tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90014602766747647762024-03-19T08:48:20.077+00:00Cheeseburger Crisps & Other StoriesCopyright Badly Made Products 2018Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1064125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-71695790224501823822024-03-17T16:08:00.000+00:002024-03-17T16:08:17.954+00:00E.Leclerc Pom’Lisse Chips Saveur Barbecue<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpshbiFOECBeH_a5wtHzM1LKB1n5uNxSLshwuL0OS5f39KV1URyWmj1Z2h7-wNsB3Eb34s0JYfgREBH_jSQBabsWKfNzFVecn-jJGOEfvPpTXTB1GkXTjT41jjWRMNjyxZ9ida5Why_hOYbbykO_k00VjX9x5Qz3PogfJh2B1yaxvnf-ZI8WD8EiSTu6gR/s3383/IMG_1147.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3383" data-original-width="1941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpshbiFOECBeH_a5wtHzM1LKB1n5uNxSLshwuL0OS5f39KV1URyWmj1Z2h7-wNsB3Eb34s0JYfgREBH_jSQBabsWKfNzFVecn-jJGOEfvPpTXTB1GkXTjT41jjWRMNjyxZ9ida5Why_hOYbbykO_k00VjX9x5Qz3PogfJh2B1yaxvnf-ZI8WD8EiSTu6gR/w368-h640/IMG_1147.jpeg" width="368" /></a></div><br />We must have bought these French crisps from a E.Leclerc operated motorway service station last summer. And I have to admit that by the time we taste tested, they were rather out of date, although not soggy or nasty in any way. <p></p><p>The circular logo Marque Repère means they are an own brand product. Pom’Lisse looks as though it should be for flat/smooth crisps, but I have found images of obviously crinkle cut crisps with the Pom’Lisse label on the <a href="https://www.e.leclerc/cat/chips-marque-repere">Lerclerc</a> website, so I don’t really know what to make of that.</p><p>Anyway, this is a very fine cut crisp in the Swiss style with a pleasant but not very barbecuey flavour. I think I put off the taste test because I don’t really like barbecue flavour. Not sure why I picked this flavour off the shelf really. But service station shops often have entire walls of crisps and it’s hard to make a decision. </p><p>To be honest, I don’t really like barbecues either, but that’s mainly because I hate eating out of doors. And, this is a puzzle, why has barbecue become such a successful flavour? It doesn’t taste of barbecued meat does it? Is this what barbecue sauce tastes of? Obviously I have never bought any, and probably never tasted any. Oh dear, I’m going round in circles here and not getting any answers.</p><p>To sum up: a fine cut crisp with a light bite. Not really the flavour for me. Maybe if I find the roast chicken flavour one day…</p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-57823372359786917822024-02-27T10:55:00.001+00:002024-02-27T10:55:51.624+00:00Lay’s Paysanne Saveur Oignon de Roscoff Caramelisé<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpm0xIPostH1Fz6X3Irh5lyqQcdN2poOP6ZAiBSnUcaPmsrB3LI2yxLo-lkJVfTf9TQkKuJPPvg0D9xsAYvizi8zs7hMfVXFkX86HmRQ_ayLDcyTvoPQ_p5kYM3jcjmK9z1gHjLjDwaK-PouPUd7vS7iVM1HF6UzvPfWmaH3C24kzEAt_m_UMgZDd04n9/s4032/IMG_1102.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpm0xIPostH1Fz6X3Irh5lyqQcdN2poOP6ZAiBSnUcaPmsrB3LI2yxLo-lkJVfTf9TQkKuJPPvg0D9xsAYvizi8zs7hMfVXFkX86HmRQ_ayLDcyTvoPQ_p5kYM3jcjmK9z1gHjLjDwaK-PouPUd7vS7iVM1HF6UzvPfWmaH3C24kzEAt_m_UMgZDd04n9/w480-h640/IMG_1102.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Right, here’s an interesting and surprisingly gentle flavour from Lay’s. We bought this packet in France.<p></p><p>I do not know what makes oignons de Roscoff (onions from Roscoff in Brittany) special. I haven’t been to Brittany and as far as I know, I haven’t tried their special onions but it seems there must be something very fabulous about them. I discovered that we could get them from our local supermarket but they are confusingly labelled Natoora, which looks like a brand name, not Roscoff, which we know because it’s a place. Life always makes things more complicated than necessary doesn’t it? The internet tells me they are the same onions. </p><p>If these lovely crinkle cut crisps are anything to go by, Roscoff onions must have a very special gentle flavour because these crisps are very nice indeed. The Chef liked these a lot. </p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-1013867102664335612024-02-20T14:48:00.000+00:002024-02-20T14:48:15.585+00:00Paul Légèrement Salées<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidi2flsD_hpPNxjLN9wMwsdNDMQEZYDDU6EttZbWR30OSyhN0uVP2jeAxZQj6_aNUvIrWSB0617uZOEErzduxrtxqPtiZ-91yMvxk7C4rTQMmYWzS23H9ezSarVnCd4DaHmJGyxbftA7RTT0CXdNkOfTX2NQCBQaxTmKNHMwV3aiH8-MR-GT46jY2FaWW8/s3264/IMG_2697.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidi2flsD_hpPNxjLN9wMwsdNDMQEZYDDU6EttZbWR30OSyhN0uVP2jeAxZQj6_aNUvIrWSB0617uZOEErzduxrtxqPtiZ-91yMvxk7C4rTQMmYWzS23H9ezSarVnCd4DaHmJGyxbftA7RTT0CXdNkOfTX2NQCBQaxTmKNHMwV3aiH8-MR-GT46jY2FaWW8/w480-h640/IMG_2697.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Paul depuis 1889. Here’s a bakery company with addresses in France and England, and lots of outlets in motorway service stations, at least across north east France. What can I tell you? I haven’t ever tried anything they make before this packet of crisps, but the Ski Instructor was happy with his lunchtime baguette. And he crunched through his little packet of crisps in record time. <p></p><p>And, yes, he seemed very happy indeed with his crunch at lunch; his packet of slightly salted Paul crisps. His crunch sounded happy.</p><p>And then… the Chef and I tried a second packet. The Chef was quite happy. He liked the lightly salted taste. I thought these crisps could do with more salt. He liked the crunch, like the Ski Instructor. I thought the bite was a bit hard and the crunch a bit heavy. And there were too many crisps folded over. Lots and lots of folded crisps.</p><p>So here we have it: men seem happy with this crisp, women (me) not so much. Not a very scientific survey so you should probably draw your own conclusions if you see a packet.</p><p>So you know what I am going to suggest: try these crisps for yourself. And ponder to yourself how come this company has its crisps made in Britain?</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-89853008752298244102024-01-24T15:06:00.001+00:002024-01-24T15:06:00.334+00:00Cottage Delight Garlic Italian Crostini Crackers <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWrTwkcqLKcFU3RGsCWxdP91qpn1qPPSTd6BeIN9tuKhKxrzTmS55zPdayWXwFIGkoZXnJLRn4gz_b0MsGJlz0LOMDcKDYjdH-hDcG0gj-wJW0-1R8EPOxqqUb6yccD8NJ4Di210GqUu_E-gVwvVfo3racY32LzaPSIpF3iQ57lmLYB7EqzyJRYQTSEWK/s3572/IMG_0742.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3572" data-original-width="2598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWrTwkcqLKcFU3RGsCWxdP91qpn1qPPSTd6BeIN9tuKhKxrzTmS55zPdayWXwFIGkoZXnJLRn4gz_b0MsGJlz0LOMDcKDYjdH-hDcG0gj-wJW0-1R8EPOxqqUb6yccD8NJ4Di210GqUu_E-gVwvVfo3racY32LzaPSIpF3iQ57lmLYB7EqzyJRYQTSEWK/w466-h640/IMG_0742.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div>The Chef and I found this nice looking little snack in a local shop. It was just before Christmas and the shop was jam crammed with present buyers. Maybe buying some of these.