Seabrooks Butter Crisps

TheDean

TheDean

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Has anyone else been so stupid as to try these? I hope not. Sent them the email below...we'll see what they come back with.

Hi there,

I recently picked up a multipack of your new Jacket potato crisps, and was so excited to get back to work and try them. My friend told me you were doing a butter flavour, and I love butter. I use it in all my sauces, cakes, on loads of stuff really. I'd have it on my cereal if my girlfriend would let me. Finally, I thought, a crisp manufacturer who had the balls to make a butter flavour crisp.
What did I think of it I hear you ask? Probably the most disgusting thing I have ever had the displeasure of putting into my mouth. The most artificial of artificial flavours, I have no idea how your mad-scientists have concocted such a heinous flavour. And the aftertaste - THAT AFTERTASTE WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER. I had to gulp down a pint of Robinsons Apple & Blackcurrant to take it away, but I fear it has scarred my taste memory forever. It's alright though, that Robinsons is the new double strength stuff. Better value, you see.
Anyway, initially I thought it was me being dead awkward and picky, but I like all foods (apart from tripe), so I handed the 99.4% full bag around the office and here are the results:

One person was physically sick (contained in mouth)
Two people gagged
One young lad called Dan refused to try (due to previous reactions) and he will try ANYTHING. He's mad like that.

The remainder vowed never to have butter flavour again, but more worryingly, questioned Seabrooks as a brand for actually bringing this monstrosity to market.

I work in IT at the moment, but would happily come down to your tasting offices and be in charge down there. I won't lie to you, I have zero experience in crisp manufacture/production/marketing or indeed tasting, but I tell you what, I'd stop anything like this butter flavour ever getting to market again. I bet Gary Lineker is laughing his socks off about this. He knows full well this butter flavour is rubbish. You watch Walkers push out a new flavour now, they'll have you on the ropes if you're not careful, and times are hard. In this financial climate, it's hardly the time to saying to the board "Right lads, check this – BUTTER.....BUTTER ****ING CRISPS". I bet they were all taken in at first, but I bet the board didn't bloody taste them did they?! They'll be sick to their stomachs when they see they're not selling though won’t they?!

Anyway, if you could sort it out, we would very much appreciate it.

Yours Sincerely,

TheDean
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They were much better when they were in these packets:

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I remember Seabrook's sweetcorn flavour. They were vile.

Best Seabrooks are prawn cocktail. Win.

Also back in the day, their spring onion and garlic & herb flavours were good. Though my mum never used to let me eat them in the car because they stank. :D

Seabrooks seem to put loads and loads of flavouring on their crisps though - sometimes I find them hard to eat, especially salt and vinegar.

Don't think I'll bother trying Butter flavour then!
 
They are indeed rank, coincidentally I brought in the last back that’s been sitting in my cupboard for a couple of months so my colleagues could experience the taste :D
 
I went to university with the daughter of the Seabrook's crisp owner. There may or may not have been an amateur porn related scandal.
 
Wife stupidly bought the new "goodbye salt, hello flavour" crisps at the weekend, they're bloomin awful, even the birds won't finish the packet off.

Use to love Seabrooks, seem to have lost the plot now though.
 
I have always been addicted to the cream cheese and chives flavor. The rest werent as good as walkers.

The minute I heard 'butter flavor crisps', I thought 'OMG I WANT THOSE!'

Then after reading the email, I reconsidered. I love butter, and my butter flavor microwave popcorn which is yummy and not vile.

PiKe said:
They were much better when they were in these packets:

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Thats how they were when I used to have them :)

The tomato flavor was nasty though, but the cheese + chives and cheese and onion were nice. I remembered that I hate walkers cheese and onion, it tastes a lot nastier to me than other brands do.
 
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They haven't "been" good since they "dropped" all the "inexplicable" quote "marks".

Ignore these hard-to-please sourpusses - it was a good e-mail. They sound almost as abhorrent as the Vanilla Ice Cream flavour Monster Munch of a few years ago.

Let us "know" how you get "on".
 
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A packet of canadian ham and a pint of something dark used to be the end to my saturday night.

The pub stopped selling seabrooks, got rank beer and loud music - so that ended.

Now seabrooks do this, what on earth are they thinking? Do they want to take away everything that is good in the world?
 
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