[CH] Puffs & Cheetos & Flavor

Blake Olson (blakeo@flash.net)
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:18:37 -0600

  The mention of Malaysian Curly Puffs reminded me of an incident
several years ago.
  I was in a Frito-Lay processing plant trying to solve some concrete
problems for them and got an inadvertent tour of the cooking lines. At
one point, we passed the Cheetos line where they were emerging from the
fryer. I snagged one to experience the freshest possible Cheeto.
  The thing had absolutely NO taste at all. It is all in the coating. It
still amazes me that you can somehow deep fry corn and end up with a
nice texture and zero taste. ...no oil...no corn...nothing. I went back
and got another just to be sure.

Blake in San Antonio (The birthplace of Fritos)
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