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[The Albatross]

I think we can all agree that...the UK has the best shit in the world!

At least for food... the UK is widely considered the worst cuisine in the Western world. It's better now than it was 30 years ago, but every travel or cooking show that goes to London or anywhere else in the UK starts from the premise of "Food in the British Isles is generally thought of as terrible, so we're here to prove you wrong!"

But as somebody who loves meat, potatoes, and cabbage, I ain't even mad.

 

[mokeyjoe]

At least for food... the UK is widely considered the worst cuisine in the Western world. It's better now than it was 30 years ago, but every travel or cooking show that goes to London or anywhere else in the UK starts from the premise of "Food in the British Isles is generally thought of as terrible, so we're here to prove you wrong!"

But as somebody who loves meat, potatoes, and cabbage, I ain't even mad.

Even as someone who's only in his 30s I rememeber food when I was a kid was terrible. The improvement of British food during the 90s was incredible.

 

[frankie_baby]

The true greatest crisps, nobody knows about!

i gave these a shout in the other days crisp thread

nom nom nom

 

[vitacola]

Damn you Britains. No Thai Sweet Chilli on that list? I'm disappointed ...

 

[frankie_baby]

At least for food... the UK is widely considered the worst cuisine in the Western world. It's better now than it was 30 years ago, but every travel or cooking show that goes to London or anywhere else in the UK starts from the premise of "Food in the British Isles is generally thought of as terrible, so we're here to prove you wrong!"

But as somebody who loves meat, potatoes, and cabbage, I ain't even mad.

britain now has the best food in the world, end of

 

[speedline]

Vinegar and Salt? VINEGAR AND SALT?! Wtf mon?

I present to you the best Vinegar and Salt chips money can buy

 

[Burai]

Lol, almost got me, but I call them 'frozen chips'

BRB, just chucking some Smoky Bacon in the freezer...

Damn you Britains. No Thai Sweet Chilli on that list? I'm disappointed ...

This is just a list of Walkers' standard crisps. They don't do Thai Sweet Chilli in their main range.

 

[Asparagus]

God I love Salt & Vinegar crisps, I just can't get enough of them. Walkers, Mccoys, Squares, Discos, Seabrooks, Golden Wonders, so good.

Recently I've been been buying these-

Also, I'm not sure if we'd count them a crisps but I loved Fish and Chips. I'd always buy a packet at the post office as a kid. Closest thing we have to them today is Oddities (which are quite nice actually).

 

[mokeyjoe]

Prawn Cocktail Monster Munch were the best. Shame they stopped doing them.

 

[vitacola]

This is just a list of Walkers' standard crisps. They don't do Thai Sweet Chilli in their main range.

Ah, so they don't put Sensations into that list? I'm relieved.

 

[mokeyjoe]

Nah it's blue, always blue and Cheese and onion is green, always green.

Apart from WALKERS you bastards!

I remember when the swapped the colours back in 90s. Completely inexplicable.

 

[Gowans]

I remember when the swapped the colours back in 90s. Completely inexplicable.

Yeah it took me ages to remember the different rule for Walkers.



LOVING this thread today.

How about we share a snap of our Crisp cupboard/Drawer.


Here's my messy one, a little empty at the mo, nothing fell out.

Gota love the Sports Biscuits!

 

[18-Volt]

You UK guys are lucky. Back in Turkey we had only 2 Lay's flavours: Plain and Paprika. The whole "turkish people hate variety" thing.

 

[womfalcs3]

I refuse to conform to UK nomenclature. I proudly and loudly order FRIES whenever I'm there.


That said, roast chicken Walkers is so good.

 

[Fruitster]

UK Gaf, give Marks and Spencers honey roast ham crisps a try - god tier for flavour and crunchiness, especially the ridged versions.

 

[iNvid02]

I remember the days after school where I would buy these for 40p, it made my day:

damn i remember these, they were so cheap it just didnt feel right

 

[TEJ]

I haven't read this entire topic but is "walkers" just a rebranding of frito lay for the UK? Cause' if not that logo is beyond being a gigantic ripoff.

 

[frankie_baby]

I haven't read this entire topic but is "walkers" just a rebranding of frito lay for the UK? Cause' if not that logo is beyond being a gigantic ripoff.

both walkers and lays are owned by pepsi

 

[Randdalf]

Walker's Max Salt & Vinegar were the absolute peak of crisps, for some inexplicable reason they stopped doing that particular flavour of Walker's Max.

 

[Bucket Mouse]

Go grab yourself some of these:

Sooooo good.

I fucking love these mate! Best Sensations.

 

[BertramCooper]

I tried a few varieties of Walkers while I was in the UK last year, and Thai chili was easily my favorite.

 

[TEJ]

So if Walkers is essentially frito lay "crisps" they aren't even close to being the best. I prefer Zapp's and Cape Cod brand chips.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

My favourite crisps Walkers used to make, then they went black packet and are a mare to find, they are awesome tho

YES!YES!YES!

 

[Gowans]

An old old fave

The last walkers hold out on the green and blue swap, thanks SMITHS!

 

[NinjaFridge]

Yeah it took me ages to remember the different rule for Walkers.



LOVING this thread today.

How about we share a snap of our Crisp cupboard/Drawer.


Here's my messy one, a little empty at the mo, nothing fell out.



Gota love the Sports Biscuits!

