On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 6:03:19 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:26:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 5:09:22 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:06:04 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 8/20/2017 4:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> >> On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 3:43:22 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >> >>> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:05:29 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> On 8/20/2017 9:19 AM, Gary wrote:
> >> >>>>> jmcquown wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I like potato chips when I make a hamburger. I like them *on* an
> >> >>>>>> hamburger! That's really the only time I eat potato chips.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> You add potato chips to a hamburger on bun? That's weird.
> >> >>>>> Never heard of that one.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I occasionally eat chips on the side but never on a sandwich.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> Yep! Nice crisp (like Lays) potato chips right on top of the burger.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I don't add much of anything to a good home ground burger, cooked medium
> >> >>>> rare, other than cheese. Oh, and the bun should be lightly toasted,
> >> >>>> too. I'll eat a few chips on the side. But why not put them on the burger?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sounds like -how do I put that without sounding snooty- a lower
> >> >>> socio-economic approach to food? What about melting M&Ms and spreading
> >> >>> them on your bread? Would Elvis have liked that?
> >> >>
> >> >I'm not quite that white trash.
> >> >
> >> >> Melted M&Ms wouldn't work very well, because of the crunchy outer
> >> >> coating.
> >> >>
> >> >> <http://www.finecooking.com/recipe/toasted-bread-with-chocolate>
> >> >>
> >> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >> >>
> >> >I'm not sure how crispy potato chips equate to putting chocolate on a
> >> >hambuger.
> >>
> >> They're both examples of using a slightly junky, snacky prefab item as
> >> a lunch or dinner ingredient.
> >
> >Definitely snooty.
>
> Are chips slightly junky? Yes.
> Are chips snacky? Yes.
> Are chips prefab? Yes.
>
> The only snoot is between your ears.

Yes, they're all three of those things. Yet they taste exactly as
a potato chip should taste.

Where do you draw the line? Is chocolate junky, snacky and prefab?
Should we grow our own cacao and process it into chocolate?

Cindy Hamilton