After putting two different everyday appliances to the test to find out which one could revive stale chips, I landed on this quick and easy method for re-crisping potato chips. Bonus: It works wonderfully for reviving other snack foods, like Cheetos and tortilla chips, too.
Imagine for a moment the joy of opening a brand new bag of potato chips: Your fingers grasp the metalized plastic, pull it apart, there's a soft rush of air, and then you reach in and grab that first crisp bite. And oh how crisp it is! Now imagine that you didn't manage to finish the bag in one sitting . You rolled down the top, secured it with a clip, and saved it for a rainy day of Bridgerton binging.
A mere 2% increase in moisture content becomes detrimental to our enjoyment of chips. Let’s look at why.The human jaw is filled with proprioceptors, sensors that send the brain additional information about the foods we’re eating. When we’re crunching on a chip, the chewing force, the crunching sounds, and skull vibrations all add up to create a multi-sensory experience making it more enjoyable and satisfying beyond just the taste.
To prove the impact auditory cues have on our perception of food, experimental psychologist Charles Spence of Oxford University conducted a “” in 2014. He had the people in the study wear headphones while eating Pringles, and he altered the crunch sounds they heard while eating. When the crunching sounds were louder, the participants thought the chip was 15% crunchier. And this perception of crunchiness also increased their enjoyment of the chips.
When I decided to extend the microwaving time to one minute, I found that more time in the microwave does not give crispier results—it just makes the snack foods unbearably hard. Cheetos, in particular, became particularly unpalatable when heated for a minute.The air fryer turned out to be the perfect device for recrisping your chips. A basket air fryer behaves similarly to a vat of oil.
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