The Crisp Hobbyist

I mostly just want to talk about crisps.

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

For my inaugural tweet, I present to you my top five crisp flavours, carefully selected after years of crisp-eating experience:

1. Pickled Onion
2. BBQ Sauce
3. Mexican Chilli
4. Paprika
5. Bacon

Your opinion may vary. You are wrong, but this is fine.

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

I personally prefer "meat-eater", @walkers_crisps, but I suppose it's a contentious point.

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

Thank God for American friends. Merry Crispmas everyone! #merrycrispmas #crisps P.S @walkers_crisps bring back barbecue

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@marksandspencer My mum rates them 5/5 but I like my crisps with more grease and calories. 😁

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My mum, long term supporter of my crisp addiction, brought me some of her favourite crisps from @marksandspencer. They're no pickled onion Transform-A-Snack (seriously @GoldenWonderUK, bring those back) but pretty flavoursome for a diet crisp. 3.25/5 #crisps #crispreview

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

These are so good that it's almost impossible to stop eating them long enough to formulate a review. Crispy and flavoursome. @McCoys's Muchos only lose quarter of a point for not having a 'Mexican Chilli' flavour like their ridge crisps do. 4.75/5 #crisps #crispreview

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

The crisps in the last review were in a '2 for a £1' offer, and of course, I took advantage of this, which can only mean one thing... a bonus crisp review!
Onion Rings much less disappointing than the faux-frazzles. Need to be a bit more onion-y though. 3.5/5 #crisps #crispreview

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After the horrifying discovery that @BobbysFoods no longer make Bacon Streaks, I now need to find a faux-frazzle replacement. Today I tried these ones that I found at @DiscoverBudgens . Conclusion: disappointing. Not enough puff, not enough flavour. 2/5 #crisps #crispreview

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

As promised: Barbecue Saucers. By @GoldenWonderUK so they're incredibly flavoursome, though it takes a few crisps to get over the saltiness. Crunchier than I thought they'd be. 4/5 #crisps #crispreview

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

@GoldenWonderUK Cheese and barbecue.

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If you could create ANY flavour of Golden Wonder...what would you create? 🤔 Tell us in a tweet! #Crisps #GoldenWonder #flavours #snacks

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It's been a busy few days with precious little crisp consumption, but I've spotted something new and BBQ flavoured at the shop where I work so watch this space...

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

Bonus #crispreview because we're celebrating, and we're doing it the good ol' fashioned way - with crisps and whiskey - and these curry-flavoured ones from @McCoys are the perfect candidate. 5/5 #crisps

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Today's review is for @BobbysFoods Sticky BBQ Ribs. They're delicious. They're flavoursome. There's loads of them. Slightly too salty for my palate but I suppose I should refrain from polishing them all off on one sitting. 4.75/5 #crisps #crispreview

[The Crisp Hobbyist @crisphobbyist]

I'd like to give a shout-out to @BobbysFoods, unsung heroes of the cornershop crisp aisle. I'd like to work for them someday, partly because I assume one of the employee perks is unlimited Bacon Streaks, but mainly I share their dream of cheap, tasty crisps for all. #crispheroes

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Tonight's late night tweets brought to you by my coughing children. What's the point in going to sleep when I'll just get woken up again? Might as well scream into the twitter void about all the discontinued crisps I loved.

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Really, I think Tesco should just concentrate on relaunching their potato triangles. Bring a little joy back to the British people, God knows we could use it.

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Another festive offering from @tesco. Not very sweet and not very savoury (and the cinnamon was all but MIA), but, despite declaring that I 'didn't really like them', I managed to eat half the pack. 2.5/5 #crisps #crispreview

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Forgot the score: 3/5.

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With Christmas just weeks away, 'tis the season for festively-flavoured crisps. @Tesco have quite the selection, including these Sausage Roll puffs, which were pleasant enough but tasted more like seasoning than sausage. #crisps #crispreview

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Final tweet for the night: I plan to tweet about things other than crisps. For example, right now I will tweet about my frustration that I spend all day looking forward to my writing hour, then spent my writing hour setting up a Twitter account to justify my crisp addiction.