Right, so I've set a short-term goal I would like to achieve in life, and that is to try every flavour of Walkers' limited edition World Cup crisps. Flavours of the new novelty snacks are 'stereotypical' food-stuffs from the teams participating in this year's tournament. However, there are a few things that have disappointed me greatly insofar that out of the 32 teams competing, Walkers have only represented 15 nations, 3 of which aren't even participating! The three loser countries are Scotland, Wales and Republic of Ireland, which I presume were only included due to they being 'Home Nations'. Well, not Ireland. Although, I suppose they do have legitimate claim to be part of Walkers' chosen 'elite' crisp flavours, given the circumstances under which they did not qualify.
Anyhow, so far I have worked my way through only six of the varied assortment; American Cheeseburger, Brazilian Salsa, English Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, French Garlic Baguette, German Bratwurst Sausage and Japanese Teriyaki Chicken. At the present, American Cheeseburger has tickled my taste buds mostest, reminding me of, well, ketchup basically. Surprising I suppose given the Yank's notorious lack of fine cuisine. Living up to stereotypes, the English Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding failed to ignite my pallet, proving dull and boring. True to English food I guess. German Bratwurst and Japanese Teriyaki weren't too bad, but tasted neither of what they claimed, and Brazilian Salsa which I tried today was again, a bit like ketchup. But I like ketchup, so that's fine. However, the most incredulous flavour so far is the French Garlic Baguette. I mean, seriously, bread flavoured potatoes? If the Australian flavour is supposed to taste like marsupials then they could have at least made the French one frog flavour.
Nine more to go then! Beneath is a full list.
American Cheeseburger- Argentinian Flame-Grilled Steak
- Australian BBQ Kangaroo
Brazilian Salsa- Dutch Edam Cheese
English Roast Beef & Yorkshire PuddingFrench Garlic BaguetteGerman Bratwurst Sausage- Irish Stew
- Italian Spaghetti Bolognese
Japanese Teriyaki Chicken- Scottish Haggis
- South African Sweet Chutney (I swear they just made this shit up)
- Spanish Chicken Paella
- Welsh Rarebit
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