Crisps

Co-op are currently selling these for a pound a pack:

http://www.freemansconfectionery.com...rtymixsalt.jpg

First time I've tried them and I had to come here to recommend them to you all. I know Lewis is a fan of good crisps. These are a proper throwback to the days of Discos, blue flavour Pringles and Co-op's own salt and vinegar being amazing because they would melt your face, before they all got toned down.

I've just finished a pack and immediately have an ulcer on my tongue.

:drool:

Get involved before mumsnet or Jamie Oliver or some other cunt does.

I can't see any photo but salt and vinegar are bottom of the pile.

Thanks - I'll avoid.

The stuff left in the bottom of a bag of Discos was like some kind of biological weapon, I'll be getting some of these to see if they can live up to the hype.

Crisps are the best.

Question is, Sama, how many packs can you eat in a row?

TTHChallenge

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Originally Posted by Samadini

I've just finished a pack and immediately have an ulcer on my tongue.

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:lol:

I've been eating worrying amounts of beef Hula-Hoops lately.

Generally I don't think there's a limit to how many crisps I could eat. Think I could be a champion eater.

I wouldn't want to eat more than a packet of these though.

Pussy.

Scampi & lemon Knickknacks :drool:

I think I'm a bit addicted to 'crisps.' I hardly ever eat them, but I do get cravings once in a while.

Nothing has ever appeared to beat McCoys cheese and onion for me. Tayto (Golden Wonder) came close with Rough Cuts cheese and onion but not quite.

Normal Tayto cheese and onion are the best.

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Originally Posted by Boydy

Normal Tayto cheese and onion are the best.

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I used to drink with a fella worked in there. It's supposedly a rat infested mess.

They're delicious so I don't care.

McCoys are pretty great, I'm not sure they can be beaten.

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They're delicious so I don't care.

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Most of them are made in England anyway so I wouldn't worry.

Yeah, most of our rats are very hygienic.

I haven't seen those crisps. I bought a 'New York cheesecake' from Co-op last night. It was 59p, reduced from two quid, even though it had two days left on it. I would have bought all ten of them, but they claimed not to be suitable for freezing. I also bought a reduced Easter egg from Thorntons today when me and my friend were going round the pubs. It was two-fifty, reduced from seven quid(!), and I got them to write our names on it. Unfortunately, he was pretending to be ill, and nobody in the pub wanted any, so I had to chuck half of it.

I really miss those sweet chili Kettle Chips from theu UK. I think I've seen them once somewhere in Finland, but can't remember at all where that was. I only tend to eat crisps after a night out or one of those really small ones after training if I'm craving for some salt.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Io5utssL.jpg

Champion.

Oooh, yeah, forgot about those. They're great.

The UK does chips (ok, crisps), extremely well. The variety is amazing.

Just the Tescos finest flavours will do me for a long time.

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Originally Posted by Lewis

I got them to write our names on it.

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Twat :D

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Originally Posted by Pen

I really miss those sweet chili Kettle Chips from theu UK.

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The Tyrell's sweet chilli and red pepper ones are even gooder.

Asda do rip-offs of Walkers Sensations that are actually better, for all the Asda/crisp fans.

'Proper thick' :D

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Champion.

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I had forgotten about them, they were fucking brilliant.

These are my all time favourites:

http://a09.cdn.a.pl/zdjecie-565582/l...-160g-Full.jpg

(the first image for 'golonka crisps' comes from the old Dugout website, fun times).

Pork knuckle and horseradish crisps which were fucking amazing.

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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518Io5utssL.jpg

Champion.

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+1 for these bad boys.

Why can't you buy them anywhere anymore?

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+1 for these bad boys.

Why can't you buy them anywhere anymore?

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Maybe because it's I'm in London, but here they're fairly common. Tend to see them in newsagents and corner shops quite frequently.

You can still get them in shitty little newsagents. They're in the Toffypops bracket of amazing things supermarkets seem to have decided en masse are off the menu.

Crisps are all about context, yo. If I'm having them as an accompaniment to a sandwich, I'll go with high-quality but plain ones (i.e. salted kettle chips or any of the similar rip-offs) so they give you the crunchy counterpoint to the soft sandwich without overshadowing the flavours of your fillings, but if I'm having them as a standalone snack I'll have slightly WACKIER flavours.

