Favorite Crisps

Giraffe Box · 20-05-2020 10:26am

Earthhorse wrote: »

I cannot believe Doritos are a successful product. Forget Apple; this is the real triumph of marketing over reality. It's basically cardboard shaped like a crisp. Horrible stuff.

Post lockdown Earthhorse has been enjoying a packet of these occasionally with his lunch.

People who think Cheese & Onion is an exciting flavour are also the kind to think that the weather forecast is a soap opera.

Agreed.
Great nosebag Earthhorse!

randd1 · 20-05-2020 10:36am

Lidl gourmet crisps, the ones in the black bags. Sea Salt & cider vinegar, mature cheddar and spring onion and sweet chilli & sour cream. great stuff.

McCoys flame grilled steak.
Thai onion rings.
McDonnells cheese & onion.

All great crisps as well.

I have to say I miss ghosties, snaps and banshee bones, haven't seen them in a while. Burger bites just don't have the same spice to them anymore either.

I also have to say I miss a full bag of crisps. I remember the Perri range (C&O, S&V, SB), the bags used to be nearly busting with crisps (and for a while they had a chance of winning 20 quid), these days you're lucky if you get a packet of crisps with enough in them to make a crisp sandwich.

EmmetSpiceland · 20-05-2020 10:37am

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Fuck off with the Doritos you spiteful pricks.

Well said, T. Spot on.

Especially that blue “cool” flavour one. Had to stop eating them altogether.

Really not good for the auld “digestion”. Found I was getting, severely, dehydrated after a bag of them and this, then, lead to a gritty, dry, sharp and scratchy “stool” that was not pleasant to pass. Not pleasant at all.

kg703 · 20-05-2020 10:45am

Walkers Thai Sweet Chilli Sensations - I can't actually buy them anymore due to a serious addiction. I literally cant get enough of them and it got to the point where I was angry if I didnt have a pack a day. I'm now allowed a pack on my birthday

I'm loving Cali crisps at the moment, the chipotle and the sweet chilli ones are delicious! Nutritional value is really decent too compared to other crisps, made from chickpea flour and are gluten free but the flavour of them are whopper and they are nice and crunchy too.

https://calicalifoods.com/

Used to love bikers as a kid

Tried a pack a couple of years back....just not the same!

Homelander · 20-05-2020 10:51am

Probably Salt and Vinegar Pringles or Doritos Chili Heatwave.

Just ate a full 150G bag of Doritos Flamin Hot Tangy Cheese....jesus they aren't joking about the flaming hot, I was sweating afterwards.

Omackeral · 20-05-2020 10:53am

Jaffa cakes.

YFlyer · 20-05-2020 11:07am

What happened to Sam Spudz?

Uncharted · 20-05-2020 11:08am

Omackeral wrote: »

Jaffa cakes.

Fcukin' knew it....

Man Vs ManUre · 20-05-2020 12:26pm

Cadbury’s Golden Crisp.

uch · 20-05-2020 10:42pm

YFlyer wrote: »

What happened to Sam Spudz?

Best crips ever forgot about them, bit like meself, small package but tasty

Bif · 20-05-2020 10:52pm

McCoys Salt & Vinegar a very enjoyable crunch!

Aglomerado · 20-05-2020 10:54pm

O'Donnell's cheese and onion or Ballymaloe relish flavour.ðŸ˜Š

DanielODonnell · 20-05-2020 10:57pm

I enjoy Walkers oven baked cheese and onion Crisps, they are very crunchy and the 6 pack can be quickly swallowed. I hafe fancy Crisps in those pretentious flavours, the type that feminists would buy, they give me a sore stomach, "caramelised cheddar and red wine flavour", carry on like that.

twirlagig · 20-05-2020 10:59pm

Jonnie Onion Rings are lovely, blue bag.
Discos Salt & Vinegar from years ago would nearly take the skin off the roof off your mouth, but I loved them!

2Mad2BeMad · 20-05-2020 11:00pm

Bikers spicy flavour
Never see them sold anymore think there a classic crisp now that you can only order online.
Use to love them growing up

jaxxx · 20-05-2020 11:03pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

It must be an awful existence if your favourite flavour of crisp is “cheese and onion”.

