Hula Hoops come in a delicious range of flavours. TAKE YOUR PICK

i remember i once bought a bag of BBQ hula hoops for a romanian gypsy once cos the shop was out of bread. she then threw em back in my face! if only she knew hohw tasty they were....

original and best

this is the only crisps product where the 'beef' flavour actually works

It's all about the beefy goodness for me too. Salt and Vinegar only marginally nicer than their flatcrisp cousins.

S&V all the way.

Wasn't there a plain cheese one for a while in a yellow packet?

Original. Don't fuck w/ a classic.

Three out of four of these are unfuckable-with but the cheese and onion one is an abomination. Voted BBQ.

These are still the best crisps available in the UK btw and have been for 20-odd years.

^^^wrong.

McCoys and Sensations are both superior.

May even be tempted to throw Walkers Max in there as well.

Heretic

I think I prefer Brannigans to all three anyway

walkers/lays originals are some watery weedy cheap bullshit, not even crisps imo

Walkers Max C&O crisps are light years ahead of anything else on the market

Brannigans are good if you can fuckin find 'em

even quavers defeat walkers originals

even quavers

this is the only crisps product where the 'beef' flavour actually works

The historical exception being KP beef flavour crisps from the early 80's. But Hula Hoops themselves are the snack of the gods. S&V probably my least favourite though, because that flavour - regardless of what reformed/sliced potato product it's applied to - just makes other stuff taste weird.

Walkers Max = grim.
Sensations = the Thai one is good but this is unnecessary fannydangle really.

I'd be tempted to plump for Brannigans actually but they're sort of the Ocean Colour Scene of crisps and that's a bit offputting.

Hula Hoops are so powdery. Too salty as well. 6/10

anyway the elephant in the room is wheat crunchies

and kettle chips if you knocked about 60% off the price

Also sticking the word 'Max' in front of the name went out of branding fashion in, what, 1995?

Seabrooks are overrated, ignore any northerner you know.

i went about 2-3 years without buying a packet of crisps anywhere (other than to share in the pub), then these upped their flavour game

http://tintrading.com/images/walkers/_Walkers%20Max%20Deep%20Ridge%20Potato%20Crisps%20Cheese%20and%20Onion.jpg

and i've been on about 5 a week for the last 18 months

The OCS of crisps has the salt in a blue bag shurely?

Nah that's the Paul Weller of crisps.

bring back Frisps - is this a Facebook group yet or are they all still pissing about at Stansted?

Eating McCoys is effort, and their S&V and C&O can clean drains, their so acidic. Walkers Max Paprika I remember being tasty tho.

All sensations except Sweet Chilli are nasty chemically things. They also suffer from being associated with dinner parties. cf the recommended wine on the back of the packets.

Brannigans Ham + Mustard blows your head off.

Seabrooks are in that awkward 'simultaneously over- and underrated' niche

Salt 'n' vinegar Squares are mad underrated as well. Possibly the greatest breakfast crisp.

Ready salted Squares fucking rock actually.

"Originally Smiths, now Walkers for no apparent reason other than it pleases the ego of some jumped up middle manager to be able to throw away a recognisable brand name"

Frisps were thin and pointless. If I want ridged, I want think ridged, not any of this thin, healthy nonsense.

Brannigans Ham + Mustard blows your head off.

isn't it Beef & Mustard and then Ham & Pickle. latter is def one of the best but so hard to come by.

I have had a residual childhood dislike of cheese and onion flavour crisps since, er, childhood, but found myself eating C&O Squares a couple of days back and it was actually perfectly pleasant

Bring back Tubes (basically Squares rolled into a cylinder), especially Mexican flavour.

Tyrells are king, ban all this mainstream crap.

Doritos can get tae fuck.

So can "Walkers Baked" as well, just like a stale bowl of crisps left over from the previous night's buffet.

actually we all know what the real elephant in the room is

"...sour cream and chiiives"

Walkers Baked = 9 in a pack if you're lucky

also, poll.

What, you only like indie crisps now?

xpost I might be thinking of Beef and Mustard, yeh.

Doritos = like the cardboard from a dosser's bed

Would probably be better off picking 64 crisp varieties and doing a knock out tournament tbh.

xxp

no meat flavoured crisps out there can Bacon Fries. it's a joke.

MATCH Bacon Fries

http://snackspot.org.uk/images/kpHulaHoopsTortilla.jpg

Anyone had these?

Eating a Wotsit is a fairly unpleasant, and certainly a fairly odd, experience

IT'S LIKE EATING SHEET METAL IN THE RAIN

Bring back Phileas Fogg, imo

(xxpost) They're basically just packing chips dusted with dayglo orange cheese dust

Monster Munch ftw

http://www.britgrocer.com/shop/images/T/Smiths%20Salt%20&%20Vinegar%20Chipsticks%20-%2022g.jpg

Would eat these for every meal, if it didn't kill me.

