Tortilla chip poll!

[Metalhead]

I like my tortilla chips with queso dip.

 

[Judge]

You left off guacamole. Really?

Listos, apunte, fuego!

 

[LadyS]

Queso is also my #1 ... but salsa is a close second. Especially homemade made extra spicy.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

With tortilla chips I make a chunky guacamole that I learned in Mexico City (back when it was DF), otherwise when the tomatillos I grow are ripening I'll make a tomatillo salsa.

 

[Metalhead]

I forgot to add guacamole to the poll!

I have failed.

Ok, my pity party over that is now over.

 

[Magna]

Bring 'em on! I also like molten spicy hot sauces, etc and spicy chips.

I tried that single chip challenge with the artificially blue died tortilla chip that's in a little box shaped like a coffin and supposed to be the hottest chip out there. I got sick from it and couldn't keep it down.

 

[Xinyta]

*loud crunching sounds*

 

[AdamG]

Well... I checked a lot of boxes. I used to like Doritos, but I do have an MSG sensitivity (makes my blood feel like it is boiling) and I can't not eat the whole bag. Other than that, I guess I could have gone for "other" but the mutually exclusive ones I couldn't check.

 

[AdamG]

Oh, and of course, I have no "favorites" because it depends on restaurant, store brand, or homemade (by the batch) and I'm always in a different mood.
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But if I absolutely had to choose a fave? Homemade choriqueso with homemade chorizo and my own blend of cheeses from roux. Don't ask me the cheeses. I went far enough with favorites.

 

[Fino]

I'm surprised to be the only "They're okay" vote. I didn't realize they were so popular! They're so darn mediocre.

*gets stoned*

 

[Luca]

All of the above, except for "they're okay" and "hell no."

Once again, @Metalhead we have identical taste buds lol. Maybe we are blood family after all!

I love tortilla chips with queso dip and salsa especially. And nachos.

With restaurants, it depends, because there are a lot of crappy and inauthentic Mexican restaurants around here that have chips that taste like cardboard.

Doritos are a guilty pleasure for me though. And Takis but I don't know if I would consider them "tortilla chips."

 

[Misery]

Always Doritos.

Either the cheese or the cool ranch.

Now I have a craving. Great, thanks.

 

[Rodafina]

Always plain. Tortilla chips are no vessel for me. The chip itself is enough.

 

[Forest Cat]

This is the 4th or 5th poll about food that I haven't tried, I'm beginning to think I'm missing out on a lot of food.

 

[Princess Viola]

what the heck is bean dip lol

 

[Mary Terry]

Well... I checked a lot of boxes. I used to like Doritos, but I do have an MSG sensitivity (makes my blood feel like it is boiling) and I can't not eat the whole bag. Other than that, I guess I could have gone for "other" but the mutually exclusive ones I couldn't check.

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I voted the same way as you did but also checked the "other" box because I like to make my own tortilla chips in the oven. I cut corn tortillas into wedges or strips, spray with a little plain cooking spray, sprinkle on some Tajin (lime and chili spice) or just a chili powder like ancho chili and a little salt. 375-degree oven for about 10-15 minutes. Don't overcook them or they'll taste burned.

 

[Luca]

I voted the same way as you did but also checked the "other" box because I like to make my own tortilla chips in the oven. I cut corn tortillas into wedges or strips, spray with a little plain cooking spray, sprinkle on some Tajin (lime and chili spice) or just a chili powder like ancho chili and a little salt. 375-degree oven for about 10-15 minutes. Don't overcook them or they'll taste burned.

I have to try this sometime!

 

[Mary Terry]

I have to try this sometime!

It's easy and I can control the salt content! Sometimes I bake the tortillas whole and make tostados.

 

[Judge]

With restaurants, it depends, because there are a lot of crappy and inauthentic Mexican restaurants around here that have chips that taste like cardboard.

Brings back bad memories of a blight of Mexican restaurants on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard as I grew up. With only my mother and her ability to scrounge up canned tortillas back then to make tacos, which no one seemed to have even heard of before, let alone chips and salsa.

Rough times, made even rougher when we'd foolishly go across the river into DC to try one of their few so-called "Mexican restaurants". But we survived....

Moving to the west coast I still recall that momentous time when our eyes came across a fast-food taco joint in Los Angeles while visiting my grandmother. In the background I could hear the music to "2001: A Taco Odyssey". And for a brief moment, everything was right with the world.

 

[NDR2]

Before my stomach problems started, I could go overboard with tortilla chips. I liked them with all kinds of dips: Salsa, bean dip, guacamole, vegan cheese - maybe even a combination of them. They’re also good with hummus.

The flavored ones were good, too. Particularly the spicy ones. They could be quite hot, though. So I’d always have something to drink with those (also with hot salsa).

Some Mexican restaurants would offer all the tortilla chips and salsa you can eat. I’d have to be careful to save room for the meal.