Ready salted :sick:

Thankfully that's one remnant of Britain that never held over here.

The spicy chilli ridge cut kettle chips are pretty good, although maybe not s good as their McCoys counterparts (do they still exist?). Tyrells also do a (semi mythical) beef and horseradish flavour in the oeuvre of the great Brannigan, but it never seems to be on sale where everything else they do is ubiquitous.

T-Bone Steak Roysters.

:drool:

I do not understand salt & vinegar. Just doesn't work for me as a flavour combination.

Salt and vinegar McCoys are always my choice if they are available. Chili heatwave Doritos are also decent.

Salt and vinegar crisps on a ham and cheese sandwich is life at its very best.

Salt and vinegar Pringles are pretty beast when pissed.

My tongue is still fuzzy like when you scold it with a cuppa.

I've just opened a bag of 'Coconut Chicken Curry' crisps from Tesco and they're superb. They haven't opened up a wound on my tongue so they don't fit the original spirit of the thread, but they're worth mentioning.

I've been eyeing them up for a while now but thought they'd be shit, will have to take the plunge.

I reckon the best things for tongue ulcers are these. :drool:

Crisps :cool:

Those are shit hot. The curry ones are an absolute disgrace though.

Those new Jacob's crisps are good. The sour cream and chive, or whatever the green one is, are flavoured to within an inch of their life.

My flatmate rocked home with three bags of these as they where on offer at 12p a bag.
https://www.tyrrellscrisps.co.uk/wp-...zc=1&s=0&f=png

They're alright!

I've eaten more of these than I should have (by which I mean all of them) and they are/were great.

http://i.imgur.com/kqL1z2e.png

I was pretty much addicted to those, as well as they're peking spare rib crackers.

They are bloody delightful. :drool:

I've never understood why but the Swiss are truly crap at crisps. They understand the concept but I'm not sure they understand the reason they exist. All crisps are normal Walkers style and they come in three flavours; Ready Salted, 'Provencale' (Herbs/Chives basically) and Paprika and normally you have a choice between Ready Salted and Paprika. Thats it. You can be in an aisle full of crisps with 20 different brands, but they will be those three flavours and 'Snacketti' (which are the only brand that branch out into other flavours but the crisps are like Frazzles and they're a bit wank) that's your lot.

And gobbling them like a hungry mallard has only mildly lacerated my mouth. Which is nice.

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Originally Posted by phonics

I've never understood why but the Swiss are truly crap at crisps. They understand the concept but I'm not sure they understand the reason they exist. All crisps are normal Walkers style and they come in three flavours; Ready Salted, 'Provencale' (Herbs/Chives basically) and Paprika and normally you have a choice between Ready Salted and Paprika. Thats it. You can be in an aisle full of crisps with 20 different brands, but they will be those three flavours and 'Snacketti' (which are the only brand that branch out into other flavours but the crisps are like Frazzles and they're a bit wank) that's your lot.

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French crisps are legitimately terrible for the same reason. 500 terribly thought through brands of exactly the same paprika crisps. I don't know why they bother making them. I've never seen a Frenchman eating crisps either.

What do they even culturally have in place of crisps? I can't think.

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French crisps are legitimately terrible for the same reason. 500 terribly thought through brands of exactly the same paprika crisps. I don't know why they bother making them. I've never seen a Frenchman eating crisps either.

What do they even culturally have in place of crisps? I can't think.

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Charcuterie and cheese, which I have to admit the older I get the more it grows on me

You could say the same about the cheese.

Yeah but you can't eat reblochon on the bus.

These are pretty boss: http://www.planetorganic.com/eatreal...80g-80g/18631/ (they are the most hipster things on Earth though)

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Yeah but you can't eat reblochon on the bus.

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Yeah people don't seem to eat sweets here either despite every Tabac having mountains of Mars bars, Twix etc.

I've never really picked up on it but it's a bit weird.

Stream of conciousness post, I've just realised what they do eat; sunflower seeds and nuts.

The monsters.

Probably why we're the fattest Europeans.

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Probably why we're the fattest Europeans.

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Yeah but they also peel oranges on the bus here which makes me want to start up a petition to reinstate the death penalty so it's about even.

