Kettle Chips - Salt and Black Pepper - NOT CORN FREE!!!

You will see my post here: http://cornless.blogspot.com/2009/06/kettle-chips-salt-and-black-pepper.html praising the Kettle company for allowing me one little glimmer of culinary happiness in an otherwise 'snackless' world. Salt and Black Pepper chips are nuggets of bliss - unfortunately, despite what lovely Janet has to say about the subject .. these chips do indeed have corn, likely in the form of citric acid or yeast extract.

I am sad, and pissed off and sick, sick, sick. Nausea, headache, weak, etc. Same old same old.

Suk!

Kettle Chips - Salt and Black Pepper - CORNY!!!

UPDATED 06.28.09 - THESE DO HAVE CORN. SUK! I'm nauseous, headachy and drunk feeling. The ingredients clearly indicate citric acid and yeast extract ... but I didn't listen to my gut, i trusted Janet (below). Dammit Janet!

These are my favorite! a little hearty tang of soy sauce, smidge of salt .. perfect. Alas, with the corn allergy I'm scared and haven't tried them. Then today, out of the blue, Dottie (an angel from above) posted the item below in the Delphi Avoiding Corn Forum:

My husband won a contest, for guessing how many bags of potato chips can fit into a VW bug--so he gets a year's supply of free chips!! When I was on the phone to the company rep today about that, I mentioned to her how I was allergic to corn and how helpful her company had been to me a few years ago in answering my questions. (Most of their products do contain it.) Right away she said, "Oh, so you can't have maltodextrin or ctiric acid in anything, " and I was so impressed that she knew that right off the top of her head. She went on to say that the plain unsalted, the lightly salted, and the salt and black pepper chips are definitely corn-free, and all the other flavors are not, unfortunately. I also can use their peanut butter, which is delicious. If you want more info, this very nice and helpful woman's name is Janet Wilson and her contact info is:
Janet Wilson
Consumer Affairs
Kettle Foods
503-586-1507
jwilson@kettlefoods.com

--Dottie

It may not be clear to you how much I love these chips - or this forum. God bless Dottie!

multipurpose bread dough

I made crackers AND pita bread with this ... the seasoning you can substitute for whatever you want, I was making it to go with my hummus:

1.5 cups king arthur all purpose flour
1.5 cups king arthur whole wheat flour
1 cup lukewarm water
1.5 tsp kosher salt
1/3 cup safflower oil
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp turmeric

mix and form into 12 balls. let sit for 30 minutes. roll out into 6 - 8'' circles and cut into cracker sized bits.

place crackers on cookie sheet, poke with fork and bake at 450 until golden
-OR-
place 8'' circle in heated cast iron skillet and brown on both sides

crackers are best when completely cooled. pita is good anytime (but really hot if still in the skillet)

be sure to turn off oven and burner when finished