"Ketchips"

[Deleted User] · 06/09/13 - 00:55

Am I the only one who remembers these from the early 90s?
They were frozen chips with ketchup actually inside the chips. Nobody I've asked can remember them.

Lucy Lou · 06/09/13 - 01:43

ThePizzaman wrote: »

Am I the only one who remembers these from the early 90s?
They were frozen chips with ketchup actually inside the chips. Nobody I've asked can remember them.

No I have never heard of them before either, just googled are these the ones ?

http://ostrichfeathers.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ketch1.jpg

monkeypuzzler · 06/09/13 - 02:05

I remember them fondly!

LaceyLouelle3 · 06/09/13 - 02:05

No but I want!

koantemplation · 06/09/13 - 02:06

Very interesting, never saw them when they were around. Wonder if they got the ratio of potato to tomato right?

[Deleted User] · 06/09/13 - 02:21

Lucy Lou wrote: »

No I have never heard of them before either, just googled are these the ones ?

http://ostrichfeathers.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/ketch1.jpg

They are the ones. I couldn't remember who made them.

Another forgotten classic from around the same time are Cheesy Waffles. They came in a yellow box and were around longer than Ketchips but sadly I haven't seen them now for years.

RAINBOWGIRL22 · 06/09/13 - 02:37

Heston Blumental had his own version?? Not sure if he nicked them though as I can only find someone else's link to them (this link also links to HB's recipe but shows an error when you click on it??)

http://barq.org/food/chips.html

[Deleted User] · 06/09/13 - 03:03

Possibly the most pointless product ever. No wonder they got rid of it.

koantemplation · 06/09/13 - 03:12

Here is the Ketchips advert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OEP8xd2uAsY

petral_gal · 07/09/13 - 03:16

Me!!! I mentioned them on another post yonks ago saying I wish they'd never been discontinued!!! Bloody brilliant they were!!!

Lucy Lou · 07/09/13 - 21:38

Just thought I would mention that I saw some sausage rolls on offer today and they too had ketchup inside them, anyone had these before? so for the interest of this thread I bought one and very tasty it was too.

http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/images/large/QWOP2708.jpg

LaceyLouelle3 · 07/09/13 - 22:00

Lucy Lou wrote: »

Just thought I would mention that I saw some sausage rolls on offer today and they too had ketchup inside them, anyone had these before? so for the interest of this thread I bought one and very tasty it was too.

http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/images/large/QWOP2708.jpg

They do a pack of 4 of them for a £1 when on offer and also some with brown sauce in too...I didn't get to try them as they went out of date before I could.

Lucy Lou · 07/09/13 - 22:50

LaceyLouelle3 wrote: »

They do a pack of 4 of them for a £1 when on offer and also some with brown sauce in too...I didn't get to try them as they went out of date before I could.

Think I've been had

my one was 80p!

Thanks for the info though I shall look out for better bargains

kimindex · 08/09/13 - 16:05

On the same theme of foods being combined for convenience, Sainsbury used to do little balls of cauliflower with cheese sauce in batter. They were called cauliflower crunchies, I think? I used to love them but I've never seen anything similar and no one seems to remember them?

LaceyLouelle3 · 08/09/13 - 22:30

Lucy Lou wrote: »

Think I've been had my one was 80p!

Thanks for the info though I shall look out for better bargains

I think even the usual price is £1.49 for 4 but I'm guessing they may be slightly smaller than the individual one you had?

[Deleted User] · 16/09/13 - 06:44

This seems to be the right thread to ask if anyone remembers burgers around the same time that had like a thin cheese sauce in the middle that would kinda squirt out if you bit it wrong?

LaceyLouelle3 · 17/09/13 - 00:05

Silly_tree wrote: »

This seems to be the right thread to ask if anyone remembers burgers around the same time that had like a thin cheese sauce in the middle that would kinda squirt out if you bit it wrong?

I don't...but they sound nice too.

degsyhufc · 17/09/13 - 00:12

Can't remember them but in some US states/regions the Jucy Lucy is popular.

I've made my own before. You have to be careful when biting into them

https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=&q=jucy%20lucy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=60k3UvnHK-nB7AbjqoCgBA&biw=1123&bih=675&sei=9Ek3Ur2EB4OphAeSpoD4CQ

Shrike · 17/09/13 - 00:12

Silly_tree wrote: »

This seems to be the right thread to ask if anyone remembers burgers around the same time that had like a thin cheese sauce in the middle that would kinda squirt out if you bit it wrong?

I sometimes make burgers with a knob of blue cheese in the middle which sort of melts through the burger:)

As for Ketchips - yes I remember the ad, though never tried 'em, (nor wanted to)

Grabid Rannies · 18/09/13 - 22:27

I remember Ketchips - I think they materialised in the late 80s. I vaguely recall some stories at the time about kiddywinks burning their mouths on the red-hot ketchup (though it never happened to me), maybe that's why they were discontinued.

They were of the same era as Alphabites - are they still around? Oh the tension and excitement of waiting to find out if you could make your plate sweary

I think both were Birds Eye and they also did a thing around the same time called Chick Sticks, which I was less keen on and had a horrendously cheesy advert with hideous child actors recreating the 'maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow' scene from Casablanca.

wavy-davy · 18/09/13 - 22:31

Grabid Rannies wrote: »

I think both were Birds Eye and they also did a thing around the same time called Chick Sticks, which I was less keen on and had a horrendously cheesy advert with hideous child actors recreating the 'maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow' scene from Casablanca.

Not as bad as this one though..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v3oEexVj9U

'I love children but I couldn't eat a whole one'. :eek:

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