Norn Iron Tayto Crisps - Just Not The Same

JupiterKid

So I'm up in the North for the weekend and up very late vegging in front of the TV at a relative's house. He and his wife went to bed over an hour ago, and I should do likewise in a few mins.

I'm munching on a pack of Norn Iron Tayto salt & vinegar crisps, and they are rather nice, but the NI Tayto cheese & onion is vile compared to the original - and IMO - the best.

Why does the North even have a separate Tayto crisps? Does that mean it will eventually have its own Tayto Park?

And this has got me to pose the Big Question...

...since Tayto are the finest cheese and onion crisps on the planet, why haven't they gone global? Is is really fair to deprive the Taiwanese or the Malawians of the glorious taste of Tayto?

Your Face

They taste different because there's no need for salt up there.

punisher5112

Eye.... I knows why, I use to work there and dip me cheese in there all the time.....

It was known for many of us to do the dip....

Award winning dip oh the cheesy nob

Gregor Samsa

JupiterKid wrote: »

Why does the North even have a separate Tayto crisps?

Two completely different companies. The NI one was licenced in the 50s.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayto_(Northern_Ireland)

Bit like the Bulmers situation.

TheValeyard

They just like to be different up there.

gmisk

It's just the situation in the community

whisky_galore

Free Staytos are an overrated crisp. Some of the smaller Irish producers have far nicer ones.

Richard Hillman

It's because their crop of potatoes are not blessed with holy water by a catholic priest every crop season.

branie2

Aye

nullzero

Northern Irish Tayto will not bow down to the demands of crisp eaters South of the border.

tcawley29

Those protestants, up to no good as usual :pac:

Deebles McBeebles

If ever there was a valid reason for a hard border its this.

Liamalone

Northern Tayto cheese n onion are far tastier to those found south, no contest.

whisky_galore

whisky_galore wrote: »

Free Staytos are an overrated crisp. Some of the smaller Irish producers have far nicer ones.

Id agree. O'Donnells are majestic. Id take a packet of Kings over them too.

On a slightly different note why don't Tayto Park offer smokey bacon or s&v upon exit?

jimgoose

Jaffa bawstards, subvertin' our Taytos!! :mad:

odyssey06

Alert: Good Friday Agreement violation.

Under the parity of esteem clause, you are not allowed to slag off Norn Iron version of crisps, cider, whiskey etc.

The OP has hereby been reported to Bertie Ahern, who will make you eat Norn Iron Tayto until you apologise.

JohnnyFlash

Nordies are famously dour and humourless people. Perhaps the lack of quality crisps has a small part to play in that?

uch

You should try the Spring Onion flavour, they are savage

furiousox

Manhattan cheese & onion are amazing if you can find them.
The crystal meth of crisps.

Badly Drunk Boy

uch wrote: »

You should try the Spring Onion flavour, they are savage

Remember the Spring Onion flavour from the non-Nordie Tayto? I'd say they must have been out in the late 80s.

Dyr

furiousox wrote: »

Manhattan cheese & onion are amazing if you can find them.
The crystal meth of crisps.

They're savage all right, you know you're on the hard shtuff with Manhattan

awec

I am not sure if officially the recipe is different, but the southern crisps seem much thinner and have a weaker taste to me compared to the northern version, which is clearly far better.

biko

Strong stout crisps, far superior to weaker traitor crisps.

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