Favorite crisps past or present!

Favorite crisps past or present!

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anonymous-user

60 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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BlindedByTheLights said:
pocketspring said:
hungry_hog said:
BlindedByTheLights said:
You can’t actually buy them though as they stopped making them in 2020.
yeah hence my comment saying sadly gone..


but why but why!
Please sign here...

https://www.change.org/p/kp-bring-back-brannigan-s...
64 people signed in 2 years, I can’t imagine why they stopped making them biglaugh
Because of the likes of you oppressing them. biglaugh

bigpriest

1,772 posts

136 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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Yes, you can grill crisp packets and they shrink but the foil (it's not real foil, it's plastic foil, whatever that means) makes them distort. This won't be going on my keyring. scratchchin

Before


After


Twisted mess

illmonkey

18,554 posts

204 months

Sunday 4th June 2023
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I get these every so often and nail them


Royal Jelly

3,757 posts

204 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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They really want you to know the weight.

Good call though. They seem to be an unwitting train journey staple for me.

dickymint

25,706 posts

264 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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As a kid in the sixties before quality assurance and standardisation gone mad, most packets would contain quite a few rogue thinner and very dark almost burnt crisps - they were like gold dust for me (a bit like being the lucky one and pouring out the toy in a bowl of Cornflakes in front of your Sister) so much like I had to search and find them before offering them around hehe I've waited for years for some company to actually make them 'dark' on purpose!
Likewise Quavers would often contain what some would call a couple of stale ones that were sort of chewy but rammed with cheesy flavour yum

Random photo of my ideal crisps.........



Edit: I'm going to make some - where can I get cheese and onion flavour Powder?

Edited by dickymint on Monday 5th June 14:33

generationx

7,449 posts

111 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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These are getting more and more available in Europe (at a price), previously my stepdaughter used to bring them back from Mexico. Awesome.

I once saw them on one of those highly trustworthy internet top five lists of the deadliest snacks in the world, potentially leading to heart problems. Love ‘em!


Baldinho

587 posts

220 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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Current favourite - Pipers Longhorn Beef
All time favourite - Tayto Cheese and Onion

vladcjelli

3,049 posts

164 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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generationx said:
These are getting more and more available in Europe (at a price), previously my stepdaughter used to bring them back from Mexico. Awesome.

I once saw them on one of those highly trustworthy internet top five lists of the deadliest snacks in the world, potentially leading to heart problems. Love ‘em!

We got a bag of the blue spicy ones when in the US last year. Grim. No redeeming features except giving you a blue tongue.

generationx

7,449 posts

111 months

Monday 5th June 2023
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vladcjelli said:
We got a bag of the blue spicy ones when in the US last year. Grim. No redeeming features except giving you a blue tongue.
Yeah those are weird. Stick to the original.

bumskins

1,884 posts

21 months

Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Probably a bit against the grain posting in a 'crisps' thread, but these used to contribute to a decent portion of my girth - a bag would be gone within 15-20 minutes and would habitually grab a couple of bags whenever I was near a Waitrose. Thankfully they were discontinued and i've not yet managed to find something that matches the piquant savoury flavour with the greasy, crunchy texture of a deep-fried bagel slice


theplayingmantis

4,401 posts

88 months

Friday 9th June 2023
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bumskins said:
Probably a bit against the grain posting in a 'crisps' thread, but these used to contribute to a decent portion of my girth - a bag would be gone within 15-20 minutes and would habitually grab a couple of bags whenever I was near a Waitrose. Thankfully they were discontinued and i've not yet managed to find something that matches the piquant savoury flavour with the greasy, crunchy texture of a deep-fried bagel slice

im fairly sure the dearly departed and missed phileas fogg snacks (the originals not the revamp a few years ago) did something similar in a purple pack, unless my childhood brain is playing tricks.

theplayingmantis

4,401 posts

88 months

Friday 9th June 2023
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it is playing tricks.

cursory google says they were garlic flavoured (yck) and not in a purple pack.

bolidemichael

14,935 posts

207 months

Friday 9th June 2023
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vladcjelli said:
generationx said:
These are getting more and more available in Europe (at a price), previously my stepdaughter used to bring them back from Mexico. Awesome.

I once saw them on one of those highly trustworthy internet top five lists of the deadliest snacks in the world, potentially leading to heart problems. Love ‘em!

We got a bag of the blue spicy ones when in the US last year. Grim. No redeeming features except giving you a blue tongue.
The local shop sells the ones in the image. They are quite interesting and leave a lime-type linger on the palate. Likely all of the odd chemicals working their way into one's central nervous system.

blue_haddock

3,789 posts

73 months

Friday 9th June 2023
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all i can say is "bring back worcester sauce tangy twiglets"

bolidemichael

14,935 posts

207 months

Saturday 10th June 2023
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Twiglets aren't crisps though nono

Blown2CV

29,485 posts

209 months

Friday 16th June 2023
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i'd love to taste snacks from the 1970s/80s. We'd assume they haven't changed much other than in size but i bet they'd be unrecognisable with all the sugar, salt and E numbers still in there! Monster munch, pot noodle etc!

Ham_and_Jam

2,554 posts

103 months

Friday 16th June 2023
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bolidemichael said:
Twiglets aren't crisps though nono
Neither are all the puffs / bakes / tortillas that are already mentioned in this thread, but WGAF.

Most people generally roll them altogether when discussing.

goldar

550 posts

28 months

Friday 16th June 2023
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Around 10 years ago Tesco had these jalapeno crisps on the shelves. They came with a sachet of chili powder, and my god were they amazing. Gradually over time they stopped including the sachet of chili powder which meant that they were just regular crisps, until eventually they discontinued them altogether. I still mourn for these crisps.



Any recommendations for something similar?

Team 17

623 posts

196 months

Friday 16th June 2023
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goldar said:
Around 10 years ago Tesco had these jalapeno crisps on the shelves. They came with a sachet of chili powder, and my god were they amazing. Gradually over time they stopped including the sachet of chili powder which meant that they were just regular crisps, until eventually they discontinued them altogether. I still mourn for these crisps.



Any recommendations for something similar?
Recommendation: Stop biting your nails tongue out.

Something similar: Google 'Real Hand Cooked Jalapeno Pepper Crisps' cloud9.

Edited by Team 17 on Friday 16th June 11:04


Edited by Team 17 on Friday 16th June 11:05

goldar

550 posts

28 months

Friday 16th June 2023
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That's a pic I found on Google wink