Friday, April 30, 2010

I Believe in Ferries

What: Prawn Cocktail Pringles
Where: Between Belfast and Dublin
Cost: £1.99

In North America these chips would not be flying off the shelves. We are not used to a potato chip selection that includes roast chicken and steak. Fortunately "crisps" in the UK are often meat-flavoured and this one was particularly exotic. We were all pretty tired which is usually a bad time to be tasting new, potentially gross foodstuffs but I threw caution into the wind and popped this can open in the van.

The verdict: not actually gross.

It would be more accurate if these chips were labeled Prawn Cocktail Sauce flavoured, since they really just taste of tomato sauce. Maybe a slight prawny smell, but definitely not too fishy tasting.

If you're Canadian and like Ketchup chips than I would suggest these as a nice alternative.

7.8/10

HR

3 comments:

eric said...

Holy Hell be careful out there Holly Rancher. You Brave Soul.

Unknown said...

DON'T YOU DARE SULLY THE GOOD NAME OF KETCHUP CHIPS WITH YOUR PRAWNY FILTH!

UK chips are the weirdest. I guess that's what happens when you live in a place where beer is cheaper than water.

Anonymous said...

mmmmm. I love prawn cocktail crisps. I practically lived on PC Quavers along with milk chocolate McVitties biscuits for the last part of my stay in the UK. They certainly have some great junk food over there.