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Bring back hedgehog flavoured crisps...


In the UK in 1981, Hedgehog Foods Ltd decided, as a joke, to produce Hedgehog flavoured crisps (potato chips). To everyone's surprise, the crisps were a huge success.


Hedgehog flavoured crisps were actually flavoured with pork fat and no hedgehogs were used in the manufacturing process. Consequently, it wasn't long before Hedgehog Foods Ltd was in court (1982), up against the Office of Fair Trading, on a charge of false advertising.


Bizarrely, a settlement was finally reached when Mr Lewis, of Hedgehog Foods, interviewed gypsies who actually did eat baked hedgehogs, to ascertain the flavour of hedgehogs. Mr Lewis then commissioned a flavourings firm to duplicate the flavour as closely as possible and changed the labels from "hedgehog flavoured" to "hedgehog flavour" and all interests were satisfied!

jaybee82 Wrote:

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> I always used to be a big fan of Scampi Fries but

> haven't seen them for ages.


I'm 'in the know' on this one.

But I don't think I should tell you - you're trying to get a girlfriend aren't you?


Not that your last date would have noticed your breath, realistically.

red devil Wrote:

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> Bring back hedgehog flavoured crisps...

>

> In the UK in 1981, Hedgehog Foods Ltd decided, as

> a joke, to produce Hedgehog flavoured crisps

> (potato chips). To everyone's surprise, the crisps

> were a huge success.

>

> Hedgehog flavoured crisps were actually flavoured

> with pork fat and no hedgehogs were used in the

> manufacturing process. Consequently, it wasn't

> long before Hedgehog Foods Ltd was in court

> (1982), up against the Office of Fair Trading, on

> a charge of false advertising.

>

> Bizarrely, a settlement was finally reached when

> Mr Lewis, of Hedgehog Foods, interviewed gypsies

> who actually did eat baked hedgehogs, to ascertain

> the flavour of hedgehogs. Mr Lewis then

> commissioned a flavourings firm to duplicate the

> flavour as closely as possible and changed the

> labels from "hedgehog flavoured" to "hedgehog

> flavour" and all interests were satisfied!



I loved hedgehog flavour crisps - the most exotic of all flavours ever (at least they were in my mining town in the North East) - they came in a beige paper bag with a picture of a hedgehog (in case the 'flavouring' wasn't clear). 9p a packet. Happy days......

You must remember this then...'Why aye man, Tudor crisps, I'll climb a mountain!'


> I loved hedgehog flavour crisps - the most exotic

> of all flavours ever (at least they were in my

> mining town in the North East) - they came in a

> beige paper bag with a picture of a hedgehog (in

> case the 'flavouring' wasn't clear). 9p a packet.

> Happy days......

red devil Wrote:

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> You must remember this then...'Why aye man, Tudor

> crisps, I'll climb a mountain!'

>

>


Ahhh very very Happy days, bring back Tudor!


Actually I seem to remember Tudor crips not being very crispy and the bags were too small, still happy days......

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