<div><br /></div><div>Although the Cottage Delight company seems to be based in Leek in Staffordshire, the little crackers are actually made in Italy. The label describes this crispy snack as ‘light and crisp hand crafted Italian crostini’ created by an authentic Italian family baker. Hmm… what a pity they aren’t actually light and crisp. In fact, and I really don’t enjoy giving a poor review, if you ask me this snack has a seriously heavy bite. And a very dull crunch. This is disappointing.<div><p></p><div>And what a pity they don’t taste of anything. Oh, there is a sort of garlicky aftertaste, but I can’t tell you how disappointed the Chef and I were. Because it’s nice to support small brands.</div></div></div>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-35339663654102136662024-01-19T15:56:00.001+00:002024-01-19T15:56:39.033+00:00Takis Volcano <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QbBa_OH4O4ybwmdnnVB-AqRMkTHNoBBSuynfuMFWp-Gax9vMmHfjsoMWhR2ox2Eqfes2k6YltRZq9TikHcX150E3WgI059VjsglZy_nuRMW5gw31Ra3V5vgrwoooTP3krGaILd7rG3aRG4L_G9hpAfosLrNpdYUT8VC5s_c-R-WVdeWaU7IHiIIIsxEp/s4032/IMG_0868.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QbBa_OH4O4ybwmdnnVB-AqRMkTHNoBBSuynfuMFWp-Gax9vMmHfjsoMWhR2ox2Eqfes2k6YltRZq9TikHcX150E3WgI059VjsglZy_nuRMW5gw31Ra3V5vgrwoooTP3krGaILd7rG3aRG4L_G9hpAfosLrNpdYUT8VC5s_c-R-WVdeWaU7IHiIIIsxEp/w480-h640/IMG_0868.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />We found this little 100g packet of Spanish snacks in a big branch of the Co-op in Switzerland. Made by a company rather bonkersly called Bimbo Donuts, this little packet of maize based Takis (one taki, several takis perhaps?) is a nice surprise. Basically rolled up corn chips dusted with heaps of quite hot cheese and chilli flavour dust. Yum. I couldn’t stop eating. Quite a hard bite, but you expect that with corn chips so I’m not complaining.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT8aXEfjZ6mlk-TGLyruJXneqYPWMs8MhxqWnwat7uz5NB6t346PrPRiGXD52TmPLDNRw-aHbodHkr9dATjP5m_KaAt3Kh9YOpzyPdouynxEV6IDdkABSCx1xke-3AnBPKUk3F2CReAjOsQRWQ4aTi6azSWlwk9vNFL3QsqlKevapK3T2SzinrMz79m0D/s4032/IMG_0867.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrT8aXEfjZ6mlk-TGLyruJXneqYPWMs8MhxqWnwat7uz5NB6t346PrPRiGXD52TmPLDNRw-aHbodHkr9dATjP5m_KaAt3Kh9YOpzyPdouynxEV6IDdkABSCx1xke-3AnBPKUk3F2CReAjOsQRWQ4aTi6azSWlwk9vNFL3QsqlKevapK3T2SzinrMz79m0D/w400-h300/IMG_0867.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The bar code is shaped like a chilli so if you are paying attention that’s a bit of a giveaway. It’s always nice when the design incorporates details like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tk2FdR94z_rzPEQKOnIXk-2XBN3qrp_6wC-zzoRyRQqshnv23sLndZTtqHlQqhZv82IrTLP1v_SZ_viXBZXvrUL0li4Oj1yT4cTKz95fB-dtXaEaBpqb05KUO4dPy2CMuQcAah-jv9L2IWiiKKF1Ss01gEAKBhAbimWQiJMAZYGGRJ-Wao0MPRftL7yu/s1791/IMG_0899.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1791" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tk2FdR94z_rzPEQKOnIXk-2XBN3qrp_6wC-zzoRyRQqshnv23sLndZTtqHlQqhZv82IrTLP1v_SZ_viXBZXvrUL0li4Oj1yT4cTKz95fB-dtXaEaBpqb05KUO4dPy2CMuQcAah-jv9L2IWiiKKF1Ss01gEAKBhAbimWQiJMAZYGGRJ-Wao0MPRftL7yu/w400-h341/IMG_0899.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I don’t think I have ever seen a Bimbo Donut product before. I checked the ingredients list and it comes in English, Turkish, Swedish, Polish, Italian, German, French and Dutch. So plenty of opportunities for you to pick up a packet. The purple and orange is quite noticeable so you may be lucky to find some. I’d buy these again… and the poor Chef wasn’t feeling too good and didn’t get a look in. I scoffed the lot. We better get some more.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-7361290884401024852024-01-08T12:09:00.002+00:002024-01-08T12:09:45.360+00:00Tesco Sweet Maple Honey Roasted Nuts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hfrOpw_SXytId-r-ptgcFabM2q35B9yTSs6gGmckJcu3tlvk7csqbAhHXrjNeKWx55nFK8tuHOSUtE2uuISs3hms6IqrYhDKnIKEsUvgeytLGl_koPKZB9jbadxcZP-7PUEyH2KsG5nXs1oZayeHKgJgQyxtg_P8GWvW4cvbeaFL8NO46K8cL4PHB6W2/s4032/IMG_0771.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hfrOpw_SXytId-r-ptgcFabM2q35B9yTSs6gGmckJcu3tlvk7csqbAhHXrjNeKWx55nFK8tuHOSUtE2uuISs3hms6IqrYhDKnIKEsUvgeytLGl_koPKZB9jbadxcZP-7PUEyH2KsG5nXs1oZayeHKgJgQyxtg_P8GWvW4cvbeaFL8NO46K8cL4PHB6W2/w480-h640/IMG_0771.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />And…. here we are again with another special snack flavour for Christmas, or as our American friends will insist on saying: the holidays. We have to shop at Tesco sometimes because our regular supermarket has strange gaps on its shelves. For example, it hasn’t stocked <a href="https://cheeseburgercrisps.blogspot.com/search?q=Cheese+footballs+">Cheese Footballs</a> for years. So anyway, last time we were in Tesco, I picked up quite a lot of Cheese Footballs and <a href="https://cheeseburgercrisps.blogspot.com/search?q=Cheeselets">Treeselets</a> and several new, probably limited edition, crispy snacks, and this is the last.<p></p><p>Well, deep breath. I hardly know what to say. I love salted peanuts or cashew nuts, and honey roasted nuts and dry roasted nuts. But I really do feel Tesco’s development department have gone too far with this sweet maple honey roast. In fact they’ve only gone and jumped the shark.</p><p>What? I mean, seriously what? How come these nuts taste of bourbon biscuits? And if you don’t live in the U.K. you may not know the chocolatey sandwich that is a bourbon biscuit (named for the French royal family not the drink), so here’s a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_biscuit#:~:text=The%20small%20holes%20in%20bourbon,%22%20name%2C%20including%20major%20supermarkets.">Wikipedia</a> page. There are lots of recipes online to make at home if you can’t just run out to the shops for a packet.</p><p>The Chef, who you know will eat almost anything crispy snack related, and is a true devotee of anything nutty, thought these honey glazed nuts very strange. Even, gasp!,would you believe it, too strange to continue snacking. Cliffs of Moher Taste Tester was not at all impressed. Full disclosure: neither of them could detect the taste of bourbon biscuits but trust me, I definitely could.</p><p>I asked Cliffs of Moher to take the still almost full packet home with her for boyfriend / partner (I don’t know which she prefers), Aillwee Caves, a new recruit to taste testing. We’ll see what he has to say. Before we got married the Chef used to describe me as his partner. And I always felt it sounded as though we were running a business together, selling cushions and maybe fancy lampshades. Of course he was running around skiing and cooking dinner and I was just going to work every day. <br /></p><p>Anyway, Aillwee Caves Taste Tester reports that these seriously weird nuts remind him of an overly sweet breakfast cereal. I suggested Sugar Puffs, which I could totally see, but he says no, some stuff called Golden Nuggets. I don’t think I have ever come across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Nuggets">Golden Nuggets</a> (they taste yeee haa! apparently), but it’s obvious that Cliffs of Moher doesn’t like them any more than she liked the nuts. </p><p>So that’s not really a success is it. What a pity. However, the actual nuts seemed just like nuts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJmy9V-c3LuSx2KLSnvEmtJfNE8jYFgg9Vvs2rDcWVyyJMObcPVyNjkNS-esBkLRYuh1VwTtHNggQdrkUINHnM1M5ptPUhXni0Vm-vNwzssXR8sKM0OszRK-QPIdVZAhdxekKNLsmm6c0bGAVVtXnRMvyNbt-Dn2Xx9_P4rAmfBLyhuGjN6xJy768mFc/s640/IMG_2660.