The Crisp World Cup taste off, the finals

Following on from the last blog, this is the finals of The Crisp World Cup Taste Off, with Scott Ryan choosing to support the winner and Femi and Jason as the guinea pigs in tasting, if they can't pick a winner, it's down to me, let's get down to business,

The quarter finals

First off was AUSTRALIA's BBQ kangaroo going against SOUTH KOREA's roast chicken (dog), both the boys tried this one and Femi said it was very close to call, tasting one, then the other, then the first again, then deciding his vote would go to Australia, Jason went for Australia on the basis he 'hates chicken', it's Australia that go through, South Korea have put up a dogged defence but kangaroo beats chicken to the semifinals!

Up next is the FRANCE garlic baguette against SOUTH AFRICA's sweet chutney, with both boys choosing not to taste the sweet chutney again, it was an easy victory for the French against the hosts, France go on to face Australia in the semi finals!

The third bag to bag match up was ENGLAND's roast beef and Yorkshire pudding against the might of ITALY's spaghetti bolognese, the Italian flavour was a huge favourite in the earlier round against Japan, can it match up to England's flavour....well, Femi wouldn't even try the England one again, it tastes like gone off meaty cardboard. Jason tried both flavours again, silently eating the England crisp then loud sounds of pleasure (can't be hard for his wife to please him) for the Italian flavour, a comfortable win for the Italian crisps to go through to the next round.

The final quarterfinal was immense, it was 'the steak-off', ARGENTINA's flame grilled steak going bag to bag against NEW ZEALAND's chargrilled steak, more meat than a bodybuilder's championship, but which was the better, both the boys were eager to get tucked in and some tasting of both, trying a few times led to a final decision, first Femi went for Argentina, saying simply 'they just taste better', then Jason agreed adding 'they are tasteless when both put together' referring to New Zealand, that means a clean sweep for Argentina to face Italy in the semi final.

The semi-finals

First off in the semi's, it's AUSTRALIA's BBQ Kangaroo flavour against FRANCE's garlic baguette, the Australians's having seen off Spain and South Korea, it's nice, unique flavour giving it a good advantage, who'd of thought a random taste of kangaroo flavoured crisp would of made it this far, it's not had a mark against it, both boys giving it the thumbs up each time.

France beat the disliked USA cheeseburger and sailed past South Africa's sweet chutney. But compared to each other, who is the better, let the boys decide...

Both agreed the Australian one was 'nice', then tasted the French, 'mmmmm', then Jason nodded to give signal he'd decided, then Femi tried both again, the results were in.

Femi said of the losing crisp, 'it's nice, just not as good as the other' and Jason agreed, the winner, and through to the final by virtue of both agreeing......AUSTRALIA!!!

The second semi final, ITALY's spaghetti bolognese, a bohemian flavour, an amazingly individual flavour which as soon as i tasted, i knew it would do well but can it beat ARGENTINA's chargilled steak flavour.

Italy won each round easily, knocking out Japan and England with ease, Argentina beating possibly the worst flavour in Brazil's salsa then winning the 'steak-off' against New Zealand, an easy passage so far but can it beat Italy

We had a decider, Femi went for Argentina as it had a 'stronger flavour', Jason for Italy as it had a 'stronger flavour' (steady on boys, is there an echo in here?) which led me to choose, Argentina, went to war with us over the Falklands in 82, Maradona 'single handedly' cheating to knock us out the World Cup in 86.....Italy did have a better crisp in my opinion, it's the Italians into the final.

THE FINAL

So here we stand, 14 packets of opened crisps and tossed to one side (making a nice mes on the pub floor) and 2 stand tall over all the others. ITALY vs AUSTRALIA (wouldn't of predicted that before the start!). Spaghetti bolognese vs BBQ Kangaroo, let's get down to it, the tasting session, the boys happily pick up each pack, tasting both for a third time. Both liked both flavours and took a few tries of drinks. well, the results are in, Femi went for Australia, saying it 'excites his taste buds', but Jason went for Italy saying the 'flavour lasts longer' it is a draw and with hardly anything to choose between them!

Which means it comes down to me to pick a winner, slowly tasting the Italian crisp, then the Australian, then the Italian again, then realising this isn't a good combination and it's making me feel sick. So i went with this one rule, if i had to eat a whole packet, which could i enjoy more.......on that basis as it was so hard to choose, and your winner of the Crisp World Cup......Australia!

So Scott Ryan will be supporting Australia in the World Cup......and a few people went home wondering why the hell they just ate so many crisps and feel ill now