When it comes to crisps...

py2006 · 19-07-2017 07:14PM #1

...there always seems to be less in a pack of salt n vinegar compared to cheese n onion.

I've been saying this for years.

Particularly noticeable of late with Manhattan crisps. Is the flavouring more expensive so they cut back on the amount?

Also what's with people from certain areas of Dublin calling them, "Crips"?

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-07-2017 07:15PM

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The_Valeyard · 19-07-2017 07:16PM

Sure reading the ingredients would solve this?

AndyBoBandy · 19-07-2017 07:16PM

maybe the flavouring is heavier? hence less crisps, though ultimately the same weight.

Academic · 19-07-2017 07:16PM

py2006 wrote: »

...there always seems to be less in a pack of salt n vinegar compared to cheese n onion.

I've been saying this for years.

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Do they not list the weight on the bag?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 19-07-2017 07:16PM

Ok. Makes sense!

SEPT 23 1989 · 19-07-2017 07:17PM

Never eaten a Manhattan "crisp"

AndyBoBandy · 19-07-2017 07:18PM

py2006 wrote: »

...there always seems to be less in a pack of salt n vinegar compared to cheese n onion.

Mint Sauce · 19-07-2017 07:42PM

Pretty much any Keoghs flavour.

Jesus Wept · 19-07-2017 08:15PM

py2006 wrote: »

Also what's with people from certain areas of Dublin calling them, "Crips"?

An homage to this.

It's not a Dublin person thing, I grew up outside of Dublin hearing some people call them that. It's a learned can't/don't pronounce a word correctly thing.

Are Am Eye · 19-07-2017 08:18PM

The greater humidity in Ireland means the air between the crisps is laden with
moisture increasing the gross weight of the package of crips.

hullaballoo · 19-07-2017 08:29PM

*Fewer.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 19-07-2017 08:33PM

py2006 wrote: »

...there always seems to be less in a pack of salt n vinegar compared to cheese n onion.

I've been saying this for years.

Particularly noticeable of late with Manhattan crisps. Is the flavouring more expensive so they cut back on the amount?

Also what's with people from certain areas of Dublin calling them, "Crips"?

Didn't you know there is a worldwide salt & vinegar shortage. Stocks have never been so low, it's something to do with melting ice caps and solar flares.

fussyonion · 19-07-2017 08:59PM

Brannigans crisps are notorious for only giving you a few crisps in the bag, no matter what the flavour.

py2006 · 19-07-2017 09:11PM

Should we start a revolt?

greencap · 19-07-2017 09:18PM

py2006 wrote: »

Should we start a revolt?

No but we should have an experiment.

Weigh and count.

I'd do it myself but I'm not buying any poisonous salt and vinegar shyte.

As for the 'crips' use of this term means the person is working class and not to be trusted.

nkav86 · 20-07-2017 08:03AM

Has anyone noticed Hunky Dorys are putting less and less in the bag? They used to be the one ya can rely on for a decently filled bag!

OldMrBrennan83 · 20-07-2017 08:04AM

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LordSutch · 20-07-2017 08:14AM

nkav86 wrote: »

Has anyone noticed Hunky Dorys are putting less and less in the bag? They used to be the one ya can rely on for a decently filled bag!

Talking of which, I had a Kit Kat the other day and I could swear it was smaller than it used to be!

B0jangles · 20-07-2017 08:31AM

LordSutch wrote: »

Talking of which, I had a Kit Kat the other day and I could swear it was smaller than it used to be!

I noticed the same thing; full four fingers in the shop, shrank to nothing at all by the time I got home.

Bloody ripoff.

:mad:

RobbingBandit · 20-07-2017 08:36AM

Mr Tayto says Brits Out. Smoky Bacon beats all.

Badly Drunk Boy · 20-07-2017 08:44AM

I know of (manky) Manhattan popcorn, and their peanuts, but I've never seen the crisp products. Are they only sold in certain areas? Manhattan, maybe?

AndyBoBandy · 20-07-2017 08:59AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I know of (manky) Manhattan popcorn, and their peanuts, but I've never seen the crisp products. Are they only sold in certain areas? Manhattan, maybe?

Manhattan popcorn is epic, pour in a packet of cheese & onion King crisps and they become orgasmic.

Also Manhattan salted peanuts are 157 times better than the KP salted peanuts.

SlipperyPeople · 20-07-2017 09:13AM

the big bags of buffalo hunky dorys have way more flavour dust than the regular packets.

just sayin in case anyone didn't know...

El Weirdo · 20-07-2017 09:46AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Manhattan popcorn is epic, pour in a packet of cheese & onion King crisps and they become orgasmic.

Also Manhattan salted peanuts are 157 times better than the KP salted peanuts.

Their cheese & onion crisps are fucking deadly, too.

py2006 · 20-07-2017 09:49AM

all chocolate bars are wayyyyyy smaller than they used to be in the 80s.

Snickers are shockingly small now. Yorkie and Toblerlone have recently reduced in size dramatically.

py2006 · 20-07-2017 09:49AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

They're cheese & onion crisps are fucking deadly, too.

Yes they are fab. Mainly sold in pubs

biko · 20-07-2017 11:17AM

Did you try weighing?
"Seems" can be an inexact measurement.

Badly Drunk Boy · 20-07-2017 11:27AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Manhattan popcorn is epic, pour in a packet of cheese & onion King crisps and they become orgasmic.

Also Manhattan salted peanuts are 157 times better than the KP salted peanuts.

Manhattan peanuts are grand. I just think all popcorn is rotten, not just the Manhattan variety.

Are Am Eye · 20-07-2017 11:29AM

O Donnell cheese and onion, for quality and quantity. You've got to pay to get the good stuff.

20-07-2017 11:31AM

Are Am Eye wrote: »

O Donnell cheese and onion, for quality and quantity. You've got to pay to get the good stuff.

Are they them rotten yokes that cut the roof of your mouth off you when you try eating them?

When it comes to crisps...

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