Pub crisps

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 04:50PM

Tzardine wrote: »

Nope , my childhood too.

Many a Sunday involved running around the pub like a mad thing, off my head on red lemonade.

jimgoose wrote: »

Well, I used to belly-up to the bar in the village local at the age of about twelve, with a half-full glass of Smithwicks and a couple of packets of them Taytos with my Dad, God rest him. I guess I had a hard life too! :cool::pac::pac::pac:

Haha hard life me hole, back then i thought a trip to the pub was like winning the lotto! A pound off most of my aul lads mates to shut me up and all the free crisps and lemonade a young boy could ask for! If only life was still so simple!

FGR · 20-02-2014 05:04PM

Perri Pan Fried were the business.

Wish they were still around.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 20-02-2014 05:09PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Nobby's Nuts are where it's at.

He makes a valid point.

Lyaiera · 20-02-2014 05:16PM

Tzardine wrote: »

Held back a few years were you ?

No.

A lot of people are legally old enough to drink in their final year of school.
A lot of people are able to get served long before they are legally old enough to drink.

As it happens I was diagnosed with an illness about two months before I was due to sit my Leaving Cert and missed out on all bar one of my exams. I "repeated" the next year.

saintsaltynuts · 20-02-2014 05:20PM

They we're glorious with a pint of Guinness.Although you couldn't get the shift afterwards cause of the smell of ye.

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 05:23PM

I'm still not sure we have a firm conclusion of what brand actually made these marvellous crisps?

Are we in agreement that it was it Tayto? Surely there is a forum member who works at Tayto who could have a whisper in the ear of the head spud and have these things reintroduced with the original recipe??

jimgoose · 20-02-2014 05:24PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I'm still not sure we have a firm conclusion of what brand actually made these marvellous crisps?

Are we in agreement that it was it Tayto? Surely there is a forum member who works at Tayto who could have a whisper in the ear of the head spud and have these things reintroduced with the original recipe??

I seem to recall they were more cooked than the regular crisps??

Riskymove · 20-02-2014 05:25PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

That looks more like a beer mat

That's cause it is a beer mat

wandatowell · 20-02-2014 05:27PM

My local started selling salt and vinegar peanuts

jimgoose · 20-02-2014 05:28PM

wandatowell wrote: »

My local started selling salt and vinegar peanuts

Intriguing. Where does one subscribe to this newsletter??

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 05:28PM

Riskymove wrote: »

That's cause it is a beer mat

I can't ever remember seeing a Tayto beer mat!

fussyonion · 20-02-2014 07:57PM

My local pub still sells Pub Crisps.
And for whoever mentioned Pan-Fried Perri...yep they were the business.

zenno · 20-02-2014 08:00PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Does anyone remember "pub crisps" this was actually the name of the crisps, and as far as i'm aware were only ever sold in pubs! Think they might have been made by Tayto but i'm not certain! All i remember is they were glorious and i want them, now!

The cheese & onion pub crisps were lovely for sure. They sell Manhattan cheese & onion in most pubs now and they are even nicer, really full flavour. €1 a pack though but damn nice, they are in a black coloured packet.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 20-02-2014 08:05PM

Those tayto Honest Crisps weren't bad either.

Not like those Lying Bastard Crisps.

BraziliaNZ · 20-02-2014 08:06PM

I used to love when my dad came home from pub with some for me, I'd be over the moon. I think they were the same but even more salty and MSG-ey, or whatever flavourings they use. Makes sense as more flavour and salt is great with pints.

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 08:11PM

fussyonion wrote: »

My local pub still sells Pub Crisps.
And for whoever mentioned Pan-Fried Perri...yep they were the business.

Is your local somehow a gateway back to 1990 or are they just flogging crisps that are so long expired they have actually sprouted new spuds?

Davarus Walrus · 20-02-2014 08:15PM

A couple of bags of Scampi Fries can do down nicely if you start 'hitting the wall' with your pint drinking. Suitable for vegetarians too if you have a fussy eater as a drinking companion.

nlgbbbblth · 20-02-2014 09:05PM

Dealz sell a six pack of Bacon Fries and Scampi Fries for €1.49 [contains three bags of each].

I went through a dozen six packs in the few weeks coming up to Christmas.

Now on a strict diet as a result.

harry Bailey esq · 20-02-2014 09:11PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Yeah, although I think it was King who made them rather than Tayto (I could be wrong on that), but it was definitely one of the two anyway.
Now that you've mentioned it, I'd love nothing more than a packet.

yeah king made them,taytos version were called luxury crisps.Havnt seen either for sale in a good while

nlgbbbblth · 20-02-2014 09:16PM

The Tayto variety of Pub Crisps is post #6

fussyonion · 20-02-2014 09:22PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Is your local somehow a gateway back to 1990 or are they just flogging crisps that are so long expired they have actually sprouted new spuds?

No, King still make PubCrisps. My local sells them. Lovely they are too.

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 09:31PM

fussyonion wrote: »

No, King still make PubCrisps. My local sells them. Lovely they are too.

As stated previously these are not the crisps in question. The crisps im talking about were around in the earrly 90's i think and all that was on the pack was a large "PUB" i think the packet was a dark yellow or maybe even brown i cant remember for sure.

20-02-2014 09:42PM

Back in the day, the price was printed on the Taytos bag
Exhibit A

Pub crisps never had the price on the packaging, so when Taytos were 6p, pubs could extort a hungry drunk for 10p or 12p a packet.

fussyonion · 20-02-2014 10:08PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

As stated previously these are not the crisps in question. The crisps im talking about were around in the earrly 90's i think and all that was on the pack was a large "PUB" i think the packet was a dark yellow or maybe even brown i cant remember for sure.

I remember PubCrisps from years ago that were in a dark blue and red bag and the word PUB was big, on the front.
Those ones?

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 10:11PM

fussyonion wrote: »

I remember PubCrisps from years ago that were in a dark blue and red bag and the word PUB was big, on the front.
Those ones?

I'd love to see a photo of a pack! i know the memories would flood back to me!

nlgbbbblth · 20-02-2014 10:14PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

As stated previously these are not the crisps in question. The crisps im talking about were around in the earrly 90's i think and all that was on the pack was a large "PUB" i think the packet was a dark yellow or maybe even brown i cant remember for sure.

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I'd love to see a photo of a pack! i know the memories would flood back to me!

I feel like I'm watching the Kit Kat panda ad

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

The Tayto variety of Pub Crisps is post #6

See the image in the post.

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 10:15PM

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

I feel like I'm watching the Kit Kat panda ad

See the image in the post.

Again... that is a beer mat, not a packet of crisps

Silverbling · 20-02-2014 10:21PM

I do not know how to upload a picture, if you google image king pub crisps it is there, in the red bag

nlgbbbblth · 20-02-2014 10:29PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

Again... that is a beer mat, not a packet of crisps

what about this

https://www.facebook.com/RareIrishStuff/photos/pb.114988765251787.-2207520000.1392931713./524089284341731/?type=3&theater

SpaceCowb0y · 20-02-2014 10:36PM

Silverbling wrote: »

I do not know how to upload a picture, if you google image king pub crisps it is there, in the red bag

You clearly haven't read through the thread

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