Saturday, March 07, 2009

Walker's Crazy Crisps - part 5

Number 5 in our series on the new Walker's crazy flavour crisps takes us up to Durham in the north-east of England. I lived there for a few years myself and I knew a girl called Carole. I wonder if she is the same one who suggested Onion Bhaji flavour crisps to Walkers?

Onion Bhajis are tasty little East Indian treats made from onion. No surprises there. If you think I'm being silly remember there's no squirrel in the Cajun Squirrel crisps.

The onions are fried inside fritters made from gram flour along with spices, spices and more spices.

Funny though, "Carole" doesn't sound like an East Indian name. It just goes to show how the people of Britain have adapted to non-traditional foods.

Customers at Blighty's Tuck Store have been stacking these crazy crisps into their shopping carts with some alacrity. We are almost sold out now. Fortunately, we have been able to re-order so we'll be able to keep on surprising people with the peculiarities of British food flavours.

Eventually, though, five of the funny flavours will disappear and only one of the six will be selected as a permanent flavour by Walkers. Blighty's customers have already cast their vote for our number one. We'll discuss our winner in the final instalment of this mini-series.

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