While consensus is that the flavour first originated in Canada, it is unknown who or which company first introduced the all-dressed potato chip. Yum Yum, a
Québec-based company, is known to have created a variety of the flavour in 1978.[4][5]
The term 'all-dressed' and its French equivalent "toute garnie" originally applied to pizza, meaning roughly 'everything-on-it', deluxe, or 'the works'.[1] The term "all-dressed" extended beyond just pizza and found its way into the world of potato chips. Many early references to the flavour "all-dressed" are linked to "all-dressed pizza flavour" potato chips. [1] These potato chips were crafted to capture the essence of a pizza with all the toppings, offering a rich, complex blend of flavours that often includes a combination of spices, herbs, cheese, and even hints of smokiness, mimicking the taste of a fully-loaded pizza.
An all-dressed chip called
The Whole Shabang is produced by American prison supplier Keefe Group. It became available to the general public in 2016.[6]Frito-Lay began selling all-dressed
Ruffles potato chips in the United States the same year.[7][8]
Kwik Trip convenience stores sell an all dressed flavor of chips under their Urge store brand.[11]
Hy-Vee stores sell an All Dressed flavour of chips under the Drive Time store brand.[12]
Aldi stores sell an All Dressed flavour of chips seasonally under the Clancy's store brand.[13]
References
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abcDollinger, Stefan (2017). "23 Revising the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles World Englishes and linguistic variation in real time". The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography. Routledge. pp. 371–378.
ISBN978-1-315-10494-2.
OCLC1006417081.
^"Urge!". Kwik Trip. La Crosse, WI.
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