Shearer's Rippled Home Run Hot Dog Potato Chips

Shearer's Rippled Home Run Hot Dog Potato Chips

This was a January selection made on a trip home to Pittsburgh to spend some time with my family. I bought them at a Washington, PA Giant Eagle (where you can now buy beer!).

Rating: B

Mustard, Pickely Relish, Ketchup and Onion plus some oh so delicious Monosodium Glutamate, these chips sure were an interesting flavor melange. I personally prefer heavily seasoned or flavored chips to be without ridges, but these definitely left an impression of a day at a ball game.

Would I purchase again?
Probably not for myself but for my sister and my brother-in-law who's house I left these at for their devouring.

Best place to eat?
In a wonderfully warm kitchen (even though it's actually 49 degrees) on Thomas Blvd with my favorite couple and favorite nephew, making other delicious things. Also good for a picnic.

Dip?

As Michael pointed out, some french onion dip would be awesome. I also would try crumpling this on a nice Hebrew National with a some chopped pickles on a poppyseed bun.

SixBurgh!

Congratulations, SixBurgh!!  Yes, we put a ring on it... 

Super Bowl Sunday was the most spirited I've ever been while watching professional sports.  A thrilling, nail-biter watched with

 fellow Yinzer's on a breathtaking 20 inch flat screen was all I could have hoped for on Sunday, and that's exactly what I got.  Also I had the pleasure of enjoying pierogies and kielbasa washed down with Iron City Beer (thanks to the Cap in Cork in Los Feliz).  

The lively crew that witnessed history on February 1st also had the pleasure of testing the second specimen from my mystery gift of Zapp's Potato Chips, the Lightly Salted Sweet Potato Chip.

I'm a huge fan of sweet potatoes. They are the perfect addition 

to any steak dinner and recently I discovered Trader Joe's Sweet Potato Fries which are the best oven fries I've ever eaten.  While these chips are satisfying in the salty/sweet combo department, the taste of burned potatoes is quite strong.  I hope another bag (possibly from a different batch) will leave me a happier chip lady.  No victory for the taste buds, but a victory for the City of Champions!

Dan Rooney would like to "thank President Obama..." 

Turkey-lurky-time

Back in the burgh'. The City of Champions. My home sweet home.

A glorious week under the gray winter skies I've come to miss in my Southern California habitat.  

Last night, on the eve before my most favorite day of the whole year, Thanksgiving, I partook in some Pub Quiz at the Brillobox.  Not only did the fantastic team I belong to, "The Mall Punx" gather for a reunion, but we won third place and a free appetizer!  Really we tied for second but unfortunately did not win the tie-breaker, an arm wrestling match.  We go for brains, not brawn on our team...

Later we danced and boozed our troubles away. Even later I found myself at Gooski's well past 2am, nursing a Straub, feeling the hunger pains I can safely say I won't feel for at least 2 weeks.  When saying some long goodbyes, I noticed a discarded bag of Snyder's of Berlin BBQ Potato Chips.  Some might ignore this gift from a stranger and write it off as disgusting and desperate, but all I saw was my #1 snack choice ages 7-12.  

I checked to make sure they were truly abandoned and then I swooped down upon those gems.  Sweet and tangy, salty and msg-y. No yummy crisp that melts in your mouth so quickly.

I'm too glad to be back in my potato chip mecca...