Super Monday - Double Header!

It's a huge day for SVWC09. Four matches in one day.

The dinnertime line-up pitches Waitrose Hand Cooked Sea Salt, Malt Vinegar And A Twist Of Lemon against Gilroys Salt & Vinegar, and Tesco Value Salt & Vinegar against Walkers Squares Salt & Vinegar.

The teatime programme sees Linessa Reduced Fat Crinkle Cut Salt & Vinegar taking on Walkers Salt & Vinegar, and Knights Hand Cooked Sea Salt And Balsamic Vinegar competing with The Real McCoy’s Ridge Cut Salt & Malt Vinegar.

S&V-tastic!

Chips Or Crisps? Crisps Or Chips?

Chips!

Crisps.





Definitely chips (with antique chip pan)....

Crisps?

Chips....

Crisps....

Easy innit....

Salt & Vinegar Packaging Poll Result!

The final result is now in.....this could save you a small fortune on your advertising budget....



The great SVWC09 public voted on the question "What colour should a salt & vinegar crisp pack be?" as follows:



Green 58.3%

Blue 33.3%

Something Else 8.4%




The people have speaked.

Round One - Match Eight - Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar v Waitrose Salt & Vinegar

Tasters for this match: Old Bob, Jemma, Les The Duck



Brand new American raiders taking on middle Britain - and the Yanks kick butt! Popchips are uniquely made without frying or baking, but are still rather delicious (I tried one). Waitrose were a decent crisp but just couldn’t compete with Hollywood’s favourite snack. So both US competitors are into Round Two, and - officially - 12.5% of the world’s best Salt & Vinegar snacks are from the good ole US of A. Waitrose must rely on their premium S&V for further participation in SVWC09.…

Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar
Crispness 13
Flavour 7
Size & Appearance 8
Aroma 9
More-ish-ness 8

Waitrose Salt & Vinegar
Crispness 9
Flavour 5
Size & Appearance 9
Aroma 8
More-ish-ness 5

Result
Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar 45 : 36 Waitrose Salt & Vinegar

Fixtures

Round One

Pringles Select Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar 23 : 40 Walkers Baked Salt & Vinegar

Snack A Jacks Salt & Vinegar 26 : 47 Golden Sun Extra Thick Salt & Malt Vinegar Crinkle Cut

Pipers Sea Salt & Somerset Cider Vinegar 61 : 54 Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar

Eastman’s Salt & Vinegar 27 : 43 Pringles Salt & Vinegar

Herr’s Kettle Cooked Boardwalk Salt & Vinegar 50 : 32 Ryvita Minis Salt & Vinegar

Morrisons Salt & Vinegar 31 : 32 Pringles Rice Infusions Salt & Vinegar

Fairfields Farm Crisps Sea Salt & Aspall Cyder Vinegar 47 : 62 Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar

Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar 45 : 36 Waitrose Salt & Vinegar

Waitrose Hand Cooked Sea Salt, Malt Vinegar And A Twist Of Lemon v Gilroys Salt & Vinegar

Seabrook’s Sea Salt & Vinegar v KP Discos S&V

Tesco Value Salt & Vinegar v Walkers Squares Salt & Vinegar

Tayto Salt & Vinegar v Sainsbury’s Salt & Vinegar

Linessa Reduced Fat Crinkle Cut Salt & Vinegar v Walkers Salt & Vinegar

Knights Hand Cooked Sea Salt And Balsamic Vinegar v The Real McCoy’s Ridge Cut Salt & Malt Vinegar

Byes: Co-op Salt & Vinegar, Tyrrells Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt

Round One - Match Seven - Fairfields Farm Crisps Sea Salt & Aspall Cyder Vinegar v Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar

Tasters for this match: Old Bob, Jemma, Les The Duck

Quality crisps doing battle. Excellent salt & vinegar gladiators head to head, but there can only be one winner. Fairfields present a VERY good S&V crisp, but were overwhelmed by one of the pre-tournament favourites Kettle Chips (aka Crisps, actually, chaps). I’d never tried the Fairfields before today and they are very, VERY nice crisps. Unfortunately for them, the luck of the draw pitched them against the Kettles, and the rest is now history. Kettle Chips march on, Fairfields are unlucky losers. And after seven matches we’re halfway through Round One.

Fairfields Farm Crisps Sea Salt & Aspall Cyder Vinegar
Crispness 15
Flavour 6
Size & Appearance 13
Aroma 6
More-ish-ness 7

Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar
Crispness 14
Flavour 11
Size & Appearance 11
Aroma 12
More-ish-ness 14

Result
Fairfields Farm Crisps Sea Salt & Aspall Cyder Vinegar 47 : 62 Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar

Simon Rowe (El Presidente) - A Clarification!

While we're being contrite, we would like to apologise to the Patron of the Salt & Vinegar World Cup 2009, Simon Rowe.

In THIS post we wrongly posted a photograph of Simon Cowell, and not Simon Rowe. One of them is obviously a massive showbiz star with a lot of talent, while the other one gurns at novelty acts on Britain's Got Talent.

So, to set the record straight, HERE is our Patron, Simon Rowe:

Popchips Distribution - A Clarification!

Sorry to everyone at Popchips, in San Francisco.

I told you that they were only available in San Francisco and the local area....that's actually not quite true.

The lovely Erin from Popchips pointed out that "while we are a San Francisco-based company, our chips can be found across the US, though our distribution is most concentrated on the West Coast and now in the NY metro area (and growing each and every day!). Thanks again! -Erin"


Only too happy to oblige.


p.s. Erin....you mean "crisps"?