What they've done with the Builders Breakfast crisps, is taken a pack of smokey bacon crisps, and stuck a lable over them with "builders breakfast" and relied on the power of suggestion to add a hint of sausage and beans (apparently - I listened to steve wright in the afternoon when they launched this whole concept) to the overall mix.
Maybe the fact that i've had a cold since 1997 doesn't make me the best person to be taste testing these crisps. we went on a wine tasting afternoon at Vinopolis at new year, and i was having a particularly snotty day, so didn't really appreciate all the subtler nuances of each bouquet... i still sneeze approximately 19 times each morning, and have a pack of tissues within reach at all times, (although i'm not as bad as my dad - who has absolutely no sence of smell - he's great come baby changing time, not so great when the electric shower has smoke belching out of it).
Hoisin duck tasted of neither duck nor hoisin. actually - it is Crispy Duck and Hoisin, as i've just noticed on the crumpled pack (filled with snotty tissues) still sitting on my desk.
they were vaguely meaty, with a very slight barbecue sauce flavour. basically - if they'd slapped a crazy label on a pack of BBQ crisps - and told me it was crispy duck and hoisin, then i'd have been fooled.
I guess the fact that i'm going on about it means they've won, i've bought them, and now i'm talking about them - marketing excec puts a big tick in the box.
two more to go - onion bhagee and chilli and chocolate... i'm scared.
Showing posts with label Crisps. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Fish and Chips
Walkers fish and chips flavour is very odd - pleasant enough, but certainly not reminding me of fish and chips. of course it has been a while since i've had fish and chips, but i've stolen the odd chip when they come into the office, and i have an imagination.
bizarrely I licked my fingers about an hour after eating the crisps, and they tasted exactly like licking my fingers after eating fish and chips.
weird.
i had "builders breakfast" the other day too - i'll tell you about that soon.
bizarrely I licked my fingers about an hour after eating the crisps, and they tasted exactly like licking my fingers after eating fish and chips.
weird.
i had "builders breakfast" the other day too - i'll tell you about that soon.
Cajun Squirrel
We finally found the kerrrayzee new crisp flavours on sale in reasonable size bags, and I kicked off the taste test with "Cajun Squirrel".
Unfortunately, no squirrels were harmed in the making of these crisps, which is a shame, as it both meant there are more squirrels around to dig up our garden (and attempt to poison themselves by eating our bulbs) and it also meant Lisa could try them too.
Result - sort of like a watery version of the chilli flavour ones - no discernable squirrel flavour at all, and not spicy enough to be truly cajun. pleasant enough though - I'll eat the second pack, but i was expecting more. I remember Hedgehog flavour - now they were far nicer. 4/10
Unfortunately, no squirrels were harmed in the making of these crisps, which is a shame, as it both meant there are more squirrels around to dig up our garden (and attempt to poison themselves by eating our bulbs) and it also meant Lisa could try them too.
Result - sort of like a watery version of the chilli flavour ones - no discernable squirrel flavour at all, and not spicy enough to be truly cajun. pleasant enough though - I'll eat the second pack, but i was expecting more. I remember Hedgehog flavour - now they were far nicer. 4/10
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