Chipchart
In the prime days of nu:jazz charts seemed like something that everyone was doing - except maybe Oskar in Koop who thought very little of them - but today I’m choosing a different path. One of my big passions in life, apart from Oskar in Koop, is snacks, and especially potato crisps (aka chips, depending on your origin). Here is my chipchart of today:
Who almost made the list: (11. Pringles Paprika.)
The only Pringle that you can actually carry on eating for a long time. It’s not only the horrendous Hot and Spicy or whatever their called (a crisp I’m not even bothered knowing the name of!) that lacks the longevity potential searched for. Something just goes off track too quickly with Pringles - apart from Paprika.
10. OLW Cream Cheese
Had them yesterday after a long break in our relationship (relationchip). Why did I ever abandon this love?
9. Pepper or Barbecue crisps.
Doesn’t matter if it’s OLW or Estrella (the big brands), they both do an excellent variety. Pepper crisps seem to have been there from the start, alongside the classics “sourcream and onion” or “dill” or “grill”. Only pepper and barbecue has real character and you can always count on either the pepper or barbecue variety of at least one of the brands to be in a store near you at all times.
8. US Snax
To be had in a cinema close to you. Both sourcream and bacon works excellent.
7. Walkers Quavers
Yes, this chart is mainly Swedish snacks, but it has to be said; if you can’t get a hold of the US Snax, then the Enlighs Shop caters for your needs - or if you happen to be in the UK - an english shop will do.
6. Eldorado Sourcream.
A tip I got from my brother in crisp-arms: Edvin Edvinsson. Usually cheap brand crisps taste just that - cheap. Not this time though. The unusual twist here is that whilst sourcream is usually ridge cut or heavily crinkled, this is a completely flat crisp, which makes for an unusual experience in Swedish crisp terms.
5. OLW Naturchips: Ost & Persilja
With your perfect mix of cheese, parsily and monosodiumglutamat these “kettle”-style crisps are full of taste. An excellent contender to the dill and sourcream taste.
4. Estrella Sourcream and Cheese.
Yes, you’re starting to see that cheese is a reoccuring favourite ingredient, do you? I often hear the view that Sourcream and Onion is the best Swedish crisp. Not since sixth grade discos have I been of that belief. For one,
3. OLW Cheese doodles - normal or XL - or Estrella Ostbågar.
Cheese curls in both takes are good. The doodles are somewhat more of an original classic, to my knowledge they’ve never changed the recipe. Estrella on the other hand has struggled more, sometimes they came out with fabulous results like the Cheddar Curls, but nowadays their going down a healthy root, with curls fried with sunfloweroil and all that jazz. Actually, these healthy buggers are a bad ass contender!
2. OLW Naturchips, Dill and Sourcream.
I would like to root for the original Swedish kettlechips: Svenska Lantchips, but the truth giant OLW makes a damn fine copy. On the other hand, you can get the original (which is fine indeed) in IKEA for only 9 swedish kronor.
1. Estrella Dill Spinns
Like a true nu:jazz-charter off course there must be something quite obscure and out of print in first place. During my stay in Birmingham Estrella removed Dill Spins from their production, presumably because their biggest cosumer moved abroad and didn’t arrange for a special shipment. When I came home I actually rang customer services and said “But I’m back now!” (this is true), but with little results. Dill Spinns, you will remain my teenage snack love.
