Salt & Vinegar - Archer Farms

So we've been doing all our grocery shopping at SuperTarget as of late. Noel made the decision and it works for me. Target's off-brand is Archer Farms and they make some pretty decent stuff. As far as I can tell they are the only brand that still sells coffee in cans. Turns out they make a suprisingly good salt and vinegar chip too.

Flavor: Good tang - they'll make you sweat a little after the third handful

Texture: Big yet crunchy - nice combo

Overall Impression: Suprised - they are good chips. Will likely get again.

4 / 5

Salt and Vinegar - Kettle

I thought I had caught up and then realized I never did a chip for October - so here it is: Kettle Brand Chips - Sea Salt and Vinegar. If you've never had this brand of chip before - go get some. Their "Spicy Thai" are awesome and their salt & vinegar chips are pretty darn good too. I picked these up at Leon's down the street.

Flavor: Kettle Brand are all about the "sea". These chips are flavored heavily with malt vinegar. The flavor is almost creamy, but with a little bit of tang. For people who love tangy S&V chips, these might be too tame, however these chips should not be underestimated for as thick of a chip that they are - they have a lot of flavor.

Texture: Nice and thick - can be greasy at times, but usually have a good balance.

Overall Impression: Love em. Great alongside fish - these chips make me crave Joe Tess.

4.5/5

Salt and Vinegar - Miss Vickie's

Miss Vickies Sea Salt & Vinegar potato chips are unofficially/officially September's chip of the month. I had a bag of these every day for lunch for about a week while in the field for work in September along with a Subway sandwich. I was surveying / water sampling out on the Platte River near Louisville and that was the easiest food option. I would have reviewed them sooner, but to be honest I forgot what they tasted like so I had some last night to remind my self.

Flavor: Good, but not terribly rememerable (as mentioned above). They definitly have the malted vinegar flavor going for them with just a little bit of tang. You might start to pucker if you ate a whole bag in one sitting. Good balance between the salt and the vinegar, but not the chip - the kettle oil showed through. Basically there just wasn't enough flavor for the chip.

Texture: Kettle style. Good crunch not to greasy. Small in stature.

Overall Impression: I liked them - I'd get them every time with my Subway sandwich, but otherwise would probably not seek them out.

3.5/5

Salt and Vinegar - Tom's

After too long a delay, here is an other salt & vinegar chip review. This month I am going to try to do 3 reviews to make up for missing august and september. The first one being "Tom's Vinegar and Salt PotatoChips".

I picked up a bag of Tom's while on the road to Kansas City at a gas station in St. Joeseph, Missouri. To be honest I am not sure if i've seen these in Nebraska (please let me know if you have). I'll start with the name, which places the vinegar before the salt. Upon reading this I was expecting a very tangy chip and recieved quite the opposite.

Flavor: These chips are salty, very salty. There is a hint of tang that comes through, but not near enough to provide balance.

Texture: The texture was good - a nice crisp thin chip, however the size was on the smaller end.

Overall Impression: All in all a good chip - will do in a pinch.

3/5

Salt and Vinegar - Barrel of Fun

Back by popular demand from a different web site of mine is the Guide to Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips. Once upon a time I decided to try to share my love for salt and vinegar potato chips with the world by trying as many different kinds I could find and rating them. Since my love for these tangy treats began in Minnesota I thought I'd restart my guide while here on vacation.

Barrel of Fun potato chips are made in the great town of Perham Minnesota, which is only a few miles from where my family vacations annually and are the first salt and vinegar chips I ever had. These chips fall in the thin-style category and as far as I can tell are sold only in big bags. Texture: Thin but not brittle. Hold up well and are filling by the handful.
Flavor: Noticible vinegar tang - good balance with salt. Not overly potent but ware on the tounge after a while.
Overall Impression: I may be biased given my history with these chips, but I think they hold up to their name "Barrel of Fun". Not overly expesive chips make these a great buy - if you can find them.

3.5/5