Posted on 03/23/2021 10:40:31 AM PDT by mylife
For salty snack lovers, March 23 is a day you may not want to miss — it’s National Chip and Dip Day. There’s much to celebrate about this perfect pairing. Not only are the two snack items delicious when served together; chips and dip are also an easy-to-prepare appetizer, snack and even a meal when no one else is around. (It’s OK; we’ve all done it.)
In the early days, chips usually referred to potato chips, but these days chips can be made of tortillas, beans, corn, pita or any number of vegetables. Their partner in caloric crime — the dip — originally focused on a cream cheese or sour cream based recipe, but now dips can be everything from a cheese-, shrimp- or vegetable-based dip to a hummus, salsa, guacamole, tzatziki or chutney. And who can forget the now famous seven-, nine- and even 11-layer dip?
Some food experts believe the chip and dip duo began its rise to popularity in the 1950s when Lipton began advertising a recipe that encouraged people to combine its dehydrated onion soup mix with cream cheese or sour cream and serve it with potato chips. Since then, chips and dip have even taken their place in pop culture. In a 1993 Seinfeld episode, George is accused of double dipping at a funeral reception. (Hilarity ensues.) And in the drama Mad Men, one character exchanges a chip and dip serving set — received as a wedding gift — for a gun.
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I double dip all the time my house my rules
Meh, as long as you don’t have open canker sores, I guess it’s OK
A can of chili and an equal amount of velveeta. Good tortilla chip dip.
Big deal - it’s MEAT for a week in my state to counter the veggie heads.
Red states matter.
Finally, something I can celebrate. So tired of National black Month and Women's Month.
Biggest darn container of dip I’ve ever seen.
That didn’t take long.
Rotels, Velveeta and real Chorizo sausage.
Bon Apatite.
I found some salt-free, grain-free chips. Yummy but expensive. I really don’t like any dips...there is one at Trader Joe, but I just forget to buy it. A handful of chips and one glass of red wine before dinner works for me. Trying to lower blood pressure naturally.
Trying to lower blood pressure naturally.
Dude, yer stressed
Hey, it works.
:)
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