choffer Posted May 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xela Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 These will take your face off. Very punchy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 If i'm slumming it a bit, then these are a favourite... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 also retro style I have memories of buying these in Walsall in the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2023 A big block of mature cheddar, six packets of walkers ready salted, an onion, a knife, a few beers and a decent film and I'm set for the evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, Xela said: If i'm slumming it a bit, then these are a favourite... I'm not sure if it's just me and I'm getting old, but I swear the flavour on these is bloody intense! Cracking with a few beers mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: I'm not sure if it's just me and I'm getting old, but I swear the flavour on these is bloody intense! Cracking with a few beers mind. Its not you, I agree! They will absorb any moisture from your gob unless you have some liquid refreshment. Salt and vinegar pringles are similar, but not quite as intense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted May 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Monopoly on both crisps and snacks in the UK now, yes. Could have been alot different though, but that's greedy owners/investors for you! Ultimately Walkers is owned by PepsiCo and has been for some years. You might have seen Lay's crisps when abroad and noticed the logo was the same / similar. Well they own them, as well as Doritos, Cheetos, snack-a-jacks, etc... Anyway, I'm quite partial to these: Edited May 3, 2023 by trekka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ferguson1 Posted May 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2023 Controversial perhaps but I’m a fan of Pork Scratchings. Mrs F thinks they’re disgusting and hates even the smell of them. I like them but only the real stuff not the Pork Crunch puffs. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2023 There's a hairy one in every packet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 3, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 12/12/2022 at 07:23, blandy said: Oh yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AvfcRigo82 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, trekka said: Ultimately Walkers is owned by PepsiCo and has been for some years. You might have seen Lay's crisps when abroad and noticed the logo was the same / similar. Well they own them, as well as Doritos, Cheetos, snack-a-jacks, etc... You're right. Frito-Lay acquired Walkers and all part of the PepsiCo family. I tried Lays when I was in the Algarve years ago but they're not as nice I didn't think. But with the massive backing of PepsiCo, Walkers were able to start dominating, aquiring Smiths along the way and then the Wotsits brand from GW in the early 2000's. They had their own version of Cheetos puffs over here to try and match Wotsits but they were never as good and couldn't compete with GW Wotsits. Cheetos in USA are lovely though (NikNak type) and now Walkers have launched them here under the Wotsit Crunchy brand - and they're just the same and lovely (It pains me to say). GW really f**** up selling out all them years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I would murder people for a packet of the old BBQ Wotsits. Possibly the greatest puffed crisp snack ever conceived. Remember when Salt & Vinegar packets were blue, not green? What else, what else... ah, Spar used to have these own-brand crisps, Burger Bites they called them, essentially BBQ puffed snacks (sensing a theme in my younger palette). Dirt cheap and a decent sized packet at that. Friend of mine once sustained himself for 3 days of festival camping on a diet of just Space Raiders and Blue Charge (Asda-brand Red Bull). To this today I have no idea how he's still alive. That's not an exaggeration either, that is literally all he ate and drank for 3 days. I swear you used to get other flavours of Skips than Prawn Cocktail. And what the hell flavour is Prawn Cocktail anyway? I mean I'm quite partial, but no prawn nor cocktail I have ever consumed has even remotely resembled whatever flavour the crisps actually are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) Roysters are up there, the big bbq hula hoops are also very good. I have a penchant for Bobbys Bbq Snax, normally found it a cheap convenience store. Also Peking Rib sensations crackers (similar texture to prawn crackers). Outside of crisps, I do like the Jacobs salt and vinegar cracker crisps. They weren’t out for long, but McCoys Muchos Spicy Chicken were immense. Edited May 3, 2023 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 On 02/05/2023 at 18:56, trekka said: Pickled cucumber. It must be sliced mind (not too thinly sliced) and have been soaked in malt vinegar for a few days. It used to be a Christmas thing - I turn up to Brum and one of the things I do in my parent's kitchen is to prepare pickled cucumber for over the period (mainly just for me). Nowadays, I make it once or twice a month at home . I haven't yet tried deep frying the stuff but it's on the list! (not my pic). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tonyh29 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 10 hours ago, GarethRDR said: Remember when Salt & Vinegar packets were blue, not green? this one often comes up , but Walkers salt and vinegar have always been green , never blue Golden Wonder Salt & Vinegar still are blue as are McCoys , Smiths , Seabrooks and Pringles etc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 4 hours ago, tonyh29 said: this one often comes up , but Walkers salt and vinegar have always been green , never blue Golden Wonder Salt & Vinegar still are blue as are McCoys , Smiths , Seabrooks and Pringles etc I think it has to be highlighted that tony is in the pocket of Big Snack, and we don't know how far this conspiracy goes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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