Calling all crisp addicts.

absolutely  hate them now,they taste flavourless and like eating cardbooard, its been a safe food for so log and now i have to find another one 

I had to google this. It looks as though creamy forest mushroom is a UK thing because they're not sold in the States. 

I love chips (what you call crisps) but rarely eat them because I'm already overweight and don't need the empty calories. 

In terms of different flavors, here in the states : Lays has 20 different varieties. Since we have a large Hispanic population, we have Cheddar Jalapeño and Limón (lime). We also have cuban sandwich, salt and vinegar, BBQ, and dill pickle (which sounds hideous). I prefer the old classic flavor but will also eat sour cream and onion. 

"New and improved!!!" actually means, "we've found a cheaper way to make this"

So many new flavours! It was only pickled onion in the past, wasn't it?

Growing up my family owned a convenience shop and those were happy times, crisps wise Pringles have always been my safe food yet they’ve changed the recipe so much that i now hate them 

I got a bit of surprise this week when I went into my local shop. There was Space Invaders and Transformers in Cheese and Onion as well. Definetly a price hike though. Don't know how big the bag is though, isn't everything though.

I loved cheap crisps like Space Invaders - I know what you mean. (They do not like me though...)

 I haven't been in this thread for a while. I was out yesterday and I went into a shop looking for a chepaer pack of something like Space Invaders. It wasn't a money issue, I just wanted it. The shop keeper said they are not made anymore for years. I was struck though by all the different flavours of Lays crisps and had to get my camera out. I have never seen Crab crisps before. I have considered the Monster Munch BBQ, I do like it in Quavers though. Space Invaders according to the Golden Wonder website when I looked last was still being made, so I doubt the shop keeper was correct.

 I was going on the basis of Sainsbury's selling 150g bags of crisps.

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25g x10 = 250g bags?

I thought they did 125g and 250g bags. I could be wrong as I haven't bought any in about a year.

Maybe they have shrunk and kept the same price to adapt to inflation.

25g x10 = 250g bags?

Unknown said:

Just been checking out  the Torres and Lays crisps. So expensive!

They tend to be big bags (for Torres) so equivelant to 10 or so of the small packs - less suitable for one person (unless you have considerable capacity) and better for party platters.

Just been checking out  the Torres and Lays crisps. So expensive!

this is reminding me of the crisps episode of the Canadian show "Letterkenny"

I mentioned the old BBQ Wotsits and look what I saw coming home today, new Wotsits. My goodness talk about getting the calories down or what at 57 per bag. I had to get the Crispy bacon ones. I tried it, they are alright. I think would buy them again

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Anyone remember the blue packets  of salt?

I was thinking about crisps in the mid-late 1960s.

They’ve stopped doing the lime flavour? That’s terrible news. You’re right, they were so nice. I thought my local shop had just stopped stocking them.

Some flavours which I had never seen until I was at a posh(ish) shop yesterday are from "Taste of Game" brand which include "Wild Duck and Plum Potato Crisps", "Wild Boar and Apple Potato Crisps", "Smoked Pheasant and Wild Mushroom Potato Crisps" and "Grouse and Whinberry Potato Crisps".  I bought a packet of the "Smoked Pheasant and Wild Mushroom Potato Crisps" which I will share with my family next time I see them.

I like Tayto crisps which are made in Northern Ireland.  A few years ago while on holiday in Northern Ireland, I went on a guided tour of the Tayto crisp factory. It was interesting seeing the production process and we got to try the newly made unflavoured crisps, flavouring is  added to the blank crisps further on in the production process. There were also plenty of sample packets of the various Tayto products handed out to the visitors.

They even had a product which might appeal to people who are crispoholics and chocoholics - a chocolate bar with cheese and onion crisp pieces!