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnJmy9V-c3LuSx2KLSnvEmtJfNE8jYFgg9Vvs2rDcWVyyJMObcPVyNjkNS-esBkLRYuh1VwTtHNggQdrkUINHnM1M5ptPUhXni0Vm-vNwzssXR8sKM0OszRK-QPIdVZAhdxekKNLsmm6c0bGAVVtXnRMvyNbt-Dn2Xx9_P4rAmfBLyhuGjN6xJy768mFc/s320/IMG_2660.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-69952237669138169802024-01-03T12:19:00.001+00:002024-01-03T12:19:46.290+00:00Tesco Tree-Shaped Sweet & Salty Pretzels <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOskQT8JM49Z9cEFs0wHoDhd5NwyJ3FRTzE_qAeEpWQv5yloZZ9DmgghoAFaEahQBOsw-ZfxZkPh8Eb-WEyhFPz5s3xDh7i_TaT5t42ztGcDpA0jhjwnaPaPL4zCWD56PZqtUUt-rPmJr9Aark-GwUbhf-ryjXXXli-45w4pyUMGO6JI5L6jjsOzxxchuS/s4032/IMG_0704.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOskQT8JM49Z9cEFs0wHoDhd5NwyJ3FRTzE_qAeEpWQv5yloZZ9DmgghoAFaEahQBOsw-ZfxZkPh8Eb-WEyhFPz5s3xDh7i_TaT5t42ztGcDpA0jhjwnaPaPL4zCWD56PZqtUUt-rPmJr9Aark-GwUbhf-ryjXXXli-45w4pyUMGO6JI5L6jjsOzxxchuS/w480-h640/IMG_0704.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I rather like a pretzel now and then. I’d rather have a small pretzel than a large, and I thought it might be fun to try a tree-shaped pretzel for a change.<p></p><p>I hoped this would be a packet of half regular salty tasting pretzels and half pretzels encrusted with sugar. But you know how it is when you’re in a busy shop; you don’t always have the time to read the label properly. What I actually got is a bag full of golden and crunchy tree-shaped pretzels all of them covered in a sweet salty seasoning. What a disappointment. Because you don’t get the contrast.</p><p>Yes the pretzels are crunchy, and yes they’re golden, but there’s an awful lot of sweetness going on and not nearly enough saltiness. I expect my doctor would applaud that: less salt is better for my blood pressure (the second number apparently).</p><p>The Chef agrees. Pretzels are supposed to be salty he opined (sorry), and there isn’t nearly enough saltiness. Also, the impact of this tree-shaped crispy snack is only impactful if they are actually tree-shaped. And all too many are broken and thus shaped like broken things.</p><p>Isn’t it odd how things come along in clusters. The Reluctant Taste Testers haven’t tried anything from the Tesco crispy snack aisle for simply ages and here we have three of them, all at once, and maybe more to come. Like London buses.</p><p>Sorry Tesco. I think this is a wasted opportunity.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6XV63Gu052rBMMj5IxU6_f_OStRi2LK1H6q9QGFo1rRNGS6kS7nMrZBlDI7RIh4m9emcVFL4KPgqWppsiYwFdyw31dPIUGXUXeNElIbRpiKExKnCNIcaLJ0BwVHl3CxprWo5hEC_OQvwMPBw-QL1m7wtqYxklS6N2fAUqhcbmLpt41fEmc_KxBpr0ivZ/s4032/IMG_0764.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6XV63Gu052rBMMj5IxU6_f_OStRi2LK1H6q9QGFo1rRNGS6kS7nMrZBlDI7RIh4m9emcVFL4KPgqWppsiYwFdyw31dPIUGXUXeNElIbRpiKExKnCNIcaLJ0BwVHl3CxprWo5hEC_OQvwMPBw-QL1m7wtqYxklS6N2fAUqhcbmLpt41fEmc_KxBpr0ivZ/w400-h300/IMG_0764.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-34759853378948973882023-12-23T16:57:00.005+00:002023-12-23T16:57:00.139+00:00Tesco Finest Limited Edition Honey Sriracha Flavour Hand Cooked Crisps<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F6WE0-fZlQbMffxPjkBxZYgSTzUgu1QVqGXuUvYz93pwvG5DbiLoLisCoRbo-mpIjWr69ph9N7Xn_XO7-_lWVrDEdMF4akAXgEJeOyeI_Fx2meAtbwb_BHSub7Va5dZDIcIjV1K7SkV3dLza-nl6h0fZJNTRkH62EYW65Vfbjf_KH0QaYczXALjC1EHv/s4032/IMG_0710.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F6WE0-fZlQbMffxPjkBxZYgSTzUgu1QVqGXuUvYz93pwvG5DbiLoLisCoRbo-mpIjWr69ph9N7Xn_XO7-_lWVrDEdMF4akAXgEJeOyeI_Fx2meAtbwb_BHSub7Va5dZDIcIjV1K7SkV3dLza-nl6h0fZJNTRkH62EYW65Vfbjf_KH0QaYczXALjC1EHv/w480-h640/IMG_0710.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Here’s a packet of crisps from the Tesco Finest range, provided by the Ski Instructor and the Farmer’s Daughter, together with a tub of sour cream and chive dip. Delicious.<p></p><p>But the dip was so good it quite got in the way of a serious appreciation of this Limited Edition crisp flavour. So I had to abandon it. Nice crisp, not too large but a rich colour, nice crunch and a good kick of heat to the sriracha flavour. Very nice, however, I doubt this will ever become a regular flavour. Pity. I think it’s a whole lot nicer than all those sweet chili crisps that are so common. I can’t say I approve much of any of them.</p><p>I think the Ski Instructor was amused that I didn’t recognise the flavour. But I have never tried honey sriracha flavour anything before. So how could I? And actually, how can I tell if this is a genuine sriracha flavour at all? You will have to find out for yourself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinafUoyMeD99DcluvuHBBNyAWDHkBkRwiVYatL994P80qk8zhDor1ONPbl_lOwIrsiVZ8FQvJs-hP6rd1QuKeLH4qm0K4nNu0aaym8d7sVGPcMj-t72zCJnQdzXAZ2htlHbTMKjwmNRclobdmUDPeyNnHiTzW4HkJ3Eus_RfeVDTmjSLgmTQq6k2k7Isqu/s4032/IMG_0711.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinafUoyMeD99DcluvuHBBNyAWDHkBkRwiVYatL994P80qk8zhDor1ONPbl_lOwIrsiVZ8FQvJs-hP6rd1QuKeLH4qm0K4nNu0aaym8d7sVGPcMj-t72zCJnQdzXAZ2htlHbTMKjwmNRclobdmUDPeyNnHiTzW4HkJ3Eus_RfeVDTmjSLgmTQq6k2k7Isqu/w400-h300/IMG_0711.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-41212866663733335122023-12-18T20:49:00.001+00:002023-12-18T20:49:00.125+00:00Tesco Salted Caramel Party Mix<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXh9QSZuFnKIE60RNWSKIo45lqWggoRvMiqo8dW9-_-uYqWb_FujZ0NvBQo9qKvDEV_XFTkkKEA_aBqHHVPeHNtv63kFW-M4jB57iuoQOu_mISaQu-ZloBHxgHPUix50z4coqOwRM52nkfxRAVxXfd9kfmhOtsMBXj04lWN3taa5U7-b99WgB78-S6RbOX/s4032/IMG_0700.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXh9QSZuFnKIE60RNWSKIo45lqWggoRvMiqo8dW9-_-uYqWb_FujZ0NvBQo9qKvDEV_XFTkkKEA_aBqHHVPeHNtv63kFW-M4jB57iuoQOu_mISaQu-ZloBHxgHPUix50z4coqOwRM52nkfxRAVxXfd9kfmhOtsMBXj04lWN3taa5U7-b99WgB78-S6RbOX/w480-h640/IMG_0700.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Hmm…. I thought this Party Mix from Tesco might be worth a try, and it kind of was, but, er, it is a bit of an odd mixture. Tasty, definitely tasty, but a lot of the bits are broken which is a shame. It’s hard to appreciate a small pretzel if it’s broken into 6 pieces. And the mix is a lot more sweet than it is savoury. I think I would prefer it the other way around.<p></p><p>According to the back of the packet we have maple flavour caramel peanuts with white chocolate with caramel buttons (complicated), milk chocolate buttons, salted caramel toffee popcorn, salted wheat pretzel knots and decorated milk chocolate coated cereal crisps. OK then. Are the shiny pink balls the “decorated milk chocolate coated cereal crisps” do you think? I’m not sure. It really is hard to tell.