Favourite Crisp Flavours

[MSB]

Hello every frontroomer,
Just wondering what your favourite crisp flavours were.

I personally prefer something a little more adventurous than the regular selections that you find in Walkers. That is why I like Sage and Onion stuffing flavour. Very strange taste, but very satisfying.
Happy New Year,
Avlvs

P.S There was no space in the poll to allow a :gah: option.

[Rodion Romanovich]

I like trans fat and acrylamide flavor best :grin:

[Bava]

Yoghurt and prawn coctail flavoured crisps???!!! This is the First Sign of the Apocalypse....

[Justiciar]

I've always had a certain liking for Prawn Cocktail. Other than that I'm not particularly a fan of crisps, whatever the flavour. They tend to make me gag. :inquisitive:

[King Henry V]

I would have to say that prawn cocktail and cheese and onion are the best on the list, however my personal favourite is the mint and roast lamb. Delicious. Honourable mentions also go to ketchup, barbecue and Worcester Sauce.

[Sjakihata]

Sourcream and onion flavour.

[Duke Malcolm]

Ah, I did not notice Worcestershire sauce! That's the chap for me...

[Quid]

I have never understood what it is with all those different flavours (especially in England). I mean, Cheese and Onion, Ketchup...common!

My favourite would have to be Ready Salted and Other (Paprika).

Quid

[The_Doctor]

Salt and Vinegar.:yes:

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Oh! You mean potato chips.

I'm surprised and disappointed that Sour Cream and Onion isn't there. But then again, maybe they do things differently "over there." :shifty:

[Motep]

Oh! You mean potato chips.

I'm surprised and disappointed that Sour Cream and Onion isn't there. But them again, maybe they do things differently "over there." :shifty:

I could never had put it better. I would have to vote for spicy chilli, beacause it sounds the best. Also, beacause I dip my chips in chilli half the time anyway.

[naut]

Paprika for the win.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Oh! You mean potato chips.


~:rolleyes:

Crisps are called crisps because they are crisp.

Potato chips are called chips because they're chipped potatoes, and properly made, are deep and soft with a crunchy exterior.

The latter designation also frees the national vegetable recipe from any assocation or sovereignty that may be advanced by the unfortunate term "French fries".

This means that when the neighbours get uppity, the British don't have to go through linguistic gyrations like "freedom fries". Chips remain chips.

:bounce:

Oh, and Cheese and Onion.

[Beirut]

~:rolleyes:

Crisps are called crisps because they are crisp.

Potato chips are called chips because they're chipped potatoes, and properly made, are deep and soft with a crunchy exterior.


:inquisitive:

Potato chips, contrary to any and all Imperial British suggestions, are not deep and soft with a crunchy exterior; they are very thin, very crunchy and come in bags with the words "Potato Chips" written across the front.

Exhibit A:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/potato20chips2065g.jpg

Crisps, if one is to apply colloquial yet anachronistic across-the-pond terminology, are crackers.

There is one and only one type of potato chip - BBQ!

All else are but feminizations of a masculine spudacious endeavor.

[The Stranger]

:laugh4:

i read that chips/crisps were made by an indian cook who had an english customer whining about the size of his patotoes... so the cook got angrty and chopped the patotoes so thin and fried them that they all got crispy....

some say he was my ancestor... so i guess... I OWN ALL CHIPS/CRISPS COMPANIES!!!!

[Mikeus Caesar]

Salt and vinegar ftw.

And it's crisps, not 'potato chips'. Banquo's explanation hit the nail on the head.

Crisps and chips are entirely different things.

[MSB]

Oh! You mean potato chips. Sorry, but I'm English. In England chips are these:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Pommes-1.jpg/800px-Pommes-1.jpg

And crisps are these:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Kartoffelchips-1.jpg/707px-Kartoffelchips-1.jpg

[drone]

BBQ is the best you can get from the mainstream chip makers. Fortunately for me, I live in Virginia, home of the Route 11 chip company. They make a wide variety of flavors (including chips from sweet potatos), but the ruler of them all is Mama Zuma's Revenge Habanero potato chips. Spicy! :2thumbsup:

http://www.rt11.com/default.cfm?URLKey=ChipGallery

[Caius]

:gah2:

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

That doesn't make sense. Since when were chips large and stick-like?

Non-potato chips:
http://www.justthechips.com/images/PokerChips.gif

See? Thinly sliced, not elongated.

Additionally, both thinly sliced fried potatos and long, thick fried potatos are "crisp" when referring to their texture.

The defense rests, your honor. :shifty:

[MSB]

What came first: the American variant of English or the English variant of English :smug:

[The_Doctor]

The only way to solve this problem to exterminate the whole population of North America, except Texas.

