Origin: Mexico
First looks
Nick:
Beet chips. We're doing this, huh? Just sliced up some beets, fried 'em, and threw them in a bag? That's the deal here? These don't look, sound or smell appetizing at all. I'm betting they're going to be too hard and not taste like much. It doesn't help that the bag recommends adding warm goat cheese, an action I don't think has ever improved any situation in human history. I feel like the only thing exceptional about these beet chips is how fast they're going to get three-pointed into the garbage can.
Katie:
They look like big, stiff pepperonis. They have that same starchy salt smell that every other vegetable chip has. Why? Most vegetables have a nice smell--cucumber and melon is a very popular smell and don't even get me started on how awesome red peppers smell cooking in the wok--why do veggie chips of any kind have such a bland smell? I agree with Nick, these are going to be bad.
Post-bite thoughts
Well, guess what? These are too hard, and they don't taste like much. Unfortunately, the taste they do have is kind of vague dirt. I guess in an extreme, life or death situation where you want to eat salsa without spooning it right into your mouth like Katie does with the apple salsa from Indian Ladder, you could use these chips, if you don't mind your salsa being on a too-hard chip and tasting like vague dirt. It's a no from me, dog.
Katie:
Nick took the words right out of my brain (except for the dirt part). These taste like slightly stale tortilla chips. If you want something colorful to use as a salsa delivery system, go for it. If you want a snack to eat plain, these will just make you mad. Not great. Are we just bad at liking "health" food or is it really mostly all bad? No, it's the children who are wrong.
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