What a dull, and miserable, taste to consider a favourite. Sad really.

Pot, meet kettle.

uch · 20-05-2020 11:06pm

In all this confusion, people seem to forget that Joe 'Spud' Murphy invented Cheese and Onion flavouring of crisps in 1954-55 and to this day nothing has bettered it, and away with you with yer corn shíte and so on, crisps are made of potato, anything not made of potato is pure shíte

JohnnyFlash · 20-05-2020 11:09pm

Picked up a 6 pack of Monster Claws from Aldi during my weekly shop. I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't disappointed in having that opinion.

Monster Munch have gone to hell over the years, but these were the next level of awfulness. Insipid is the best word I could use to describe them.

Is it safe to feed 5 packets of Monster Claws to ducks?

Capt'n Midnight · 20-05-2020 11:24pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Jaffa cakes.

They get crisper as they get stale.

That was a key argument in a major court case to get them put on a lower VAT rate.

Nigel Fairservice · 20-05-2020 11:29pm

The Dunnes Stores Simply Better salt and vinegar are amazing. Salt and vinegar Discos were great too.
I wouldn't say no to Wheelies or Bacon Fries either.

snoopboggybog · 20-05-2020 11:32pm

I do like the odd Tayto Cheese and Onion sandwich on white bread laced with butter from time to time.

jaxxx · 21-05-2020 12:02am

snoopboggybog wrote: »

I do like the odd Tayto Cheese and Onion sandwich on white bread laced with butter from time to time.

End thread, we've got a winner.

fonecrusher1 · 21-05-2020 12:18am

Scampi Fries

Particularly delicious with a pint of beer.

Dtp1979 · 21-05-2020 12:24am

Best cheese and onion are probably Tayto or walkers
Best Thai sweet chilli are walkers, no doubt
Best salt and vinegar, and I’ve done extensive research into this, is O’Donnells
Best tub crisp is surprisingly Aldi’s version of Pringles. My fave being plain ol ready Salted

Panthro · 21-05-2020 12:26am

I'd make bits of a bag a Tayto Thai Rings.
Oriental flavour.

Jayyyyysus.

PTH2009 · 21-05-2020 12:28am

Jonny onion rings

Umm

cbreeze · 21-05-2020 12:31am

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Smiths used to do a snack called Cheese Moments, but I can't find it anywhere

chopperbyrne · 21-05-2020 11:05am

Walkers Max Cheese and Onion

No other cheese and onion crisp comes close.

fussyonion · 21-05-2020 11:34am

Monster Munch
Doritos Tangy Cheese
Bbq Hula Hoops.

21-05-2020 11:35am

Walkers prawn cocktail ............ beautiful

Beechwoodspark · 21-05-2020 11:36am

aldi Cassidy’s brand are actually really nice.

fonecrusher1 · 21-05-2020 11:52am

Augeo wrote: »

Walkers prawn cocktail ............ beautiful

Tayto prawn cocktail nicer.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 21-05-2020 1:32pm

21-05-2020 1:34pm

cbreeze wrote: »

Smiths used to do a snack called Cheese Moments, but I can't find it anywhere

I always see them advertised on the cardboard that the Scampi Fries come on but I've never actually seen them in any shop/pub.

never_mind · 21-05-2020 1:37pm

The fancy salt and vinegar taytos are the dream.
I also like velvet crunch when I'm trying to be skinny (lol).

These bad boys are canadian and are AMAZING:

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fonecrusher1 · 21-05-2020 1:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I always see them advertised on the cardboard that the Scampi Fries come on but I've never actually seen them in any shop/pub.

Many say this particular species of Smiths pub treats are actually extinct. They're often photographed in the wild along side scampi fries and bacon fries but i've never had them. They're the snow leopard of savoury snacks.

Man Vs ManUre · 21-05-2020 4:23pm

Prawn crackers from the Chinese.

Beechwoodspark · 21-05-2020 5:20pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I always see them advertised on the cardboard that the Scampi Fries come on but I've never actually seen them in any shop/pub.

Had them years ago. Wasn’t mad on them but not bad for a change every so often

Grandeeod · 21-05-2020 5:24pm

Somebody asked about Sam Spudz crisps earlier in the thread. Largo foods bought them out in 1996 and phased out the brand in favour of their own Hunky Dorys brand and the crinkle cut smokey bacon crisp was no more.

