Generally, all the food we eat can be divided into two categories: dinner and snacks. The former is for filling our stomachs, while the latter is mostly for satisfying our appetites. In my parents' generation, it is not easy to eat enough for three meals, so snacks are very rare. Even a candy with simple packaging is regarded as a rarity, let alone a box of chocolates and a cream cake. With the increasingly affluent living conditions, people not only pay attention to healthy diet, but also pursue exquisite diversity, so the development of snack industry has also entered the fast lane.
As soon as they entered the supermarket, many children pulled small shopping carts and ran directly to the snack shelf area. Nuts, candied fruit, jelly, shrimp slices, potato chips, etc. are all linked to "delicious". In order to cater to the public's consumption psychology, manufacturers are even more ingenious in processing and producing innovative foods. However, some classic snacks are still prosperous for a long time. For example, potato chips in puffed food are essential snacks for house chases. They are crisp and crisp, ranging from original flavor, cucumber flavor and red stew flavor to yogurt flavor, peach flavor and lobster flavor. No matter what flavor or brand of potato chips, there are only two packaging forms, namely bagged potato chips and barreled potato chips. Generally speaking, the barreled ones are always a few dollars more expensive than the bagged ones, and there are differences in taste. What is the problem? Gourmet Jun will answer for you.
Most people, like Gourmet Jun, think that both bagged and barreled potato chips come out of the same assembly line. From slicing to washing off the starch contained in potatoes, then dehydrating and air-drying them and frying them in a pan, the mechanical process can't deviate too much. Although bagged potato chips are easy to break into slag, they are of course thin and crisp and taste more delicious than those stored completely and thick in barrels, precisely because the raw materials they use are completely different.
Bagged potato chips are fried with fresh-cut potatoes and sliced, so the size is uneven, and sometimes brown round spots are found. Gourmet Jun guessed that potatoes with slightly deteriorated surfaces could not be mixed in, or because the sliced parts were thin and the frying temperature was too high, the chips made of fresh potatoes were crispy and fragrant.
One piece of potato chips in a barrel can reach the thickness of three bags, but the taste is almost poor, because it is made by mixing potato powder and starch in a certain proportion and pressing and shaping with a mold, so each piece has a regular shape, uniform size and is easier to store. Therefore, the reason why the barreled potato chips are not made of fresh-cut potatoes is also conceivable. It is more suitable to use natural bags with irregular sizes and shapes. After all, the visual sense of the barreled potato chips should be guaranteed at the moment of pulling them out, otherwise the appetite will be greatly reduced!
after knowing the truth, what kind of potato chips will you choose when you go to the supermarket next time?