, Bryan, you rule!

― rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 13 July 2003 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmm Roast Chicken!!

― rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 13 July 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The Kraft Dinner that I left behind was for you as well, Rosemary, but it was probably gobbled up by Phil the maniac.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 14 July 2003 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Kraft Dinner chips, now there would be a good time.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 14 July 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh wow.

No, I found the box of KD in the bag. I think I will make it this week.

― rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 14 July 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Anthony sent me some potato chips.

Ketchup-flavored chips: SO FUCKING AWESOME!

I think for lunch I'll try the all-dressed.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm so amazed at the potato chip deprivation occurring south of the border. Like ... there have to be uniquely American flavours, right? I just typed up a glib list of what I thought would qualify as American chip flavours, but then I thought it a bit obvious, so ...

My most recent run-in with chips is the Yogurt and Green Onion chips. For the life of me I can never remember the name of the company (because the design of the packaging is so distinctive). Also Miss Vickies' (a side-note is that a relative of mine used to own this company at some point before they were bought out/sold to Lay's) Sour Cream & Sweet Chili. I bypassed Salsa and Cream Cheese nachos on my way to the LRT this morning, they implored me to buy them and eat them but I abstained.

For all of the Americans who think our All Dressed is weird, the British make PRAWN-FLAVOURED EVERYTHING. A chip flavoured like a crawly thing that lives at the bottom of the ocean? THAT'S fucked up.

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Those Miss Vickie's Sweet Chili and Sour Cream ones were not that bad.

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Visit the snack aisle of your local Asian grocer. The Western world is centuries behind in the art of bizarre, twee snack manufacturing and marketing. (Not to derail the thread)

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't have ketchup chips in the States? You poor people.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Thursday, 24 July 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I've seen them around.

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 24 July 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

You can find weird ass chips in the States, too. You just have to look in the special aisles of 7-11s or not go to Brand X supermarkets as much. I think every U.S. State has their token intriguing potato chip company. (in Washington state, there's Tim's Cascade chips).

Canada is several levels more bonkers with the chip flavors, regardless.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 24 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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Yeah, I have to agree with Bryan. When in Canada, stick to Old Dutch. I've had RAVE chips, I've had some IGA brand name chips. But Old Dutch is where its out, though. Still though, any American inhaling a bag of Old Dutch All Dressed chips is like a lite social beer drinker guzzling a bottle of Southern Comfort.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 24 July 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

" any American inhaling a bag of Old Dutch All Dressed chips" = me

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 24 July 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

(p.s. please pass the Southern Comfort)

― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 24 July 2003 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

New Orleans used to have margarita-flavored potato chips, but Canada used to have grape and cherry ones. So Canada still wins.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 July 2003 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

but Canada used to have grape and cherry ones.

What? That's the first I've heard of that!!!!

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 24 July 2003 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

A Canadian friend of mine goes on about them -- apparently there was this rash of odd-by-anyone's-standards Canadian chips when she was a kid (this would be ... 20-25 years ago, I would guess), many/most of them based on soda flavors. Grape, cherry, cola ...

(We bond over Unusual Food Stories & Experiences, so we have discussed these chips at length.)

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 July 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I ate all-dressed chips every day on the road in Canada.

― hstencil, Friday, 25 July 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

But you could have had ketchup chips!

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 25 July 2003 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

See, as of today I can talk as if I know what I'm talking about.

― Chris P (Chris P), Friday, 25 July 2003 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)

eight months pass...

It looks like Tim's Cascade Snacks (a sub company of Birdseye Foods) based just south of Seattle, is now offering a "limited edition" batch of Ketchup flavored potato chips.

I'm eating them right now. It's the same exact brand of sweet artificial "ketchup" flavor/powder that they use in Canada. Actually, these are the best fucking ketchup flavored chips I've ever had.

Has the U.S. assimilation of Canada's best kept snack secret begun?

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 9 April 2004 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't realize they were limited edition -- I thought they were generally available.

Anyway I just had some, and they are indeed very nice.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Saturday, 10 April 2004 01:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Or out of it, surely.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 April 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

These are great, but much more so if you are drunk.

― Sym (shmuel), Saturday, 10 April 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy crap, PICKLED ONION chips? Er, crisps? I must try these before I die.

― ...in bed. (Chris Piuma), Saturday, 10 April 2004 04:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The finest crisp (chip) in the world is Walkers Prawn Cocktail. It tastes nothing like prawns, but it beats all oncomers with a big sweaty samurai chip-sword.

It even beats those Walkers Sensations (cheap trick - spend an extra .000005% on the flavouring, and charge an extra 20p for the priviledge - fuxors), although I am partial to the Thai Sweet Chilli ones.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i would stab my own mother in the eye with a ballpoint pen for a bag of tim's dill pickle chips right now

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe you can somehow sneakily order them through the record store! when no one's looking, just add "1 bag of tim's dill pickle chips" to their weekly purchase orders from the distributors!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Bag of Tim's Pickle Chips is probably a Soundgarden cover band, though.

― Tep (ktepi), Saturday, 10 April 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

I really need inorganic sodium snacks right now to get rid of this scratch in my throat. someone overnight me an economy pack of Old Dutch All Dressed, pliz.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

Louisiana has Zapp's, the most overrated potato chip in the universe. The best best best chip is UTZ CRAB FLAVOR

I am very curious about this All Dressed thing though.