Bring back Phileas Fogg, imo

qft

Voted Salt and Vinegar. Squares are better tho.

Yes, they are lovely (xp)

(xxxpost) destroy: those sub-MM crisps that used to be sold in the newsagents for 10 pence a pack and tasted of sawdust.

Those tortilla hula hoops can't be worse than those multigrain hula hoop abominations.

I like wotsits. Prawn Cocktail wotsits are like crack to me.

if it didn't kill me.

These have an insanely high salt content if I remember rightly.

destroy: those sub-MM crisps that used to be sold in the newsagents for 10 pence a pack and tasted of sawdust.

Space Raiders

BACON FRIES! nothing goes better with beer.

I love the "eating sawmill offcuts" sensation of McCoys. And their steak flavour is v good, more umami than hoops' beef.

We gone into Skips territory yet?

Melt in your mouth, not in your hand

McCoys steak - too marmitey

Monster Munich would make such a great band name (krautrock division). Has there ever been a good band named after crisps?

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/the-smiths.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/hqshare_photos/McCoyVan_TheRealMcCoy_Front.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SX1TAA0DL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Cheese and Buck Owens

Skips are like something you'd shoot from one of those foam ring shooting guns. The prawn cocktail flavour especially had this bizarre "fizzing" feeling in the mouth, like your teeth were dissolving.

Space Raiders

That's them! I forgot the name, but remember they were shaped like space rockets. Or at least they started off that way before being crushed in the cardboard box on the bottom shelf.

Space Raiders were actually band on Skint - not very good tho

http://secure1.mppglobal.com/Preview/202/10103/311975S.jpg

http://rcrdlbl.com/files/rblog_images/2238931659_5b798d9935.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GAE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://snackspot.org.uk/images/kpHulaHoopsTortilla.jpg

Anyone had these?

― NickB, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:29 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is what i'm getting for christmas.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Laura_Branigan_-_Self_Control_7%22.jpg

(xpost) ^^^ indigestion?

I've had those Tortilla Hoops, they're acceptable, but nowhere near as good as the real thing so what's the point?

http://sneakmove.com/audio/sotd/walker_brothers.jpg

There has never been a crisp called Peter Beardsley!

(xpost) ^^^ indigestion?

― snoball, Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:41 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

well i'm gonna have that anyway, right?

Did you plan on also having diarrhoea?

Tyrells are king, ban all this mainstream crap.

They taste OK but you must not like the roof of your mouth, or having any money left in your wallet.

Space Raiders the band had approx 2 ok-to-good tunes, prompting me to spend all of £2 on the album, which contained neither of them.

I don't know what the correct poll option is but it definitely isn't cheese+onion.

Bacon fries are the pub snack of kings. See also scampi fries.

yes!

There has never been a crisp called Peter Beardsley!

That's because PB fronts for Haribo!
http://www.britishdelights.com/images/xm84.jpg

tell me more about these bacon fries

What the fuck are those crisps they sell in overpriced sandwich delis again? Wild Dog? Mad Dog?

Bacon fries - small rectangular corn snacks that taste of bacon. They have stripes on them to make them look more like rashers of bacon.

http://www.britishsweets.com.au/products/W00015.jpg

but yeah not as good as this

http://wickedwiener.com/american%20bacon%20fries.jpg

scampi fries >> bacon fries >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cheese-flavoured moments

ahhhh that second one is what i was hoping for

ok, that I would eat for every meal.

xxxpost

Anyone who would eat that thing is one of the most disgusting savages in the world imo.

Ewww. What is that, some sort of eviscerated rat product?

^ phoneys

^britishes

the fries in that pic do look shit tho

Bacon Fries are just overpriced Frazzles for people who think that reduced sogginess is worth paying a quid (at least, at my local, and they're not much cheaper in the shop) for a bag containing about six "fries".

My nearest supermarket stocks a giant sack of imitation Frazzles/Bacon Fries for less than the price of a tiny Bacon Fries packet. They rejoice in the cheerily apostrophised name "Bacon Tastey's". I have considered skipping the evening meal and settling down with these instead, except they're on the top shelf where I can't reach them, and so far I've been too ashamed to ask the shop staff to fetch me down a 300g bag of cheap MSG solely for my own sad TV-staring consumption. I mean, you'd have to add several litres of booze and some Pringles too as a desperate attempt to make it look like party supplies, right?

this does raise a good point. why don't pubs sell giant packets of bacon fries?

