{"id":2354,"date":"2008-07-17T12:23:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T17:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2012-04-27T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T21:26:49","slug":"winter-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"Winter is here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in about fifth grade or so, Old Dutch released a flavour of potato chips that became just less than an obsession for the city of Winnipeg. The phenomenon may have reached farther, I don’t know, but I do know for sure that everyone I knew at the time absolutely loved these chips, and when the Mexican Chili flavour disappeared into the vast blackness of time, the world lost a little bit of its sheen. I mourned the loss just as much as the next man, and over time, they would come up in conversations about beloved things of days gone by. There’s even a Facebook group dedicated to having Old Dutch revive the flavour. But…<\/p>\n

What is this I found?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/center>Somewhere in the wilderness between Winnipeg and Kenora, there is a Shell station. In that particular establishment, I spent a little time browsing the snacks while my girlfriend used the litte girls’ room. It was there that I spotted this supposed long lost variety of potato chip. I snapped up two bags right away, and then we headed back onto the road.<\/p>\n

So what’s going on then? I’m not entirely sure. Did the Mexican Chili chips really disappear, or have we all just been shopping at the wrong places? There’s a possibility that they just aren’t distributed in Winnipeg anymore, but that would be completely ridiculous, because Old Dutch’s Canadian headquarters and maufacturing plant is in<\/em> Winnipeg. Or maybe, and most likely, Old Dutch has heard the call and has put Mexican Chili chips back on their roster. Will we ever know? Well, I could if I were to take a short trip down to the plant, but I really don’t care that much.<\/p>\n

The simple fact of the matter is that they’re exactly as I remember them. Delicious and spicy as hell. Though, maybe it’s just because I never eat Rip-L chips, but they seemed uncharacteristically tough and painful to eat. I doubt they were stale, as the bag’s best before date says September, so maybe that’s how they’re suppose to be? It’s probably just that my mouth was softened up because I had eaten Cap’n Crunch for breakfast.<\/p>\n

In other, comepletely unrelated news, I went over that last article I wrote and did a few revisions; added a little content for things I’ve experienced more now, and made a couple corrections. But not all possible corrections. Why not? It’s a long story and I’ve already filled up enough of this post with chip talk. So yeah, maybe head back there and check out the two or so new paragraphs I added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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