Bank holiday means one thing: a beautiful buffet.
Bacon fries: 80000/10!
Sizzling prawn McCoys: no sizzle! No fun. Waste of time
Red Leicester cheddars: not quite as good as the og but we are in Leicester(ish) so gets a pass.
Poppadoms: a crisp with a dip included is impossibly posh and exciting even if it tastes like jam.
6/10 selection. 8/10 for vibes
Itās called art!
Skips, Pringles, Doritos with the orange dust and s&v Discos! Not an ounce of potato between them and its coating my mouth with a sheen of ultra processed but also: grubbily good.
Not sure how I feel about a buffet on a side plate but what is NYD for if not trying new things youāll never stick to?
And itās an absolutely outstanding offering.
We have ready salted proper chips, honestly these are excellent a great bland flavour and a deeply satisfying depth of crack.
Salt and vinegar from Lidls. Which are nothing to be mad about.
Some tasty little olive oil crackers that puritans will say arenāt crisps but puritans can shit off.
Crowned with one of my top 10 of all time: chill and lime rolled corn tortillas from trader Joeās (and @tomgormer )
Plus some crunchy cucumber for health and some aioli bought in a moment of madness in Morrisons.
Wishing you all the crisps that will make you happy in 2025. Xxxxx
Made Claire Bownass get her best bowls out for the inaugural family crisp buff. Everyone pre picks one flavour - resulting in not one jot of cohesion or joined up thinking to be seen.
Quite disappointed that sour cream Pringles were devoured first but the heart wants what the heart wants.
First Crispmas buffet of the year for Book Group up @pip.rich ās and frankly it was a shocker. Very very dry!
Starting strong: salt and vinegar twirls are always a good idea.
I had high hopes for these San Carlo waffle crisps but they tasted like burnt grease.
Smoky bacon Pringles. Wouldnāt be bothered if I never saw these again. š¤·š¼āāļø
Pineapple and habanero chilli Manomasa were actually very nice, but need some kind of dip or more mellow flavoured crisp friends to be paired with.
All in all felt a bit chokey and thatās no oneās festive dream.
In Tesco metro the other day I saw these spiced apple crisps, in the Christmas bit, and wondered who on earth would buy them! @craigbpearce Iāve learnt.
Even more shockingly theyāre absolutely delicious combined with a crunchy crunchy bacon fry and a dry roasted. Iām as shocked as you. Apples arenāt crisps! Only today they are.
#crispmas2024
She means business, when the buffet bowl is outā¦
And itās a right old unholy mix here
Top left is the cheese and chilli cheez-it. Thrilled with these, delighted! I didnāt know they existed in England.
Crunchips kebab style taste like dirty meat. Good texture though.
Bottom right is a law suit waiting to happen: fake Pringles. Although they donāt taste as fake as Pringles, sadly.
And finally Auntie Vickie is pulling no punches with these jalapeƱo crisps. Delicious and so so spicy.
Thereās no cohesion and a couple of duds, but Iāll live with it.
Have just spent a long time talking about how I need to make some branded portable crisp buffet bowls. Perfect for all your holiday snacking needs.
And iād be happy to put all three of these Slovenian offerings in one. In descending order of preference:
Sour cream ruffley things; sort of unremarkable, but also quite nice. A lovely base layer.
Max deep-cut twisted paprika. Thereās a lot of adjectives there, itās like when you get menās deodorant and itās called power-beast magnesium-bullet 172 hours freshness, and itās just a bit of old spray. Iād say the ridges are a bit wide for me and theyāre not living up to their name but frankly what could?
And finally Big Pep smoky bacon. Has a lot of pep in its step. Delicious fake bacon-ness.
I love holiday crisps.
