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The biggest differences I found between UK and US crisps were a) packet size - they only really do unfeasibly huge bags - and b) lack of flavour varieties.
The vast majority of US crisps are ready salted, and various cheese / steak / barbeque variants. Oh, and 'paprika', randomly. You can get salt & vinegar but it's nowhere near as ubiquitous as here.
In my experience, etc etc.
Recent convert to Mackies crisps....lovely!
The Salt n Vinnegar and Scotch Bonnet being the two highlights
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NOMNOMNOMNOM
No one seems to have mentioned the fact that Cheese n onions crisp packets should be green not blue. I refuse to eat cheese n onion crisps from a blue bag. I have some principles. according to wikipedia Golden Wonder launched the cheese & onion crisp flavour in 1962 In a GREEN packet. Somewhere down the line Walkers did the old switcharoo, for which they will never be forgiven. Kids these days think C & O are in a blue bag, the idiots!
grrr... we're heading towards the turbulent waters of the whole Marathon / Snickers debacle. My grandad didn't run up a French beach under machine gun fire just so they could call my Twix a Raider.
Not only that, but they swapped places with salt & vinegar. S&V in a green packet, I ask you. #firstworldproblems
Enjoy your Starburst, Harry.
Argh!
How did Golden Wonder lose such a massive market share to Walkers in the '80's? Walkers came from nowhere and suddenly Golden Wonder were way down the rankings.
How about corn tortillas, do they count?
It's a World gone mad Cougar
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How did Golden Wonder lose such a massive market share to Walkers in the '80's?
I've always wondered that, given that their crisps were utter baggins until they bought Smith's. Mind you, so were Golden Wonder's.
Whatever happened to Bensons? Crown Crisps, that was where it was at.
The boy Lineker, wasn't it?
I believe the sale of tiny satin football shorts went up during this period too.
Beef n onion = brown. that makes complete sense. But have you ever seen a blue onion? have yoooouuu??? Red, blue, green, brown, pink. That is the whole spectrum of crisps. That's all you need. It all went wrong with the introduction of Ham n mustard IMHO.
No one seems to have mentioned the fact that Cheese n onions crisp packets should be green not blue. I refuse to eat cheese n onion crisps from a blue bag. I have some principles. according to wikipedia Golden Wonder launched the cheese & onion crisp flavour in 1962 In a GREEN packet. Somewhere down the line Walkers did the old switcharoo, for which they will never be forgiven. Kids these days think C & O are in a blue bag, the idiots!
He's right you know.
Mad, but right.
What about the size of Monster Munch? Heres the paradox. Were they larger when we were younger or did they just look bigger because we were smaller? 😕
Cheese and onion in blue packets? Madness! Wars have been started over less! It's where the rot set in in our society!
Taken to it's logical conclusion, Gary Linaker and his skimpy satin shorts were responsible for last weeks rioting! Probably
What about the size of Monster Munch? Heres the paradox. Were they larger when we were younger or did they just look bigger because we were smaller?
Ah, but they've fixed that now, with Mega Monster Munch.
Wagon Wheels, now there's a 'kin crime against snacking. Roller skate wheels more like.
...and what happened to Outer Spacers eh?
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Like little MDF star fishes that tasted like licking the hand rails in a chemical plant. 6p a bag. I lived off them.
Gone. Like part of my childhood has been erased. I blame George Lucas.
Space Raiders aren't far off.
Speaking of retro snacks, I discovered a corner shop the other day that sells Thingies. Happy days.
What about these eh?
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No wonder pandas in captivity weren't breeding! The Chinese Governemnet had them working 18 hours a day weeing into small bottles that I used to buy for 8p from Presto in Whitefield.
Nurse. Time for my meds.
Outer Spacers! 😀
1. Flavour - Salt & Vinegar is best - Fact
2. Brand - Seabrooks
3. Packaging - BLUE
I would rather stick red hot needles in my eyes than eat cheese & onion crisps. Whoever (at that other company) was responsible for putting them in a blue bag is a sick man.
4. Butty (Optional) - white sliced. No butter.
has anybody made a ready-reckoner that displays crisp flavours vs colours used, split by manufacturer?
I really think if its not there we should make one, and start sorting this mess out for the Tories.
These are good:
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I like Tyrell's too - especially the sea salt and cider vinegar. The cider vinegar tastes great.
Big fan of Seabrook, even if they have some iffy flavours. A bit of grease won't kill you, you big ponce.
Walkers though. Awful. Slice thickness is far too ethereal, may as well be made out of paper, no potato flavour. With the exception of the Worcester sauce, the flavours ming.
Golden Wonder. Rare round here, every packet I've had tasted stale.
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DS is about to change your sorry lives.
Red Mill Quarter Backs. American Cheeseburger flavour.
The BEST 15p you'll ever spend.
Mod's - may as well close this one down now.
right. google hasn't turned up anything so lets go.
first off, plain old crisps and salt.
Ready salted, lightly salted or just salted? Got to be a red packet.
Next, Salt and Vinegar.
No poncy balsamic or cider vinegar allowed, just plain old vinegar. got to be a blue packet i'm afraid. Interestingly Walkers use blue for salt and vinegar fench fries.
Thirdly, Cheese and onion.
Green bag, no variant on the onion or cheese - theres no need to be too specific.
i've actually bored myself writing this.
Prawn Cocktail has to be pink.
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I used to think Prawn Cocktail crisps were exotic, but then I grew up on an East End council estate, not Grimsby where apparently prawns are a staple food...
Interestingly Walkers use blue for salt and vinegar fench fries.
No they bloody well don't. Salt and vinegar FFs come in a green pack. C&O FFs in a blue pack.
Am I the only person who likes salt 'n shake crisps, but discards the little blue packet, and enjoys them "pure"
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No, I once saw some really, really boring bloke do such a thing in a pub, then announce to everyone what he was doing, as if his actions were somehow rebellious and anarchic... 🙄
my apologies D-S, went to the shop to check and you are quite correct.
Steady on though, all those crisps must have raised your blood pressure...
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i also love the smiths minus the salt. braw.
There are only a couple of acceptable exceptions to the flavour/colour rule for crisp packets. This is acceptable for prawn cocktail
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and this for blue packets that aren't salt and vinegar
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Interestingly, while googling that I found these
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Has anyone tried them? Look promising 😀
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@ this thread
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyshield/4757268590/ ]XL cheese crisps are the bestest[/url]
Wish I had seen this thread before picking up some of the new Seabrook crisp flavours....THE worst crisps ever since those football specials last year!!
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No, I once saw some really, really boring bloke do such a thing in a pub, then announce to everyone what he was doing, as if his actions were somehow rebellious and anarchic...
Better to ostentatiously open packet & throw away all the crisps then neck the salt, now [i]that's[/i] snackanarchy....
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For the iDieters........
Has anyone tried them? Look promising
Yes - they're ace. They're like Wotsits and Flaming Hot Monster Munch had an illicit tryst behind the tills one lazy Saturday evening.
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Damn - these were good. Why do such fab snacks get discontinued?
And they are in a green, official C&O, coloured bag.
You can still get Ringos, but they're a pale imitation of their former glory.
Why do such fab snacks get discontinued?
COSHH regulations.
COSHH regulations.
Really? Were there a number of Ringo-related accidents (outside of the Beatles)?
Were there a number of Ringo-related accidents (outside of the Beatles)?
Chortle.
PARP!
Bloody Monster Munch.
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COSHH regulations.
You might have a point, thinking about it.
Kid at our school had a peanut allergy. We used to make him play Russian Roulette with a bag of Revels.
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Love these. For some reason they often remind me of walking home from the school disco...