Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Why do they make prawn cocktail crisps?
- Thread starter swee'pea99
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hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
What I do miss is Tudor crisps. They were gorgeous. 'Specially the curry flavoured ones 
(...a canny bag of Tudor......
)
(...a canny bag of Tudor......
)
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Shut up d**head????That the best you've got?
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
*sigh*d**...... dad??
hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
Come here MDB
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Come here MDB
Ehh.... No...... Its ok thanks
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I doubt they've ever seen a Prawn! The clue is possibly in the description - Prawn Cocktail 'flavour' which does not necessarily need to contain extract of Prawn ....I have never seen some of those flavours!
As to the vitally important original question - "Why do they make prawn cocktail crisps?" - I was going to suggest that the world has to find some way of using up all those damn prawns, but I reckon that @Fab Foodie will be along in a minute to tell us that prawn cocktail crisps don't actually contain any prawns!
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Wikipedia inform me that "Prawn cocktail flavour crisps were the second most popular in the UK in 2004, with a 16% market share"
Stats from Daily Record (from Scotchland) which gives a 2004 rundown, as follows:
1 Salt and vinegar 27%
2 Prawn cocktail 16%
3 Cheese and onion 14%
4 Ready salted 12%
5 Worcester sauce 7%
6=Tomato ketchup 6% 6=Bacon 6%
8 Chicken 5%
9 Pickled onion 4%
10 Beef 3%
The Metro, in Feb this year, gave the following dubious list:
(I say dubious, because it puts 'cheese' first, and cheese & onion appear further down the list. The survey was done on behalf of Pringles, who make a cheese flavour, but PRINGLES AREN'T CRISPS! They should have stuck to dodgy jumpers and socks, imho.
1. Cheese
2. Salted
3. Cheese & Onion
4. Salt & Vinegar
5. Hot Pepper/Chili
6. BBQ
7. Beef
8. Fish/Seafood
9. Sour Cream & Onion
10. Lightly Salted
Stats from Daily Record (from Scotchland) which gives a 2004 rundown, as follows:
1 Salt and vinegar 27%
2 Prawn cocktail 16%
3 Cheese and onion 14%
4 Ready salted 12%
5 Worcester sauce 7%
6=Tomato ketchup 6% 6=Bacon 6%
8 Chicken 5%
9 Pickled onion 4%
10 Beef 3%
The Metro, in Feb this year, gave the following dubious list:
(I say dubious, because it puts 'cheese' first, and cheese & onion appear further down the list. The survey was done on behalf of Pringles, who make a cheese flavour, but PRINGLES AREN'T CRISPS! They should have stuck to dodgy jumpers and socks, imho.
1. Cheese
2. Salted
3. Cheese & Onion
4. Salt & Vinegar
5. Hot Pepper/Chili
6. BBQ
7. Beef
8. Fish/Seafood
9. Sour Cream & Onion
10. Lightly Salted
ayceejay
Guru
- Location
- Rural Quebec
I used to like Smith's crisps until they went into the newspaper selling business.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
These remind me of happy childhood holidays in Ireland.
An uncle, on a visit to Blighty, couldn't get why pub landlords didn't understand him when he asked for "a packet of Taytos".
An uncle, on a visit to Blighty, couldn't get why pub landlords didn't understand him when he asked for "a packet of Taytos".
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I have, but I prefer a bit of salt on my nibbles
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I have, but I prefer a bit of salt on my nibbles
Or you could try the naked ones, and add your own condiments to spice things up. You would need a large packet and someone to share it with.
