Thursday, January 7, 2010

Would you like some crisps?

We have discovered that the English have some very inventive ideas about how to flavor potato chips:
Worcester Sauce
Canadian Ham
Flame Grilled Steak
Cream Cheese and Chives
Beefy
Roasted Ox
Roasted Chicken
Prawn Cocktail
Salt and Vinegar
Red Paprika
Streaky Bacon
Sweet Chili (or Thai Sweet Chili)
Red Thai Curry
Sea Salt and Balsalmic Vinegar
Tomato Ketchup
Buffalo Mozerella and Herb
Oven Roasted Chicken and Thyme
Oriental Red Curry
Spare Rib and 5 Spice
Sour Cream and Black Pepper
Honey Roast Ham
Tomato, Garlic and Basil
Gammon and Mustard Curls (gammon is ham)
Prawn Crackers (they actually flatten shrimp and deep fry them!)
Smokey Bacon

It's like the chip is the entree!

"Normal" flavors: Cheese and Onion, Lightly Salted. Haven't seen BBQ yet (have seen BBQ Beef raman noodles, though!), or Sour Cream and Onion.

I have tried Flame Grilled Steak (much better on beef); Thai Sweet Chili (nice, but has a bit of a "bite" at the end); Tomato Ketchup (gross!); Salt and Vinegar (okay, but wouldn't choose it first).

What do I miss?

Velveeta (though we do have some really good real cheese-- no artificial color or anything!)
Hidden Valley Ranch (they put way too much vinegar in their "ranch" dressing, but have nice vinegrettes.)
Lipton Onion soup mix (what can't you improve with this? I have used bullion and real onion in attempt to simulate the flavor. It's "okay.")
Taco shells (we can get them, but they have always been stale)
I was missing Kraft M&C, but have found it at Asda (Walmart's store over here)

What's good?
Fresh fruits and veggies. They aren't pretty, but they have a ton of flavor.
Like I mentioned earlier, really nice cheese
Meat also seems to have better flavor. There are a lot of butchers around, so it's easy to get good cuts of fresh meat. Our local butcher has been around a long time, and has a great reputation.
Fish and seafood are cheap and tasty.

Lots of different meat pies: steak pie, steak and mushroom, chicken/chicken and mushroom. Pretty much like a pot pie, but they're pretty good. (Well, most of them.)

Not a lot of preservatives used here, so food goes bad quicker. (Perhaps that's why the fridge is so small...) But, it's much better for you!

1 comment:

  1. I'm bettin' that Gray like the tomato ketchup crisps! Look like you could have a new flavor every day of the month. When we saw Tani she said she was going to send you some of the food that you missed. Do you need some more?!

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