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[prasantrin]

Here's the actual recipe given to me by one of the women:
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Thank you!! I'm thinking they'd be great with pretzels instead of tostitos, too! And with those little dried anchovies mixed in. Mmmmmm...

[torakris]

Miso cucumbers. Partly peel some Japanese cucumbers and slice in half or quarters lengthwise. Spread the cut surface with a moderate amount of your favorite miso paste. 

Salty and refreshing.

I love salty, crunchy foods and can easily eat an entire bag by myself. When i get a craving and there is no one to share the bag with I take a celery stick and spread miso on it. It completely satisfies my salty, crunchy craving and it keeps the inches off my hips.

Miso-cucumbers is another favorite, I often do this for dinner when I need an extra dish quickly. I mix the miso with a little mayo for easier dipping and milder flavor.

[Darienne]

I'm thinking they'd be great with pretzels instead of tostitos, too! 

I don't know about the anchovie part of it... ...but I do love those big preztel rods....coated in caramel...and then dipped in chocolate. Now that's a snack!
Starbucks carries them and so does another candy store near where we live in Canada, but you can't beat making them yourself!

[Kim Shook]

TACO FLAVORED DORITOS ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very excited. They are in a very dark bag that says "They're back by popular demand" and also "For a limited time" . Why? There are entire websites with petitions that you can sign calling for the return of them. So why doesn't Frito Lay want to sell them? Anyway, they are here for now. I will begin gorging now.

[LittleChef22]

I am addicted to 'wheat thins' crackers.
Oh man, soooo salty and soothing. Try regular or the honey variety. The reduced fat ones are great too - I actually prefer them to regular.
Yes, I'm a salt addict. 

I love the reduced fat wheat thins too! Those are my fave-- great with hummus, cheese, and any kind of dips!

[lemniscate]

My local Costco has been carrying these lately and they are very good. Kind of a crackery-chip consistency, nicely salted and a really good pistachio flavor. True North Pistachio Chips <click blue words for chip homepage>

Edited by lemniscate, 06 November 2008 - 08:56 AM.

[Toliver]

Doritos Collisions' Newest Flavor combo: Pizza Cravers and Ranch

I saw this newest Collisions flavor this past weekend at my local AM/PM.
I've been slow to realize that Collisions aren't a flavor combination on a single corn chip but are two kinds of chips in one bag. Don't I feel foolish?
Having finally brainstormed that concept, I have to say again that the Ranch are just okay...not one of Dorito's top flavors, IMHO.
I think the Ranch chips would be best served when combined with a spicy chip. The problem with this is that Doritos doesn't really have a spicy (as in "hot") chip in their lineup of products.
The Pizza Craver chips are pretty good. There's a light basil/oregano flavor on the chips to give you that pizza-y flavor. I would have preferred an entire bag of the Pizza Craver chips than this mixture. The downside to this newest Collisions flavor in that there seemed to be too many Ranch chips in the bag and the Pizza Cravers were few and far between.

[Toliver]

Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili flavored tortilla chips

This is a new flavor being sold in my area. The Subway Sandwich chain is currently promoting this newest flavor in their shops with their combo meals.

The chips definitely have a kick to them so the "spicy" is dead-on. The chili flavor is nice, too.
But, true to their name, they are also sweet, which I just can't get past. I'm more of a savory person to begin with so perhaps I'm not the best judge of this new flavor. Maybe if there was more of a balance between the salty and the sweet, I'd like them better but I find them far too sweet for my tastes.

[pax]

I am addicted to Hempzel's Garlic Sourdough Pretzels. We order them by the case. They have other flavours, too: ORIGINAL - SESAME - GARLIC - JALAPEÑO or PUMPERNICKEL & ONION (forgive the caps, I cut and pasted.) The dark chocolate peanut butter filled are my go to for sweet/salty.





Edited to fix link.

Edited by pax, 25 February 2009 - 05:28 PM.

[Toliver]

New Doritos "Late Night" flavors:
"Tacos at Midnight" and "Last Call Jalapeño Popper"
They sound like they're aimed at late night partiers.
The "Tacos at Midnight" does have that late night Jack-in-the-Box taco sort of flavor upon tasting them for the first time. I'm guessing it's cumin flavor but I can't figure out what other ingredients are there. There wasn't much depth of flavor (he says as if expecting a miraculous Willy Wonka-type of tortilla chip called "JIB Taco"). I tired of the flavor pretty quickly and it left me hankering for a real JIB taco.
The "Last Call Jalapeño Popper" were dead on. They had the cream cheese tang and a subtle jalapeño flavor. They had a slow burn/spiciness to them, too. Of the two flavors, I preferred this flavor because it seemed to have more going on with it.