</p><p>All the elements are tasty, but everything is just a bit too sweet. More like what you might serve at a child’s birthday party, not so much to snack on with a glass of wine. Definitely wouldn’t go with a beer.</p><p>Yes it’s sweet. No it’s not very salty.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRhhHC6j0OImzf31jcukaEoWdoocbhI58tMlQpSbnKvoBbyOusRV8rs0kQLYvycPIdNHU97XYoPW68x1hmKAYs4liGY99Hl1y6wU0SFOeD_sL31O8TTMtT18L5ximw2OfNZYObgzJ49PsxCbqwBhOfkqJwgR1VGWJLTxYD9WrpxWEgiId_-_TPWdG_YYd/s4032/IMG_0701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRhhHC6j0OImzf31jcukaEoWdoocbhI58tMlQpSbnKvoBbyOusRV8rs0kQLYvycPIdNHU97XYoPW68x1hmKAYs4liGY99Hl1y6wU0SFOeD_sL31O8TTMtT18L5ximw2OfNZYObgzJ49PsxCbqwBhOfkqJwgR1VGWJLTxYD9WrpxWEgiId_-_TPWdG_YYd/w480-h640/IMG_0701.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-56265707503814885852023-12-13T17:37:00.022+00:002023-12-13T17:37:00.137+00:00Brets Saveur Yakitori<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8gjHOjLRTWYj7JKe-nfcK857d173eq2ZOCWVkW5aKTUnoYo-baTcXp_mGbG544om4sHFWwhSWq3oqlYtODYCQ_SA16FNdbxDqXrzLnGk-96HyiP15R-vPwa2He3H83OXt2z9px-fXYYiUTYZS4Nj5oPb1lBSwgdSWflNUrrp-MbBcwVaeqFElnbmuP3c/s3264/IMG_2619.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8gjHOjLRTWYj7JKe-nfcK857d173eq2ZOCWVkW5aKTUnoYo-baTcXp_mGbG544om4sHFWwhSWq3oqlYtODYCQ_SA16FNdbxDqXrzLnGk-96HyiP15R-vPwa2He3H83OXt2z9px-fXYYiUTYZS4Nj5oPb1lBSwgdSWflNUrrp-MbBcwVaeqFElnbmuP3c/w480-h640/IMG_2619.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><i>Notre recette de super craquantes!</i> says the packet, <i>Saveur Yakitori</i>.<p></p><p>Now, I don’t eat Japanese food. There’s far too much fish involved, and I don’t eat cooked fish much less raw. A lot of people assume I must be a vegetarian because I don’t eat fish. How wrong could they be*. So, anyway, I had never heard of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitori">yakitori</a> until I came across this packet of crisps from Breton crisp manufacturers Brets. </p><p>So, well, I suppose we are looking for a sort of chicken kebab sort of a taste… and I’m not certain that’s what we got. Quite nice, fairly tasty, definitely not nasty, no, no. But not terribly anything in particular IIRC. To be honest, I’m not sure why a Breton crisp company would think of making a crisp that (sort of) (might) taste of a Japanese chicken kebab. I have seen Chinese restaurants in France but never Japanese, although a quick google search tells me there are quite a few in Paris. Perhaps they will spread across the country.</p><p>However, see my previous post but one, the article from the <a href="https://cheeseburgercrisps.blogspot.com/2023/12/article-in-guardian-newspaper-about.html">Guardian</a>. It’s all about how you choose new flavours for your crisps. If you are a multinational crisp manufacturing behemoth, which I am sure most of us are not. I wonder if this flavour will still be available next year.</p><p>Obviously the fine crinkle cut of the crisps themselves is lovely. Brets do make an extremely good crinkle.</p><p>Not certain I would bother with the Yakitori flavour again, but you might really love this French crisp. </p><p>*Still trying to avoid vegetables. Except potatoes obviously!</p><p>(Not sure that’s my best photo ever. Oh well.)</p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-19479794906087499652023-12-08T17:00:00.001+00:002023-12-08T17:00:00.142+00:00Brets Saveur Aïoli<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMln7P3aTiGm04il0MI0noHBaE5MId9UsjSDVU4Y6P5Ud-6nU3fhG0XsFyxCN2YMTwkVkufT-t34Sv72YkIAv5AE8D5TFiwpDoI6bBv5quCA_WsqENNS5YL0SCZp0RMonv933vZ1KHw8xokYZYJJfvXWM2XQdHnBUiwgX-rtHMwvGtLJ2TJCTQB6DooCw2/s3264/IMG_2618.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMln7P3aTiGm04il0MI0noHBaE5MId9UsjSDVU4Y6P5Ud-6nU3fhG0XsFyxCN2YMTwkVkufT-t34Sv72YkIAv5AE8D5TFiwpDoI6bBv5quCA_WsqENNS5YL0SCZp0RMonv933vZ1KHw8xokYZYJJfvXWM2XQdHnBUiwgX-rtHMwvGtLJ2TJCTQB6DooCw2/w480-h640/IMG_2618.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />A new crisp flavour, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aioli">aïoli</a>, new to me and the Chef anyway, from Breton crisp manufacturer Brets. And once again it bothers me that they have jettisoned their apostrophe. OK, let’s try not to be picky about that.<p></p><p>A lovely light garlicky tasting crisp. The usual fine crinkle cut that Brets do so well. And they combine beautifully to give a very tasty crisp. I liked them a lot, so did the Chef and the Ski Instructor, but most of them were scoffed by the Farmer’s Daughter. She <u>was</u> 9 months pregnant and used that as an excuse for eating so many crisps, but it seemed to me that she wouldn’t have eaten quite so many if she hadn’t enjoyed them so much. </p><p>Very nice. I would be happy to try these again.</p><p>Not much more to say except obviously you find these in France. I cannot remember if we found this packet in the supermarket or at a motorway service station.</p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-59607770953564421892023-12-03T16:30:00.003+00:002023-12-03T17:36:48.137+00:00Article in The Guardian newspaper about crisp flavours (worth a look)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA8zUA_JIR61ae6AtswcD4TjjYBiCLnlDquYgyPjiZXAKTvVI5mr0BXTFf20-XDdVflmLUrhL0O1vHc4eQISDefblO7-DaQzdB3HKyZ2OFB0uVos8FMJVn6pKHtxnydW0pzo2HMgF2pBhopdzEPsvKKm_Wq3NqrNXjWBF0tvgrAiQfDhHBoGvz6iFBZK5/s1930/IMG_2617.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1930" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjA8zUA_JIR61ae6AtswcD4TjjYBiCLnlDquYgyPjiZXAKTvVI5mr0BXTFf20-XDdVflmLUrhL0O1vHc4eQISDefblO7-DaQzdB3HKyZ2OFB0uVos8FMJVn6pKHtxnydW0pzo2HMgF2pBhopdzEPsvKKm_Wq3NqrNXjWBF0tvgrAiQfDhHBoGvz6iFBZK5/w400-h240/IMG_2617.webp" width="400" /></a></div>Oh dear! I hadn’t realised I had abandoned all of you crisp fans for so long. There have been so many other things to keep up with. I must write up some more crispy snacks very soon.<p></p><p>But forgive me and do read this article from The Guardian this weekend. It’s very interesting, well, I say very interesting, and of course to me it is…. So let’s say you might find it an interesting read. It’s about crisp flavours.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/02/the-weird-secretive-world-of-crisp-flavours">See what you think</a>.</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-27950866581302107612023-07-28T17:42:00.001+01:002023-07-28T17:42:00.167+01:00Belin Rolls Goût Crème & Oignon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1e3UKkEG55DLdatrBXGNq_sToOO8VRrEJIbHi2RQpKmdxbVInMDJ3OKxIjSV_pd8VXrtYDGpjAVZIy9E9D1f00IMBs0IXra2ntQ31CyegKQICIz98EyYLOL2ddeXPr3d88aEWcdlOKygt-4g4JbWz1fjeRb0KG-_1--I51Rfaw3hndS1CT1kn_8-Rlq3/s4032/IMG_0380.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1e3UKkEG55DLdatrBXGNq_sToOO8VRrEJIbHi2RQpKmdxbVInMDJ3OKxIjSV_pd8VXrtYDGpjAVZIy9E9D1f00IMBs0IXra2ntQ31CyegKQICIz98EyYLOL2ddeXPr3d88aEWcdlOKygt-4g4JbWz1fjeRb0KG-_1--I51Rfaw3hndS1CT1kn_8-Rlq3/w480-h640/IMG_0380.