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Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
People are only just realising what Monster Munch shapes actually are
Monster Munch is a popular snack which many associate with their childhood, but it turns out there's a big debate when it comes to what shape they actually are - a foot or a monster A crisp fan is questioning everything they know after being told Monster Munch is actually a different shape than they originally thought. Monster Munch, the corn snack known for its distinctive shape and delicious flavours, including Pickled Onion and Roast Beef, is a classic. But there's long been a debate among snack lovers as to what the actual shape of it is. Some people might think it's very obvious, but the fact is, not everyone agrees. Some people believe Walkers ' Monster Munches are shaped like feet, while others think it's a monster with a head, legs and arms. One Monster Munch fan has come to the realisation they may be a different shape than they originally thought. Filming herself holding up a Monster Much to show the camera, TikTok content creator Tiffany wrote: "POV [point of view] you spent your whole childhood thinking Monster Munch where giant feet, to be told they're actual monsters." Originally holding it in a way which made it look like a foot with four toes, she simply flipped it upside down - and you can clearly see the big head with two arms and two legs. Food content creator @FoodWithASB also saw a similar video from someone else, and simply asked: "What is going on?" He explained that he used to love Monster Munch "so much as a kid", particularly the Pickled Onion flavour. He added: "If you've eaten a Monster Munch before you'll know that you always ate them this way up [with the toes pointing up], it looks like a foot or a claw or something. [...] "Wrong. We were all wrong. It turns out if you turn them upside down they are just a full-on monster. It actually makes so much sense. I don't know why I've never seen that before." This created a huge debate in the comment section, as many had no idea they could be seen as monsters. Others refused to believe it. "They're claws," said one person. Another added: "I refused to believe that my childhood has been ruined." "I thought they were claws," said a third. "I know that but still refuse to believe it," added another. Luckily, Walkers previously put an end to the debate about whether the iconic Monster Munch is the shape of a claw with four fingers, or a monster with two arms and legs. They actually put it to the fans to have a decisive say on the official shape with a poll on social media in 2020. More than 60,000 people had their say, with the 'Claw' shape emerging as the winner. Will Robinson at Walkers Snacks said: "Claw or Monster is a debate that has continued to divide British opinion as much as whether or not you put jam or cream on your scone first, or whether that famous dress was gold or blue. "Therefore we felt it was only right to settle the debate once and for all, through launching our 'Monster' and 'Claw' shaped packs and asking the fans to decide – and now they have spoken. "So moving forwards it won't be open to debate – they are officially 'claw' shaped forever more. Or until our innovation team gets restless, at least."
South Wales Guardian
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Walkers releases brand new Red Leicester flavour Quavers
Along with its core crisps, Walkers is responsible for products including Wotsits, Quavers, Monster Munch, Squares and Bugles, as well as various ranges like Max and Sensations. The crisps giant has expanded its range recently, releasing several new products including: Walkers Extra Flamin' Hot flavour crisps Walkers also relaunched its Worcester Sauce crisps earlier this year, after they were discontinued back in 2023. Now, Walkers has released new Red Leicester Cheese Quavers. The new snack has already been spotted at Premier, Heron and Farm Foods stores across the UK. Shoppers have taken to social media to share their excitement about the new Quavers. One person, posting on Facebook, said: "These sound banging." Another added: "Oh man, need to try these." A third person commented: "Red to try these, they sound fanny tastic." While this crisp lover posted: "Gonna love these!!" The new Red Leicester Quavers come in single or multipacks (packs of six). Quavers already come in a variety of different flavours, including Prawn Cocktail, Cheese and BBQ Sauce. But a flavour no longer part of the Quavers range is Salt & Vinegar, after Walkers announced in November 2023 that it had been discontinued. RECOMMENDED READING: All Walkers crisps discontinued recently from Marmite to Salt & Vinegar Quavers Aldi confirms 'addictive' discontinued crisps labelled 'best ever' will return Discontinued Discos crisps labelled 'best to ever exist' to return after 20 years One fan, posting on X at the time, commented: "@walkers_crisps have you stopped making salt and vinegar quavers? I can't find them anywhere." A Walkers Crisps spokesperson replied: "We're sorry to break it to you Linda, but we're not making this flavour anymore." To which the lady responded: "And with no notice. This is a sad day."
