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Old 23-12-2016, 15:50
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Dropped into the petrol station on the way home last night and saw these so picked them up.

They're all gone today as I found them very moreish.
They tasted like a lighter version of smokey bacon.
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Old 23-12-2016, 18:09
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I wasn't keen when I had them last Christmas.
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Old 23-12-2016, 20:28
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Anyone tried Walkers Stax, Pringles by any other name.
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Old 24-12-2016, 00:08
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I once tried "roast squirrel" crisps.
If you asked me "do they taste like roast squirrel" I'd say "No idea, I've never tasted roast squirrel".
Apart from the main tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, savoury and salty I doubt anyone can specifically identify a branded flavour of crisps or Pringles.
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Old 28-12-2016, 10:28
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Anyone tried Walkers Stax, Pringles by any other name.
I think I had the plain (salted) version of Stax once and they had a weird aftertaste Artificial and almost sweet, very odd.
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Old 29-12-2016, 09:59
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Never had them, but I hope they taste better than the big bag of pigs in blankets crisps I bought in Tesco last week. Myself and my family all agreed they tasted like CHICKEN!
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Old 29-12-2016, 10:25
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I think I had the plain (salted) version of Stax once and they had a weird aftertaste Artificial and almost sweet, very odd.
They're not very good, a poor imitation of Pringles.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:13
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Apart from the main tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, savoury and salty I doubt anyone can specifically identify a branded flavour of crisps or Pringles.
This sort of thing annoys me more than it should. In the old days, for example, you'd get cheese and onion flavoured crisps and think "OK, I see what they're getting at", but these days it's nonsense like "gruyere and french onion" for exactly the same thing.

The other day I noticed a pack which were "gressingham duck" flavoured. Sure, I can just about buy the idea of a duck-flavoured crisp, but the gressingham bit is just taking the piss.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:28
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Haven't tried the Pringles ones but the Tesco own brand pigs in blankets crisps are pretty good.

I once tried "roast squirrel" crisps.
If you asked me "do they taste like roast squirrel" I'd say "No idea, I've never tasted roast squirrel".
Apart from the main tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, savoury and salty I doubt anyone can specifically identify a branded flavour of crisps or Pringles.
There are some that taste of what they're meant to though. We had some Brie and Cranberry flavour crisps from Tesco and they did genuinely taste like brie.
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Old 29-12-2016, 19:14
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In the old days, for example, you'd get cheese and onion flavoured crisps and think "OK, I see what they're getting at", but these days it's nonsense like "gruyere and french onion" for exactly the same thing.
Any excuse to get the customer to pay a bit extra!
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Old 30-12-2016, 00:47
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They're not very good, a poor imitation of Pringles.
It's the MSG in Pringles that makes them so tasty. I'm eating some paprika Pringles at moment and just can't put them down
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:11
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Haven't tried the Pringles ones but the Tesco own brand pigs in blankets crisps are pretty good.



There are some that taste of what they're meant to though. We had some Brie and Cranberry flavour crisps from Tesco and they did genuinely taste like brie.
Or some of the crisps using other brands now like Marmite, Guinness & Hobgoblin.
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Old 03-01-2017, 13:06
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I love Pringles but god knows what goes into them. Less than 50% potato.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:05
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Until last week I hadn't had any Pringles for a couple of years and is it my imagination or are they much thinner than they used to be?

I still liked them though.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:27
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Or some of the crisps using other brands now like Marmite, Guinness & Hobgoblin.
Hmm.. Hobgoblin flavored crisps? Sounds very.. Orcish. As for strange salt flavored crisps, check the ingredients. I was suprised to find some salted ones with salt 'flavor'.. Which kinda puzzled me on account of salt's ubiquity and cost. But expect it to appear in more stuff as pressure for salt reduction increases.

