Snack happy: 10 best crisps
Classics they may be, but there’s more to these treats than cheese and onion or salt and vinegar. We round up the best, from the exotically flavoured to those made with the finest ingredients......
1. Burts Guinness Rich Beef Chilli
The award-winning crisp company known for its Guinness-flavoured snacks has gone one step further with these thick-cut crisps, combining the toasted malt and barley base with the luxurious, almost sweet flavour of jalapeño chillies and succulent beef.
75p per 40g bag, available in selected Waitrose and Tesco stores
2. The Prop-a-Tater Cornish Pasty
These hand-cooked crisps capture the county’s most famous export with a flavour that successfully combines pastry and meat with a dollop of peppery vegetables. Not too salty, and there’s no greasy aftertaste. One penny from every packet sold goes to the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site.
£1.05 per 150g bag, simplycornishhampers.com
3. Darling Spuds Sun Ripened tomato, green olive and oregano
These hand-cooked crisps will transport you to Italy’s sunny olive groves. The sweet sun-dried tomato, cut with the subtle bitterness of the olive, with a prevailing herby aftertaste, are like a Mediterranean holiday in one crunch.
75p per 40g bag, available in selected supermarkets
4. Mackie’s Haggis & Cracked Black Pepper
The aroma of Burns Nights hits as soon as you open the packet with the sumptuous haggis flavour sharpened by the addition of the cracked black pepper. Made from potatoes grown at Moncur, the Taylor family farm in Perthshire.
£1.70 per 150g bag, waitrose.com
5. Fairfields Farm Smoky Bacon & Sunday Roast Potato
These crisps use bacon from pigs farmed in the fields where the potatoes are grown. Smoky and strong but not overwhelming, and complemented by the comforting flavour of roast spuds.
65p per 40g bag, shopintheshed.co.uk
6. San Nicasio Patatas Fritas
These are hand-cooked in Spain using extra-virgin olive oil from Cordoba, Catalan potatoes and dusted with pink Himalayan salt. Thinly cut, they melt in the mouth while retaining that all-important crunch. Great for dipping, too.
£3.95 per 190g bag, lunya.co.uk
7. Pipers Kirkby Malham Chorizo
The chorizo used in these crisps comes from pigs bred in the Yorkshire Dales. Butcher and charcutier Chris Wildman already produces his own Yorkshire Chorizo sausage and that taste is replicated in these spicy crisps, cooked in pure sunflower oil.
75p per 40g bag
8. Kettle Chips Lime & Black Pepper
The US-based firm has had a branch in Norwich, but its products are less Alan Partridge and more Delia Smith. This offering results in a crisp that lingers pleasantly on the palate, with the fruity, acidic overtones complemented by the pungent pepper.
£2.19 per 150g
9. Yorkshire Crisps Chardonnay Wine Vinegar
These crisps come in a handy resealable drum. Light and crunchy, the wine-vinegar flavour is far from overpowering. The maker claims that its secret is to add the flavour to the potatoes while they’re still warm.
£2.30 per 100g drum, agafoodhall.com
10. Salty Dog Jalapeno and Coriander
These tasty crisps, cooked in sunflower oil and thickly sliced, have a satisfying crunch with a hot kick from the jalapeño, cooled by the coriander. Very moreish.
29p per 40g bag, approvedfood.co.uk
Source:-
http://www.independent.co.uk/incomin...s-9161311.html
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Originally Posted by Terpe
Just like Keith hates beef..he can't stand the taste..
