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All-dressed (French: assaisonnées or French: toute garnie[1]) is a potato chip flavour popular in Canada.[2] It is a combination of ketchup, BBQ, sour cream and onion, and salt and vinegar.
History
[edit]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 Quebec-based company, is known to have created a variety of the flavour in 1978.[3] 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, where it refers to a combination of several different flavors: ketchup, BBQ, sour cream and onion, and salt and vinegar. Many early references to the flavour all-dressed are linked to pizza flavour potato chips.[1]
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.[4] Frito-Lay began selling all-dressed Ruffles potato chips in the United States that same year.[5] Co-op Food in the United Kingdom began selling a limited edition all dressed variety crisp as part of their Irresistible range in 2024.[6]
Frito-Lay brought their All Dressed-flavoured Lay's potato chips to the United States for the first time in January 2025. The flavor was formally introduced during a Superbowl 59 in-game commercial. The launch came with a sweepstakes that allowed entrants to enter for a chance to win an "All-dressed, All-Inclusive Vacation". [7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dollinger, 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. ISBN 978-1-315-10494-2. OCLC 1006417081.
- ^ Patel, Ari (23 September 2015). "Ruffles All Dressed Will Now Be Available In The United States". Huffington Post (Canada). Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Provencher, Liz (19 March 2020). "How to Get Your Hands on All Dressed Chips". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Chips So Good You'll Have to Go to Jail to Get Them". NBC News. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ William-Ross, Lindsay (16 September 2015). "FINALLY: All Dressed chips are available in the U.S." Vancity Buzz. Vancouver. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "These are our tasting panel's favourite crisps for snacking this summer". 30 April 2024.
- ^ Chesanek, Carissa (7 January 2025). "Lay's Is Bringing Its Most-Requested Flavor to the U.S. For the First Time Ever". Allrecipes. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Lay's to Introduce Canadian Flavor 'All Dressed' in the U.S. During Super Bowl 59". DesignRush. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 19 January 2026.