Disappointing snacktime

Listen,

I admit it, I am not a healthy person.  I eat food that is bad for me and most of the time I don't even feel bad about it.  Sure, there are days that I eat 36 chicken McNuggets for dinner and then regret it at 3 in the morning (perhaps a story for another time), but after taking a couple Tums-Smooth Relief, I go back to bed and feel fine. 

 

I buy a lot of crap out of the vending machines at work.  I am pretty sure if I stopped buying from them, the guy could restock it once a month and nobody would be the wiser.  There is a reason that Diet Mountain Dew is always the soda to be sold out first and there are never any Hostess apple or cherry pies in there for more than 12 hours.  Somtimes though, I don't want a sweet treat.  I need something salty, something like a bag of FRITOS Brand Chili Cheese Flavored Corn Chips.  Just listen (or read) what it says on the back of the package: "With a rich, hearty chili & cheese flavor and powerful crunch, FRITOS Corn Chips are an unmistakable all-American Original.  Nothing Satisfies like FRITOS BRAND."  If you have not tried these, you are missing out on one of the better chili & cheese flavored snacks available on the market today...

 

At least that is how it used to be...

 

Recently, and by recently I mean the last 4 bags that I have purchased, I have noticed that there seems to be less chili cheese flavored goodness in every bag.  It is not that there are fewer Fritos in each bag, I am quite confident that the number has remained constant.  What I am refering to is the amount of seasoning, or chili cheese dust, known as CCD, on the Fritos Brand corn chips themselves.  I have come to this conclusion because there does not seem to be as much CCD on my finger tips when I finish a bag.  Each finger tip used to possess a bounty of CCD to enjoy once the Fritos were all consumed.  Lately however, I feel that my finger tips are nearly as clean as before I had feasted on the Fritos Brand corn chips.  I was going to write to Frito-Lay Inc and inquire about the amount of CCD being used in their product, but I fear I may not be able to handle the truth.  They have a toll-free hotline for questions or comments, open weekdays from 9 to 4:30 central time, but I just can't bring myself to make the call. 

 

I guess I'll try the TGI Friday's Brand Chedder and Bacon Flavored Potato Skins next time...