Crisps

[Lewis]

They're the only thing standing between kids who like purple stuff and mandatory sex changes.

[randomlegend]

The walkers double crunch crisps are banging.

[Giggles]

Those two are repulsive creatures.

[niko_cee]

These Walkers Max Fiery Peri Peri are another decent offering from a knock-out line.

[SvN]

Quavers have brought back salt and vinegar and prawn cocktail varieties.

[Jimmy Floyd]

*Walkers Max Strong

There's basically no other crisp worth eating, they need to ban all the others and force them to do those in every flavour.

[Giggles]

*Walkers Max Strong

There's basically no other crisp worth eating, they need to ban all the others and force them to do those in every flavour.

Are they the lime pickle/wings/jalepeno ones? They're fucking unreal good.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep. Like eating crisps in HD.

[Disco]

The jalapeno ones are immense.

[SincereTheRebel]

I confirm. Those jalapeno ones are top 3 selected next to flamin hot monster munch and transform-a-snack

[Ian]

Just had some of these.
https://assets.sainsburys-groceries.co.uk/gol/8053552/1/640x640.jpg

Pretty decent, wouldn't have minded a bit more heat though.

[Offshore Toon]

Kinda relative to the thread as they have a crisp-like coating, but the sweet chilli coated peanuts from Tesco are magnificent.

[Giggles]

I know they’re a pale comparison to their former glory these days, but Brexit seems to have permanently deprived me of Nik Naks.

[Spikey M]

I keep reading about food shortages over here, but I'm yet to experience it myself. The prices have gone up, but I think that's just the shops being a bunch of chancers.

[Giggles]

We’ve lost the food in those weird household bargain shops that sold food because it was all imported. The Range, Home Bargains, etc.

Transform-a-snack and scampi fries RIP also.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I keep reading about food shortages over here, but I'm yet to experience it myself. The prices have gone up, but I think that's just the shops being a bunch of chancers.

I've seen emptier shelves than usual. As far as I understand it, it's a shortage of HGV drivers as the cheap Poles have fucked off and it's impossible to get a licence here. My company's truck driver has done a runner as someone offered to literally double his pay. You can't get agency drivers for love nor money.

HGV driving is the job to be in right now.

[Spikey M]

Lucky bastards. I bet they're laughing their arses off at all the dogging meet ups (https://www.ukhaulier.co.uk/news/road-transport/drivers/23-truckers-go-dogging-says-new-documentary-on-channel-4/) they have.

[Yevrah]

Not really, it's sorely underpaid for what it is even now. Which I think is about £35k, up from £25k to £30k.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Will only keep rising once BIG BOSSES finally stop crying into their beer about having to pay better wages now.

[Lewis]

Immigration gets slightly restricted for five minutes and wow how did these wage increases happen what is supply and demand.

[Shindig]

It's a bit more than five minutes. And the pandemic tightening travel compounds it.

[Pepe]

Now that the forriners are not STEALING jobs, look at the honest hardworking British man improve their prospects. Who would've thunk so?

[Spikey M]

Build that wall.

[Giggles]

Are McCoys sizzling prawn new or just new here?

[Boydy]

Not seen them before. Any good?

[Giggles]

Disappointing given how good the other flavours are. They’re not bad but Tayto prawn cocktail are far stronger.

[Giggles]

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[Boydy]

Christ, as if their cheese and onion chocolate wasn't bad enough.

[Clunge]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91XtChXpXEL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Discovered these recently, they're like Indian Nik Naks with a bit of fire about them and better, chunkier texture. 10/10 stuff.

[Giggles]

God I wish they hadn't ruined nik naks, they were so good. The only thing as good these days that I can find are Cheetos but a bag is €9 on the import shelf.

[Baz]

These are the best crisps I've had in a long time:

https://groceries.morrisons.com/productImages/465/465600011_0_640x640.jpg?identifier=9cead46d48c7796 1d884974d5525b46d

Morrisons BBQ Saucers (https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/morrisons-bbq-saucers-70g-465600011)

[Foe]

I will try them as a matter of urgency.

The Morrison bacon rashers are top tier.

[randomlegend]

The Max Strong Prawn Cocktail ones are :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had some of those the other day, turned my mouth into dust. Won't be risking them again until I need to feel danger.

[niko_cee]

Just picked up some of these (https://lorenz-snacks.com/crunchips-wow-jalapeno-cream-cheese) and they're pretty good.

https://lorenz-snacks.com/sites/default/files/styles/1024/public/2022-09/crunchips_wow_jalapenos_110g_0.png?itok=4QqMOrml

Maybe even better than the Walkers Max ones.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What makes them terrifying?

[niko_cee]

At £2 for an 80g bag probably the price [they were on a half price deal so I got them for 99p].

[Giggles]

Crunchips are excellent.

[niko_cee]

Bought some Walkers Max Extra Flamin' Hot crisps that were proclaiming themselves to be new. No idea if they aren't but they aren't bad. First one was a bit meh but the heat builds so not a total disappointment.

[phonics]

In the most middle class possible suggestion, these are absolute class and I'm not big on truffle.

https://i.imgur.com/KyzKEl8.png

[Bam]

Black truffle? :wanker:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I tell you what, the continent has in a very few short years gone from being paupers of the crisp game to its kings and leaders. Those Spanish fried egg ones are well documented now, but I had some Jura cheese ones from a French service station earlier which tasted just like something off a cheeseboard. We have a lot of catching up to do.