BBQ Beef = best kind of Hula Hoops.

 

[Gowans]

BBQ Beef = best kind of Hula Hoops.

Agreed that's why there's none left. The Nice & Spicy Nik Naks will be the next to go.

 

[D4Danger]

An old old fave

http://i.imgur.com/NadGDoS.jpg[MG]

The last walkers hold out on the green and blue swap, thanks SMITHS![/QUOTE]

squares always taste like they're stale. they're so hard.

If I get them in those multipacks with quavers and stuff and they're always the last to go.

 

[Blair]

UK Gaf, give Marks and Spencers honey roast ham crisps a try - god tier for flavour and crunchiness, especially the ridged versions.

M&S crisps are lovely, currently my crisps are

and sensations thai sweet chilli / walkers roast chicken

 

[ChimpanzeeThat]

Walkers are fucking gross.

Oily crap.

So many better alternatives. Baked stuff > everything else

Avoid Tyrrell's at all costs if you hate oily crisps, they are delicious but awfully oily

 

[Bucket Mouse]

Jesus, Pom-Bear. Forgot about those delectable heart cloggers.

 

[Messofanego]

One more vote for Thai Sweet Chilli.

 

[Slayven]

I miss the lay's bbq chip taste from the 80s-90s.

 

[Stinkles]

Ready Salted is just regular right? Seems like such a drawn out way to phrase that.

Prawn cocktail sounds disgusting, and chicken seems like an odd choice.

ready Salted stems from a time when you could buy them without salt added, and add your own. In fact there was a brand called Salt and Shake which came unseasoned, but witha little blue pack of salt in the bag that you sprinkled yourself. And when you got two, that was lucky, but three packs of salt? UNICORN!

 

[moggio]

In fact there was a brand called Salt and Shake which came unseasoned, but witha little blue pack of salt in the bag that you sprinkled yourself. UNICORN!

Salt & Shake still exists - I have some in the cupboard. I like to eat them without salt.

 

[Tambini]

Transform-a-snacks are so fucking good

 

[frankie_baby]

ready Salted stems from a time when you could buy them without salt added, and add your own. In fact there was a brand called Salt and Shake which came unseasoned, but witha little blue pack of salt in the bag that you sprinkled yourself. And when you got two, that was lucky, but three packs of salt? UNICORN!

i got 3 salt packets once

 

[NinjaFridge]

i got 3 salt packets once

I got 0. Then I bought another packet and there was 2 in it.

 

[Jburton]

Prawn cocktail crisps taste nothing like prawn cocktail, and they are AMAZING.

Hell yeah baby!

Prawn Cocktail are awesome, next is Salt & Vinegar (stronger the better, minichips are the best) and then Pickled Onion.

 

[Osiris]

I like Brannigans Crisps personally,

Mhmmmmmmm

 

[Jburton]

Even as someone who's only in his 30s I rememeber food when I was a kid was terrible. The improvement of British food during the 90s was incredible.

What do we mean improvement?

High end restaurant faff? ........ fuck that shit.

Give me a morning fry, fish and chips, ploughmans lunch, pork pie, pork scratchings, egg and chips etc.

Nothing wrong with British food, it's just not up its own ass.

 

[Gowans]

Salt & Shake still exists - I have some in the cupboard. I like to eat them without salt.

You monster.

Yeah I sometimes get these every now and the n due to the fact as a kid I loved them and to play dangerously tipping the salt in and hardly shaking.

The blue packets always mystified me.

 

[mokeyjoe]

What do we mean improvement?

High end restaurant faff? ........ fuck that shit.

Give me a morning fry, fish and chips, ploughmans lunch, pork pie, pork scratchings, egg and chips etc.

Nothing wrong with British food, it's just not up its own ass.

Not high end., the opposite in fact.

Pub food was universally utter garbage, even basics you mention, half the time it looked like it had been kicked round the floor for half an hour. The food available in supermarkets also improved tremendously in the 90s.

To some extent it was down to an explosion of cookery shows and celebrity chefs creating a greater interest and expectation in general. Cheaper travel also meant people were exposed to different things on the continent. There was also a huge amount of competition between supermarkets around then. When I was a kid most of the supermarkets were ratty looking places left over from the 60s. It was a big deal when our town got a Tesco. Then a Sainsbury's, then an Asda etc etc. Competition raged, prices went down and quality and variety went way up. Not fancy food either. Basics like orange juice and fresh coffee were rare things prior to the 80s/90s. Pasta was exotic foreign fare.

This is in no way a bad thing. It's nothing to do with food 'being up it's own arse', good quality ingredients are important whatever the dish. British people eat and cook completely differently now to how they did in the 70s. The traditional dishes remain, but are generally so much better. 70s and 80s British food was terrible. I know, I had to eat it.

The crisps, though, have always been good.

 

[bolak]

Walker's Max Salt & Vinegar were the absolute peak of crisps, for some inexplicable reason they stopped doing that particular flavour of Walker's Max.

A thousand times this! I'm still incredibly bitter.

 

[Label]

Right answer, wrong era. Monster munch individual crisps used to be much bigger, and the old school pickled onion were much stronger, like eye-wateringly strong. They were awesome, the King of Crisps.

Oh man I am jealous they must have been before my time because I have always wanted them to be stronger! At least they have reverted back so they are bigger.

I also have a love for very strong salt and vinegar crisps. This thread is making me peckish.