Crisps that made me exclaim "Holy hell, those are good!" to an empty room!

Just tried to do a search and can't find it! nooo

It's on the first page of threads in Food Talk: http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=64578.0

While the thread was started a long time ago, the last post was at the end of Jan 2018.

It's on the first page of threads in Food Talk: http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=64578.0

I just did a search using the search at the top and it didn't pull it up haha. Cheers for this.

While the thread was started a long time ago, the last post was at the end of Jan 2018.

That will have been me... replying to myself! 

That will have been me... replying to myself! 

I've commented on it now just so i can remember it's there! :p

I've been politely keeping quiet about the crisps.  I can't stand any of these bizarrely flavoured crisps. It's like when I first saw Jimmy Savile and was told he's a national treasure.  Whatever!

Snap. I instantly thought Jimmy Savile was completely creepy, and could not understand how he was so popular and had a job in entertainment... or any job full stop.

I know what you mean about flavoured crisps.  I'm more of a ready-salted girl...maybe smoky bacon on occasion.  But I thought jalapeno and cheese sounded great... that's not a bizarre flavour... that's a very sensible combination that almost always works.  But not for me, this time.   

Other Half is desperate for Jalapeno Kettle Crisps here - we go home to the US and the first stop after the airport is a convenience store so he can get a bag. Are these similar in taste? He likes spicy things.

We have a Tourist Tesco near us in one direction but I wonder if I could find this at the slightly larger store up the way.

Other Half is desperate for Jalapeno Kettle Crisps here - we go home to the US and the first stop after the airport is a convenience store so he can get a bag. Are these similar in taste? He likes spicy things.

We have a Tourist Tesco near us in one direction but I wonder if I could find this at the slightly larger store up the way.

I bought them at Sainsbury's. My Tesco only had paprika.  They were really good. I liked the chicken wing ones too.

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I finally got my hands on these!!! Love the cheese and jalapeño ones. The chicken ones were ok, but seriously the cheddar and jalapeño ones are so nice. Had I not seen this post I probably would have walked straight past them. So thanks


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I finally got my hands on these!!! Love the cheese and jalapeño ones. The chicken ones were ok, but seriously the cheddar and jalapeño ones are so nice. Had I not seen this post I probably would have walked straight past them. So thanks

They were showing as available at my Tesco again finally... and they're on offer for £1!  I ordered some and I'm hoping they actually show up tomorrow.

They were showing as available at my Tesco again finally... and they're on offer for £1!  I ordered some and I'm hoping they actually show up tomorrow.

I paid nearly two pounds a bag. Random side note, do you like online shopping? Does it tend to be fairly accurate?

I paid nearly two pounds a bag. Random side note, do you like online shopping? Does it tend to be fairly accurate?

I appreciate the convenience of online shopping now that I've been here for five+ years and know most products that I need.  I hated it when I first got here and everything was a stab in the dark.  All I wanted to do was go to shops and look at things so I could find what I needed.

As far as whom I shop with, that makes a big difference.  I absolutely loved Ocado when we lived in England.  But they don't deliver this far west where I live in Wales, now, so I have to shop at Tesco.  The customer service is fine, but the product selection is just whatever your nearest store has in stock, and in my rural-ish Welsh area, it isn't much.  Plus, they're constantly removing items from their range and replacing them with either Tesco own brand or a local Welsh 'equivalent'.  I can't get good cheddar anymore. 

I appreciate the convenience of online shopping now that I've been here for five+ years and know most products that I need.  I hated it when I first got here and everything was a stab in the dark.  All I wanted to do was go to shops and look at things so I could find what I needed.

This is me right now! Every time I have the energy for a grocery shop I come home with so many things my husband is like "where did you find this? It looks so good!"... But without actually walking the aisles I never find new things online and it takes ages to find the thing I want if I don't already have a brand in mind.

Have you tried Amazon Fresh at all? I've been looking at that a bit too, but it's hard to justify when the grocery store is a <5 min walk away. But I miss organic snack foods, so I can justify the things I can't get there along with GF rice pastas in different shapes.

This is me right now! Every time I have the energy for a grocery shop I come home with so many things my husband is like "where did you find this? It looks so good!"... But without actually walking the aisles I never find new things online and it takes ages to find the thing I want if I don't already have a brand in mind.

Have you tried Amazon Fresh at all? I've been looking at that a bit too, but it's hard to justify when the grocery store is a <5 min walk away. But I miss organic snack foods, so I can justify the things I can't get there along with GF rice pastas in different shapes.

I've used pantry but not fresh and it's quite good. I know people that have used fresh in the US and they've had really good experiences but I don't know if that translates to good service over here as well (though I've never had complaints with regular Amazon over here so hoping the groceries would be the same standard?). I would say some of the GF/organic snacks would be on Pantry vs fresh so you might be able to use that without needing to get all your fresh food there.

Aaaaaaaannnnd since we're talking about online grocery shopping, it's times like this that make me scratch my head.  Every week, I order two bananas.  I hate bananas (traumatic childhood experience... it's silly, but I can't get over it), but I get a couple for my husband because he likes them.  Still, he struggles to eat them before they turn brown.  At our old house, I would just make "banana cake"--his description of banana bread-- out of the brown ones, but I don't have an oven here, so I limit how many I buy at a time.

Anyway, every week, 2 bananas "loose".  This week was no different.  Except Tesco sent me this:


They charged me for them, too.   

Aaaaaaaannnnd since we're talking about online grocery shopping, it's times like this that make me scratch my head.  Every week, I order two bananas.  I hate bananas (traumatic childhood experience... it's silly, but I can't get over it), but I get a couple for my husband because he likes them.  Still, he struggles to eat them before they turn brown.  At our old house, I would just make "banana cake"--his description of banana bread-- out of the brown ones, but I don't have an oven here, so I limit how many I buy at a time.

Anyway, every week, 2 bananas "loose".  This week was no different.  Except Tesco sent me this:


They charged me for them, too.   

2 dozen bananas?   

My "favorite" substitute was when they substituted a leek instead of an onion.  I mean - I get it.  I just didn't want leek on my tacos...   

I do wonder how they make their decisions sometimes.