i fucking love a decent packet of s&v
kettle chips may be the best of all - discuss.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:52, 4 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

squares.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:52, Reply)

Closely seconded by Discos

( Muns, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:54, Reply)

I find Discos are really stingey. Decent amount of flavour but only a 1/4 to a 1/3 full packet.

( Ms Shenanigans put something interesting here later, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:55, Reply)

The crisps aren't the best part.
It's when the crisps are gone, and you can just pour the left over flavouring from the bottom of the packet into your mouth.
( Muns, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:57, Reply)

as a kid, i was always desperate to try those crisps where you shook your own flavour onto them
but we were never ever allowed them :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:58, Reply)

Assuming you mean salt-n-shakes and the short lived spin offs?
They were, for the most part, crap.
( Muns, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:01, Reply)

yeah, those
kid novelty. when my dad were a lad, he had a job in the crisp factory one summer, putting those packets of salt in the crisps. he said sometimes they would pile in 4 or 5, to give someone a surprise. must have been a crazy place to work.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:02, Reply)

Sounds mental.
The spin offs were a nice touch, I seem to remember one of them being bacon flavoured. Tasted shit though.

I'm pretty certain that salt'n'shake is still available if you want to give it a whirl as an adult.
( Muns, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:10, Reply)

I remember those, red packet instead of blue. And green ones for cheese and onion, the correct colour.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:11, Reply)

they're owned by pepsi now
sad times
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:17, Reply)

Mmmm, yeah! Keep going....

( Ms Shenanigans put something interesting here later, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:58, Reply)

Only if I can have a gross cut of the revenue once the food porn is made into a shit film.

( Muns, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:03, Reply)

You can sometimes get lucky with store own brand versions
They're either heavy handed with the flavouring (just how I like it) or it's non-existant. I had some from Morrisons the other week that were ace.
( Ms Shenanigans put something interesting here later, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:54, Reply)

i like quite a strong vinegar element myself
i think that's why the kettle chips are nice, they're dead tangy.

i also like s&v wheat crunchies. tasty little twats.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 13:56, Reply)

Sainsbury's own brand ones from the 80s were the best of all time. No question.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:01, Reply)

they were fucking fierce
my mum hardly ever let us have crisps, but when she did buy a multipack from time to time, my brother and i were banned from going anywhere near the s&v ones. those were daddy's special crisps.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:03, Reply)

Mmm yeah, really made your eyes water.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:04, Reply)

hahaha those are the bad bitches

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:08, Reply)

Them root vegetable ones
especially parsnip.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:38, Reply)