Co-op Irresistible Hand Cooked BBQ Lamb Kofta & Tzatziki Flavour Limited Edition

I’ve only gone and bought yet another bag of crisps that I don’t like.

I don’t care that they’re a limited edition, I don’t find them irresistible and I can’t taste Lamb Koftas, BBQ or otherwise. 

That’s unfortunate. The Co-op, that’s the UK Co-op, usually produces a good crisp. And here we have a nice sized crinkle cut crisp, not too large, with the expected good crunch. But… whatever were the flavour scientists thinking? I know what you’re thinking; it’s probably just my weird sense of taste. But seriously, I can just barely detect the lamb and the tzatziki not at all.

What a pity. I love lamb koftas. And I’m rather partial to tzatziki. Hey ho.

I’m really sorry but I cannot recommend this crisp. Look, it’s not a nasty flavour it’s just not the flavour as advertised. Luckily, it is as I said before, a limited edition crisp and probably all the bags that were made have been sold and eaten by people less fussy than me. But remember, I am an internationally renowned taste tester. So that’s my job.

Sorry everyone.

Co-op Irresistible Limited Edition Hand Cooked Chicken Shawarma

I really don’t know quite what to say about this limited edition crisp from our local Co-op here in North London. You will probably think the Chef and I are terribly boring, but we are both fairly sure we’ve never had a chicken shawarma. We almost never have a takeaway. I think the last one was a pizza in lockdown in Switzerland. So neither of us knows what taste to look out for in these crisps. Oh dear. That’s not a great help, is it!

I looked up a chicken shawarma recipe to see if it tallied at all with the ingredients on the packet. What do you think? Not really. I think the taste that I can’t quite get to grips with is lurking behind the unhelpful ‘chili chicken shawarma flavour seasoning’. I wish I knew what that concoction is made with.

Don’t run away with the idea that this crisp is nasty. It’s not. I have eaten quite a few, and the Chef has been absent mindedly snacking away with no complaints. 

The crisps themselves are not very large but with a nice crunch, and they are richly golden in colour. It’s just that I can’t work out what they taste of. Could it be the cumin? I can’t make my mind up. Whatever they taste of, it’s like no other potato crisp I ever tried before.