Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Thursday, April 09, 2009

It's Not Your Granddad's Crisp!

One of the enduring memories of high school in 70s Britain is enjoying a packet of Cheese and Onion with a pint of Strongbow while playing some pool with the boys at the White Hart. Back then, you basically had a choice of about five crisp flavors. Today, however, you can choose everything from Marmite to Aged Stilton. And Walkers aren't finished. They recently tested some brand new flavors on an unwitting British public.

Below are the new flavors along with the witty descriptions of The Guardian's Charlie Brooker. See if you can match them up:


a. Builder's Breakfast
b. Crispy Duck and Hoisin
c. Fish and Chips
d. Onion Bhaji
e. Cajun Squirrel
f. Chilli and Chocolate

1. "They taste precisely like a tiny cat piping hot farts through a potpourri pouch into your mouth."

2. "It captures the feeling of sitting in a greasy spoon, being dumped via text while your food repeats on you. Depressing."

3. "It's like a lame TV movie about India starring Adam Woodyatt, with a soundtrack consisting entirely of library music."

4. "It's like kissing someone who's just eaten a plateful of scampi. Halfway through, they belch in your mouth."

5. It's vaguely like the smell you get when you bleed a radiator, but sharper, more disgusting and worryingly 'human.'"

6. "They taste like the standard Roast Chicken flavor might if the 'chicken' in them had been killed with a hammer made of compacted sugar."

Good luck!

4 Comments:

Blogger Bivalve88 said...

Okay, I'll bite.

1. e
2. f
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. b

11:43 AM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I brought a bag of the cajun squirrel and was watching the disappointing Fulham game with my dad on their sofa. At some point, and without asking, he dipped his hand into the bag, extracted a chip and ate it. Didn't go back for seconds.

1.f
2.a
3.d
4.e
5.b
6.c

12:16 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Congratulations, Bivalve! You pulled out a narrow win with 4 out of 6 correct.

#1 is the Cajun Squirrel flavor sampled by the Gooner in London. I'm not quite sure what tiny cat farts taste like, or why Charlie Brooker would have intimate knowledge of them. In any case, I can understand why Dad didn't go back for more.

#2 is the Builder's Breakfast, which is meant to replicate a big British fry up with egg, sausage, and beans.

#3 is the Onion Bhaji

#4 is the Fish and Chips

#5 is the Chilli and Chocolate

#6 is the Crispy Duck and Hoisin.

Thanks for playing, folks!

10:50 AM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Ahh, that's not right. I can't vouch for 5 of these, but the Cajun Squirrel weren't that bad despite Wayne and Charlie's critique.

11:28 AM  

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