[Zeemanb]

We don't have Utz snacks anywhere I shop back home in Kansas City, so when I'm down here in Richmond it's UTZ CRAB CHIPS.....24X7 baby! Found on their website where they sell 3lb bulk bags of chips for mailorder.....so I know at least one low-rent addition to our wedding reception menu in August......

[Zeemanb]

Ooohhh boy, they will never take the place of the Utz Crab Chips, but I found a gem of a snack down at the local handymart upon my return to Kansas City.....

"Sabritones"

Chile and Lime puffed wheat snacks brought to me from heaven via Frito Lay.... probably the strongest-flavored chip I have ever encountered, and I already told the handymart dude that I'll be the loyalest of all customers if he can find other flavors.....

Oh, these are GOOD...

[Mrs. Fink]

from Wikipedia ...."Sisig as is popularly known today is actually sizzling sisig, a Philippine dish made from parts of pig’s head, liver and usually seasoned with kalamansi and chili peppers."

All I know is that my husband made me try it, and now I crave it pretty much all the time. The Filipino cooks claim it is "drinking-beer-food", not a real dish.

Salty, tangy, fatty... everything you could ask for in one plate. Like pork rinds, or chicharones, but moister, spicier....

[Domestic Goddess]

Mrs. Fink, my brother makes a mean plate of sizzling sisig. It's so good paired with rice too. My brother squeezes a calamansi lemon over it and adds a tangy depth to it. The best sisig for me is one mixed with brain in it. Hmmm, creamy.

[buckytom]

i have three to offer that i think have not been mentioned.

tomatoes, peeled or sliced, soaked in worcestershire sauce.

cheddar cheese on a whole wheat cracker, with spicy mustard and chopped raw onions or shallots.

dried seaweed. either korean style roasted laver with grapeseed or sunflower oil, or irish (red) dulse.

[Toliver]

Something new and a little odd:
Doritos Flavor Shots

They're a do-it-yourself tortilla chip snack. It's basically a package of their Nacho Cheese flavor Doritos but with a little package of flavoring powder inside. You're supposed to open the flavor pack, pour it over the Nacho Cheese toritlla chips, close the bag and shake them up to distribute the flavoring, then consume.
Of course this goes against the complete convenience of junk food: Buy it, open it, eat it.
I can't see this as a successful product for those customers with the 3am munchies. Perhaps it's aimed at their OCD customers who want to be able to control just how much flavor their Doritos have.
And if you're buying snacks for a road trip, they aren't ideal either. Again, you just can't open the bag and eat them. You have to prepare them first before consuming.
There were two flavors that I found:
Atomic Chile Limón

Blazin' Buffalo Rush

I thought the Atomic Chile Limón weren't that good. They seemed to have an "off" flavoring to them. You could taste the tartness of the lime but while there was a faint chile kick, the overall flavoring just didn't taste that great.
On the other hand, the Blazin' Buffalo Rush were superb. The flavoring had the distinctive vinegary tang of a typical Buffalo Wings-type sauce. It also had a tremendous spicy kick to it. If you don't like your chips too spicy then this would be the perfect snack chip for you since you could control how much flavoring to put on the chips.
So a thumbs down on the entire concept of this do-it-yourself snack chip. But I give the Blazin' Buffalo Rush a big thumbs up for its great flavor and kick.

[JimH]

Salted pistachios, definitly Zapp's potato chips, popcorn, crispy bacon, hard-boiled egg rolled in salt.

[Julianne_Reddin]

What about drinks? A bloody mary with lots of tabasco and celery salt is pretty good, and I also like a dirty martini - alcohol+ salty goodness!

BTW what on earth happened to Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream? It was the msot divine combination of salty peanut butter chocolate and ice cream ever!Bring it back I say....

[Darienne]

BTW what on earth happened to Ben and Jerry's Chubby  Hubby ice cream? It was the msot divine combination of salty peanut butter chocolate and ice cream ever!Bring it back I say....

That sounds like a plan for homemade ice cream. I'll try it!

[iainpb]

for the ultimate in salty snacks - you can't beat a big pack of salty pork scratchings. delicious, (almost) entirely natural and pretty cheap. They do tend to pack half you daily salt and fat into a small pack though.

[Toliver]

Doritos Collisions: Cheesy Enchilada and Sour Cream

We have a winner.
The cheesy enchilada chips are quite cheesy (ie, a lot of orange cheese powder ) and have a dash of spice to them (cumin, maybe?). While the sour cream chips don't have a sour cream tang, they do have an overall creamy, almost cheesy, flavor to them.
All together, a good combination. Thumbs up.