P.S. Most Swiss people are fat cunts.

You're the only weirdo who doesn't like the smell of oranges.

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You're the only weirdo who doesn't like the smell of oranges.

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Now I know how Harold felt.

I'd much rather oranges (which smell lovely) than some of the other shit (literally once) I've smelt on buses.

The bacon and maple syrup Kettle Chips are surprisingly excellent.

Ate a big bag of those Co-Op salt and vinegar at the weekend and nearly died.

Drove past a Bobby's Foods van yesterday and it reminded me of all their awesome crisps. Cheese curls, salt and vinegar/prawn cocktail spirals, onion rings, beef grills and bacon streaks. :drool:

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Originally Posted by John

I've just opened a bag of 'Coconut Chicken Curry' crisps from Tesco and they're superb. They haven't opened up a wound on my tongue so they don't fit the original spirit of the thread, but they're worth mentioning.

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When I saw this thread was upped I was thinking of these. They're majestic. I think they're limited edition but I hope they stay.

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Originally Posted by Mike

My flatmate rocked home with three bags of these as they where on offer at 12p a bag.
https://www.tyrrellscrisps.co.uk/wp-...zc=1&s=0&f=png

They're alright!

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Chilli and Pepper ones of them are deeeecent

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The bacon and maple syrup Kettle Chips are surprisingly excellent.

Ate a big bag of those Co-Op salt and vinegar at the weekend and nearly died.

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I couldn't get on board with them, they were a touch too sweet for me.

I've just opened a bag of those crisps in the OP and either they've been heavily toned down or Sama is a girl.

Could be both.

I keep getting 'banter' from one of the Koreans for always eating crisps (having been here for two months and only worked with other Koreans before, he finds my sandwich/crisps daily lunch choice mystifying). So much so that he went to Tesco and bought a huge Walkers multipack to see what all the fuss was about.

The first flavour he tried was salt and vinegar and he hated it so much he had to go and brush his teeth afterwards.

The Co-op round the corner doesn't do those, they do have these one offer though and they are truly savage.

http://i.imgur.com/I5tlOUx.png

I had a bag of those this weekend (down to a quid, I think because they've changed the bag) and they didn't destroy my face as much as they normally do. I hope it was just an exception because normally they're a bit brutal.

I've gone through two of those in a day, so I'm definitely not a girl (been thinking about this all afternoon), so John either had a dud, or theyve been toned down, as they were stronger than the co op beasts.

Oh and my Co op has stocked the new packet for a while and I've still had strong ones. Guess these crisps are just a bit inconsistent.

It's like those lime pickle Sensations, you never really know if you're going to get a packet with hardly any flavour in it.

Have they ruined McCoys cheese and onion or have I just opened a really dodgy 6 pack? They taste of old burnt cooking oil.

The 6 packs are a waste of time and money now. The individual packs are completely different crisps and vastly superior. Bunch of cunts.

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Originally Posted by Samadini

The 6 packs are a waste of time and money now. The individual packs are completely different crisps and vastly superior. Bunch of cunts.

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Tried the other 6 pack and it's the same. Sickening taste of old oil off them too. These are more than just not as good, definitely something wrong with them.

I think it's just the way the 6 packs are now. Keep eating 6 packs from multiple shops until you can say for sure. It's an important task.

Walkers Sensations cheddar and chutney are lovely. Very like O'Donnell's Ballymaloe relish flavour but with nicer textured crisps.

Definitely not for everyone, but if you like hot food, these are genuinely quite hot, rather than the vague hint of chilli that you usually get. It's not going to blow your mouth off so that you can't actually eat them, they've got it just right.

https://www.seabrookcrisps.com/Asset...Y9N4t6_PDI.png

Im defiantly a crirps man and those look fire. I dont think iver ever seen them though, but i will keep a look at.

:drool:

https://www.walkers.co.uk/images/def...).png?sfvrsn=6

Gutted to see on the Seabrooks website that the multibag of spicy ones you used to be able to get are no longer a thing. They weren't that hot but they were tasty.

I do love that on their retired flavours page you can sign up to receive alerts if they release them again though.

It's impossible to get Seabrooks around here. I hadn't considered the website

https://i.imgur.com/3ihDX9w.png

Am I about to spend thirty quid on crisps? I just might be.

