Favorite crisps past or present!

[anonymous-user]

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

Because of the likes of you oppressing them.

[bigpriest]

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.

Before


After


Twisted mess

[illmonkey]

I get these every so often and nail them

[Royal Jelly]

They really want you to know the weight.

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

[dickymint]

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 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

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]

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]

Current favourite - Pipers Longhorn Beef
All time favourite - Tayto Cheese and Onion

[vladcjelli]

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]

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]

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]

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]

it is playing tricks.

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

[bolidemichael]

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]

all i can say is "bring back worcester sauce tangy twiglets"

[bolidemichael]

Twiglets aren't crisps though

[Blown2CV]

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]

bolidemichael said:

Twiglets aren't crisps though

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]

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]

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 .

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

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

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

[goldar]

That's a pic I found on Google