Oh, and per Bill Hicks.. wtf is 'pigs in blanket' flavor? What's wrong with sausage?
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:56
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Oh, and per Bill Hicks.. wtf is 'pigs in blanket' flavor? What's wrong with sausage?
Because Pigs In Blankets aren't just sausages? I guess if you'd said "what's wrong with sausage and bacon flavour?" then that may be a fair point, although everyone knows what Pigs In Blankets are and it probably sounds better.
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Old 03-01-2017, 17:59
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Haven't tried the Pringles ones but the Tesco own brand pigs in blankets crisps are pretty good.



There are some that taste of what they're meant to though. We had some Brie and Cranberry flavour crisps from Tesco and they did genuinely taste like brie.
Yes they're lovely. Got 10 bags last week as they're only available for Christmas usually but the date is July '17.
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:14
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Because Pigs In Blankets aren't just sausages? I guess if you'd said "what's wrong with sausage and bacon flavour?" then that may be a fair point, although everyone knows what Pigs In Blankets are and it probably sounds better.
Bah Humbug! PiB means different things to different people, ie in the US, they're more like sausage rolls. So sausage & bacon would potentially be less confusing, and PiB is the kinda thing that a marketing type who wanted to re-imagine Cheese & Onion as 'Crying Cow Juice' or 'Boohoo MooMoo flavor would do. Those people should be sentenced to something more productive, like teaching our colonial cousins the delights of 'Toad in the Hole'.

(also bit puzzled how UK version of PiB's came to be a 'traditional part of UK xmas dinner', when being a traditional Brit, I'd not seen or heard of them until a couple of years ago.)
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:43
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I'm in my 30s now and we had pigs in blankets with Christmas dinner when I was a child so they are by no means a new thing.
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:49
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Yes they're lovely. Got 10 bags last week as they're only available for Christmas usually but the date is July '17.
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Old 03-01-2017, 23:58
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I'm in my 30s now and we had pigs in blankets with Christmas dinner when I was a child so they are by no means a new thing.
Maybe a regional thing? I see the 'traditional' chippolatas and bacon rolls more often here in the south west. Bonus points if the sausies get roasted in with the turkey, although the cardiologist might be the one ending up with the bonus..
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Old 04-01-2017, 08:09
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Bah Humbug! PiB means different things to different people, ie in the US, they're more like sausage rolls. So sausage & bacon would potentially be less confusing, and PiB is the kinda thing that a marketing type who wanted to re-imagine Cheese & Onion as 'Crying Cow Juice' or 'Boohoo MooMoo flavor would do. Those people should be sentenced to something more productive, like teaching our colonial cousins the delights of 'Toad in the Hole'.

(also bit puzzled how UK version of PiB's came to be a 'traditional part of UK xmas dinner', when being a traditional Brit, I'd not seen or heard of them until a couple of years ago.)
We've always had them with our Christmas dinner since I was a child in the 80s.

I know in the US they have pastry instead of bacon but I've not ever heard of them being called anything else in the UK. I've friends from all over the UK and they all call them Pigs in Blankets.
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Old 04-01-2017, 21:27
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Not tried the pigs in blankets ones but enjoy the ready salted but the price varies so much. In the past month or so I've seen them on sale at £2.79, £2.25, £2.00, £1.70, £1.20, £1.00 and even £0.99, plus possibly a few others.

The Walkers Snax aren't as good as Pringles but not a bad alternative if Pringles are in the £2.00+ price range that day.
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:17
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Hmm.. Hobgoblin flavored crisps? Sounds very.. Orcish. As for strange salt flavored crisps, check the ingredients. I was suprised to find some salted ones with salt 'flavor'.. Which kinda puzzled me on account of salt's ubiquity and cost. But expect it to appear in more stuff as pressure for salt reduction increases.

Oh, and per Bill Hicks.. wtf is 'pigs in blanket' flavor? What's wrong with sausage?
These:

http://www.burtschips.com/hobgoblin-spit-roast-steak/
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Old 04-01-2017, 22:32
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We've always had them with our Christmas dinner since I was a child in the 80s.
Turkey, sprouts and Pringles - nice.
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