Word: potatoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Please pass the chips." Time was when that request led to a predictable result: a crackling treat of smooth, fragile, bitingly salty potato chips. No longer. Now staggering possibilities abound: chips sliced from white or sweet potatoes that could be thick or thin, ridged or smooth, and with or without salt and preservatives. They might be natural in flavor or seasoned with Cajun, Italian or barbecue spices, vinegar, jalapeno peppers, cheese alone or with bacon, sour cream (or yogurt) with onion (or chives). There is also a choice of half a dozen or so oils for frying, which...
...potato-chip varieties are like the changes made in bread," says Richard Duchesneau, president of Tri-Sum Potato Chip, which has operated in Leominster, Mass., since 1908. "People got tired of standard white, and now when you walk down the supermarket aisle, you'll find wheat, oat berry, cracked wheat and more. It's the same with chips." Though they profess an interest in foods that are low in salt and calories, Americans last year spent an estimated $3.3 billion dollars (an increase of 75% since 1980) on deep- fried chips, generally strewn with salt. The market is dominated...
Finally Hart arrived. "Hello," the candidate called out to the nation's future. "How you doing?" The press surrounded him as he crouched to see what the children were making. But the kids couldn't make the potato block prints anymore, as they were almost crushed by an alloy of politicians, notepads and cameras...
Back in the children's room, the excitement finished, the kids got back to more important matters, their potato printing. Apparently today's entry of television and presidential timber into their lives was not really all that special...
Here some of dey t'ings, doll, dey ain't got on dat men-you: Jumbalay', Crawfish Etouffe, Boudin, Red Beans and Rice, Pee-cohn Pie (wid plenny o'shoo-gar!), Shrimp Po' Boys, Dixie Beer, Catfish, Dirty Rice, Snappy-Gator Tail with Jolie Blon Beer, Potato Pirogue, Tasso, Pralines, and ol' Zydeco records. You know dee ones - Clifton Chenier. Zachary Richard. Rockin' Dopsie. All dem people...