Why oh why are crisps (chips) so salty?

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I've just had a bag of Kettle Chips (sea salt and black pepper ones) which were nice but jesus wept, they were salty. To the point of being (almost) inedible.

I don't eat many crisps, so maybe I'm just out of touch with the way they are.

I'm going to have to drink about a gallon of water now.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

salt n shake, baby!

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)

fuck! i was going to post this exact question yesterday. CJ is otm. if i have too many when drinking the whole 'dehydration' thing really goes up a notch.

― NRQ, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:17 (twenty years ago)

not all crisps are salty, kettle chips are REALLY salty. (i hate it)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

thom prefers ketchup flavoured crisps. i like'em but i prefer paprika (?).

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Answer: so you can drink more pints at the pub, obv.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

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Yum yum!

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

Mmm yes. I like the Tyrells parsnip crisps best. < /ponce>

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

why are non potato based crisps poncey?

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I like the root vegetable crisps from Pret. I always eat the beetroot ones first.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I don't know.

xpost

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

do you remember the curly ones? i ate'em by the kilo. HMMMMMMMM. gawd this is NOT good for my diet.

need crisps. need crisps. NEEEEEED CRISPS.

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

i've yet to find a crisp that is too salty for me, but i know i'm a freak about salt. i hate all the 'lightly salted' stuff, and wish there were a 'tons of salt that will make your mouth burn' option. mmm.

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Carry around some salt with you in your little purse.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

Colette have you been introduced to Pickled Onion Monster Munch? Phwoar.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

I once idly licked a finger, covered it with salt crystals from the bottom of a defunct pretzel bag, and ate the salt. Half an hour later I though I was having a heart attack - it's like mainlining about a dozen espressi and feeling the moisture being forcibly sucked out of your skin cells. I can't take the thrill, frankly.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

you *literally* had a heart attack?!? cool.

― NRQ, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

colette, you are welcome to all my unused salt packets from Salt n Shake crisps. Not that I keep them. But maybe I will now.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:35 (twenty years ago)

I just had a packet of Glennan's pan-fried vegetable crisps which use carrots and beetroot and stuff instead of potato and I tell you they are the future of crisps!!!

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

This is so true. And, same problem with roasted salted cashew nuts. LIke the salt is encrusted in layers on the nut. Nobody can really want that much salt per nut.

― m.., Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

Chips are secretly funded by the blood pressure medication industry. It's all very shady.

― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

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