Hello!
Fat Englishman here….
I imagine all of us has tucked into a good many packets of potato chips (or crisps if you grew up English as I did). No doubt you – much like myself – will have devoured many of them in your younger days and for all I know you may still be a regular consumer.
But with there being so many flavours produced over the years, there remains the question of which were the favourites – which bring to mind those bygone days of youth for those of us now living in countries where Prawn Cocktail and Smokey Bacon are not to be found in the aisles of the local grocery stores.
That then was the question I put to anyone who felt inclined to answer on my Facebook page and the results of this wholly unscientific and admittedly heavily British-biased survey are to be found below – see if you agree:
First Place: a tie between Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar
Second Place: shared between Prawn Cocktail, Smokey Bacon and the legendary Smith’s Salt n’ Shake (the white packet with the little blue bag of salt inside the one had to tear open in order to sprinkle the content over the unseasoned crisps before holding the bag tightly closed and shaking mightily – arguable the first and only interactive crisp experience).
Third Place: Roast Chicken
Fourth Place: another tie – this time between BBQ and Tomato
Fifth Place: bringing up the rear are a veritable scrum of notables including Cracked Black Pepper, Balsamic & Salt (clearly a rather posh pair), Chicken & Worcester Sauce, Gammon, Chilli and the positively odd Hedgehog (though I must confess I do remember something about this, though I cannot claim to have tasted it – I believe that it was short-lived, assuming it wasn’t a hoax).
Under the category of Honourable Mention were other snacks that while they aren’t or weren’t strictly crisps, they are redolent with nostalgia and should be included for that reason alone. They are:
Cheesy Quavers
Pickled Onion Monster Munch
Skips
Frazzles
and Spicy Nik Naks.
As I said, totally unscientific and no more than an inconsequential and enjoyable trip down memory lane, but none the worse for that. My thanks to all who joined in. Now go online or to your nearest specialty shop selling the traditional British flavours and re-live your youth!
Happy Eating!
Fatty.
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