Getting a bit bored with salted peanuts and crisps. My favourite is the crackling from roast belly of pork (chopped into strips and sprinkled with sea salt, eaten cold), but Mrs T doesn't do it very often. What snack can I get from a packet that goes well with beer/cold lager?
scampi fries
Wasabi peas.
Got to be Pork Scratchings
Definately pork scratchings!
I like the sound of those pork scratchings. Are they real or reconstituted/artificial? Sorry to sound like a numpty, but although I've seen them, I've never tried them before.
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Can get through a few packs of these at the pub quiz. 🙂
Wasabi peanuts, better than peas.
Wasabi peanuts, better than peas.
Not if you hate peanuts 🙂
pork pie
bombay mix
bovril
Pumpkin seeds!
Flapjacks.
If you can find a decent butcher then get Pork Scratchings. They are just the same as the pork skin your mrs does. Although you can get the skin from Morrisons sometimes.
Chips.
wasabi broad beans; better than nuts or peas.
or habas fritas (broad beans again)
Get ye to a tapas bar and see how it should be done, this packet stuff's OK if there's nothing better available, but...
Pork Crunch, like a cross between a Pork Scratching and a Prawn Cracker..
Mmmmm!!!
No Pork Crunch is just WRONG!!!
Black pudding, my old local used to spoil us with a few rounds on the bar. Goes a treat with some proper ale 🙂
16oz ribeye
More beer 🙂
Pork Crunch. If a Quaver and a Wotsit had a lovechild, then this would be their first born.
+1 for proper tapas, failing that go for
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chili dip.
pickled egg 🙂
APF
Asda do something called soya nuts - lovely, high protein and lowish fat. Great with beer.
Scratchings without doubt, but I'll also offer up...
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Pork crunch is disgusting. The barmaid that served me that under the guise of pork scratchings almost wore the packet and my pint.
Monster Munch - Pickled Onion flavour
Pickled onions
Pickled eggs
Prawns, cockles and mussels (sometimes served in pubs in the north and east of that London)
Roast potatoes
Lamb Dupiaza and Chips from Uncle Raj.
Biltong and other SA dried meat treats. And smoking.
bag of ready salted with a pickled egg in the top.
Got to be scratchings - nothing else comes close, even my dog agrees 😉
KP chilli peanuts are amazing. And amazingly addictive.
Depends on the pint really.
For example - steak mccoys: very good, but best with an ale, as the flavour's pretty strong (and repeats)
Scampie fries - lager, as you don't want the beer overpowering the delicate fishy flavours
Pork scratching - probably not til you've had a couple of pints, particularly if you come across a hairy one...
Pistachios - more a posh winebar type thing, but good if you can get 'em.
Obviously the best pint-related snack is a full on curry down the local curryhouse...
A warm scotch egg, preferably with a pickle to match the beer. A good pork pie comes in close at #2. Bonus being that you can cut both of them up so you don't eat it all at once!
Scratching if in a pub.
Biltong
Lamb/vegetable/chicken samosas, if they are freshly cooked all the better but microwaved will do. Great with a flavoursome ale.
scratchings the more like toe nails the better.
or my fave a pickled egg in a bag of salt and vinegar crips.
what about crab sticks/cockles etc if you have a local fish seller who does a pub round I haven't seen one in years to be honest.
Best. Crisps. Ever.
A packet of these and a pint of Hoegaarden and Im happier than a cat with two cocks.
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Chips and mayo.
Actually, throw in a currywurst too and a bread roll for the whole Schnell Imbiss experience.
Biltong and other SA dried meat treats. And smoking.
There is no greater truth than this.
Can't believe no-one's mentioned that perfect accompaniment to a good night out on the bev yet....
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The best accompaniment to a pint that I've found is another pint.
TBH, normally I'd skip pub snacks and save may appetite for a pizza on the way home.
Cockles
Chillie Pickled Onions (Lamb and Fox, Pwll Du this Sunday)
Roast Potatoes on the bar
Pickled egg and Beef Chisps
White Radish (E-Europe Stylee)
Chips
Ham Sandwiches on Darts/Pool night
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Best. Crisps. Ever.
A packet of these and a pint of Hoegaarden and Im happier than a cat with two cocks.
+1, although I seem to remember then being tastier & not quite as strong in the mustard deparment when they first came out, I also like the ham & pickle flavour.
Anyone remember how bad ads used to be?
hot roast potatoes with a nice bit of cheese goes down well in my local on a sunday when they put them out on the bar... or a nice warm peppery devonshire pasty.. Moores make the best by a country mile..