Hand Cooked Chips - Hatherwood

Hatherwood's Hand Cooked chips are, according to the packaging, extra thick. Really? We have already blogged thicker chips, see for example "3 Dutch farmers" or "Nature Spar Premium Chips".

Anyway, thicker does not necessarily mean better. Despite the chips being thinner than expected, they taste much better than expected.

Hatherwood's chips are traditionally processed in Great Britain. The chips are sliced flat and cooked in small quantities in sunflower oil (26%). Later they are slightly and conciously salted. All this results in a very good taste and a lively crunch, like the brittle sound of a thin cracker. Plus a delicate sweet potato aroma, comparable to beet or carrot chips.

All in all, a very balanced choice. We wonder who is the producer behind this Lidl's registered brand... We want to try more of these!

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	7.3 cm long
and has a thickness of	1.22 mm
Crunchiness:	93 dB
Other features:	Flat cut, golden yellow
Origin:
Country, region	UK
We got them from	a Lidl supermarket in Munich
Price / gram	1.99 € / 150 g
On-line:	www.lidl.com

Inside a bag of Hatherwood's hand cooked chips.

Patatine Fiammifero - Bennet

Crisps&Critics likes trying new stuff and this review is no exception: the first on stick crisps.

The Bennet Patatine "Fiammifero" (matchstick style) look very sophisticated. The long thin sticks are elegant and subtle. Well toasted, the stick shape excels in aspects such as appearence and feel. Plus a curious dry feeling when chewing them in our mouth.

The crunch is soft, like dampened, probably because the crack length of a stick is shorter than that of a flat cut crisp. Despite the packaging being relatively small, it contains 150 g of pure joy. Either more sticks can be packed in smaller containers or the potatoes have a higher density than usual. Or both.

Features:
The biggest potato crisps is	7.6 cm long
and has a thickness of	2.36 mm
Crunchiness:	67 dB
Other features:	Thick sticks, soft crunch.
Origin:
Country, region	Italy, Lombardy
We got them from	a Bennet supermarket in Lecco
Price / gram	1.19 € / 150 g
On-line:	http://www.bennet.com

Inside a bag of bennet patatine"fiammifero"