Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Local Flavours, Part Two

Part two of my exploration of culture and taste preferences based on potato chip flavours. 

Spain: Country Style (tomato and garlic), the starting point for Spanish cooking.
Spain: Ham, the essential ingredient in most Spanish meals
Spain:Olive Oil.  Remember this from Greece? Now we can read the label
Spain: Ham again, it's not a meal in Spain unless you have at least two kinds of ham!
Morocco: Hot and hotter, odd because the food is not all that spicy.
Egypt: Cheese and garlic 
Egypt: Lime and hot pepper
Egypt: your guess is as good as mine (is the bag upside down?)
Sri Lanka: Not actually potato chips, but REALLY good!
Potato chips are not called "chips" in Sri Lanka, they are snacks or crackers.
You can get chicken flavour, though!
Sri Lanka: I think it's BBQ pork rind flavour but I'm not sure.
It might actually be pork rinds.
Sri Lanka: Pizza, and it looks like they copied the Pizza Hut colours.
India: Masala Magic
India: American Style
India: The girl in the illustration does not look too happy about the mango flavour.
India: Mad Angles?


India: Chatpata Masala. I wish he was my Uncle Chippy.
Snacks for sale at roadside 
India: What is a funky masala? 
Germany - chips labelled in French and English!

Did I forget about Italy, you ask? Was I enjoying the food so much I forgot about my little obsession? Well, the fact is that aren't many potato chips for sale in Italian grocery stores. They are sold in plain white bags and are labeled "Potato Chips". No interesting flavours. Do you think Italians too seriously?


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