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Proven By Snack Research
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— 19 Oct 2003 mark sinker Comment

Proven By Snack Research: my mum was right!! Further study reveals that flavoured crisps were invented by the manufacturers of the crisps with the BEST NAME EVER, and that the little blue paper-twist of salt dates back to 1923 (before google, only a […]

jaxx = roXoR
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— 19 Oct 2003 Geeta Dayal Comment

jaxx = roXoR
Check out Michaelangelo Matos’ fantastic Voice article Love Is All, which assesses the new ‘n heartstoppingly brilliant Basement Jaxx album in the same piece with the very good Rapture album (I feel sorry for The Rapture alre[…]

CHEAP FOOD WE LOVE: Supplementary (Crisps, History of)
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— 19 Oct 2003 mark sinker Comment

CHEAP FOOD WE LOVE: Supplementary (Crisps, History of) So who invented them, and when? I don’t mean merely thinly sliced potatoes, deep fried as a garnish – bcz the answer to that is almost certain to be the French, probably during the a[…]

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