Brown Bag Crisps Rosemary and Sea Salt

 

Brown Bag Crisps. Very nice.

Naturally delicious apparently. 

Proper British potato crisps. Gluten free and vegan.

Well, I have already tried the lightly salted crisp from this brand, and the West Country Farmhouse Cheddar and Onion. Although, I only got to sniff the empty packet that Senior Taste Tester gave me when he brought it into the office and complained that the taste was too strong. I am very fond of Senior Taste Tester, but really. He could have left me one crisp at least.

This is a lovely crunchy crisp but there’s an awful lot of overly tasty flavour dust, and I think it’s a bit too rosemaryyyyy. I think it was a present from kind Cliffs of Moher Taste Tester.

Brown Bag Crisps West Country Farmhouse Cheddar & Onion

Senior taste tester brought this empty (empty!) packet into the office for me.

Natural & delicious says the packet. Proper British hand-cooked potato crisps. Cooked in sunflower oil and gluten free. Hmmn.

I thought Senior taste tester was going to recommend this packet of crisps. No. He was going to tell me he thought the taste was too strong. OK then... I've not tried them myself so there we are.

Brown Bag Crisps Lightly Salted

I've not seen these crisps from Brown Bag Crisps in Surrey for sale anywhere. I'm sure I'd have noticed the lovely plain packaging. Anyway, they came in a John Lewis Christmas hamper and I won them in the work raffle. Yes, really. I didn't have to go swapsies with anyone.

So. Natural & Delicious says the packaging. And indeed the ingredients are potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. Only. Suitable for vegetarians, gluten free and lactose free. About as natural as you can get on the crisp front. Which after all isn't very natural; there are no pans of boiling hot oil in nature even for cooking crisps in small batches.

But delicious? These are lovely crisps (shown here in my new Emma Bridgewater bowl); fine cut with a great crunch and beautifully cooked. But not enough salt for me. Yes, I know the flavour is Lightly Salted but this healthy option isn't quite tasty enough for me. You all know I love my salt.

So I tried them with my favourite sour cream and chive dip (only allowed on high days and holidays because it is so incredibly moreish) and they work brilliantly. Very very good indeed.

Other flavours (that I haven't seen) include Oak Smoked Chilli, Smoked Bacon and West Country Farmhouse Cheddar & Onion. I bet they're good.

Well done Phil & Viv from Brown Bag Crisps.

And because it's Christmas here's a photo of my lovely new earrings; the greeny brown cut stone baubles. Also dangling from the little fence on my bathroom shelf: amethyst and peridot drops from Australia, Redwood leaves and cones by Michael Michaud and a swirly Murano glass drop from Venice. If anyone ever asked what my style signifier is I should probably have to say dangly earrings.