#Crunch hours cracker

These were entirely better than the previous two slightly lukewarm snacks. They are an icon of cheapo/coonsil crisps and I remember them fondly from hangovers of my twenties, mainly. When this quest was first suggested, my first thought was of Space Raiders. These were quite familiar onion ring snacks. Quite poor.įunyuns were again new to me, although the brand is fairly pervasive in the US. They weren’t the freshest crunch, either. They didn’t pack much appeal, though, as the spicy flavour was mainly just sweet and vinegary. But upon inspection, they were a fairly familiar corn snack idea, somewhat reminiscent of Monster Munch. Flavour had an odd and fairly pervasive sour dairy note, like sour cream, with only a little cheesiness towards the end. They are along similar lines to previously experienced cheese puffs but with a slightly more irregular texture. I was deffo a Wotsits person, as a youth, so I’m not convinced I’d previously tried Cheetos. I’m not sure that tidy up was really offset by a quality culinary experience. Their texture led to extensive sticking to teeth, which meant a complex tooth-picking aftermath. This time I didn’t have such belchy issues, but I didn’t overly enjoy the experience. I remember Frazzles as well, although perhaps not quite so fondly, as I recall many a bacony burp as these corn snack rashers used to repeat on my something chronic. Consequently, there was no shortage of flavour going on.

The classic salty and vinegar flavours were there as I remembered them, but they were a good deal sweeter than I recall, a product of their biscuity texture, I guess.

#Crunch hours cracker

I am a fan and these were a good place to start.Īnother that I remember from the school tuck shop – a term that probably gives away both my vintage and that I went to posh school – fish n chips are probably a slight outlier in the cheapo crisp canon in that the little fish and chip shaped items are like little cracker biscuits. My fingers were pleasingly coated on grainy residue at the end, making the final finger-licking triumph entirely glorious. I recall the vinegar as being a touch more aggressively mouth-puckering but the texture – a sort of grainy shard-like quality – remained. I would definitely have favoured the ready salted ahead of the salt n vinegar as a child, but these definitely felt extremely familiar. These crunchy corn snacks definitely evoked memories of childhood. I’ve summarised my findings in a graphic over on Instagram, but for those who appreciate a fuller explanation, here’s what I discovered in the order that I ate. These are now mainly to be found in small independent newsagent shops and revel in the monicker “coonsil crisps”.

After a month of noodle quest delights, I had to maintain my sodium levels somehow, so turned my attention to the cheapo salty snacks of my youth.