I blame the PC brigade

Bacon Fries are at their best when you're in the pub at about 8pm and haven't eaten since lunchtime. You end up savouring every single one like it's your last meal. This is why they don't sell them in bigger bags, so you buy more.

but you could get more in a bigger bag!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cheese-flavoured moments

i am not alone.

wld rate bacon over scampi tho, just for the 'goes better with beer' factor

Scampi crisps are horrible. Scampi Nik-Naks are grotesque and give you fish breath.

scampi and lemon nik-naks are possibly even better than scampi fries.

wild rat bacon

xxp

i'd try it

people who eat hula hoops without putting them on the ends of their fingers = evil.

goddamnit man i'm trying to get an msg fix here not provide some kinda cabaret show

those ads were great

Is that Boris Yeltzin?

He would eat Nak-niks

Original all the way. Great for a hangover.

(xxxpost) I like the totally disinterested voiceover at the end, complete with lacklustre cartoon explosion that wouldn't even pass muster on Dangermouse...

Yeltsin's Vodka Fries - "hey it's all from potatoes"

"The cause and cure of all your hangovers!"

A meal in every bag

"and a handy bag to throw up into as well!"
...commercial has to be this...

At the risk of turning a few weakling stomachs, can I bring PORK FUCKING SCRATCHINGS into the debate?

FUCK YEAH

Although the giant soggy ones are slightly vile. Ditto the ones with hair on.

Pork scratchings rule and all that but they have no place in this crisp debate.

Pork scratchings - classic or dud?

Scampi and bacon fries aren't strictly crisps either. I lump them in the misc. pub snack category.

Hula Hoops ain't crisps they're a reformed potato snack.

A potato snack that's found Jesus?

not as good as finding Jesus in your potato snack

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/295644.jpg

I saw some Frisps in a discount sweet crisp shop today.

http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/NR/rdonlyres/7DA044C6-31AF-4B8C-87A5-5665242B38BA/0/mr_tayto.jpg

http://www.abitofhome.ca/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/30626-02.jpg

So can "Walkers Baked" as well, just like a stale bowl of crisps left over from the previous night's buffet.

disagree. these are the shit.

Would probably be better off picking 64 crisp varieties and doing a knock out tournament tbh.

Am thinking this should happen. Think 64 may be too many, mind.

Still - all in favour of a separate nominations thread?

Yes, please do this.

Dara O'Briain goes on about Tayto crisps on his latest DVD. With hilarious results.
That's just for all the many Irisher Tayto fanatics out there.

Surprised to hear '90s crisp Branigans are still going. They've become extinct in the Midlands.

Co-Op cheese & onion are great, and so cheap. Also like Roasted Onion and Balsamic Vinegar Sensations as well, but the only place that does them round me is this one off license that's bloody miles away.

Oh, and Tesco Value Potato Snacks are fantastic munch. Something like 40p for 12 packs. You get not-Wotsits, not-Onion-Rings and not-Fries. I mean, they're nasty, but perfect munch for a festival campfire at 2 in the morning.

Think 64 may be too many, mind.

Think Dom was remembering/referring to Loaded doing this 'knockout tournament' thing in one issue a thousand years ago FYI

Did they? Christ, James Brown isn't dead.

There was Taytos (ROI) vs Taytos (NI) debate on some other crisp thread. I came back from Donegal via Belfast with luggage stuffed with both varieties for comparative purposes, but as I returned at a time when all the Irish people seemed to have disappeared off ILX and at any rate I preferred the NI ones it didn't seem worth digging the thread up for.

(However, in the interests of being fair and balanced across any sectarian divides, Irish Dairy Milk really is nicer than the Bourneville factory. Creamier)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

What the fuck are those crisps they sell in overpriced sandwich delis again? Wild Dog? Mad Dog?

― Seanadams Molloy (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:54 (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Salty Dog?

http://www.foodfountain.com/thumbs/medium_613.jpg

They're not bad. The chilli flavour is really, really hot...

isn't it Beef & Mustard and then Ham & Pickle. latter is def one of the best but so hard to come by.

― Yentl vs Predator (blueski), Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:25 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark

what the hell is wrong with your country

to be fair these are truly vile so we aren't doing much better

http://www.thestencil.com/archives/images/doritos.jpg

what the hell is wrong with your country

― gov. blapojevich (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 December 2008 10:07 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This is pickle as in "Indian chutney" rather than pickle as in "foodstuff preserved in vinegar".

ah ok - pickles are the shit but pickle chips are remarkably vile

do u guyz have cheez-its/goldfish there? if not, what's the leading str8 up cheddar 'crisp'? it's the only snack i really fuck w/ besides normal pretzels or sometimes a jalepeno chip

Cheez-its = Cheddars?
http://www.britishfooddirect.com/images/18-48-cheddars150.jpg
http://www.123healthybalance.com/i/products/mini-cheddars.jpg

fairly surprising poll result btw

kind of? they look more like this

http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/1cheez.jpg

dunno what those lighter two are tho - maybe a jack flavor or something.

btw that photo of cheez-its has been brought to you by michellemalkin.com no joke

Mini Chedders beat Cheese & Onion Hula Hoops, but only just...