This is probably a long shot but Someone on here may know, may have had them or may at least know what I am talking about.
There is an item I food item I used to get as a child from a local mom and pop drive-inn that I have never been able to remember what it was called, or ever find or even hear of anywhere. It has been one of those things that has always bugged me and have randomly searched for it for years. Just to find out more about what it was and if there is anything like them today.
This was a small town mom and pop type drive-inn. They were independent and not franchised with anyone. They would have gotten their food from an area food distribution place that distributed to bars, restaurants and other vendors not affiliated with franchises. So these could have been available at a number of places around Iowa, and the US for that matter.
Here is what I remember them as:
They were a side dish type item.
I remember them as multi colored chips of some sort. I remember them as similar texture to a bubbly corn chip. My sister remembers them as similar texture to Pork rinds. But were Red, Green, Blue, Yellow etc.
I believe they were deep fried, they came hot, (sizzling if I remember correctly), and for some reason I feel like they even crackled in some way in your mouth, almost like pop rocks, but not exactly in that way, just kind of a similar feel.
My sister remembers them as being multi flavored like bacon, etc. I don't remember that for sure.
They were my favorite thing to order, but I was pretty young, then they became unavailable. Whether the place stopped getting them or the place they ordered their food from no longer sold them. I don't know. That Drive Inn changed owners a couple times over the years and finally was closed and torn down.
Just wondering if anyone else remembers these things, or has any idea what they might be? I know its a total random question on here, but I am guessing they may have been something distributed to other Iowa restaurants as well in the 70s and 80s, so this might be somewhere someone else might remember them.
There is an item I food item I used to get as a child from a local mom and pop drive-inn that I have never been able to remember what it was called, or ever find or even hear of anywhere. It has been one of those things that has always bugged me and have randomly searched for it for years. Just to find out more about what it was and if there is anything like them today.
This was a small town mom and pop type drive-inn. They were independent and not franchised with anyone. They would have gotten their food from an area food distribution place that distributed to bars, restaurants and other vendors not affiliated with franchises. So these could have been available at a number of places around Iowa, and the US for that matter.
Here is what I remember them as:
They were a side dish type item.
I remember them as multi colored chips of some sort. I remember them as similar texture to a bubbly corn chip. My sister remembers them as similar texture to Pork rinds. But were Red, Green, Blue, Yellow etc.
I believe they were deep fried, they came hot, (sizzling if I remember correctly), and for some reason I feel like they even crackled in some way in your mouth, almost like pop rocks, but not exactly in that way, just kind of a similar feel.
My sister remembers them as being multi flavored like bacon, etc. I don't remember that for sure.
They were my favorite thing to order, but I was pretty young, then they became unavailable. Whether the place stopped getting them or the place they ordered their food from no longer sold them. I don't know. That Drive Inn changed owners a couple times over the years and finally was closed and torn down.
Just wondering if anyone else remembers these things, or has any idea what they might be? I know its a total random question on here, but I am guessing they may have been something distributed to other Iowa restaurants as well in the 70s and 80s, so this might be somewhere someone else might remember them.