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Well now, here’s interesting. This is a French version of a crispy snack we have previously bought in North London, but made in Bulgaria or Greece. It appears to be identical, and indeed with a very similar name to the fantastic <a href="https://cheeseburgercrisps.blogspot.com/search?q=7days+bake+rolls+">7days Bake Rolls</a> we enjoyed so much back in 2015. New!<p></p><p>Perhaps Mondelez, owner of Belin, has snapped up 7days and decided to launch the product under a well known French brand.</p><p>The Chef and I rather liked the cream and onion flavour. Very French. Belin are also making this tasty snack in Original (presumably salt), bacon, pizza, and garlic and Italian cheese. I hope to discover one of these next time we are in France.</p><p>I suppose these are just thin slices of crisply baked bread with flavour chucked on top but they do taste pretty good. The Chef has enjoyed them too. With butter and without. Nice.</p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-13516219243654609312023-07-23T19:00:00.001+01:002023-07-25T08:59:52.157+01:00Thaas Chips Oignon de la ferme<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu94eL3BLGMomMiZ1M0vxXmok7Ch8Qenh0u7g2TGq39jbtzkWQ62dPJqpifanguywvLO-BFd6kxfseCJLHXCfRLjm-48-slWEsZ_RgSPsLYV_G1xz1AlV-qPoCABMww-PTOSkQhi0dS-BozzNojMdO-fZbv0fWz68SVNpT1hGWK9CRCZBbZbyvrMHLINwq/s4032/IMG_0377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu94eL3BLGMomMiZ1M0vxXmok7Ch8Qenh0u7g2TGq39jbtzkWQ62dPJqpifanguywvLO-BFd6kxfseCJLHXCfRLjm-48-slWEsZ_RgSPsLYV_G1xz1AlV-qPoCABMww-PTOSkQhi0dS-BozzNojMdO-fZbv0fWz68SVNpT1hGWK9CRCZBbZbyvrMHLINwq/w300-h400/IMG_0377.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Oh dear, what a disappointment.<p></p><p>A new French crisp company, <a href="https://www.thaaschips.com//">Thaas</a>, that I hadn’t come across before, onion flavoured crisps - again, not a flavour I have come across before. They also do lemon flavour crisps (not available to buy the day we visited the Carrefour outside Reims) but…. What, we ask ourselves, is not to like? </p><p>Thaas crisps are grown in a place called Thaas, pronounced “ta”, the packet tells us so, in the Marne which is in north east France. Two brothers, Manu and David, run the farm, and grow their own potatoes, and the onions too. By the sound of things anyway. At any rate I think they grow and process the potatoes themselves.</p><p>Well, I am extremely sorry to report that I was not very excited by this packet of crisps. I would love to tell you that they’re great, but to be honest I am not that impressed and nor is the Chef. Too thick cut, with a dull crunch (I would much prefer a crisp bite), and most importantly, they don’t taste of onions. Oh dear, oh dear.</p><p>I was hoping for a great new crisp from a company I hadn’t seen before. I was hoping for a lovely crispy onion flavoured snack. But this heavy crisp doesn’t taste of much except, I don’t know, some sort of default crispy snack flavour. Certainly not onions. I wish I could give you better news.</p><p>The Chef, of course, although he’s not too impressed, continues to snack anyway.</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-2052839216553825812023-06-09T18:49:00.001+01:002023-06-09T18:49:00.133+01:00Tyrrell’s Hand Cooked English Crisps Coronation Chicken <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3WQzj2ZnMUgow_0FS1PZ7TD5cmhLv9iCSkCiF4aa2J8SEAVcNPSfzfkoIZS_OUtEKiDikD1LEVLB-r94ZCp9WQTgjslhA23S7dzzAXdu8Fj7_17XxG30oCOhqsMAvqCDt8Z8D303SxsCNfsl6RMSIh91TcdHhxeFsuS11j_I0RDyM3Smt_ydSSUZzw/s4032/IMG_9950.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3WQzj2ZnMUgow_0FS1PZ7TD5cmhLv9iCSkCiF4aa2J8SEAVcNPSfzfkoIZS_OUtEKiDikD1LEVLB-r94ZCp9WQTgjslhA23S7dzzAXdu8Fj7_17XxG30oCOhqsMAvqCDt8Z8D303SxsCNfsl6RMSIh91TcdHhxeFsuS11j_I0RDyM3Smt_ydSSUZzw/w480-h640/IMG_9950.jpeg" width="480" /><br /></a><br /></div>We went for dinner with the Ski Instructor and the Farmer’s Daughter and they produced a bowl of crisps. To be honest I couldn’t decide what flavour I was trying. It seemed like Roast Chicken, but perhaps not, and obviously it turned out not.<p></p><p>A tiny bit of curry flavour, a smidgeon of chicken, I’m not certain this is a true representation of Coronation Chicken, but not to worry, it tastes perfectly pleasant even if you can’t work out the flavour on the packet.</p><p>Obviously we have had a coronation here recently. I don’t think I would have chosen this crisp as part of the celebrations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eOYNBDRMV_P3NLeHlcb_q-D_0_TeIoc5C-gMxrItCaoRuP1JBnigEWDbdHMO3wBvoCGElOr2L8b6uwwNyy-dcsYPyqOyJTPsMrYvhhMjRQKyoIwCDfoHd5Som3hcAr8e7tSzCPHx2c877sT-NJnLtn6ZEqVyet41L3C32J20BpJOe2a3SZKtYI83OQ/s4032/IMG_9952.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eOYNBDRMV_P3NLeHlcb_q-D_0_TeIoc5C-gMxrItCaoRuP1JBnigEWDbdHMO3wBvoCGElOr2L8b6uwwNyy-dcsYPyqOyJTPsMrYvhhMjRQKyoIwCDfoHd5Som3hcAr8e7tSzCPHx2c877sT-NJnLtn6ZEqVyet41L3C32J20BpJOe2a3SZKtYI83OQ/w400-h300/IMG_9952.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-81258931631132065272023-06-04T13:15:00.002+01:002023-06-08T16:34:27.079+01:00Koikeya Pickled Plum Original Premium Japanese Potato Chips<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRFeUfBZsjJum0J0LBDhwKZxTyyKTdPCE-Phtp_cViuBUPmwyO5sN9GtAoUgcnNknAgbeDimm4Duz55y2vzEFLD9WpHqzSF91tATgXqCDpD3bW29cjnPPtEiFpjlTnz0Eg-bOa10K8SeUYhF9BIhtk6styqWojnb-6tzq1Csr_HebDhhiP8lS7VSEwA/s2919/IMG_2302.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="2204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRFeUfBZsjJum0J0LBDhwKZxTyyKTdPCE-Phtp_cViuBUPmwyO5sN9GtAoUgcnNknAgbeDimm4Duz55y2vzEFLD9WpHqzSF91tATgXqCDpD3bW29cjnPPtEiFpjlTnz0Eg-bOa10K8SeUYhF9BIhtk6styqWojnb-6tzq1Csr_HebDhhiP8lS7VSEwA/w484-h640/IMG_2302.jpeg" width="484" /></a></div><br />The (ex) Ski Instructor and the Farmer’s Daughter Taste Testers brought me back this interesting packet of crisps from their travels across the U.K.. It looks to me very much as though they bring me packets of crispy snacks they don’t fancy themselves. Well, OK, we are here to try.<p></p><p>Ooh! Or do I mean Urr…? These crisps, mysteriously manufactured in Belgium, definitely qualify as weird. Very weird. At the very least they are quite different from any other crisps I have tried.</p><p>I hadn’t heard of Koikeya before, but the packet tells me it is a long standing producer of Japanese crisps. Is that different to being a Japanese producer of crisps? Apparently they have a vast group of loyal consumers in Japan and wish to spread their flavours across the world. And the packaging blurb hopes that we will “enjoy the <i>potechi</i> with its refined and sophisticated flavours, representing Japanese cuisine and tradition”.</p><p>When I asked my iPad to give me the meaning of <i>potechi</i> it told me firmly that it’s Bulgarian word meaning ‘steps’. When I just typed <i>potechi</i> I discovered it’s a transliteration of a Japanese word meaning potato crisps. Or for you lot in the rest of the world: potato chips. </p><p>And did we enjoy these Japanese crisps? Erm, enjoy is not exactly the word I would employ. It’s such a different flavour from what I was expecting, so different to any flavours in my life. So…. sour. Am I supposed to be tasting plum? I think there’s a bit too much lemon oil in the recipe.