Adventures in crisps

We're sort if in a dead zone of tourism at the moment. A lot of castles and other attractions are closed until March, the highlands are full of snow and rain, and Sam's probably not up for a whole lot of hiking at this point anyway. Life around the house is exciting and fresh though- when I cook, I usually don my Scottish apron, strike a confident pose, and grab the whisky and a packet of crisps for nourishment.

If we were conversing, you'd probably say 'Hey, what kind of crisps are those?'

I'm glad you asked!
I saw these at the store yesterday and was stunned. It's a pretty ambitious idea, and it was impossible to resist purchasing some to see if they could pull if off. The answer: no. Sam said they smelled like someone had sprinkled fish food on regular crisps, and she has a heightened sense of smell right now so let's go with that description instead of 'dead sailor', which is what I first thought. The taste is extremely salty with a blast of vinegar up front, and then the fish flavor hits you. This is part of a contest to see what flavor (flavour) will make it into the lineup. I feel bad for whoever got put in charge of the fake fish flavoring division at Walkers. Fake fish flavoring is probably never a great direction to find your career heading, and I guess they did the best they could, but based on our initial testing I don't think there are going to be any promotions handed out based on this product.

Throughout this all, Sam continues to grow a human (free of synthetic fish additives), and still looking pretty good: