These English Bangers & Mash crisps from Walkers are pretty much all sausage. They’re very moreish, and I realised I’d eaten half the bag in no time at all. For anyone outside the UK who is wondering what ‘bangers & mash’, it’s what we call sausage and mashed potato.
They brought back memories of munching through a purple packet of sausage flavoured crisps on the school yard in junior school, purchased from the school tuck shop for probably about 20p. The taste instantly brought that memory flooding back, sort of like that moment in Ratatouille where Anton Ego is reminded of a meal from his childhood when he eats a simple bowl of ratatouille cooked by a rat. Not that I’m comparing fine dining to a few mass produced Walkers crisps (although, outside these particular crisps, posh crisp flavours are practically fine dining to me).
But the whole point of that scene is that presenting something simple resonated with Anton, just like a simple, sausage flavoured crisp reminded me of eating while staring up at the grassy bank that ran alongside the school yard, ready to break into a run and join my friends on the grass. But, finish the crisps first. Obviously. One does not leave good crisps unfinished.
Those crisps I remembered may have been Golden Wonder, but I looked it up and they did (and still do) a sausage & tomato crisp. But the bag isn’t purple, it’s brown. There’s no tomato taste in these Walkers crisps, so maybe it’s another brand I’m thinking about or my memory is failing me. But either way, these crisps still triggered that fond memory.
These English Bangers & Mash crisps are part of Walkers promotion of the FIFA World Cup 2026, with this flavour representing England. There are also Walkers Max Portuguese Chorizo & Onion (I definitely want to smash those) and Wavy Spanish Queso. I’ll try and pick them up at some point and give them a try too.
By the way. If you haven’t realised it by now, I really love crisps. I’m even in a Facebook group for crisps. What a life I lead.