FIFA World Cup Snacks

[liuzhou]

I have to preface this by saying I hate football (although I hate the word 'soccer' even more. It is only ever used by countries which can only play the game extremely badly!) I haven't watched a single match and have no intention of doing so.

 

I have however noticed that China is going crazy in a way only a country totally unable to play the game could. Every bar supermarket and bus stop is streaming continuous live action or repeated highlights. The flags of the competing countries are flying everywhere (being China they throw theirs in too)

 

The supermarkets are also selling FIFA branded snacks. Saw these today and did laugh. What you probably call 'potato chips', but which sensible people call 'potato 'CRISPS', 'chips' being something altogether different.

 

 

Various participating teams are depicted by dogs in an echo of the company's name "Single Dog".

 

The dogs and the countries seem to have been matched at random.

 

For some reason Argentina, a likely winner is depicted as a rather porcine canine in dark glasses.

 

 

Defending champions and early losers are depicted as that famous German detective Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street, London being somewhere in the Black Forest.

 

 

Meanwhile, England is shown as a canine Andy Warhol.

 

 

No, I didn't buy any. They were three times the price of the regular CRISPS.

 

I am however pleased that, unusually, they got one thing right. For years they have been flying the flag for the England team - or think they have. Instead they have been flying the UK flag.

 

 

Contrary to popular belief, the World Cup is not a competition between nations, but between football associations. That is what FIFA means! Federation of International Football Associations. The four constituents parts of the United Kingdom each have their own football associations. This year the English Football Association is in the finals, not the others.

So, the correct flag is the England flag.

 

 

And that is what has been flying this year for the first time...

 

 

...and is also used on the CRISP packet wrapper.

[CantCookStillTry]

The time that the footies on over here means the only snack I have had has been Coffee. 

I find 2018, as far as these tournaments go, has been rather interesting. Who would have thought the Warhols would be the last Crisps of this trio standing at the end of the group snack off. Certainly not me, or history post 1966. 

Australia has done the usual 'flavours of the world' for crisps/pringles and stuff, usually the fast food chains do some weird and wonderful burger flavours but I don't recall seeing any adverts this year. Haven't been looking though!

[chefmd]

We were watching Russia Croatia game yesterday with a few snacks from the Russian grocery: herring, salmon roe, black bread, butter, potatoes . Pickles somehow did not make it into the photo.  Also, someone gifted my husband a book about Russian women.  

 

 

[chromedome]

On 7/8/2018 at 1:33 PM, chefmd said:

We were watching Russia Croatia game yesterday with a few snacks from the Russian grocery: herring, salmon roe, black bread, butter, potatoes . Pickles somehow did not make it into the photo.  Also, someone gifted my husband a book about Russian women.  

 

LOL That's rather amusing...

[chefmd]

We planned a trip to France to coincide with Tour de France.  And by sheer chance ended up being there during World Cup finals.  In Lyon. Crazy celebration.  Fans were very nice and arranged empty beverage containers around overflowing garbage cans.

[deewelch]

French restaurant should treat their customers with an extra meal for winning the FIFA WORLD CUP 2018/

[prestony]

Were these FIFA branded snacks any good?