We Americans love our potato chips, but we don't all love the same kind of potato chips. And a recent survey by American Food Roots proves that claim.

For instance, the Pacific Northerners like Tim's Cascade Style potato chips. They are a  staple in Seattle and similar areas.  The chips are big and thick and are seasoned with strong flavors such as jalapeno pepper (from real peppers) and salt and vinegar. Chips sprinkled with Johnny’s Seasoning – a salty, garlicky mixture that is to Seattle what Old Bay is to the Chesapeake – offer a hyper-local specialty.

People who live in the Rockies love Boulder Canyon Natural Foods potato chips. Rugged mountain terrain and rugged chips. They are kettle chips with artisan flavors such as Boulder Canyon’s red wine vinegar chips and balsamic and rosemary chips, which are the most popular.

In the Midwest, Mikesell's potato chips are the fave. With two dozen varieties, the no-nonsense “original groovy” – a thick-cut chip with ridges — is the best selling.

In the Southwest, Poore Brothers potato chips, a brand we don't generally have in Texas, is the most popular. These thick-cut, slow-cooked chips from Arizona capture their region with flavors such as super spicy habanero and three-cheese jalapeno.

The Mid Atlantic region loves Route 11 potato chips. They're hand-cooked in the Shenandoah Valley town of Mount Jackson, Va. Curly, crunchy chips from this company come in flavors such as dill pickle and “Mama Zuma’s Revenge" -- a blazing hot chile flavor. But it takes a local to understand their crab chips.

“Crab chips are our most controversial because the flavor’s not understood outside this region,” says company founder Sarah Cohen. “When people from California order them we try to talk them out of it because we figure they won’t get it.”

In the Southeast, Golden Flake potato chips take the cake... or chip.  These light, flaky chips come in five different types of barbecue, combining the texture Southerners prefer with their most argued-over flavor. The Birmingham, Alabama-based Golden Flake Snack Foods also makes a thick-cut chip, says marketing director Julie McLaughlin, for “transplants.”

In my home front, my favorite potato chip will always be a good kettle chip. My fave of the faves is jalapeno and salt and vinegar. My hubby, however, likes a straight up wavy potato chip or BBQ-flavored chip.

What's your favorite potato chip? Let us know in the comments!

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