Luckily on my work route, I pass every single major supermarket in the world.

That must be a lengthy old commute.

I've still only ever heard of 'Seabrook' through TTH. I guess the fresh food market is still in its infancy up there so they need things like that to pad the shelves out.

The Walmart around here has habanero falvored ones occasionally. Not as spicy as the ones you get in Mexico, but still good. I grab several bags every time they have them.

If you do online shopping you can get them from Tesco or Morrisons.

Thai Sweet Chicken McCoys. I used to buy that McCoys multipack for the Sizzling King Prawn but the Thai ones have taken over as the favourite.

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Definitely not for everyone, but if you like hot food, these are genuinely quite hot, rather than the vague hint of chilli that you usually get. It's not going to blow your mouth off so that you can't actually eat them, they've got it just right.

https://www.seabrookcrisps.com/Asset...Y9N4t6_PDI.png

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Ive scoured the country and these snacks are nowhere to be found in the supermarkets.

You can probably get a box of them online somewhere.

If anyone finds a place selling those BBQ Phileas Fogg crisps, send a carrier pigeon my way.

I thought they had folded or something. Might be able to find a manky old pack on eBay.

I'll take it.

Just had some of the Walkers Max Strong Jalapeño and Cheese. Very intriguing. Can certainly taste the individual flavours. Still think the chicken ones are the best of them though.

Lidl up here have started doing multi packs of Seabrooks. Got the beef ones to give them a try.

https://img.tesco.com/Groceries/pi/7...ot_225x225.jpg

These have been out for a while, I just assumed they would be a bit pointless, so never tried them until now (they're a quid in Morrisons). They're brilliant :drool: they're essentially salt and vinegar Monster Munch, packed with flavour.

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Lidl up here have started doing multi packs of Seabrooks. Got the beef ones to give them a try.

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Very pleasant they were too.

What's the difference between this and a hula hoop?

It's monster munch shaped like a big hula hoop. Fucking amazing.

I have just bought a packet. Can confirm. Elsewhere in the crisp world, these are blinding. The other flavours are good as well, but they are the top dog.

Speaking of that flavour, these are like fucking crack.

https://img.tesco.ie/Groceries/pi/33...ot_225x225.jpg

Never been a fan of soured cream and onion crisps, largely because the green pringles taste like vomit.

Twat.

The green pringles are like an adult teddy bear. No matter how bad a day, or month I have, the green pringles will always be there for me.

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I have just bought a packet. Can confirm. Elsewhere in the crisp world, these are blinding. The other flavours are good as well, but they are the top dog.

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The chicken ones piss on those. Those are probably the worst flavour in that range, actually.

They're like Doritos but good and with actual flavour.

I've only had the chicken ones, but they were very good. I was worried that they'd be really dry and difficult to smash through a whole pack, but not the case at all. So much flavour dust :drool:

Doritos really are shit, aren't they? I got a big bag of the hot ones in the other day and couldn't even be bothered finishing them in one sitting. Shambles.

I'd rather have nothing than buy Doritos, that's how crap they are.

Got a bag of these when I was working up in Belfast during the week. They're great stuff, should have got more.

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Haven't had those for years. I can't remember if it was just a really good dream, but I seem to remember McCoys doing a ham and mustard flavour which was incredible.

There was an epic one called Tavern that had the best mustard ones I ever tasted (also cheese and onion) but I haven't seen them in years. Think Wetherspoons used to sell them.

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Got a bag of these when I was working up in Belfast during the week. They're great stuff, should have got more.

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A classic, they've been around for years too.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1-fLHHgUVL.jpg

Not sure why the only image of them online is a pack that was found in the woods after 10 years, but they were a real thing. Shit all over the 'Bacon Sizzler' ones they have now.

Brannigans and the papery bag of quality.

:drool:

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Doritos really are shit, aren't they? I got a big bag of the hot ones in the other day and couldn't even be bothered finishing them in one sitting. Shambles.

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I had the same experience last night. I was craving the Aldi version of them, but settled for Doritos and, yeah, they're shit. They probably purposely make them shit to try and peddle their shit sauces.

Just went into Aldi and found they now stock the whole range.

https://i.postimg.cc/rsZSTP2Y/20190322-181306.jpg

Bought one of each, will report back later.

