Granny Goose Dip Chips

I grew up on Granny Goose and Laura Scudder potato chips. So I was thrilled to see a bag of Granny Goose Dip Chips in the 99 Cent Only Store.

These delectable ridged slices of spud really make your sandwich shine. I look forward to any lunch that includes potato chips, don't you?

As this photo attests, they are also a hit at the fanciest of feasts including Thanksgiving.

The Granny Goose brand was a regional company headquartered in Oakland, California (both my parents were born and raised in Oakland, and all my brothers and sisters were born there -- then the folks moved over the hill to suburbia in Castro Valley, where I, the youngest, was born.)The company began in 1946, and heavily marketed their potato chips through the 1960s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Goose

Laura Scudder was one of the original potato chip mavens and was from Southern California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Scudder

The brand was bought by Borden who then sold it to Granny Goose, but ultimately neither could compete with Frito-Lay and in 1995 Granny Goose was sold to a division of the Smucker company.

Along with Mother's Cookies, Granny Goose was one of those great local brands I grew up with.

Here's to Laura Scudder and Granny Goose!