</p><p>Right, well, perhaps I am failing to appreciate the flavour because I don’t eat Japanese food. All my friends love sushi but I don’t eat fish and have never ventured to a Japanese restaurant. I completely failed the test when I travelled Japanese Airlines some years ago, carefully ordering the European menu. A fellow passenger* who decided on the Japanese menu impressed her (Japanese businessmen) neighbours so much they bought her a pretty brooch from the duty free trolley. Good for her. </p><p>*We met at breakfast in our Tokyo hotel: the buffet featured a bowl of tiny fried fish, stewed lotus root (I think), tinned spaghetti bolognaise, bacon, eggs, chips, and a vast selection of other food I can’t remember nearly 25 years later..</p><p>The Chef wasn’t mad keen on Pickled Plum flavour, Cliffs of Moher declined a second crisp, and apparently the Ski Instructor and the Farmer’s Daughter weren’t fans either. </p><p>As you know, this is just what we thought. If you are a big fan of Japanese food, and I know a lot of people love it, this Pickled Plum flavour might be just the thing for you. If you can find a packet. You might have to go to Brussels.</p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-10199945801942920732023-05-30T09:30:00.001+01:002023-05-30T09:30:00.136+01:00Walkers Baked Wotsits Giants <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi7pULd1LSQck5nKedZhu1Q07yPYXZ5RwhJnjLovIVwsQw8Lee3eB8T47ilYVmkpae9ps2wdg4FUojfpnj9U4-CzV4rIFfFdRd7dXgiVwNE_F7tys0U6Vyc_CokoCx-Z41mZ9tOUnFiyoW3VfbZ11GtPgE8RSFLlLNJjG7OwV7MIMmlMbfA1G_ITxqQ/s4032/IMG_9937.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi7pULd1LSQck5nKedZhu1Q07yPYXZ5RwhJnjLovIVwsQw8Lee3eB8T47ilYVmkpae9ps2wdg4FUojfpnj9U4-CzV4rIFfFdRd7dXgiVwNE_F7tys0U6Vyc_CokoCx-Z41mZ9tOUnFiyoW3VfbZ11GtPgE8RSFLlLNJjG7OwV7MIMmlMbfA1G_ITxqQ/w480-h640/IMG_9937.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Really cheesy. Well, not exactly tasting of actual cheese, but definitely tasting of the fabulously fake ‘cheese flavour’ of so many crispy snacks. But don’t take this as a criticism. I love cheese flavour snacks and this is a very good one.<p></p><p>Yes, they are just like the original <a href="https://cheeseburgercrisps.blogspot.com/search?q=Cheesy+wotsits+">Cheesy Wotsits</a>, just about three times the size. And they taste the same and are just as moreish (which someone from Ohio once told me is not a word used in the United States - can that really be the case?).</p><p> Very moreish indeed. Very hard to avoid having another one. </p><p>Except… and for me I’m afraid this is a very big except, they really do gum themselves to your teeth like cement. With a regular sized Wotsit you can rid yourself of the squished puffed corn sogginess gummed to your teeth with your tongue. The giant version required much poking and prodding with a searching finger. So that is a bit of an issue for me.</p><p>I should have photographed the glossy blue packet before it got all scrumpled up but never mind, you’ve all seen a crisp packet before.</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-21219949936805159302023-05-25T20:11:00.001+01:002023-05-26T10:11:39.332+01:00Jacob’s Mini Cheddars Nibblies Double Gloucester & Chive<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpygv72kWVEibNpvWzgdvQBUYReCJ2fEpiTrHBFFdgdBZviIO9zIXpd7XedBeiCgrBWvc1WrSeWbqP3eJYpLWLOFgQHosTfWVeq7BPWev1vnsN5eXylP04W-wenbBmPsH3lN5b-OVVZrVAfMMaLuLYbqzoB8k-97rr0y6UbAPsV-g7sHclJlZcxqMpzw/s3452/IMG_9936.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3452" data-original-width="1876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpygv72kWVEibNpvWzgdvQBUYReCJ2fEpiTrHBFFdgdBZviIO9zIXpd7XedBeiCgrBWvc1WrSeWbqP3eJYpLWLOFgQHosTfWVeq7BPWev1vnsN5eXylP04W-wenbBmPsH3lN5b-OVVZrVAfMMaLuLYbqzoB8k-97rr0y6UbAPsV-g7sHclJlZcxqMpzw/w348-h640/IMG_9936.jpeg" width="348" /></a></div><br />It’s surprisingly difficult to find who actually owns Jacob’s, the company who own Cheddars and Mini Cheddars, or used to. Jacob’s used to be owned by United Biscuits who have a rubbish website that looks as though it was designed in 1975, but it seems they were bought by a Turkish company called Yildiz Holdings or more likely pladis Global (happiness with every bite). Look, I could have tried harder and spent more time investigating but life it too short.<p></p><p>And why is there almost no information about Mini Cheddars Nibblies online? I was really puzzled. There must be a website I failed to find. They look just exactly the same as any old ordinary Mini Cheddar so…. well, apparently it’s just that they have 30% less fat than other baked Mini Cheddars (which are all baked these days anyway) while looking exactly the same as regular Mini Cheddars. And the text on the packaging telling you this important fact is quite small: perhaps they don’t want you to realise your crispy snack is healthier than you thought? Who knows. </p><p>To be honest, I would prefer my unhealthy crispy snacks to be fried like in the olden days. If you are going to eat unhealthy you want the full fat experience (but make sure you don’t eat too much of it).</p><p>Kids! Don’t take my advice on food and nutrition. I am just expressing a personal preference. When I was young we were allowed to eat all sorts and lots of it was bad for us.</p><p>Anyway, here we have the healthier Nibblies Mini Cheddar option in Double Gloucester & Chive. Hmmm. I can’t tell that this is the extra healthy option which is a good thing. Same size, same shape, same colour, same texture. Excellent. But honestly, I am not sure this little snack actually tastes of Double Gloucester (would you be able to pick that cheese?), or Chives either. They smell good when you open the packet but what you get to eat doesn’t quite taste like that. What a pity.</p><p>Not nasty at all. Just not quite as nice as I would have liked. I will finish the packet and another packet too. You might like the taste better than I do and the Chef thought they were fine but I wonder if they do a cheese version.</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-29341907452792911192023-05-13T15:22:00.000+01:002023-05-13T15:22:46.878+01:00Jacob’s Mini Cheddars Nacho Cheese & Jalapeño <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpzuNbtV6ypAH8En2VeJvm3SUVth1iBNLNH33MJcYbNagqOSDdxS3PgZsnCYCr5QHqF3kUh2DZz5CK06NW3Reo6qVRYIO7oyXHwNVJS4WgnZ-iBi1OqY2UpejYbg8fgEZlB24tM_XX7jEbA0pTyMKbRY8MU39rHkiIiNiOXduCr5CYAqKaJKkzbAP0Q/s2809/IMG_9912.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2809" data-original-width="2725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpzuNbtV6ypAH8En2VeJvm3SUVth1iBNLNH33MJcYbNagqOSDdxS3PgZsnCYCr5QHqF3kUh2DZz5CK06NW3Reo6qVRYIO7oyXHwNVJS4WgnZ-iBi1OqY2UpejYbg8fgEZlB24tM_XX7jEbA0pTyMKbRY8MU39rHkiIiNiOXduCr5CYAqKaJKkzbAP0Q/w388-h400/IMG_9912.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><br />As you know if you have been following this blog for a while, my iPad knows how to spell jalapeño correctly. And I have learned to appreciate the taste. Mostly from crispy snacks.