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    XL Cheese Crisps...................

    XL Cheese-A Cult Classic
    There can be only one way to start my crsip related blog and that is to acknowledge the position of a crisp whose taste insires both devotion, happy memories and for those who have moved away a sadness at its scarcity. We are takling about XL Cheese crisps!!!

    In my youth XL Cheese were made by Bensons and my father had a strange addiction to them, often devouring multiple bags one after the other. Indeed one of my favourite childhood photos is of my dad and I coimg out of a pub in Scotland while on holiday and my dad has 9 bags of XL Cheese in his hands!! My fate was sealed. But it was not just my father, everyone loved them. Little did I know then that these crisps were only available in the North West of England and South Scotland and once people moved beyond these boundaries XL Cheese were not available. You hear stories of exile Cumbrians and Scots stocking up with boxes of XL Cheese each time they returned home, sustatining them until their next visit.



    They seemed to disappear for a while as Bensons was bought by Golden Wonder, but have been back on the scene for a few years now, again mainly in North Cumbria and South West Scotland. Athough they have changed owners they have lost none of that special taste. You know something is good when its taste inspires memories and these crisps do it everytime-simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truthhurts View Post
    XL Cheese-A Cult Classic
    There can be only one way to start my crsip related blog and that is to acknowledge the position of a crisp whose taste insires both devotion, happy memories and for those who have moved away a sadness at its scarcity. We are takling about XL Cheese crisps!!!

    In my youth XL Cheese were made by Bensons and my father had a strange addiction to them, often devouring multiple bags one after the other. Indeed one of my favourite childhood photos is of my dad and I coimg out of a pub in Scotland while on holiday and my dad has 9 bags of XL Cheese in his hands!! My fate was sealed. But it was not just my father, everyone loved them. Little did I know then that these crisps were only available in the North West of England and South Scotland and once people moved beyond these boundaries XL Cheese were not available. You hear stories of exile Cumbrians and Scots stocking up with boxes of XL Cheese each time they returned home, sustatining them until their next visit.



    They seemed to disappear for a while as Bensons was bought by Golden Wonder, but have been back on the scene for a few years now, again mainly in North Cumbria and South West Scotland. Athough they have changed owners they have lost none of that special taste. You know something is good when its taste inspires memories and these crisps do it everytime-simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    A box of XL cheese crisps is my ideal fantasy Xmas present

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    There is a shop in Great King Street opposite the old PO that sells them by the boxfull - a pal of mine from the Wirral takes them doon to Engerland on a regular basis

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    You can also get them at Tarf Farm Shop.

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    Edgars the Newsagent on Buccleuch Street opposite Barbours have sold cases for years and always available

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    The original cheese crisps were from Rishy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truthhurts View Post
    XL Cheese-A Cult Classic
    There can be only one way to start my crsip related blog and that is to acknowledge the position of a crisp whose taste insires both devotion, happy memories and for those who have moved away a sadness at its scarcity. We are takling about XL Cheese crisps!!!

    In my youth XL Cheese were made by Bensons and my father had a strange addiction to them, often devouring multiple bags one after the other. Indeed one of my favourite childhood photos is of my dad and I coimg out of a pub in Scotland while on holiday and my dad has 9 bags of XL Cheese in his hands!! My fate was sealed. But it was not just my father, everyone loved them. Little did I know then that these crisps were only available in the North West of England and South Scotland and once people moved beyond these boundaries XL Cheese were not available. You hear stories of exile Cumbrians and Scots stocking up with boxes of XL Cheese each time they returned home, sustatining them until their next visit.



    They seemed to disappear for a while as Bensons was bought by Golden Wonder, but have been back on the scene for a few years now, again mainly in North Cumbria and South West Scotland. Athough they have changed owners they have lost none of that special taste. You know something is good when its taste inspires memories and these crisps do it everytime-simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    HMMM...........http://worldofcrisp.blogspot.co.uk/ Five years ago Truthy?
    Remember,this guy here is a crisp connoisseur.Try Tudor Kipper crisps for bringing back the good times.

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    While not wishing to turn into Albertz,with the meaningless trivia.Rishy is derived from The town of Rishton in Lancashire where the crisps were originally made.

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    Irresespectively, there is nothing quite like them anywhere. You are blessed to be able to live in area where you can go to almost any shop and simple buy them. I order them online from Amazon, but still wished my local stores sold them.

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    Point taken.

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