Report back.

They're basically going to be the 3 Walkers ones under a different name I'd say.

Yellow flavour is a waste of time. Nothing like the amount of flavour dust the Walkers ones Giggles mentions. Tastes a bit like a shit imitation of the scampi Nik Naks. No heat whatsoever, so not sure why they're in this range (or even made at all to be honest).

Brown flavour actually has some flavour (still no heat though), bit overkill on the smokiness for me, I don't think I actually like them, which I never thought I'd say about any crisps.

Black flavour is great purely because they are actually quite hot, good novelty factor.

Stick to the Walkers ones though, these don't come close.

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They're basically going to be the 3 Walkers ones under a different name I'd say.

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They aren't. Not even close.

The scorching ones are quite ridiculous.

Having not had any Golden Wonder for probably at least a couple of decades because I just remembered them being shit I tried the Bang Bang Spicy Thai flavour Rough Cuts after seeing Rough Cuts mentioned on here. A decent quality crisp but they could do with more flavour.

I also had some Hoi Sin Duck crisps recently (I dunno if I'm remembering wrong but I think they were Asda own brand...) and they were smashing.

These are the nips :drool:

Didn't even know there was a cheese and onion in them. Even nicer than the sour cream ones.

https://munchpak.com/media/catalog/p...ring_onion.jpg

This thread has as many pages as Switzerland has flavours.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47694288
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cp...16_crisps2.jpg

The fucking state of that. :sick:

No wonder the country is a shambles.

Red Pringles? :|

It was about brands not flavours, so that's just illustrative.

You'd get a C if you turned up with that chart as homework in second year. We've had more competent work done in Paint for those lol threads.

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Red Pringles? :|

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*'a pipe of red'
@Samadini

The rankings were made by Channel 5, they're clearly shit.

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https://groceries.morrisons.com/webs...isps/390116011

Lads (ignore the reviews off of dickheads).

"I thought that these crisps themselves were good, no complaints. The flavours however are a mixed bag for me. The beef flavours are like most beef crisps, that Bovril sort of taste, not something I like. However I was interested if there was any Ale flavours, surprisingly there were and I was impressed. I won't order these again as I don't like beef crisps but if you do and you enjoy an Ale, then you may like these."

Galaxy brain stuff.

'Weblian1968'

I've been going through the guys reviews. It's incredible. The Bisto Shepards pie has watery potato and not enough meat or veg. 4/5 stars.

Finding a quality wine can be difficult and sometimes spending 10 to 15 quid can leave you with less wine and more whine. For the money I think you'd be hard pushed to find better, very well rounded and balanced fruits. Put one in your basket and enjoy.

Comedic genius.

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I've been going through the guys reviews. It's incredible. The Bisto Shepards pie has watery potato and not enough meat or veg. 4/5 stars.

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Thats like the opposite of when my mum reviews films or tv shows she’s seen. The best thing she’d ever seen (her exact words) scored a 6 out of 10.

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Thats like the opposite of when my mum reviews films or tv shows she’s seen. The best thing she’d ever seen (her exact words) scored a 6 out of 10.

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Where does she review them, or does she just tell you a score?

Have you guys ever eaten pork rinds / chicharrones? I had a bag of them the other day after my housemate went insane and bought 20 bags of chips and they were completely unreal. So good.

https://www.goodeggs.com/sfbay/4505/...SABEgLu0fD_BwE

Pork scratchings.

https://mrporky.co.uk

And yes they are savage.

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Where does she review them, or does she just tell you a score?

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Just tells me. Whenever she watches something now I mither her for a score out of 10.

Czechoslovakayank is tryna teach man about Pork Scratchings. I'm livid.

“Teach man”? Are you Afro-Caribbean?

Pussy'ole.

You have him on all fours Mouse.

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Thats like the opposite of when my mum reviews films or tv shows she’s seen. The best thing she’d ever seen (her exact words) scored a 6 out of 10.

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It’s often the highlight of our Monday night visits.

The single best thing she’s ever seen was Donald Glovers stand up. 8/10 :lol:

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Pork scratchings.

https://mrporky.co.uk

And yes they are savage.

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Snaffling Pig do good ones too. :nodd:

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Snaffling Pig do good ones too. :nodd:

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Never heard of them before but they cover all bases by the looks of it.

