In my carpool home from work last week, somebody was eating Fritos and commenting that they only have three ingredients: corn, corn oil, and salt. (And no trans-fats!) We all found that pretty amazing for a junk food.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Fritos, but thinking about them brought back the memory of swim meets as a kid. I remember dark, cool, Wednesday night meets – and for dinner I’d go to the snack shack and get a Frito Boat. It was just a bag of Fritos, set on its side, with the side sliced off, with a mound of chili and nacho cheese on top. Looking back, it was kind of gross. But it was also warm and tremendously delicious.
And those memories made me crave a Frito Boat. Real bad. So Tom and I made Frito Boats! Fritos. Chili. Cheese. Delicious.
Makes me think of the ‘Texas Straw Hat’ they used to serve us in the elementary school cafeteria – Fritos on the bottom, then sloppy joe meat, then cheese on the top.. Can you believe they fed us that?
By the way – a bag of those aforementioned Fritos are still in the back seat of the car from the carpool – someone needs to take them home!
Well, I think you know who to blame for *that*, right Pete?