A couple weeks ago, Windy and I were in a small market and we saw a can of Charles Chips potato chips at the checkout. That's right, a can. You may have never heard of them, but they do exist, and now you CAN get them in a bag, but the can brought back a memory or two.
This weekend we will all celebrate National Potato Chip Day, and I am totally in favor of this kind of holiday. And after a Google search, Charles Chips came up first in my search, or as my dad used to call them, Charlie Chips! We would get a big aluminum can of those chips and we would spend the week eating them. The can I saw last week was average size, but the can we used to get was HUGE!
They were and are delicious. They are potato chips that are just classic. You've seen the chip isle at the store recently. There are 5,000 flavors now and that's fantastic! But there are times I don't want a Sour Cream Chive BBQ Ranch Bacon Chip. (Although that does sound amazing - Ruffles All Dressed). There are times I want a regular salty, no ridge, no strange shape, no special flavor classic chip. And that's Charles Chips.
I know this will sound too good to be true but, the Charles Chips Truck used to come to the house and deliver potato chips to you. You paid and he came back the next week! Think about that Door Dash years ago with potato chips! We loved it, and that was a good day when they showed up. Sadly, there was no door to door Lawsons Dip delivery. But there should have been....Come to think of it, that would be amazing!!!
They are staging a comeback and that's good to know. Not in the delivery trucks but in the chips. If you've never tried them, give them a go. After all, this weekend it's National Potato Chip Day! Dip them in some Lawson's Chip Dip and you have a feast! Charles Chips are the Lawsons Dip of Chips!
