[Magdalen] Tyrrell's Hand-Cooked English "Chips"?

[Marion Thompson]

A premium product available in our major supermarket chains.  I enjoy 
them from time to time.  I like the Hereford-potatoes touch.

Speaking of potatoes, I am deeply envious of the English way of selling 
potatoes by variety name, rather than red, white, gold, baking, boiling, 
etc., as we do.  Give me Pentland Javelins and King Edwards and the like.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 2/7/2015 4:22 AM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 07/02/2015 01:53, Scott Knitter wrote:
>> Are these well known in the UK? I'm enjoying some of their Mature
>> Cheddar & Chives flavour, "tremendous with a cheeky pickled onion,"
>> although I haven't got one of those.
>>
>> I'm impressed that they're not fluorescent orange, as they would be if
>> made in the USA so we would know they're supposed to taste cheesy.
>>
>> But I'm wary of the packet, which bears words like "chips" and
>> "flavor." It does say the potatoes are from Herefordshire.
>
> They will need to have repackaged because of different terminology. 
> What we call chips are what you would call fries while your chips are 
> our crisps.  Tyrrell's is not the dominant player in this market but 
> is becoming more widely available.  I don't eat them much but they are 
> one of the three brands I favour, possibly edging the other two 
> (Piper's and McCoy's) for flavour and crunch combination.
>
> I have a feeling that they print on each pack the variety and/or the 
> specific farm the potatoes have come from.  Among crisps they are what 
> I would call a quality product for those who are prepared to pay more 
> for the added enjoyment.
>
> Roger
>