[OliverB]

I had no idea there are so many Doritos versions!

As for favorite snacks, real Bavarian Pretzel with butter (see my avatar) fresh from the oven are hard to beat, but also not fast food in any way - sadly.

And potato chips, the kind they have in Germany etc. Cut super thin, non of that extra thick or crinkle cut, almost paper thin, press against the roof of your mouth with tongue and experience flavor explosion! I've tried many many chips here in the US, few come close, California Chips being among the best: http://www.californiachips.com/ the earthquake ones are really good. Unfortunately they don't sell them in many stores here, I hope that will change!

TJs peanut butter filled pretzel pieces are also great. They have a new product, roasted nut mix on a wafer, I think form the Philippines or somewhere over there. Sweet and savory, quite good.

Little pretzels with hard or blue cheese and salami plus something pickled, olives or caper berries. Late night heaven :-)

PS: if somebody knows of any other very thin cut potato chips I can get in NorCal, please let me know! Pringles are ok, but I find that I can "feel" that they're made form mashed potatoes or what ever process they use. Not the same as a real slice of a potato.

Maybe I'll just have to get a fryer someday and experiment myself.

Edited by OliverB, 02 November 2009 - 06:23 PM.

[Toliver]

I had no idea there are so many Doritos versions!

There's a Frito Lay plant on the outskirts of the town where I live. That may be the reason why we get all the different varieties of Doritos in the local stores. I'm not complaining.

[Jenni]

Currently addicted to tapioca chips. Am completely incapable of stopping at one.

[zoe b]

Lick finger, dip in fleur de sel, repeat.

to improve even that perfect snack--pull off the super crispy skin around the cavity of a chicken just after removing from the oven, dip in salt & eat.

[s0rce]

hawkins cheezies are great, taste a lot more like cheese compared to cheetos. Never seen them outside Ontario though. I miss them.

[emmalish]

hawkins cheezies are great, taste a lot more like cheese compared to cheetos. Never seen them outside Ontario though. I miss them.

Are they a Canadian thing? We have them here in Vancouver, and I remember them from my childhood in small-town BC. Every once in awhile I'll get nostalgic for them, but I can only have a few before I hit cheezy overload.

[LoriZig]

I hope my keyboard still works after all the drooling, reading the last 4 pages!

I would trade all the chocolate in the world for salty and savory snacks without hesitation. Here are some of my favorites:

Grilled Halloumi cheese. If no one was looking, I think I could actually eat an entire package.

Salami, sopressata - any hard, delicious salami-type meat.

Proscuitto, speck - and if i'm in the mood for salty/sweet, nothing beats proscuitto wrapped around ripe cantaloupe.

Gardetto's Snack Mix - pretzels, mini breadsticks, and the most delicious part- the dark rye rounds. Salty, worcestshirey goodness.

Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds - could easily down a small can as a meal.

I am a chipaholic (believe it or not, I even married a man named Chip!):

Madhouse Munchies chips. I can't pick just one flavor-- the regular sea-salted, the french onion dip or the salt and vinegar- you can't go wrong. Super crisp and salty and delicious.

Cape Cod chips. All the flavors are deliciously salty, but the regular & reduced fat are my favorites.

Ruffles Cheddar Sour Cream chips. I have loved these for so long and although I succumb to passing dalliances with Cheetos or the occasional Dorito, I always come back to these.

ONE MORE! Whenever I'm home visiting my mom in CA, I always return to MA with a few bags of Emperor Norton's San Francisco Sourdough Snacks. They are extremely salty, crunchy and herby. The ranch flavored ones are delicious as well. If you ever have a stopover in SFO, look in one of the giftshops- they usually have them there!

Edited by LoriZig, 14 February 2010 - 08:44 PM.

[merstar]

Savory Thins (sesame rice crackers), Trader Joe's Spicy Soy and Flaxseed Tortilla Chips, and TJ's Veggie and Flax Seed Corn Tortilla Chips.

[s0rce]

hawkins cheezies are great, taste a lot more like cheese compared to cheetos. Never seen them outside Ontario though. I miss them.

Are they a Canadian thing? We have them here in Vancouver, and I remember them from my childhood in small-town BC. Every once in awhile I'll get nostalgic for them, but I can only have a few before I hit cheezy overload.

according to wikipedia they are made in belleview, ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheezies

I've never been to the west coast but I didn't see them in the east coast. Never seen them in Chicago (where I live now).