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Indignity Vol. 4, No. 164
FOOD FRIDAY: Feeling the Crunch? Get Cheapo Chips!
THERE’S INFLATION AND stuff so I am trying to economize. The other day I enjoyed a personal revelation about cheap tortilla chips. Not the fake Frito ones hiding behind brand names like Santitas, or generic brand names like On The Border, or the myriad assortment of ones from Utz that are semi–Utz branded.
This time I saw a bag of supermarket branded—in my case Giant—”Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips” that were in a not-clear bag, a white bag, you couldn’t see the chips inside the bag like 99 percent of all the tortilla chip bags, and they were like $2.50, way cheaper than anything else. I rolled the dice and brought ‘em home.
They turned out to be perfectly good tortilla chips. They are sturdy and crunchy. They are salty. They taste like corn chips, I know that’s a tautology but they taste like corn made into corn chips, they don’t taste odd or funny or cheap. they are good! There is zero reason for me to buy Tostitos or anything now when I wanna make nachos.
The only possibly bad thing is they contain a BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT, so I might turn into a Creature or something, but I will provide updates as long as I am sentient.
WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, September 19, 2024
★★★ The cloud cover broke up by late morning, though there were still clumps of brownish gray under the high blue and white. The brief glimpse of sun in the glyphs in the forcast was a full sparkling midday, bright in the yellow-tinged treetops. The thought of grabbing a cup of tea from two blocks away turned into a walk all the way to the Greek pastry shop on the far side of Broadway. The laundry, pushed through to catch the afternoon dip in humidity, dried out nicely.
EASY LISTENING DEP'T.
HERE IS TODAY'S Indignity Morning Podcast.
Tom Scocca
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TOM SCOCCA
ADVICE DEP'T.
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of a sandwich selected from 250 Meatless Menus And Recipes To Meet The Requirements Of People Under The Varying Conditions Of Age, Climate And Work, by Eugene Christian and Mollie Griswold Christian, published in 1910, and now in the Public Domain and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
COTTAGE CHEESE SANDWICHES
To one tablespoon cottage cheese add one teaspoon thick cream. Mix well and with a dash of grated nuts spread between whole-wheat bread or unfired crackers.
If you decide to prepare and attempt to enjoy a sandwich inspired by this offering, be sure to send a picture to indignity@indignity.net.
MARKETING DEP'T.
Supplies are really and truly running low of the second printing of 19 FOLK TALES, still available for gift-giving and personal perusal! Sit in the crushing heat with a breezy collection of stories, each of which is concise enough to read before the thunderstorms start.
ZERO COPIES LEFT: HMM WEEKLY MINI-ZINE, Subject: GAME SHOW, Joe MacLeod’s blah blah blah, etc., of his Total Experience of a Journey Into Television, expanded from the original published account that can still found here at Hmm Daily, but you know what? No more printed, expanded, more fun, tangible, printed-on-paper zine! No more! ALL GONE! Thank you! People like to reminisce about this special MINI ZINE, and how it featured other viewpoints related to an appearance on the teevee game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, but now it is just a memory, no longer available for purchase at SHOPULA. However, there are many other fine things to read over there! Go take a look!
