[5 year old bump] Does anybody remember O'Ryan's Potato Chips? - Page 2 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

ken0042 · 02-01-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by looooob

I'll remember Hostess for their essentially transparent chip bags where you can easily read whether you had won a 'free bag' of chips before buying it or not...one bag of chips would lead to 35 free bags of the same

Those were the quasi-foil bags, right? We discovered that the Dill Pickle ones were easier to see through, and also had a disproportionate number of freebies. Even though it was our least favourite flavour, we would go through a tonne of them.

Good times!

Frank the Tank · 02-01-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninator

Worst. Flavour. Ever.

I acutally don't mind the Roast Chicken flavour chips.

Frank we have Miss Vickies out here. Sour Cream and Sweet chili FTW.

Ah cool. I never know and feel like a tool for asking, but its been like 7 years since I've been to Calgary.

Stranger · 02-01-2007, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands

I must have eaten 100 bags of Ketchup chips that summer. Not having to pay for chips meant extra change to buy those Styrofoam Biplanes at the Red Rooster! Ahhh the good ol' days.

I think I still have one of those styrofoam planes at my folks house. Used to love them as a kid.

mykalberta · 02-01-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

I remember O'Ryans well. Their sour cream and onion was my second favourite chip behind Old Dutch Mexican Chili.

Ah yes, the Mexican Chili.

If there were 2 chips I wish we could have back it would be Mexican Chili and Oryans Sour Cream and Onion.

I call for a CP Jihad writing campaing, undalay undalay ariba ariba!

MYK

Looger · 02-01-2007, 01:03 PM

thunder crunch mesquite

thunder crunch jalapeno

1.9L blue slurpy (cause everyone loves green feces!)

these three items saw me through college.

keratosis · 02-01-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

What about Miss Vickies? Do you guys have those out west? Damn those are some fine tater chips.

Yes we do. I have the Salt and Vinegar whenever I go to Quisno's.

HalifaxDrunk · 02-01-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by troutman

In the 1970s, Hostess experimented with grape, and orange flavored potato chips. No lie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_Chips

Hostess is forever infamous for the brief and much-lamented mid-1970's introduction of Orange, Grape, and Cherry flavoured potato chips

I liked those chips.

Has anyone tried the new Lay's Spicy Curry chips, kinda taste like roast chicken with a kick. I havn't tried the Wasibi yet.

Sidney Crosby's Hat · 02-01-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

What about Miss Vickies? Do you guys have those out west? Damn those are some fine tater chips.

I actually saw those when I was in L.A. in May. It said "Imported from Canada" on the bag.

Sidney Crosby's Hat · 02-01-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper

Incorrect. O'Ryans were the Hostess version of Ruffles which were unavailable in Canada at the time. When Frito Lay acquired Hostess there was no need to have a knock off of their own product so they simply discontinued O'Ryans as a brand and introduced Ruffles to the Canadian marketplace.

Although the O'Ryans was a lot thicker cut than the current Ruffles. There were a few changes made, actually. Hostess Barbecue was way better than the current Lay's BBQ.

Agamemnon · 02-01-2007, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

Although the O'Ryans was a lot thicker cut than the current Ruffles. There were a few changes made, actually. Hostess Barbecue was way better than the current Lay's BBQ.

Yes, O'Ryans were very thick... sort of like the Double Dutch chips that were out for a while, not sure if they're still out though...

JimmytheT · 02-01-2007, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands

I must have eaten 100 bags of Ketchup chips that summer. Not having to pay for chips meant extra change to buy those Styrofoam Biplanes at the Red Rooster! Ahhh the good ol' days.

Red Rooster! That long defunct convenience sotre deserves a thread of its own

GreenTeaFrapp · 02-01-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by troutman

In the 1970s, Hostess experimented with grape, and orange flavored potato chips. No lie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_Chips

Hostess is forever infamous for the brief and much-lamented mid-1970's introduction of Orange, Grape, and Cherry flavoured potato chips

I can remember trying them and exactly where I was when I did. That's how bad they were. Decades after I've tasted them, I can still remember how horrible they were. And I think I only had a couple before I gave the bag back to my parents.

I can't remember if I had the grape and my sister had the orange or vice versa but regardless, they were the worst chips ever.

GreenTeaFrapp · 02-01-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by HalifaxDrunk

Has anyone tried the new Lay's Spicy Curry chips, kinda taste like roast chicken with a kick. I havn't tried the Wasibi yet.

Nope, but I tried the new Doritos Tandoori Sizzler and they're pretty addictive!

SpitFire40 · 02-01-2007, 03:19 PM

Speaking of Potato Chips... why are there no more Brown ones when you buy a bag?? I want a bag of all Brown chips. They taste so much better...

Think I could go to the Old Dutch factory in the NE with a garbage bag and they'll load me up with the "Delicious Defectives?"

looooob · 02-01-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmytheT

Red Rooster! That long defunct convenience sotre deserves a thread of its own

I've got a set of red rooster stampeder cards from 1981 somewhere (this pic shameless cribbed from ebay):

Looger · 02-01-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SpitFire40

Speaking of Potato Chips... why are there no more Brown ones when you buy a bag?? I want a bag of all Brown chips. They taste so much better...

Think I could go to the Old Dutch factory in the NE with a garbage bag and they'll load me up with the "Delicious Defectives?"

what aboot the green ones???

OilersBaby · 02-01-2007, 03:47 PM

Im in Cali and we can't buy KETCHUP CHIPS..or DILL PICKLE. I miss em! Hehe, when I go to Edmonton in March, Im going to bring back a whole crate of them so the skeptics here can try them.

Antithesis · 02-01-2007, 05:01 PM

The new Old Dutch Ripple Sour Cream n Onion remind me a bit of O'Ryans, but that taste simple can not be matched ... it was good enough to get my brother and I to co-operate and share when we were choosing our weekly treat at the grocery store.

Speaking of which, did anyone else here have a "Candy Night" when they were younger? Ours was on Friday, and we could pick either a slurpee, a bag of chips, or a chocolate bar.

SpitFire40 · 02-01-2007, 05:05 PM

Speaking of Candy, what the hell happened to "Punkies"??? They were like Nerds candy but crunched up and formed into pieces.

Goddam those were so good.

looooob · 02-01-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Antithesis

Speaking of which, did anyone else here have a "Candy Night" when they were younger? Ours was on Friday, and we could pick either a slurpee, a bag of chips, or a chocolate bar.

Saturday morning. although I usually used all my money on hockey cards, which meant jamming 5 sticks of pink gum in my mouth. if they were out of cards, then I'd go for an aero bar