{"id":135788,"date":"2023-12-20T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T10:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135788"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T10:52:55","slug":"moment-amazed-britons-try-flavoured-crisps-for-the-first-time-in-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/moment-amazed-britons-try-flavoured-crisps-for-the-first-time-in-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment amazed Britons try flavoured crisps for the first time in 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Ooh prawn cocktail! Hilarious moment amazed Brits try new &#8216;exotic&#8217; flavoured crisps for the first time in 1981 BBC archive clip from Esther Rantzen&#8217;s That&#8217;s Life<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reporter Paul Heiney took the streets to give Britons blind taste tests<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From the humble salt and vinegar and cheese and onion to the more exotic flame grilled steak and Thai sweet chili, there has never been more choice for crisp lovers.<\/p>\n<p>But, back in the 1970s, when new crisp flavours were becoming more popular after decades of just having salted as an option, many Britons were still unfamiliar with the new world.<\/p>\n<p>This fact was hilariously demonstrated when, in 1981, BBC programme That&#8217;s Life &#8211; presented by Esther Rantzen &#8211; took to the streets to subject people to blind taste tests.<\/p>\n<p>One woman was astonished when a flavour she thought was salt and vinegar turned out to be prawn cocktail.<\/p>\n<p>Another refused to believe that the flavour she had tried wasn&#8217;t cheese and onion and told reporter Paul Heiney: &#8216;Who are you kidding? I&#8217;m a Geordie man, you English can&#8217;t kid me!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The clip recently resurfaced on social media, prompting dozens of comments from viewers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79166089-12884907-image-a-1_1703068203264.jpg\" height=\"597\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1981, BBC Programme That&#8217;s Life took to the streets to subject Britons to blind taste tests of crisp flavours<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79164151-12884907-image-m-3_1703068249410.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The programme was presented by Dame Esther Rantzen\u00a0for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994<\/p>\n<p>The segment begins with Dame Esther, who is now 83 and has recently spoken of her battle stage four lung cancer, saying:<span>\u00a0&#8216;Have you noticed how exotic the humble crisp has become?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Once it was plain and then it was salted and now they have the most extraordinary flavours. Gammon, prawn cocktail, pickled onion, the lot.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip then shifts to a street, where a crowd of Britons are seen watching as one woman tries a flavour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unable to tell what it is, she says: &#8216;They&#8217;re a bit fishy&#8217;. When told they are bacon flavour, her eyes widen as she adds: &#8216;Never!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She gives the same exclamation of surprise when unable to distinguish the chicken flavour crisps.<\/p>\n<p>The woman says defiantly: &#8216;They don&#8217;t taste like the chicken I do! It&#8217;s not coq a vin is it!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79164133-12884907-The_clip_then_moves_onto_a_man_in_a_cap_who_crunches_on_another_-m-5_1703068322466.jpg\" height=\"635\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The clip then moves onto a man in a cap who crunches on another flavour and then cheekily tells the presenter: &#8216;If you tell me what it is, I&#8217;ll confirm it&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79164129-12884907-image-m-11_1703068434319.jpg\" height=\"637\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>When trying the next mystery flavour, she screws up her face in reaction to the taste and says: &#8216;There&#8217;s more vinegar, that&#8217;s salt and vinegar isn&#8217;t it?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But, told it is actually prawn cocktail by Heiney, her eyes widen again.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to her companion, she shouts: &#8216;Ooh, prawn cocktail!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip then moves onto a man in a cap who crunches on another flavour and then cheekily tells the presenter: &#8216;If you tell me what it is, I&#8217;ll confirm it&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Heiney gives him a clue by saying it &#8216;flaps its wings&#8217;, the man jokes: &#8216;Butterfly?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The reporter then tells him it was chicken, before giving him a final flavour to try.<\/p>\n<p>Having tasted it, the man says: &#8216;My goodness, that&#8217;s really sharp isn&#8217;t it?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Heiney tells him: &#8216;That one hasn&#8217;t got any legs at all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Still stumped, the man jokes: &#8216;It&#8217;s not snake is it?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79164145-12884907-image-m-9_1703068358198.jpg\" height=\"660\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The clip then moves on to a woman in a headscarf who icily asks before trying the crisps: &#8216;What muck have you got in them?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The clip then moves on to a woman in a headscarf who icily asks before trying the crisps: &#8216;What muck have you got in them?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When she does try a flavour, she insists it is cheese and onion.<\/p>\n<p>When Heiney tells her she is wrong and asks her why she thinks she is right, she insists: &#8216;Because they are cheese and onion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Heiney hits back: &#8216;They&#8217;re not.&#8217; This prompts the woman to defiantly say: &#8216;I know what I&#8217;m eating love!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He then tells her they are pickled onion, before getting the woman to try another flavour.<\/p>\n<p>Having nibbled on the crisp, she says: &#8216;They&#8217;re the same bloody things!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Heiney has more bad news, telling her: &#8216;They&#8217;re plain!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The woman hits back: &#8216;Who are you kidding? I&#8217;m a Geordie man, you English can&#8217;t kid me!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She then tries a third flavour and insists they are salt and vinegar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/10\/79164111-12884907-image-m-10_1703068421359.jpg\" height=\"645\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After being told she is wrong, the woman says:\u00a0&#8216;Who are you kidding? I&#8217;m a Geordie man, you English can&#8217;t kid me!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Heiney tells her: &#8216;You&#8217;re wrong again!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The woman then says that a fourth and final flavour are plain, prompting Heiney to reveal they are chicken.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s like your bleeding bat soup innit,&#8217; she says, before walking off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first flavoured crisp was introduced in the late 1950s, when Joe &#8216;Spud&#8217; Murphy, the owner of Irish firm Tato, developed a way of adding cheese and onion seasoning during production.<\/p>\n<p>Salt and vinegar crisps were then launched in the UK in 1967.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of crisp brands now compete to provide the most distinctive flavours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12884907\/Ooh-prawn-cocktail-Hilarious-moment-amazed-Brits-try-new-exotic-flavoured-crisps-time-1981-BBC-archive-clip-Esther-Rantzens-Thats-Life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ooh prawn cocktail! 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