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to find some when I'm in Maine next month, even if I have to drive up to Canada and smuggle them across the border. Also, ketchup chips, and I'm dying to know if Humpty Dumpty still makes Sour Cream & Clam.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Adam, to replicate the all dressed thing, all you need to do is take every spice in your cabinet (including salt), mix it in a bowl, and then stick your tongue in it.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

I'm dying to know if Humpty Dumpty still makes Sour Cream & Clam.

It's not listed on their Product line

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

It has been about five years since I had any all dressed chips. TOO LONG.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

This thread is fascinating. I had no idea that All Dressed and Ketchup chips were specific to Canada. And those UK flavours... Prawn Cocktail! Was N. joking?

― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

http://www.taquitos.net/dbimages13/Walkers-PC-Prawn.jpg http://walkers.corpex.com/cr15p5/walkpix/prodpix2/quavers_pc.gif http://www.taquitos.net/dbimages13/Wotsits-Prawn.jpg http://www.illegaluturn.com/dbimages13/Tayto-PC-PrawnC.jpg

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

(that last one is an Irish imposter)

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)

and in addition to prawn, some flavours recently spotted include: streaky bacon, balti chicken, roast beef and horseradish, lamb and mint, ham and mustard, chinese five-spice ribs, thai green curry, pickled onion, turkey and sage stuffing, sausage and sage stuffing, brie and cranberry, balsamic vinegar and onion, etc etc.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

Brannigans lamb & mint or ham & mustard = classic
Walkers pickled onion = classic
Walkers worcester sauce = treble-classic

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

i had walkers marmite flavour the other day. they were a disappointment.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:23 (twenty years ago)

Mmm, they are - not nearly marmitey enough.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

Seabrooks Prawn Cocktail accept no substitutes.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

Seabrooks are terrific. The only marmitey enough snack is Twiglets, I think. The spare rib flavour Lauren mentions contain, according to the list of ingredients, PORK POWDER.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

those walkers spare rib ones etc are horrible. they are complete proof that you do NOT want crisps to actually taste like the things they are supposed to. vile.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

I had a vague memory that Seabrooks Crisps are from Scunthorpe, but according to their website their address is in Bradford.

(I am expecting to have to waste a lot of time in Scunthorpe tomorrow. Fun fun fun.)

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

ALL YOU CANADANS ARE SICK FUCKS.. FUKIN POT DESTROYED YOUR TASTES.. ALL DRESSED IS THE FALVOR OF MY ASS AFTER A TACO BELL SHIT AND A SALT SUPPOZITROY

-- canadians r sick======, Friday, June 13, 2003 2:37 AM (Friday, June 13, 2003 2:37 AM) Bookmark Link

strong feelings bout the all-dressed

― tehresa, Sunday, 10 February 2008 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

i can't believe someone wld feel so strongly abt chips
also they don't taste like that

― rrrobyn, Sunday, 10 February 2008 17:27 (eighteen years ago)

we decided it was Chips Friday @ workk
what is on the bag of ruffles all-dressed chips is:
- a bunch of bright colours and some words in fr & eng re: what is in the bag (in french all-dressed is: "assaisonnée")
- artist's depiction of all-dressed chips (still-life, orange-ish)
- a small artist's depiction/still-life of: a shaker-bottle of vinegar, a red bell pepper, a green onion - but i don't believe this to = actual flavour of all-dressed - i think it is a kind of metaphor

i'm pretty thirsty

― rrrobyn, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:41 (eighteen years ago)

I think a red bell pepper is the farthest thing away, taste wise.

― fields of salmon, Friday, 15 February 2008 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

not all dressed, but last night i was so drunk i was grabbing great fistfuls of chips and throwing them in my face. i did this over and over again.

― s1ocki, Friday, 15 February 2008 22:32 (eighteen years ago)

Shit, Quebec seems especially exotique to me now

― dell, Friday, 15 February 2008 22:34 (eighteen years ago)

that's not like a quebec custom.

― s1ocki, Friday, 15 February 2008 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

maybe it is a custom after last night

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 16 February 2008 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

Invent-a-custom

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 February 2008 01:35 (eighteen years ago)

slocki should make a book of customs but have it be by a mysterious anonymous author - it wld be hilarious and awesome!

and there should be a free bag of ruffles all-dressed with each purchase

― rrrobyn, Saturday, 16 February 2008 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

:-D I now demand this.

"On every June 13th, the Shmalayan Mockfest is held in the quaint suburb of Pointe Claire."

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 February 2008 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

i think "all dressed" is going to be the name of my autobiography

― s1ocki, Saturday, 16 February 2008 07:05 (eighteen years ago)

Has anyone tried those General Tao chips yet?

― Simon H., Saturday, 16 February 2008 07:10 (eighteen years ago)

ALL DRESSED IS THE FALVOR OF MY ASS

in french all-dressed is: "assaisonnée"

― StanM, Saturday, 16 February 2008 07:41 (eighteen years ago)

guys. Miss Vickie's honey & roasted garlic. guys.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 16 February 2008 08:13 (eighteen years ago)

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