Chip Report

buffett · #1 11-25-2005, 10:08 PM

Englishteastore was running a special on shipping a few months ago, so I thought it would be fun to buy some crazily-flavored chips/crisps from England and eat them with my nephews at Thanksgiving. Well, I forgot so tonight (Friday) my parents and I ate turkey sandwiches and tried the following flavors of Walker's brand crisps:

Prawn Cocktail By far Dad's least favorite flavor. More ketchupy than shrimpy.

Smoky Bacon I made my dad guess the flavors of each chip without showing him the package, and this was the only flavor he guessed correctly.

Beef & Onion Beefy, oniony. Kinda gross.

Roast Chicken Mmmm...tasted like chicken.

Worcester Sauce Nowhere near as salty as I was expecting. Quite pleasant. My favorite.

Marmite Nowhere near as gross as I was expecting. Marmite taste was very muted in comparison to the potato chip taste. Dad's favorite.

Overall Brits are weird. Chips weren't as weird or as salty as I was expecting them to be.

Best Comment Mom: "You can buy chips on the internet?!?"

#2 11-26-2005, 02:26 AM

Ok this post is pretty interesting so I'm bumping it.
Smokey bacon sounds decent.

BradleyT · #3 11-26-2005, 02:36 AM

I bought some sea salt & cracked peppercorn potato chips from the store the other day. They were ok but not as good as sea salt & malt vinegar IMO.

Does anyone make ketchup potato chips anymore? I know Old Dutch used to but haven't seen them in probably 10 years.

#4 11-26-2005, 02:40 AM

So how much did all those chips run you buffet?

eviljeff · #5 11-26-2005, 02:14 PM

are you using the word "chips" in the American way or the British way?

diebitter · #6 11-26-2005, 02:17 PM

Smoky Bacon crisps and marmite crisps rock!

mason55 · #7 11-26-2005, 02:20 PM

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Does anyone make ketchup potato chips anymore? I know Old Dutch used to but haven't seen them in probably 10 years.

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They're sold under the Lay's brand name in Canada.

2+2 wannabe · #8 11-26-2005, 03:00 PM

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Does anyone make ketchup potato chips anymore? I know Old Dutch used to but haven't seen them in probably 10 years.

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They're sold under the Lay's brand name in Canada.

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that doesn't seem right....

#9 11-26-2005, 03:06 PM

Chips. Like Potato chips. What is the British meaning of chips?

#10 11-26-2005, 03:07 PM

french fries