Close your eyes and think of England

Look!

CRISPS!!!

Not chips, Simple American, real bona fide English crisps! :D 

I’m getting all these from sis’s friend who’s kindly agreed to cart them all back for me! All the way from Merry Ol’ Englande! I don’t know how he’s going to do it, but I don’t care so long as they all get back here relatively whole. I don’t relish opening each foil packet to find crumbs.

But heck! English crisps crumbs is better than having no crisp crumbs!! 

And his colleagues think I’m nuts, ordering food from England. Crisps on top of that! But they who live in the land of fattening potato snacks don’t understand how deprived we are here in Malaysia where our potato snacks are limited to the quality of Jack n Jill or Double Decker or Mr. Potato. Eh, Double Decker is a “prawn” cracker no? Well, you get the drift. We don’t have local equivalents of the snazzy flavours available in England – bacon & cheese, lamb & mint, salt & vinegar… and the satisfying crunch of a sliced potato chip as opposed to a reconstituted potato chip ala Pringles. Unfortunately, I can stop when I pop a Pringles.

If I wanted to splurge on some decent crisps, I’d have to suck it up and pay for Marks & Spencer or Kettle Chips or Lays. All of which cost a bomb here! And they come in big packs which make you just eat and eat and eat. I prefer getting multi-packs of lots of small packs in a big pack, so you can just satiate yourself with 1 25g pack each time. And it lasts longer too!

I got Walkers because well, they are the iconic crisps of the UK. Everyone eats Walkers. My favourite flavour is salt and vinegar and Smokey Bacon. But look at the variety they have! Lamb & Mint (sounds lovely!), Steak & Onion, BBQ Rib, even Marmite! I’d love to try those, but I’m not sure if he’s able to find it all.

I asked for Seabrooks because they reminded me of my days in University Halls of Residence. When we ordered a packed lunch, we would always…. ALWAYS get (in a brown paper bag) a cob wrapped in cling-wrap with filling of choice, a fruit (usually an apple), a yogurt, a juice (Just Juice I think) and a pack of Seabrook crisps. They aren’t the greatest tasting crisps in the world, but after eating them for 1 year, I’ve got an acquired taste for them.

I got Hula Hoops because they remind me of my housemate LOL…. She loved hula hoops and would buy them by the bags. I’d whack the potato crisps and she’d whack the Hula Hoops! I like them too and they were our regular snack to munch on when we went to the movies. They fit on your finger just like Cheezels does, without the orange afterglow.

Lastly, there’s a pack of Monster Munch which I did not ask for, but which I think was put in there as a form of a joke or something. I don’t know what a Monster Munch is but it will be interesting to find out!

Now I can’t wait till he gets back! I think there should be at least 50 packs of crisps waiting to be eaten. Woohoo!! The next time anyone sees me, I’ll be fat and bald and looking rather like Homer Simpson. LOL!

Have a good weekend y’all!