Grandeeod · 21-05-2020 5:37pm

never_mind wrote: »

The fancy salt and vinegar taytos are the dream.
I also like velvet crunch when I'm trying to be skinny (lol).

These bad boys are canadian and are AMAZING:

Walkers (same company) do them in the UK. My daughter is mad about them. Not sold in Ireland for some reason. Very tasty.

LeYouth · 21-05-2020 5:49pm

never_mind wrote: »

The fancy salt and vinegar taytos are the dream.
I also like velvet crunch when I'm trying to be skinny (lol).

These bad boys are canadian and are AMAZING:

You just couldn't get a more off putting imagine on the front of a bag of crisps if you tried. Dear god.

Capt'n Midnight · 21-05-2020 7:16pm

Cheezels in the blue packet that looked like Chickatees.

I have tried many "cheese" snacks none come close and most are mank.

Four Phucs Ache · 21-05-2020 7:49pm

The best crisps I ever had were king luxury, or king pub crisps, circa 1990 in a pub.

The flavour was explosive matched with ice cold coke in a glass.

The packet was navy, it's a memory I have anyway.

Possible that it was so good is because 10yo me must have been starving while my dad was watching one of the italia 90 world cup matches and forgot I existed for several hours.

playonplayette · 22-05-2020 7:10am

Anyone remember Farmer Browns?

Use to hang around with this fella and wind his older sister up saying she fancied this local fella, Tom Brown (his surname was brown.) She worked in a kiosk and we'd go up and ask for loads of sweets and at the end point towards the Farmer Brown crisps behind the counter and say 'and eh just a packet of those Tommy Browns there aswell please' and she'd lean down to get them, realise half way, jump back up and tell is to ****off :pac:

If I could only choose one and never eat the others ever again, I'd choose King. They're my standard go to crisp.

theteal · 22-05-2020 7:16am

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Do they even make them still.

Nope, not for a couple of decades and that fact is nothing short of criminal

WAW · 22-05-2020 7:32am

Crisps: Tayto or King cheese and onion. O'Donnell's Hickory or Ballymaloe relish. All of the above work great alongside a crusty sandwich roll!
Keoghs or O'Donnell's (better) salt and vinegar. Kettle do nice crisps as well. Can't have salt and vinegar with a sandwich...just doesn't work!
Corn Snacks: Chipsticks or monster/mighty munch or Johnny onion rings or rancheros. Snax get a look in too but slightly too dry. Definitely agree with the comment that the mini chips have become bland, bland, bland.
Anyone remember Burger bites?
None of the above corn snacks work with a sandwich. They can only be paired with a fizzy drink or a chewy bar of some description.
I know me crisps and corn snacks!!

WAW · 22-05-2020 7:36am

Four Phucs Ache wrote: »

The best crisps I ever had were king luxury, or king pub crisps, circa 1990 in a pub.

The flavour was explosive matched with ice cold coke in a glass.

The packet was navy, it's a memory I have anyway.

Possible that it was so good is because 10yo me must have been starving while my dad was watching one of the italia 90 world cup matches and forgot I existed for several hours.

King Pub crisps were a step above alright. Good soakage.

Optimalprimerib · 22-05-2020 7:44am

I love crisps. Rancheros are amazing, but I have a few wierd combinations I like too.

Tayto/king cheese and onion doused in vinegar.
Chipsticks dipped in Nutella.

There is an Indian brand of snacks that would powerhouse the insides out of you as well but I can never find them in Ireland. They are savage.

Gizmo55 · 22-05-2020 7:48am

Four Phucs Ache wrote: »

The best crisps I ever had were king luxury, or king pub crisps, circa 1990 in a pub.

The flavour was explosive matched with ice cold coke in a glass.

The packet was navy, it's a memory I have anyway.

Possible that it was so good is because 10yo me must have been starving while my dad was watching one of the italia 90 world cup matches and forgot I existed for several hours.

The nicest crisps ever. Where have they gone?!

Matmania · 22-05-2020 8:01am

King used to do a corn snack called crunch-cho. Fav crisp growing up. 12p at the time when most where 20p.

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