# Question for Brits:  What do Prawn Cocktail Crisps Taste Like?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-brits-what-do-prawn-cocktail-crisps-taste-like/785230 "2017-04-25T17:58:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-brits-what-do-prawn-cocktail-crisps-taste-like/785230/21 "2017-04-27T19:37:13Z")

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> [@RobDog](#):
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> Wow! That’s given me a heady whiff of nostalgia. I haven’t had a packet of those since the '70s. Now I want some of those, a Wagon Wheel and a Curly Wurley while I read my Whizzer and Chips annual.

Beware the lure of nostalgia when it comes to childhood snacks! Cheese and Onion Ringos made a recent appearance in my local corner shop. They aren’t as good as I remember. Just plain nasty, in fact ☹

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**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-brits-what-do-prawn-cocktail-crisps-taste-like/785230/22 "2017-05-03T13:02:56Z")

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> [@RobDog](#):
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> a Wagon Wheel.

You would be horrified at what Wagon Wheels have become - a mere shadow (and several grammes lighter) than their former selves. Or I’ve just got bigger.

They also taste like sweetener-drenched polystyrene. But then it’s possible that they always did and I just didn’t mind when I was 7.

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**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-brits-what-do-prawn-cocktail-crisps-taste-like/785230/23 "2017-05-03T13:07:55Z")

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> [@SanVito](#):
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> You would be horrified at what Wagon Wheels have become - a mere shadow (and several grammes lighter) than their former selves…

Yeah, and I expect I would find the Whizzer and Chips annual positively jejune, with stilted dialogue and woefully inadequate character development and artwork. 😉

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