You'll have seen them by now. Walkers "World Cup Tie-in" crisp flavours. Except, of course, Walkers aren't official sponsors of the World Cup so they can't call it that. It's a competition between 15 different international flavours. I'm a sucker for marketing shit like that, 15 new flavours of crisps to try out.
Here's my take on the flavours I've tried so far:
French Garlic Baguette - Tastes like Walkers had a batch of Sour Cream & Chive left over. A bit light on the Garlic. Light on the baguette too.
Argentinian Flame Grilled Steak - Ditto. But with spare beef or steak crisps.
American Cheeseburger - This one actually has shadow of the taste it proclaims to be. If you look for it, you can taste McDonalds Cheeseburger. Whether that's a good thing or not, is up to you.
Dutch Edam Cheese - They taste of cheese. I'll give them that. Edam, though, I'm not so sure. Could equally be cheddar, Port Salut, Mini Baby Bell, Cheese Strings, american burger cheese or possibly even the horror that is Cheese Whiz. Actually, that's probably a little mean. They're whey (see what I did there?) better than Cheese Whiz. That stuff is food straight from the bowels of hell.
Japanese Teriyaki Chicken - The 87% of Britons that have never tasted Teriyaki or, like me, not tasted it since 2001, could assume that this has a reasonably authentic taste. After all, they're not going to know any better.
Brazilian Salsa - "Salsa" simply means sauce and Hispanic salsa includes Guacamole. If you do a search for "Brazilian Salsa" you'll get a dance, not a food. So quite what Walkers are aiming for here is a bit of a mystery. There's a bit of tomato. Possibly some onion. There's something else too, some spice or herb or other condiment. And that's about it.
Spanish Chicken Paella - Have you ever wondered what an oxo cube tastes like and taken a little nibble? Try it. Try it with the Chicken ones. In fact, crumble a chicken oxo over a rice cake. That's what these crisps are trying to taste like. They're not an unpleasant eat though.
Japanese Teriyaki Chicken - The 87% of Britons that have never tasted Teriyaki or, like me, not tasted it since 2001, could assume that this has a reasonably authentic taste. After all, they're not going to know any better.
Brazilian Salsa - "Salsa" simply means sauce and Hispanic salsa includes Guacamole. If you do a search for "Brazilian Salsa" you'll get a dance, not a food. So quite what Walkers are aiming for here is a bit of a mystery. There's a bit of tomato. Possibly some onion. There's something else too, some spice or herb or other condiment. And that's about it.
Spanish Chicken Paella - Have you ever wondered what an oxo cube tastes like and taken a little nibble? Try it. Try it with the Chicken ones. In fact, crumble a chicken oxo over a rice cake. That's what these crisps are trying to taste like. They're not an unpleasant eat though.
English Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding - Wow. These have to be the surprise of the draw. I had this bit pre-written in my head. They were supposed to taste exactly like the steak ones. But they don't. They smell like Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding with gravy. The kind of Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding with Gravy that you get from a good carvery. Absolutely superb. I'm Scottish, but this is one English entry I could really get behind. #omnomnom :)
Other Flavour Cup competitors are:-
Germany-Bratwurst Sausage
Ireland-Stew
Italy-Spaghetti Bolognese
South Africa-Sweet Chutney
Wales-RarebitAnd the one I most want to try, but which will probably most let me down:
Scotland-Haggis

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