Do you remember eating Snax as a kid or as a hung-over man-child? Then you might relate to this Facebook page…
Before we start we’d like to clear up the fact that the old Irish favourite, Snax, haven’t gone anywhere. They didn’t go into hiding in a shed in Co. Longford only to emerge when the coast was clear and they haven’t gone on a McRib style tour of America either.
However, while they haven’t gone anywhere, they certainly have changed over the years and if you head down to the shops on your way home and pick up a pack of Snax you may find that they just ‘ain’t what they used to be…’
The once chunky and flavour laden cheese & onion snack was (and still is) fed to Irish children from a young age, mainly because the Snax’s crispier cousins, such as Tayto and King, were too ‘sharp’ for small mouths to chew on… or at least that’s what our mammies told us. However, we now suspect she was keeping the Tayto for herself and auntie Breda, but now’s not a time for family arguments. So our love for the crisps, or potato starch snacks as they’re technically called, goes way, way back.
Snax are now much smaller and a lot less flavoured then they were in the past and while that might be because of new cooking techniques or simple marketing strategies, it still doesn’t change the fact that we’re no longer overcome by the warm childhood memories whenever we eat a pack. Instead we’re reminded that we’re just hung-over and eating cheese & onion crisps at 10am in the morning.
So what do you think? If you like the idea then head over to Facebook and like the ‘Bring Back the Old Snax’ page, and if you don’t well… no one cares what you think anyway.
We have gotten in touch with Tayto for a comment but they have yet to get back to us. If and when they do, we’ll bring it to you right here.
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