topic Re: A Potato Chip Mystery in Kitchen

A Potato Chip Mystery

PickyPicky3 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:19:21 GMT

Last week I bought a bag of Lay's potato chips, took it out of the shopping bag and put it in the cabinet. The bag was perfectly fine, expiration date Sept. 20.

Last night I got a craving for chips. When I took the bag out of the cabinet, the bottom seam was completely open, as if someone had opened the bottom instead of the top. There was no sign of any animal chewing, none of the chips had spilled out or appeared eaten.

This has never happened to me. Never. There is no indication a can of beans or something fell on it. It was in the same position as when I put it into the cabinet. I guess I put it in upside down?

I live alone and don't sleepwalk.

Any possible explanation?

Re: A Potato Chip Mystery

spumoni99 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:39:21 GMT

Do you live at a high elevation?

Re: A Potato Chip Mystery

PickyPicky3 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:43:21 GMT

@spumoni99 39 feet.

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spumoni99 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:51:17 GMT

@PickyPicky3 wrote:
@spumoni99 39 feet.

Well thats not it! Its really strange and I wouldn't think they would be safe to eat in case they opened prior to you buying them, maybe a small rip that opened further once you had them.

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Etoile308 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:58:32 GMT

If you live alone, how do you know you don't sleepwalk?

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phoenixbrd — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:35:54 GMT

@PickyPicky3 Wouldn't give it a second thought....trash can!

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MezzieStarr — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:38:36 GMT

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Kachina624 — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:40:43 GMT

The only possibility is that it wasn't thoroughly sealed at a seam and popped open. You undoubtedly didn't notice it at the time since it was on the bottom.

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LdyBugz — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:20:32 GMT

Were there any cocktails consumed while putting said bag of chips in the cabinet? 😉

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drizzellla — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:46:24 GMT

I have noticed sometimes that a big change in temperature can make a bag blow up. The grocery store is air conditioned. Maybe the ride home the bag of potato chips expanded from the heat. The car can get hot while you are grocery shopping.

And the expansion from the heat made the seal to come undone.

I saw that happen to a bag of nachos this summer. The bag blew up but it did not open.

Re: A Potato Chip Mystery

Mindy D — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 03:57:33 GMT

@PickyPicky3 @The pressed down seal that closes the bottom of the bag came apart. The bag is made this way by machinery. No big deal. They show this type of bag making on How It's Made and similar shows.

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AuntG — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:28:18 GMT

I once shut a cupboard, thereby pinching a chip bag against another item, and it popped its top seam.

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RedTop — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:54:41 GMT

@PickyPicky3
Twice this summer I have made a mess in my IGA store with products I was taking off the shelf to put in my cart.

The first mess was a 2 lb plastic bag of brown sugar that was not sealed on one end. How it was actually placed on the store shelf without noticing the open end is beyond me.

My second mess was when I pulled a loaf of Sara Lee bread, which had no twist tie on it, and half the slices in the loaf fell out on top of my feet! Again, how did the bread man transfer that loaf from the plastic bread tray to the shelf without seeing it was open?

Bags of sugar are poorly sealed as well, and I've seen them open and spilled on the shelf, but so far I haven't dumped one yet!

Re: A Potato Chip Mystery

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:57:35 GMT

What a group! Thanks for the great answers. I guess chip manufacturers make their bags very well if this happens so rarely.