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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 19:34:09 GMT -5
 So I recently edited a Strib-written piece that will appear next week about the above product, which has somehow attracted a huge cult following and customer base. It's a MN-produced topping/chip dip, which is sold only in Minn., Wis., S.Dak, N.Dak and Iowa. Most of its appeal seems to be as a dip, rather than its original creation as a baked-spud topping. It seems to have manic devotion among millennials, in particular. Many stories tell of MN expats loading up suitcases with the stuff to return to their homes in the South, etc. I'm skeptical, but I'm willing to give it a try; I'll have to swing by Cub Foods sometime this weekend. Anyone heard of it or tried it? |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jun 21, 2024 19:38:19 GMT -5
Nope. But sour cream and chives are a classic potato topping. And bacon.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 19:39:42 GMT -5
The Green Bay Packers even adopted it as their officially endorsed chip dip, which is pretty amazing considering that it's made in MN, home of their arch-enemy Vikings.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 19:45:16 GMT -5
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Post by Dub on Jun 21, 2024 21:27:04 GMT -5
We’ve “discovered” a much better topping for baked potatoes than sour cream. Much more flavorful and, of course, fresh chopped chives, butter, and, if you choose, bacon bits. |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 21:51:02 GMT -5
We’ve “discovered” a much better topping for baked potatoes than sour cream. Much more flavorful and, of course, fresh chopped chives, butter, and, if you choose, bacon bits. Looks way too healthy to me. |
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Post by Marty on Jun 21, 2024 22:15:33 GMT -5
DaWife's favorite dip. Mix in bacon bits and I'm all for it. Shit!, now want a snack.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 22:22:34 GMT -5
DaWife's favorite dip. Mix in bacon bits and I'm all for it. Shit!, now want a snack. I'll pick you up a tub before our lunch date tomoro -- got chips? |
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Post by Dub on Jun 21, 2024 22:53:53 GMT -5
Looks way too healthy to me. When you’re putting this on a baked potato to which you’ve already added butter, salt, and maybe black pepper, you’ve already abandoned any health considerations in favor of carnal pleasure. The Fage plain Greek yogurt (5%) just provides a higher level of carnal pleasure. |
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Post by billhammond on Jun 21, 2024 23:00:29 GMT -5
Looks way too healthy to me. When you’re putting this on a baked potato to which you’ve already added butter, salt, and maybe black pepper, you’ve already abandoned any health considerations in favor of carnal pleasure. The Fage plain Greek yogurt (5%) just provides a higher level of carnal pleasure. Not relevant to this thread, which is about Top the Tater as CHIP DIP. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jun 22, 2024 0:04:40 GMT -5
I prefer sour cream to yogurt on a potato.
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Post by Dub on Jun 22, 2024 0:05:42 GMT -5
When you’re putting this on a baked potato to which you’ve already added butter, salt, and maybe black pepper, you’ve already abandoned any health considerations in favor of carnal pleasure. The Fage plain Greek yogurt (5%) just provides a higher level of carnal pleasure. Not relevant to this thread, which is about Top the Tater as CHIP DIP. So I recently edited a Strib-written piece that will appear next week about the above product, which has somehow attracted a huge cult following and customer base. It's a MN-produced topping/chip dip, which is sold only in Minn., Wis., S.Dak, N.Dak and Iowa. Most of its appeal seems to be as a dip, rather than its original creation as a baked-spud topping. It seems to have manic devotion among millennials, in particular. Many stories tell of MN expats loading up suitcases with the stuff to return to their homes in the South, etc. I'm skeptical, but I'm willing to give it a try; I'll have to swing by Cub Foods sometime this weekend. Anyone heard of it or tried it? Well the thread is titled Top The Tater cult and the product was evidently intended as a topping for baked potatoes. To answer your original question, no I haven’t heard of it and, no, I haven’t tried it. |
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Post by dradtke on Jun 22, 2024 16:33:59 GMT -5
I've seen it. Now I'll have to pick some up before the story comes out and the Strib hordes empty the stores.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 22, 2024 17:32:39 GMT -5
I've seen it. Now I'll have to pick some up before the story comes out and the Strib hordes empty the stores. I bought a tub today. Haven't tried it yet, but I have strong rippled chips on hand. |
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Post by Marty on Jun 22, 2024 18:16:59 GMT -5
After lunch with Bill I bought a tub along with a box of Old Dutch Ripple Chips, another local product. I may transfer my dipping portion to another dish and mix in some chopped green chili peppers along with some bacon bits.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jun 22, 2024 18:32:58 GMT -5
Never seen nor heard of it.
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Post by TKennedy on Jun 22, 2024 19:20:09 GMT -5
If Marty and Bill are in that’s good enough for me.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 22, 2024 19:52:01 GMT -5
Well, my first taste was underwhelming -- the dip had a nice, smooth texture and a tangy flavor, but kind of bland. Then I realized that my quite cold fridge might have affected the taste, so I let the tub sit a half-hour at room tamp, and subsequent chipfuls seemed more flavorful.
But I still don't quite understand the dip-o-mania frenzy. Power of social media, I guess.
Great minds may differ.
But the tamales Marty and I had at Casa Azul Agave today were dynamite.
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Post by billhammond on Jun 22, 2024 20:13:35 GMT -5
Maybe I should be sipping a better Champagne with this stuff?
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Post by millring on Jun 23, 2024 9:46:37 GMT -5
I like tamales. We buy helluva good dip. We've tried others and they simply taste like sour cream and little else.  |
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