Crisps or Chips

Vintage Cheddar and Red Onion Chutney.
Oven Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Thyme.
Peking Duck and Hoisin Sauce.
Thai Sweet Chili.
Smoky Bacon.
No, these are not elements that made up an outrageous and unique Thanksgiving dinner served at my house. They are flavors of crisps, or chips, as they are more commonly known as in the United States.

My brother-in-law is English, so whenever he and my sister travel to the U.K. to visit family, I always have a few requests to be filled. Marks and Spencer underwear, because they make VPL moot; British milk chocolate, so smooth and creamy; and of course, crunchy crisps, so delightfully bizarre. And this year they delivered.

Compared to the Brits, our Classic, BBQ, Sour Cream and Onion, and if you get really racy, Ranch Style, seem so tame. Now that is not to say that roast chicken flavor chips, chock full of preservatives, brimming with salt and MSG are necessarily good for you, but they do present an interesting side note. Just what is a junk food anyway? Sure chips are garbage, but when they are flavored with something as wholesome as roast chicken , or as avant as Peking duck, it makes the chips seem almost good for you.

Oh... and these meat flavored chips are bizarrely vegetarian-- —yes even vegetarians can enjoy an additive laden, chicken dinner chip, without the guilt. But is the American palate ready for a side of Hoisin sauce with their hot dog and Coke? Something tells me no.