It started about a year ago. I was getting a sandwich at my campus library’s cafe, and I saw them. Miss Vickie’s Kettle Cooked potato chips. I’d never had kettle cooked potato chips before, so I was intrigued. I took a bad of that, and ended up eating it all. That started my love affair with kettle cooked potato chips.
Ever since then, I’ve made it a point to get some when they are relatively chip, and to find a variety I like as much as Miss Vickie’s, which isn’t sold in large bags, at least not in this part of the U.S. I haven’t yet been able to quite succeed. Miss Vickie’s chips have a certain texture and thickness to them, and also a certain taste, that I can’t precisely match with other brands. I never expected to get the exact same chips, as that’s impossible, but something close would be nice.
I think the closest chip thus far has been the Cap Code brand kettle chips. They’re pretty nice. I has some whilst at the Greater Hartford Open this summer, and I must say, they come in a close second. Right now, however, mostly due to price, I’m stuck with Lays. I don’t know…I like ’em, but they’re just not the same.
We have Dirty potato chips here in Florida, don’t know how far out they are. They’re kettle cooked and pretty good.