<p></p><p>My family was a bit slow on the uptake when it came to modern cuisine: my grandfather absolutely refused to eat garlic and only ever ate rice or pasta as a pudding. I honestly don’t know how he managed this because he was brought up in South West France but he was a very determined man. And my grandmother even disapproved of feeding bananas to children. I can’t imagine what they would have thought of Nacho Cheese & Jalapeño flavour Mini Cheddars.</p><p>Obviously my mother didn’t get much of a start in life when it came to interesting foods. I think the most exotic thing she ever cooked was Vesta Chow Mein and that came in a cardboard box. I’m not sure she would have been any more enthusiastic about this crispy snack than her parents.</p><p>However, when I picked up a multi pack of Mini Cheddars last year it seemed perfect normal to find such a spicy flavour. How things have changed. </p><p>Anyway, rather stupidly I tidied them away and thus forgot to try them. So, slightly out of date, this Nacho Cheese & Jalapeño flavour crunchy little biscuit is rather good. The cheese seems incidental, the chilli packs quite a punch. Very nice.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx8kyBPfOVEFLlzmcyPRJ3IO9XPHQajAbzuMnwxzd4RtJqOSjyswgFSN7lO6BE2fDAgBV3BQc5h6joYhY6ffOTl899CwBz1sA6-3FljQwz1hl1FTghYncVwVRtOBDdLJOxZwqFiIAjft86J6XqmOLfdRpmPLRGO5K_ihmRXxxlGwDx_HxponzQCAlCA/s4032/IMG_9913.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2038" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx8kyBPfOVEFLlzmcyPRJ3IO9XPHQajAbzuMnwxzd4RtJqOSjyswgFSN7lO6BE2fDAgBV3BQc5h6joYhY6ffOTl899CwBz1sA6-3FljQwz1hl1FTghYncVwVRtOBDdLJOxZwqFiIAjft86J6XqmOLfdRpmPLRGO5K_ihmRXxxlGwDx_HxponzQCAlCA/w324-h640/IMG_9913.jpeg" width="324" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-74236987418337464982023-02-25T13:37:00.003+00:002023-02-25T13:37:00.186+00:00Walkers Quavers Salt & Vinegar <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEz4ern_c9Zcja8SC705qXo4tu4Dj_k8Ug6pDm9tesrKi048kktbziewBkK1yWY9lJvQ2x5mm31ltjGw27nRE_WmMFX8K-bLo3aNGqMZ-YShByliWdhC8RO_9qrRPP1_cNfn7wvBur8rrryGU6OGBODBIfChlpiHgQ2oQ3lqglhOy0-Qif8vt2u9Ihw/s3148/B7BFED8E-4422-4550-8706-E56CF3F49B59.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3148" data-original-width="2203" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEz4ern_c9Zcja8SC705qXo4tu4Dj_k8Ug6pDm9tesrKi048kktbziewBkK1yWY9lJvQ2x5mm31ltjGw27nRE_WmMFX8K-bLo3aNGqMZ-YShByliWdhC8RO_9qrRPP1_cNfn7wvBur8rrryGU6OGBODBIfChlpiHgQ2oQ3lqglhOy0-Qif8vt2u9Ihw/w448-h640/B7BFED8E-4422-4550-8706-E56CF3F49B59.jpeg" width="448" /></a></div><br />Quavers, a light curly potato snack, are usually flavoured with cheese. And I like them very much. I love the texture, I like the taste. <p></p><p>But earlier this week, stopping off at a motorway service station in Kent, the Chef and I came across Salt & Vinegar flavour Quavers. It’s possible they’ve been available for ages but, for whatever reason, we haven’t come across them before.</p><p>And the verdict? Delicious. Really very good indeed. Although I wouldn’t recommend them if you don’t generally like salt & vinegar as a flavour. </p><p>Highly recommended for everyone else. </p><p>The Chef doesn’t really go for salt & vinegar, but he was pleased to admit they weren’t too bad.</p><p>I notice that grab bags have got a lot smaller since I last looked.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-22617136929301510592023-02-20T19:08:00.001+00:002023-02-20T19:08:00.177+00:00Peter’s Yard Suffolk Cyder Vinegar & Sea Salt Sourdough Bites<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xHyirf_nljB1-SZRsn6ifOXGslaE23P5MR2qABsBTmhV-1tvU0281vgab_B8xjbuAaXJ8cBOseiWdozGHh6MmnG2PLYmtGCChEQi-2XiCIH1OEeS9Vk9T7NnDEDNYiGRiedKlRUesX2TOAQJ9ATeU1jNY4JlC5pL1F5htjNH0xEZRNKOkVv7dTKuiw/s2700/987FC73B-9A2F-4FC0-ABCB-CE2C26C757D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2043" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xHyirf_nljB1-SZRsn6ifOXGslaE23P5MR2qABsBTmhV-1tvU0281vgab_B8xjbuAaXJ8cBOseiWdozGHh6MmnG2PLYmtGCChEQi-2XiCIH1OEeS9Vk9T7NnDEDNYiGRiedKlRUesX2TOAQJ9ATeU1jNY4JlC5pL1F5htjNH0xEZRNKOkVv7dTKuiw/w484-h640/987FC73B-9A2F-4FC0-ABCB-CE2C26C757D7.jpeg" width="484" /></a></div><br />Here’s another little bag of sourdough bites chosen by the Ski Instructor and the Farmer’s Daughter. 24 grams and 105 calories. And mysteriously flavoured with “cyder” vinegar and sea salt.<p></p><p>Waah!! These are sharp. And once again the sourdough taste is bursting through. That’s a bit of a pity.</p><p>No palm oil: good. </p><p>Baked not fried: not always a good thing. Yes I know it’s probably miles healthier if your snack isn’t fried, but but does it taste as good as it should? Not always.</p><p>Less fat than a crisps: again, this should be a good thing. But so often the healthier option doesn’t taste as nice. I think we should be focusing on eating fewer snacks in the first place. There’s no point buying a snack you don’t really like just because you know it’s the healthy option.</p><p>Sorry guys.</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-5261020826602431812023-02-15T15:13:00.020+00:002023-03-17T08:06:59.597+00:00Peter's Yard West Country Sour Cream & Chive Sourdough Bites<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCvc098yC5d8eZo5wjzGuBswfsgTdQP6BCCndXakW7WQwt0E1_MDUc7UIZbs3mteHlmKcQTLi-9Et3kjA_hnE7dyVoocoPFQVSob8cPHUk0zmRiJS4bQQOIiKtzTTk9B15bhQL33nFfFx2VF2ibhVXIlD2Pak_zXyIRgwEUjDUbYwbTv7hNMkHj-hFw/s4032/b4T5ezwlTCWnY+P872wL2w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCvc098yC5d8eZo5wjzGuBswfsgTdQP6BCCndXakW7WQwt0E1_MDUc7UIZbs3mteHlmKcQTLi-9Et3kjA_hnE7dyVoocoPFQVSob8cPHUk0zmRiJS4bQQOIiKtzTTk9B15bhQL33nFfFx2VF2ibhVXIlD2Pak_zXyIRgwEUjDUbYwbTv7hNMkHj-hFw/w480-h640/b4T5ezwlTCWnY+P872wL2w.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>So the (now ex) Ski Instructor taste tester and the Farmer's Daughter visited somewhere or other in the West Country (which for those of you who don't live in the UK can mean Gloucestershire or Wiltshire or Somerset. or maybe Devon or Cornwall, sometimes Dorset), and very sweetly picked up some packets of crisps as a birthday present for me.<p></p><p>it is a little unfortunate that all three packets are sourdough bites rather than potato crisps, but don't lets look a gift horse in the mouth. </p><p>I thought this flavour a little thin. The sour cream and chive is pleasant enough, but not nearly enough to battle past the somewhat thuggish nature of the sourdough base. That's a pity. And the bite is rather dull for my taste. I really would have liked a a crisper snap.</p><p>Not nasty, not horrible. But not really my thing.</p><p>Still, two more flavours to try.