EX-TER-MIN-ATE, EX-TER-MIN-ATE, EX-TER-MIN-ATE.

[MSB]

Nah, let's turn them all into early Cybermen (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/doctorwho/classic/clips/ram/tenth_planet02?size=4x3&bgc=CC0000&nbram=1&bbram=1), that would be evil :grin:

Anyway, let's get back to topic people before we get a closure.

[doc_bean]

Paprika for the win.

Those, or nacho cheese Doritos, but htey're not really crisps I guess

[MSB]

I used to like Paprika crisps/potato chips until the wife banned me from eating them due to how they made my breath smell "awful".

[The_Doctor]

Nah, let's turn them all into early Cybermen, that would be evil

Thats a much better idea, because you program them to say "crisps".:yes:

[JimBob]

Cheddar and Sour Cream, especially Ruffles brand. BBQ with a close second.

Now what the hell is this fancy flavor bs? Tomato and Basil? Parsnip? Yogurt?

[MSB]

Now what the hell is this fancy flavor bs? Tomato and Basil? Parsnip? Yogurt?
Parsip flavour crisps are not actually parsnip flavoured: they are made of parsnip.

[Hepcat]

Sorry, but I'm English. In England chips are these:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Pommes-1.jpg/800px-Pommes-1.jpg

And crisps are these:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Kartoffelchips-1.jpg/707px-Kartoffelchips-1.jpg

Well over here we are too lazy to use a different word for them. We don't even say potato chips, they are just both chips to us.

and BBQ is my favourite, though that is about as exotic a chip flavour you can get here, though they have brought in Green Onion recently, but I still prefer BBQ. :2thumbsup:

[drone]

Re: the argument over the naming convention.

Since they were invented here in the US, we can call them whatever we want. :tongue: You Brits can call them crisps, hufnagels, tutus, whatever, but as the inventors we have the right to use our terminology without hassle.

And The Stranger has it correct:

It is believed that the original potato chip recipe was created by Native American/African American chef George Crum, at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York on August 24, 1853. He was fed up with a customer — by some accounts Cornelius Vanderbilt (although this has been disproved) — who continued to send his fried potatoes back, because they were too thick and soggy. Crum decided to slice the potatoes so thin that they couldn't be eaten with a fork. Against Crum's expectation, the guest was ecstatic about the new chips. They became a regular item on the lodge's menu under the name "Saratoga Chips".

[yesdachi]

For “potato chips” I like original best, the salty burn is the most excellent!
For “French fries” I like them thin and to dip them in some kind of cheese!

[Motep]

Dont Kill us! I dont wanna die! :bigcry:

[Proletariat]

I'll need to review this thread further when I'm not on my way out the door, but these chips are hands down the best for any beer night.

http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=512

[English assassin]

YEAST EXTRACT? Who the hell voted for that? Sayings you rarely hear: Mmm, and with my beer, a packet of your best yeast extract flavour crisps, landlord. :inquisitive:

Salted, salt and vinegar, and cheese and onion, these are the only flavours of crisps. All else is frippery.

Does anyone else remember monster munch BTW? Or the oh so aptly named Wotsits? Ah, they don't make artificial childrens snack foods like they used to...

[MSB]

One person voted for yeast extract. However that individual voted for everything on the list.

[Beirut]

For “French fries” I like them thin and to dip them in some kind of cheese!

I like fries with a mix of 1/2 mayo & 1/2 chili paste.

Mmmmmmm...

[naut]

Those, or nacho cheese Doritos, but htey're not really crisps I guess
Meh, they're still good. Although the most addictive are the Plain Doritos. :juggle2:

[caravel]

Another one up there for yeast extract! (Marmite/Yeast Poo)

Plantain Crisps, known as "chifles" are the best though! :2thumbsup:

[Pannonian]

Spicy nik-naks aren't on there.

[MSB]

Sorry if I have not included everybody's favourite flavour, but the vB engine only allows for a maximum of thirty options on a poll.

[Mount Suribachi]

Flaming Hot Monster Munch ~:)

And for the record, US/Canadian crisps suck. They're cheap and generic. No-one matches Britain for our quality and range of choice. I should know, I've lived over there.

Yay for the highest rate of heart disease in Europe!


Of course, real men eat Twiglets, but those WMDs masquerauding as savoury snacks probly deserve a thread of their own ~:)

[Oaty]

you forgot buffalo chips :balloon2:

[MSB]

Buffalo Bleu is on there if that is the same thing? I'm sorry, but I'm English.

[Duke Malcolm]

Ah, Buffalo flavour crisps, from the buffalo that roam Co. Meath... ah, they're something special...