I'd never really tried scratchings with other flavours added until a few years ago then I had some of their habanero ones.

Game-changer.

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Trying these for the first time. They're Frazzles but without the conviction.

Like a cross between a Frazzle and a Quaver, I guess.

Everything pales in comparison to the proper Smiths ones.

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Pork scratchings.

https://mrporky.co.uk

And yes they are savage.

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Giggles knows. :hail:

You can't beat the proper ones from the butchers.

At Christmas we're getting a beef joint and a gammon joint from our local butchers, I might have to buy some pork to make some crackling with as well. :drool:

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You can't beat the proper ones from the butchers.

At Christmas we're getting a beef joint and a gammon joint from our local butchers, I might have to buy some pork to make some crackling with as well. :drool:

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M&S have a savage looking ham with serious crackling on it. Contemplating paying the €900 or so that it'd cost.

Those Max Strong jalapeno and cheese crisps are some of the best I've ever had.

https://walkers.co.uk/images/default...).png?sfvrsn=6

:nodd:

I've been liking these a lot lately:

https://www.seabrookcrisps.com/Asset...kdq60o_PDI.png

Seabrooks. :cool:

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Those Max Strong jalapeno and cheese crisps are some of the best I've ever had.

https://walkers.co.uk/images/default...).png?sfvrsn=6

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I like all of those. Well, all the ones I've had. Not had the wasabi ones.

Not had the wasabi either. Had a bag of chicken wing earlier on though.

Lamb and mint Seabrooks

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Not had the wasabi either. Had a bag of chicken wing earlier on though.

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Going out tonight and just bought a bag of these to scoff when I get in drunk. :drool:

Stew, yes maybe, but fucking hell no to the others.


https://i.imgur.com/flV2cMu.jpg

Cabbage? :D

If they get that right it'll be fucking awful.

I'd eat it. Cabbage is a top veg.

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I'd eat it. Cabbage is a top veg.

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The fact it’s bacon and cabbage means they’ll try get it like regular cabbage, not some noncy stuff. So it’ll smell like gas and feet.

I'm even more interested.

i like how the mascot is a potato and he's happily serving layers of his mates

Why can't they be his enemies?

Potatoes can be dicks too.

His eyebrows are twice as high on the packaging of the Beef crisps than the other and I really want to know if that was a conscious decision.

:D

It's probably just the angle, but I hope it isn't.

The rendering of the hat is different. It's definitely seperate pictures.

Considering the hat looks completely different too, I’ll go with ripples in the bag.

He has to pull his hat right down on the green packet so as not to bust a blood vessel when he sings go on home, British soliders.

Who had Jimmy?

I could have Brendan Rodgered an envelope with his name on it about ten minutes ago.

I was in the supermarket the other day and there was a shaven headed man in his fifties with 'Rule Britannia' tattooed in blue on one side of his head, and a massive picture of a bulldog tattooed on the other side. He was pushing the trolley after his wife around the fruit & veg section. I thought of you.

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I was in the supermarket the other day and there was a shaven headed man in his fifties with 'Rule Britannia' tattooed in blue on one side of his head, and a massive picture of a bulldog tattooed on the other side. He was pushing the trolley after his wife around the fruit & veg section. I thought of you.

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Funnily enough if I’d seen that myself you wouldn’t have been a million miles from the thoughts either.

Not to stereotype but how much money would you put on him being a Chelsea fan?

edit: Love the idea that Giggles thinks the most middle class man on this board reminds him of an extra from Football Factory.

My mental image of Jimmy is a sharply dressed man who is clean shaven and meticulously groomed whom you could imagine either just came from a light bit of sport for cardio or perhaps a very artsy play/'foreign film' at the theater.

He deffo owns several cardigans and sweater vest/polo combinations and is seen as "just a downright nice guy" by peers and friends alike.

Not to be insulting to Jim but I think not fat James Corden with a bald patch.

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My mental image of Jimmy is a sharply dressed man who is clean shaven and meticulously groomed whom you could imagine either just came from a light bit of sport for cardio or perhaps a very artsy play/'foreign film' at the theater.

He deffo owns several cardigans and sweater vest/polo combinations and is seen as "just a downright nice guy" by peers and friends alike.