</p><p>Made in Shropshire, which although it is in the west of England is not the West Country. And not quite far enough north to qualify as the North West. Perhaps you'd call Shropshire 'The Welsh Marches'? which somehow doesn't sound like a good marketing ploy. </p><p>Well, anyway, you might like these sourdough bites. Everyone has a different idea of delicious. I think the Chef liked them better than I did but I know he prefers his crisps to be made of potatoes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-87212554043860780142023-02-10T14:59:00.000+00:002023-02-10T14:59:04.717+00:00Jacob’s Mini Cheddars Classic Cheese Pizza Flavour <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vr5x83vaAxUkw_dG98us5R7uyeNFwcKtuIzei49EX7T644AlbsYzBKj6yIjiNsSyvX4epJ9KOhV5GaT4tdoHlBtDCJuP7FCwreDN9Egtq2MP5lRsJH3WgLoMXLXiauW9iEhIQRYsd3agBQ91Gnv-5tRwBnR7sDxJ0O8FgMIrwPM0-Hf-37W-_tK3Xw/s3040/F6159FBE-03AB-42D0-965E-C19786E74BEE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3040" data-original-width="1657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vr5x83vaAxUkw_dG98us5R7uyeNFwcKtuIzei49EX7T644AlbsYzBKj6yIjiNsSyvX4epJ9KOhV5GaT4tdoHlBtDCJuP7FCwreDN9Egtq2MP5lRsJH3WgLoMXLXiauW9iEhIQRYsd3agBQ91Gnv-5tRwBnR7sDxJ0O8FgMIrwPM0-Hf-37W-_tK3Xw/w347-h640/F6159FBE-03AB-42D0-965E-C19786E74BEE.jpeg" width="347" /></a></div><br />Why do crispy snack manufacturers keep producing “pizza” flavour snacks? I suppose they always hope their new pizza flavour will work, but 9 times out of 10 it doesn’t. And in this case I really think it hasn’t.<p></p><p>The reluctant taste testers always used to say that pizza flavour crispy snacks taste of the cheapest possible frozen pizza from the shop on the corner that you only buy in an emergency. And although I didn’t have the reluctant taste testers around to ask for their opinions, I do agree with what they had to say. What a pity.</p><p>I think this Mini Cheddar flavour is supposed to be a flavour celebrating cheese. OK, well, maybe. But I am not convinced. Seriously, why mess with the perfectly good cheese flavour that you get with original (or classic) Mini Cheddars?</p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-47268170209037871832023-01-28T17:51:00.000+00:002023-01-28T17:51:21.236+00:00Jacob’s Mini Cheddars Crunchlets Cheddar & Caramelised Onion Flavour <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DpvPfirnMTOHAVKUhEvVeqsTv6xFnTSzqXsfSs42Z08McN3GKxU0IDUvJFmphyPnltICjAuB5DT43-jXYVv1t-mqTJCf-bQR1blm7pyO5dotzrcjJP0gAwJqF6HRRbHhKYmLzONrBsj9tRhUiYdVWkMCgtOwUK7ph-Ny13MnkCl8vGN7kaN445kazQ/s2048/27C20F8C-CE4B-4617-AEF6-95338D8A446A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DpvPfirnMTOHAVKUhEvVeqsTv6xFnTSzqXsfSs42Z08McN3GKxU0IDUvJFmphyPnltICjAuB5DT43-jXYVv1t-mqTJCf-bQR1blm7pyO5dotzrcjJP0gAwJqF6HRRbHhKYmLzONrBsj9tRhUiYdVWkMCgtOwUK7ph-Ny13MnkCl8vGN7kaN445kazQ/w480-h640/27C20F8C-CE4B-4617-AEF6-95338D8A446A.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p>I saw these new(ish) Mini Cheddars Crunchlets online ages before I ever found a packet in real life. I wasn’t sure that I would like them because Mini Cheddars are very good just as they are, and sometimes changes aren’t a good thing.</p><p>The little supermarket down the road has a somewhat random selection of crisps and crispy snacks, and the other day I found this packet. And… I have to say that this new fancy puffed up little crunchy biscuitty snack is rather good. I like the crispy crunch. I like the texture. I like the lavish sprinkling of flavour dust on each individual Crunchlet.</p><p>However, I am not mad keen on the flavour. I think I would be happier with a bit less onion. It says caramelised onion, but although initially the level of onion seems fine, it turns almost strong enough to be pickled onion. I don’t really want that much aftertaste. But if I can find a different flavour I will certainly try it.</p><p>The Chef reports he has no problem with the flavour. And he really likes the crunch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGnmqhkC1-JvvrL802l58jruQY8GJ-B0XVuBBtUepqu58e-ZswAPXOBALW4dhGF34hQIUGOtgCrVHYq79EZYFINILqEKQuv5rJMuXX3_lZ5ljjwN3uIAJUoSNYIXXwo89tIGajMDxHlHlno_m1ZsJVamMXQi9LsOoC8mkclXRDJPY8n48vZk8TEM0uw/s2048/2B9D7007-A7F0-4AAC-BF04-6A8E770745B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGnmqhkC1-JvvrL802l58jruQY8GJ-B0XVuBBtUepqu58e-ZswAPXOBALW4dhGF34hQIUGOtgCrVHYq79EZYFINILqEKQuv5rJMuXX3_lZ5ljjwN3uIAJUoSNYIXXwo89tIGajMDxHlHlno_m1ZsJVamMXQi9LsOoC8mkclXRDJPY8n48vZk8TEM0uw/w480-h640/2B9D7007-A7F0-4AAC-BF04-6A8E770745B6.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001460276674764776.post-52994315372134963782022-11-19T08:06:00.002+00:002022-12-05T15:42:04.614+00:00Tesco’s Finest Christmas Pudding Flavour Limited Edition Hand Cooked Crisps <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCrCyosLH9GhInukAkUisTcha2cf8WHgYs7R6Cmup_CpGy_OazjuEo7HIoGY3OKp6xmNe4-KgVrUDqib1fb4D8pwDqStKI3jeWitJl6F-PI12aWn1bAAwG41yN2Kih0ZbtWXsnYeM9kPHVApnDqxlxd4C35NVQ9yFwz_rgaty-Or4yNB-o21puPx0_g/s2048/326C4307-A3E9-4054-B0C4-BACA28D663A0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCrCyosLH9GhInukAkUisTcha2cf8WHgYs7R6Cmup_CpGy_OazjuEo7HIoGY3OKp6xmNe4-KgVrUDqib1fb4D8pwDqStKI3jeWitJl6F-PI12aWn1bAAwG41yN2Kih0ZbtWXsnYeM9kPHVApnDqxlxd4C35NVQ9yFwz_rgaty-Or4yNB-o21puPx0_g/w480-h640/326C4307-A3E9-4054-B0C4-BACA28D663A0.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Wow! Christmas Pudding flavour crisps? What the…?<p></p><p>So what would you expect? I think I was expecting something horrible. But although this crisp flavour is horribly wrong, it isn’t horrible.</p><p>I actually quite liked the flavour. It reminded me of raisins and sultanas in a Christmassy sort of a way. Quite a nice sort of a flavour for a biscuit. In fact, a bit like a squashed fly (Garibaldi) biscuit. But if you ask me… oh dear no; not in a crisp. And I was quite surprised that the crispy flavour of potato, which you wouldn’t normally think to be too strong, was in fact punchy enough to fight back against the fruit.</p><p>Cliffs of Moher taste tester came round for a drink and on one tasting decided this crisp flavour was totally wrong. And refused to try another. She said she thought the flavour would be good for a scented candle. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not. She likes scented candles. I don’t.</p><p>The Chef thinks they are weird. </p><p>As ever with Tesco Finest the crisps are on the large size with a good crunch, and rather darker than your average crisp. I don’t know how this flavour was created because the ingredients list only says ‘spices’.</p><p>The Chef tried again. He still thinks these crisps are too weird. And I am sorry to say that we couldn’t bring ourselves to finish the packet. That doesn’t happen very often.</p><p>Bought from a giant branch of Tesco where I also had a new passport photo taken.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWeTAf14y5BaXu2Ay-BV-ZoIpzNslos9fPp9R3MoE62nO5-t_5pOS1fpMFG7dG3pHmamBfQGzU69hui3Xwfc83_M1_Zyjv_rDz0-SnW0fLNDWfbrpQn_4AKkwjU_nc0qZNqFynjWooIYwJ4SSKOz2JzLVxrXCn6GyvbDhxwJGFFF-BOnknbjs7-zdxA/s2048/0455B2EC-BFC1-4235-9C12-949C4E416E26.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWeTAf14y5BaXu2Ay-BV-ZoIpzNslos9fPp9R3MoE62nO5-t_5pOS1fpMFG7dG3pHmamBfQGzU69hui3Xwfc83_M1_Zyjv_rDz0-SnW0fLNDWfbrpQn_4AKkwjU_nc0qZNqFynjWooIYwJ4SSKOz2JzLVxrXCn6GyvbDhxwJGFFF-BOnknbjs7-zdxA/w480-h640/0455B2EC-BFC1-4235-9C12-949C4E416E26.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Georginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.com0