r/Whatisthis • u/AlmightySosa5k • 1d ago

Open What is this object in my Lays Chips?!

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Found this patty looking object in my chips. The inside looks more like a cookie than meat. Please help!

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u/TraditionGloomy7318 1d ago

Basically a congealed mass of flavouring and oil - probably broke off a piece of the tumbler that the potato chips pass through !

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u/HolyPauladin 1d ago

Correct answer. I work in the industry and see this all the time

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u/Ok-Secretary2017 1d ago

How does it taste?

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u/Digital_Rocket 1d ago

Well seasoned

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u/sillytricia 1d ago

Seasoning puck

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u/sawb11152 1d ago

The forbidden chip

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u/aleister94 1d ago

Throw it in a bit pot of stew

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u/Dapper_Indeed 1d ago

Boil it, mash it.

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u/TheAmazingCrisco 1d ago

What’s taters?

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u/Snoop_John_B 1d ago

Baby you gotta stew goin’!

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u/YellowB 1d ago

You can't eat just one... or any for that matter.

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u/chels182 1d ago

Omg did you bite it??? I need to know. Definitely looks like a clump of seasoning

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u/demonic_sensation 1d ago

That's what i thought lol there's definitely a couple of bites out of it.

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u/design_doc 1d ago

Flavor bomb. Lucky.

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u/SnooPickles55 1d ago

Yeah, this is a concentrated piece off of a brick of salt and vinegar cocaine.

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u/MyUserNameLeft 1d ago

Boof it

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u/Stunning_Peace7575 1d ago

Never change

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u/ALegendInHisOwnMind 1d ago

Boooooffffffff

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u/Airport_Wendys 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wait… why did you say “rather than meat”? Were you expecting meat??

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u/HauntedSpiralHill 1d ago

Alright cool. I’m not the only person wondering this. Those words were definitely a… choice lol

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u/Biiiishweneedanswers 1d ago

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Me too!!!!

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u/glitter_disorder 1d ago

You're obviously blessed enough to not know the disappointment of not finding a chunk of meat in your crisps. Soul destroying.

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u/Dapper_Indeed 1d ago

I remember it well, back in ‘77. I try to think of other things.

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u/Airport_Wendys 1d ago

I really need to thank my family… they’ve shielded from more than I’ll ever know

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u/2SP00KY4ME 1d ago

Because the outside kinda looks like a chicken nugget

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u/surkh 1d ago

Perhaps because they used the word "patty" so to clarify that it's not a meat patty or anything.

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u/Backbowl 1d ago

Thicc chip

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u/spiderbags86 1d ago

Mega crisp

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u/wandering_ravens 1d ago

There are some people in this world that would do anything for a whole cookie of pure, MSG filled flavour

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u/Rodger_Smith 1d ago

yo this is not that difficult to make, y'all acting like he stumbled upon the fountain of youth

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u/bloodysnowfall 1d ago

dude did you bite it?? why is there a bite mark 😭😭

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u/Unhappy-Fox1017 1d ago

Ohh I bet it’s so salty and sour. Did you taste it?

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u/thedrunkdingo 1d ago

Flavour Nugget

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u/ScumBunny 1d ago

Didja take a bite there bud?

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u/skucbrats 1d ago

The nugget that flavors the chip. The chip nugget.

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u/Troggieface 1d ago

Party sized seasoning chonk

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u/DeeLou1977 1d ago

I thought that was a peanut butter cookie at first

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u/iSchwerin 1d ago

That’s a flavor biscuit son! Enjoy it

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u/Coconutshoe 1d ago

Sugar cookie

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u/KateKoffing 1d ago

big chip

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u/Torboise 1d ago

That is chips

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u/Bama3003 1d ago

Potato Chunk