Kettle-style chips (known as hand-cooked in the UK/Europe) are traditionally made by the "batch-style" process, where all chips are fried all at once at a low temperature profile, and continuously raked to prevent them from sticking together. There has been some development recently where kettle-style chips are able to be produced by a "continuous-style" process (like a long conveyor belt), creating the same old-fashioned texture and flavor of a real kettle-cooked chip.
I eat a lot of crisps, alway have. There's this phrase that appears on a lot of crisps these days - 'hand cooked'. I mean what the f**k does it mean? Does a person tip the sliced potatoes into the fryer rather than them coming down a conveyer belt? How does that have any bearing on how they turn out? Is the burning oil held in the hands of an underpaid worker and the crisps fried in amongst the peeling skin?
Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chipKettle-style chips (known as hand-cooked in the UK/Europe) are traditionally made by the "batch-style" process, where all chips are fried all at once at a low temperature profile, and continuously raked to prevent them from sticking together. There has been some development recently where kettle-style chips are able to be produced by a "continuous-style" process (like a long conveyor belt), creating the same old-fashioned texture and flavor of a real kettle-cooked chip.
It's still a load of crap dreamed up by some marketing people somewhere in some funky office somewhere like hoxton, probably on a space hopper.
Absolutely. "These crisps are traditional and oldy-timey and therefore are good for you and obviously taste better than other crisps." Bollocks, all crisps of all flavours taste exactly the same.
Bollocks, all crisps of all flavours taste exactly the same.
Anyway. WHAT THE FUCK happened to Golden Wonder. eh?When I were lad, it was all Golden Wonder and now all you can get is spawn of Lineker brand crisps. WALKERS ARE THE MICROSOFT OF CRISPS. Think of that next time you tuck into a bag. Made you think huh. YEAH!
Quote from: tomtom on May 15, 2013, 03:54:34 pmAnyway. WHAT THE FUCK happened to Golden Wonder. eh?When I were lad, it was all Golden Wonder and now all you can get is spawn of Lineker brand crisps. WALKERS ARE THE MICROSOFT OF CRISPS. Think of that next time you tuck into a bag. Made you think huh. YEAH!Can still get GW. What happened to Smith's though?All the above are better than Pringles, which are baked slices of mashed potato, and rank.
Well, a little hyperbole, but most "posh crisps" taste very similar. These days I only get Aldi-equivalent quavers and wotsits.
However, the saving grace in Yorkshire is Seabrooks... Salt and vinegar seabrooks still make me wince winning.
Quote from: tomtom on May 15, 2013, 04:01:22 pmHowever, the saving grace in Yorkshire is Seabrooks... Salt and vinegar seabrooks still make me wince winning.Have you tried their Wasabi or Two Chilli varieties from the Hot & Spicy range?
These days I only get Aldi-equivalent quavers and wotsits.
Quote from: shurt on May 15, 2013, 03:43:32 pmQuote from: andy_e on May 15, 2013, 02:54:41 pmQuote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chipKettle-style chips (known as hand-cooked in the UK/Europe) are traditionally made by the "batch-style" process, where all chips are fried all at once at a low temperature profile, and continuously raked to prevent them from sticking together. There has been some development recently where kettle-style chips are able to be produced by a "continuous-style" process (like a long conveyor belt), creating the same old-fashioned texture and flavor of a real kettle-cooked chip.I'll confess I did read this after posting on WP so there you go. It's still a load of crap dreamed up by some marketing people somewhere in some funky office somewhere like hoxton, probably on a space hopper.Both the idea that Hoxton is an attractive part of London and the "hand-cooked" crisp are masterpieces of marketing. However I believe the latter predates the former.
Quote from: andy_e on May 15, 2013, 02:54:41 pmQuote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chipKettle-style chips (known as hand-cooked in the UK/Europe) are traditionally made by the "batch-style" process, where all chips are fried all at once at a low temperature profile, and continuously raked to prevent them from sticking together. There has been some development recently where kettle-style chips are able to be produced by a "continuous-style" process (like a long conveyor belt), creating the same old-fashioned texture and flavor of a real kettle-cooked chip.I'll confess I did read this after posting on WP so there you go. It's still a load of crap dreamed up by some marketing people somewhere in some funky office somewhere like hoxton, probably on a space hopper.
Emery! Go to Booths in Ilkley and purchase a large packet of Pipers cider vinegar & sea salt crisps, then tell me all crisps taste the same! They pair well with many of the blonde and amber ales found a few isles down