Bestest Potato Chips In The Universe
Ron Zappe, founder of Zapp’s Potato Chips, dies of throat cancer at 67
… his four companies went bankrupt during the 1980s oil bust and he moved from Houston to Louisiana and started a potato chip business.
… Mr. Zappe bought the former Faucheux Chevrolet dealership in Gramercy where he began making a thicker-cut, kettle-fried potato chip cooked in peanut oil.
I’m sure there’ s a moral in there somewhere, but I’m too busy stuffing my face with Cajun Crawtators, readily available in this small Ohio town by the way, to figure it out. (Have I ever told you about the time someone said these chips tasted like kettle chips with barbeque sauce and some old bay seasoning thrown in and I confiscated their bag? Heresy.)
I was once asked to bring someone a bag of Crawtators with me on a flight to Boston. The change in pressure caused the bag to rupture in mid-flight and the scent to spread throughout the cabin. So I and some people sitting near me had to eat them. Oh well. Too bad for the friend who had asked for them. I let her keep the bag. I don’t even know if we’re allowed to bring a large bag of chips on a plane anymore.
Right now I’m searching the website for stories about Dad and his potato chips. I love hearing this kind of stuff. Thanks for posting, both Maitri and Jeffrey for posting your stories.
Kristin Zappe Hopper