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It’s a little disheartening looking at the array of crisp packets on shop shelves these days. For the most part you can just get under filled packets of normal crisps in various flavours (probably too many flavours too be honest), over priced packets of “extra fancy” crisps and a handful of more interesting crisps such as Quavers, Skips, Frazzles, Monster Munch and Hula Hoops.
In the Eighties it was a different matter. The interesting crisps category had many more contenders. OK, they may have been variations on one of themes mentioned above, but the fact they were different funny shapes and sometimes unusual flavours meant that all still felt unique.
Once such crisp that is no longer with us, and indeed I can’t think of anything that is even remotely close to it, was Piglets. These were potato crisps (I think) in the shape of little pigs, but the best thing was they were three dimensional piggies, not just flat cut out shapes. The crisp itself was actually very thin, and had somehow been puffed up to make a little ball of crisp for the pigs body.
They came in smaller bags than your average packet of crisps, but the bags were absolutely ram packed with crisps, unlike todays pathetic portions.
I’m almost definite that the flavour I enjoyed most was called “Bacon and Bean”, but I’m sure there were other flavours available, I just can’t remember what they were.
August 2nd, 2010 at 8:26 pm
These were a class potato snack !
August 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 pm
They certainly were. Any ideas what the flavours other than Bacon ‘n’ Bean were?
August 3rd, 2010 at 9:32 am
Totally do not remember these
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:44 pm
haven’t a clue! sorry. But they were superb. I need piglets!
August 5th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Oh yes I remember these they were so thin like paper almost, had forgotten them. Don’t remember them being indifferent flavours.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Haha we were just talking about theses, I think they brought dome similar crisps in the 90’s but the where just like tubes made from the same style of what ever they were made from!
January 12th, 2011 at 7:32 am
Not sure if I’m thinking of the same thing or not Mama, but I remember some similar crisps which were more like little rectangular strips which had little puffed up bubbles of air running along them. I’ve long since forgotten what they were called though.
September 13th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
pickled onion flavour was my favourite
November 24th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
The strips that were like piglets were called puffs if I remember rightly
November 26th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Ah yes, Puffs were really nice too, a good example of a packet of crisps that were absolutely full to the brim, unlike most of todays offerings…