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During the week, and then dons the hobnails and white t-shirt for the national front meetings on a saturday.

Phonics has it, although I now want to think of Jimmy as looking like a young, more maudlin Richard Kind for some reason.

I'm not what bruh thinks, to say the least. Golfer Andy Sullivan is quite a decent lookalike (in his more recent bearded, balding years).

Wasn't there a picture that included you from a meet ages ago? On the new old board (or old new board) presumably.

Top half of head that bloke from The Inbetweeners (but more baldy now), bottom half Sandman.

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Wasn't there a picture that included you from a meet ages ago? On the new old board (or old new board) presumably.

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I have posted mugshots in the deep distant past, but won't be again.

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i like how the mascot is a potato and he's happily serving layers of his mates

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There's a butcher not far from me that has a statue (if that isn't too grandiose a word for it) outside of an anthropomorphised pig dressed as a butcher with a string of sausages around his neck. I suppose they could be beef sausages but I've always found it deeply disturbing.

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Why have you put them in a bowl?

It's his breakfast.

I can't imagine he has the username 'I've Cream Goddess' anywhere, so it's not his picture.

Why’s there a picture of tomato sauce on the cover?

Is that something people do? Dip them in ketchup? :saywhat:

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Why’s there a picture of tomato sauce on the cover?

Is that something people do? Dip them in ketchup? :saywhat:

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There wasn't any ketchup in the bag. False advertising.

:drool: They better make your eyes water like they used to.

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Just went into Aldi and found they now stock the whole range.

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Bought one of each, will report back later.

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These black ones are my heroin. Most can't handle them.

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They completely nonced that up by adding 'are back'.

Adventures in crips: Netherlands edition

- They have these things called Bugles over here which are pretty ace. Something just right about their shape/texture
- They're also big on paprika as a main flavour (on a par with Ready Salted) - it's alright but a bit meh

Bugles are also in the UK and have been for a while.

Mainland Europe is all about the paprika or salted normally. Thankfully they seem to be discovering sour cream and onion now too.

Always found bugles a bit dry myself.

Hasn't one of the Euro-lads on here (or Phonics, somebody living in Europe?) talking about the prevalence of paprika and not much else as a European crisp flavour?

It's definitely the done thing here.

Poland can't get enough of paprika crisps.

Europeans lead the way in meat and fish, but can't be trusted with the potato.

If you head into the foreign supermarkets in the UK there's a decent chance of getting euro crisps. Loads of Milka too. :drool: In fact, there are loads of gems in the Polish/Turkish/etc. shops and you get to feel like you're on holiday.

I also bought some Poffertjes earlier, but they're not crisps. Good though

Pancakes and drugs are the only areas that the Dutch are to be trusted in.

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It's a crisp. They're all dry!

A wet bag of crisps is no good.

You guys forget that it's always raining in Ireland.

Aye, England could barely play in those conditions.

EDIT: Oh, Ireland. :D

Strootwaffles are what you want.

Tried these today:

https://www.ocado.com/productImages/...e28c3de03333de

Really nice but with a bit more heat they'd be amazing.

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Powdery would have been a better word maybe.

As dry as a wankers pizza?

As dry as ostentatiously eaten uncooked spaghetti. For the modern urban paisano.

That must have really hurt you all so much.

As dry as Quincys Mother in Laws fanny?

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As dry as Quincys Mother in Laws fanny?

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Before or after her rona death?

Paprika is ubiquitous in shit eurocrisps, except when i visited Latvia, they had just shit loads of fucking dill crisps. And dill everything to be fair. Weirdos.

Oh that's right, I'm sure there were loads of dill crisps in Lithuania too.

As well as the soft drink called Hoop which amused me because I'm a child.

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What?

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It’s code for your mother in laws growler.

Looks nothing like a pizza. I'd know.

It's a yeast reference.

And dryness.

Cheesy fadge.

Sad times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dai...g-22728288.amp

Congrats, sama

Also rediscovered crinkled mini cheddars recently. So good.

https://www.ocado.com/productImages/...03d159626554c9

Tried these last week and they're the worst crisps I've eaten.

I could taste no beef, it was just pure porcini mushroom. First couple tasted alright but the more I ate the worse it got, burps after were horrific too.

I’m about to go knee deep in some tesco onion rings.

Great decision.

Also a big fan of supermarket own brand bacon rashers. :drool:

I reckon if you ate a slice (segment?) of beef wellington all in one go the outer stuff would overwhelm the beef, especially if it was pink and shit as depicted on the packet, so you got what you paid for geezer. This is the problem with nonce flavours. If you put a cheeseburger in a blender then the mush would taste of cheese and the sauce, so then those Walkers special editions taste like arse.

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Great decision.

Also a big fan of supermarket own brand bacon rashers. :drool:

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Those and the cheese balls were very close to getting bought too.

The cheese balls are also excellent.

I’ve been limited to baked crisps recently (bar the cheddars) to try and resemble less of a whale and by fuck I miss the oily crisps.

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I reckon if you ate a slice (segment?) of beef wellington all in one go the outer stuff would overwhelm the beef, especially if it was pink and shit as depicted on the packet.

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A good wellington is well balanced, even if you were to somehow shove a whole slice into your gob.

There's too much beef to duxelles.

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The cheese balls are also excellent.

I’ve been limited to baked crisps recently (bar the cheddars) to try and resemble less of a whale and by fuck I miss the oily crisps.

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I actually prefer Walkers Baked over the regular ones.

Yeah, I really like the salted ones.

But I really miss chilli sensations, bacon rashers and heatwave Doritos

Regular walkers can gtf. Other than prawn cocktail I’d always go baked.

https://www.seabrookcrisps.com/loaded-fries

Get on it lads.

Didn't have you down for Facon.

They're crisps.

Cheese and bacon crisps as a 'street food experience'? Maybe if they mean food they've picked up off the pavement and sold.

I read that as 'If we had a fair electoral system...' and then tuned out.

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Just saw these in the shop. Anybody had them? Are they just a generic "meat" flavoured crisp?

I wonder whether he lives the gimmick day-to-day, always going on about sausage rolls and being MENTAL.

Of course, you can't expose the (sausage roll) business.

Can I just say, I saw him and his dickhead wife on Facebook about 5 years ago and I called him being a massive fanny right there and then. As always, well ahead of the curve. :cool:

No idea who that is but no way those are any good.

Yeah, they're not great.

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Three Christmas Number One (songs) in a row, apparently.

Such is the power of mums that spend all day on Facebook.

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Three Christmas Number One (songs) in a row, apparently.

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I thought this was a piss-take so I Googled it and Jesus Christ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEB8bfP7wE

It seems to be a miracle that I made it to today without knowing who he is. How did he get big in the first place?

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This is the most powerful force in UK culture currently and a lot of us don't realise it.

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

The walkers double crunch crisps are banging.

Those two are repulsive creatures.

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

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

*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.

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

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

Yep. Like eating crisps in HD.

The jalapeno ones are immense.

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

Just had some of these.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

Lucky bastards. I bet they're laughing their arses off at all the dogging meet ups they have.

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

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

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

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

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

Build that wall.

Are McCoys sizzling prawn new or just new here?

Not seen them before. Any good?

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

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

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

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.

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

https://groceries.morrisons.com/prod...84974d5525b46d

Morrisons BBQ Saucers

I will try them as a matter of urgency.

The Morrison bacon rashers are top tier.

The Max Strong Prawn Cocktail ones are :drool:

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.

Just picked up some of these and they're pretty good.

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Maybe even better than the Walkers Max ones.

What makes them terrifying?

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

Crunchips are excellent.

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.

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

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

Black truffle? :wanker:

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.

The garlic ones you get in France are pretty ace.

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

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

Yes.

The cheese ones are good.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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

Are those effectively just Cheetos?

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.

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

The cheese ones are great as are the hot ones.

Are Pipers crisps good?

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

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

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.

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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.

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Reminds me of Brannigan's :(

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

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

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.../4061459565591

Straight outta Chompton!

:D

Probably fifty quid a pack now due to tariffs.

Crazy motherfucker named Sincere.

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Just calling it generic "Asian" is pretty lol.

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

Hoof.

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

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Take it up with Mr Kettle you cunts.

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

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.

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Take it up with Mr Kettle you cunts.

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I was taking it up with Mr Kettle.

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

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

It'll be Poule de Bresse knowing RL.

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

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.