[niko_cee]

The garlic ones you get in France are pretty ace.

[Clunge]

There are some Breton goat's cheese and chilli ones you get in France that are ludicrously good.

[Raoul Duke]

Do you get Bugles in the UK? I can't remember ever seeing them but they're everywhere here

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yes.

The cheese ones are good.

[Giggles]

Sweet and spicy crunchy wotsits are savage. They're more like original Niknaks than current Niknaks are.

[Ian]

Yeah I love those. Had the flamin hot ones today too but they don't taste as nice even if they do succeed at being a bit hotter.

[Yevrah]

Sweet and spicy crunchy wotsits are savage. They're more like original Niknaks than current Niknaks are.

It's not just me then, and current nik naks are wank compared to how they used to be?

[Clunge]

Nik Naks have been dead to me for years since I discovered Kurkure masala munch and variations thereof. Sensational stuff. Sainsbury's does these great cheese and jalapeno Polish Nik Nak knock-offs which are superb too.

[Ben]

Nik Naks aren't "full" anymore, there's a lot more air in the middle. That's why they're shitter I think.

Aldi knock off version is actually better, but I need to get on these Wotsits it appears.

[thommo]

+1 for Aldi's knock off Nik Naks. Great value as well.

[Waffdon]

Bought some Walkers Max Extra Flamin' Hot crisps that were proclaiming themselves to be new. No idea if they aren't but they aren't bad. First one was a bit meh but the heat builds so not a total disappointment.

The hot sauce blaze ones are good

[Giggles]

Nik Naks aren't "full" anymore, there's a lot more air in the middle. That's why they're shitter I think.

Aldi knock off version is actually better, but I need to get on these Wotsits it appears.

That's exactly it, they're not near as dense as they used to be.

The only bother with the Aldi ones is that I haven't seen the scampi and lemon version yet.

[wullie]

There's a shop aimed at all the Asian students nearby which has a wacky crisp section. There are some kind of Malaysian garlic things which are great but absolutely reek, and I'm tempted to try the lime flavour Lays but they're £3 so I can't justify the gamble if they're shit.

[niko_cee]

Got some crunchy wotsits in that extra flamin' hot flavour. Superb.

[Boydy]

Are those effectively just Cheetos?

[Ian]

They're basically an improvement on (modern) NikNaks. How that compares to a Cheeto I couldn't tell you, haven't had them since about 1997.

[niko_cee]

Are those effectively just Cheetos?

Yeah, similar, although they are a bit crunchier/more dense.

The cheese ones are great as are the hot ones.

[Baz]

Are Pipers crisps good?

[Clunge]

Yup. The Longhorn ones are superb. The jalapeno/dill ones are great too, and the chorizo ones.

[Ian]

Yeah like Pipers a lot. I've got some of the chorizo ones on the go as we speak.

[Baz]

FFS. Everyone was absolutely buzzing over them after they were donated as a snack at a recent work event, and I left before having any. :cry: although someone did moan that there was no cheese and onion, despite all the mega looking flavours, such as chorizo.

[Giggles]

Sweet and spicy crunchy wotsits are savage. They're more like original Niknaks than current Niknaks are.

Was rambling the queens highways again today and found more of these. Epic :drool:
We really need to get them here, only have the flamin hot ones which just taste like chilli powder.

[niko_cee]

These are tremendous:

https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/ff0cee8b-fd80-4f22-9e3f-e72eb12d37bc/a603c402-cb97-455c-bfa6-d763cf31d5d6_1289619090.jpeg?h=960&w=960

[Ben]

Reminds me of Brannigan's :(

[niko_cee]

Stick them in a paper bag and they can take you there.

[niko_cee]

The new Asian Chilli Beef ridge cut kettle chips are rather decent.

[SincereTheRebel]

Aldi had some bbq crisps with all that USA promo all over it. They had them for one day. I went back the next day and they have all been gone, never to be seen again. Sensational.

https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-snackrite-bbq-american-waffles-175g/4061459565591

[niko_cee]

Straight outta Chompton!

:D

Probably fifty quid a pack now due to tariffs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Crazy motherfucker named Sincere.

[randomlegend]

The new Asian Chilli Beef ridge cut kettle chips are rather decent.

Just calling it generic "Asian" is pretty lol.

[-james-]

"Beef" too. Is it it brisket? Flank? Shin? I mean come on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hoof.

[Disco]

"Chilli" not exactly specific either, poor form all round from niko there.

[niko_cee]

https://assets.sainsburys-groceries.co.uk/gol/8205035/1/300x300.jpg

Take it up with Mr Kettle you cunts.

[Disco]

Is that like a kettle you use for making tea or one of those exercise things?

[niko_cee]

I don't think it's either, they're just pathological liars.

Interestingly these use REAL BEEF apparently and therefore declare themselves unsuitable for vegetarians.

[randomlegend]

https://assets.sainsburys-groceries.co.uk/gol/8205035/1/300x300.jpg

Take it up with Mr Kettle you cunts.

I was taking it up with Mr Kettle.

On another note, I will be having some European chicken for my dinner.

[Pepe]

What breed of chicken? Don't leave us hanging.

[niko_cee]

It'll be Poule de Bresse knowing RL.

[randomlegend]

I only eat the oysters from Ayam Cemani chickens. I feed the rest of the chicken to my dog.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Even if Lord Kettle (I presume he's taken the ermine by now) had just called it 'Asian flavour' we'd all know what he meant.