Earthquake chips: The best chip flavor you've never heard of
 Earthquake-flavored potato chips. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times / April 29, 2014) |
April 29, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
While perusing one of the many snack aisles at Smart & Final, you may notice a bag of chips that doesn't look quite like all the rest. The shiny plastic bag is gray, red and white, and the flavor written across the front is simply "Earthquake."
Are you supposed to eat these chips during an earthquake? Maybe they're meant for your earthquake emergency kit.
According to the back of the bag, the idea for the chips, produced by the Oxnard-based company California Chips, came after a 6.3 earthquake hit near the production facility.
"When we came in the following morning all of our spices had fallen into the same mixing vat," reads the bag. "We thought we had a loss on our hands but then when we tasted what we had, we loved it!"
A company representative confirmed the story.
The chips taste like someone crushed every chip flavor in the snack aisle to coat them in a pale orange, vinegary dust. There's a little bit of smoky barbecue, some creamy sour cream and onion, the bite of salt and vinegar and spice from jalapenos.
If you're one of those people who never thinks there's enough seasoning on your favorite chips, these are for you. Just prepare for orange fingertips.
California Chips also produces "Creamy Chipotle," "Honey Barbecue" and "Sea Salted" flavors.
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