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[stickygirl]

Oh my.. don't say Worcestershire sauce flavour

Oh, I've just got it - bkk. Lucky you, apart from the bugs

 

[thefishfryer]

In 1960 when I was traveling 1st class on a Dutch liner from the UK to Australia we had cordon bleu restaurant meals every day. By the time we got to Singapore, I wanted some plain food. After morning coffee at Raffles, I went to a cafe and had beans on toast and bought a jar of Marmite. That was the last for two years because only Vegemite was available in Australia at the time. I also missed Heinz Ketchup - only Rosella; and Branston pickle.

Crisp? I remember the Smith's crisps with an enclosed salt bag, from the original and the later relaunch which didn't last long.

Smith's crisps were a classic example of a Company who thought their market was unassailable they probably had about 90% of all crisp sales in the UK. They became complacent and when Golden Wonder came along using modern marketing techniques and new flavours their sales were decimated. A lesson to us all, if you have something you value, look after it.

 

[stickygirl]

I prefer a faint scraping of marmite on hot toast with mature cheddar cheese!

Anyone remember shrimp flavoured skips? I loved those. Or salty pub crisps that made you want to drink more beer?

Personally I prefer a faint scraping of fingernails in a hot bed with a mature spicy sausage in me hand.

Were there hedgehog crisps or is that a myth?

 

[oggbashan]

Personally I prefer a faint scraping of fingernails in a hot bed with a mature spicy sausage in me hand.

Were there hedgehog crisps or is that a myth?

Yes, there were hedgehog-flavoured crisps but they weren't successful.

I didn't think they tasted like hedgehogs anyway and the flavour was unpopular.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

I prefer a faint scraping of marmite on hot toast with mature cheddar cheese!

Anyone remember shrimp flavoured skips? I loved those. Or salty pub crisps that made you want to drink more beer?

I like cold toast as it retains the crispiness, although the corners get pretty hard.
Those shrimp ones were 'skips'...
My mam as a monthly treat for the family used to get prawn flavoured from M&S (Marks and Spencers). They were like tiny nets.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Yes, there were hedgehog-flavoured crisps but they weren't successful.

I didn't think they tasted like hedgehogs anyway and the flavour was unpopular.

The packet was white if my memory serves me correctly.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Smith's crisps were a classic example of a Company who thought their market was unassailable they probably had about 90% of all crisp sales in the UK. They became complacent and when Golden Wonder came along using modern marketing techniques and new flavours their sales were decimated. A lesson to us all, if you have something you value, look after it.

Wise words indeed.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Oh, I've just got it - bkk. Lucky you, apart from the bugs

Offering you an invitation to swing by my pad...as l have to others.

Edit: please bring boil in the bag kippers.. like loads?

 

[Anastasia1999]

I like cold toast as it retains the crispiness, although the corners get pretty hard.
Those shrimp ones were 'skips'...
My mam as a monthly treat for the family used to get prawn flavoured from M&S (Marks and Spencers). They were like tiny nets.

Yum yum, loved skips and salt and vinegar chipsticks and barbecue hula hoops.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Oooh the chipsticks were tangy. Really packed a punch.

 

[Btq97]

Sour cream and chive vs cheese and onion

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Sour cream and chive vs cheese and onion

Sour cream, it sounds more thrilling.
Picture this.... getting frisky with someone and the question comes up?? Sour cream just sounds like more romantic.

 

[Anastasia1999]

Sour cream and chive vs cheese and onion

Cheese and onion all the way for me!

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Cheese and onion all the way for me!

So you'd request that flavour after a session? ..."bring me cheese and onion crisps"

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Beg yout pardon, the session word wasn't right

 

[Anastasia1999]

So you'd request that flavour after a session? ..."bring me cheese and onion crisps"

Healthier than a cigarette in any case

I guess I like cheese and onion crisps as I cannot get them here, Sandwiched between two slices of fresh white bread with lots of butter and a big cup of tea to wash it all down

I am very easy to please.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

The packet was white if my memory serves me correctly.

It might have been later that a company set up called Hedgehog Crisps, with orange and black packets. They didn't only sell hedgehog flavour but a percentage of proceeds went to St Tiggywinkle's hedgehog charity. Late 80s - I got a Save the Hedgehog sticker from them which is still on an old bag of mine.

Were Smith's Crisps related to WH Smith's? It was the only place I ever saw them. Golden Wonder was the main brand until the 90s when Walkers took over and messed with the sacred colour code. I miss roast chicken flavour.

 

[thefishfryer]

It might have been later that a company set up called Hedgehog Crisps, with orange and black packets. They didn't only sell hedgehog flavour but a percentage of proceeds went to St Tiggywinkle's hedgehog charity. Late 80s - I got a Save the Hedgehog sticker from them which is still on an old bag of mine.

Were Smith's Crisps related to WH Smith's? It was the only place I ever saw them. Golden Wonder was the main brand until the 90s when Walkers took over and messed with the sacred colour code. I miss roast chicken flavour.

Smith is a fairly common name. There is no connection.

 

[Btq97]

Healthier than a cigarette in any case

I guess I like cheese and onion crisps as I cannot get them here, Sandwiched between two slices of fresh white bread with lots of butter and a big cup of tea to wash it all down

I am very easy to please.

good to know

 

[BongoGal]

Cheese and onion all the way for me!

 

[English_guy_bkk]

There is a advert for Tudor crisps that I'm trying to recall.

 

[oggbashan]

There is a advert for Tudor crisps that I'm trying to recall.

This one?

 

[butters]

Absolutely love it! Friends came from Newcastle to Pattaya for culture reasons and brought loads. I actually have marmite with a Chinese label in my fridge though it's tough to open when chilled.
A crumpet lathered with it....

me, too! a YUGE marmite fan. i think a lot of people made the mistake of spreading it too thickly first time they tasted it and it put them right off. thinly spread IS the way to go

Yum yum, loved skips and salt and vinegar chipsticks and barbecue hula hoops.

skips were ok, salted chipsticks, and almost any hula hoops... originals were the best imo *nom*

Sour cream and chive vs cheese and onion

both
c&o still has to be my fave for crisps, but when we're talking pringles then sour cream and chive roolz

Healthier than a cigarette in any case

I guess I like cheese and onion crisps as I cannot get them here, Sandwiched between two slices of fresh white bread with lots of butter and a big cup of tea to wash it all down

I am very easy to please.

add some slices of cheddar inbetween the crisps and the bread&butter and we're talkin' *nods*

 

[butters]

on a similarly savoury but different note: curries

made one last night that ended up tasting just about exactly the same as one i used to eat from the local Indian takeaway complete with a peshwari naan. Don't see either of those anywhere near me. It involved sweet onions, coconut (shredded and oil), lime, garlic, ginger, spices (had to use powdered cardamom instead of pods), butter, buttermilk, a can of condensed cream of mushroom, tomato puree, and the tenderest, cubed chicken. Damn... so so good. *drools*

 

[stickygirl]

Offering you an invitation to swing by my pad...as l have to others.

Edit: please bring boil in the bag kippers.. like loads?

Cheers, I might do that. Cheaper than a hotel I'm guessing, but no funny business. I was over there a few years ago ... on business...