North Wales Chronicle
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Walkers releases brand new Red Leicester flavour Quavers
Along with its core crisps, Walkers is responsible for products including Wotsits, Quavers, Monster Munch, Squares and Bugles, as well as various ranges like Max and Sensations. The crisps giant has expanded its range recently, releasing several new products including: Walkers Extra Flamin' Hot flavour crisps Walkers also relaunched its Worcester Sauce crisps earlier this year, after they were discontinued back in 2023. Now, Walkers has released new Red Leicester Cheese Quavers. The new snack has already been spotted at Premier, Heron and Farm Foods stores across the UK. Shoppers have taken to social media to share their excitement about the new Quavers. One person, posting on Facebook, said: "These sound banging." Another added: "Oh man, need to try these." A third person commented: "Red to try these, they sound fanny tastic." While this crisp lover posted: "Gonna love these!!" The new Red Leicester Quavers come in single or multipacks (packs of six). Quavers already come in a variety of different flavours, including Prawn Cocktail, Cheese and BBQ Sauce. But a flavour no longer part of the Quavers range is Salt & Vinegar, after Walkers announced in November 2023 that it had been discontinued. RECOMMENDED READING: All Walkers crisps discontinued recently from Marmite to Salt & Vinegar Quavers Aldi confirms 'addictive' discontinued crisps labelled 'best ever' will return Discontinued Discos crisps labelled 'best to ever exist' to return after 20 years One fan, posting on X at the time, commented: "@walkers_crisps have you stopped making salt and vinegar quavers? I can't find them anywhere." A Walkers Crisps spokesperson replied: "We're sorry to break it to you Linda, but we're not making this flavour anymore." To which the lady responded: "And with no notice. This is a sad day."
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
YouTuber celebrates his 30th with woman born on same day in same hospital as him
A YouTuber who was born at St Thomas' Hospital in London has had a successful ending to his quest to celebrate his 30th with someone who shares his exact birthday and birthplace. Max Fosh, who has more than four million followers on YouTube, turned 30 on April 3 and decided to pursue the 'tiny needle in a massive haystack' challenge to bring in the big day in style. Initially having a few teething problems because of being unable to access medical records thanks to general data protection regulation (GDPR) rules, his endeavour saw a breakthrough after he appeared on Capital and BBC Radio 1. He was contacted by a newspaper archivist called Andrew Frost who suggested the two look for birth announcements in newspapers. 'This guy called Andrew is amazing because his dad started collecting all of the national newspapers every day that go out nationally in the UK and he has this warehouse that has about a quarter of a million newspapers over the last 200 years,' Max told the PA news agency. 'He suggested this idea of looking for birth announcements in newspapers and so I went over to his warehouse and he pulled out newspapers from April 1995, around the time I was born. 'After a bit of digging we were able to find an individual called Lily Hunter, who in the newspaper it said was born in St Thomas' Hospital on April 3 1995, the same day I was, so for the first time in the search I had the name of somebody.' With a name, Max turned to various social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. After 'painstakingly' going through hundreds of names, he found a Lily Hunter on LinkedIn whose education dates lined up perfectly with his and who even attended schools in London. 'She had an email address for her work, so I sent her an email which then gave me an out of office response, but on the bottom of her out of office was a work number so I gave her a call when she returned back to work,' Max added. 'I asked her whether it was her and she said it was and she was incredibly confused, she thought it was a scam. 'I explained who I was and sent her newspaper articles on what I'd been doing and I managed to convince her I wasn't crazy and said: 'Hey, I've booked a room at St Thomas' on our birthday if you want to come along for 10 minutes, that would be amazing, so we could have a reunion'.' Ms Hunter accepted Max's offer and the two celebrated the end of their 20s by munching on British delicacies including Monster Munch and a Colin the Caterpillar cake while wearing party hats and speaking about their lives since their births at the hospital. He said having a successful end to his mission felt 'satisfying' and he was pleasantly surprised so many people were interested in what he was doing. He added: 'The gmail we set up for people to get in touch if they shared my birthday led to us getting a lot of spam. 'That was quite hard to cut through to work out which leads to follow but people were really quite interested in this idea and went nuts with it. 'I got signed up to a lot of things, my favourite one was when someone signed me up to a daily horse of the day fact, so I got a load of facts about horses, which was quite fun.' Max shared the good news with his YouTube followers on Sunday:
Irish Examiner
25-04-2025
- General
- Irish Examiner
Colm O'Regan: A shortcut to the past — a Facebook group of iconic covers from the Ladybird archive
Regular readers! You have my sympathies but also you may have spotted a pattern with this column. I write a lot about nice Facebook pages. These might be groups of niche interest such as The Wire, 2000AD, strange maps and runes or just the places where it's just all good news. The videos with the special offers from the Wrekenton Poundzone with its pallets of Diet Coke and exotic flavour Monster Munch. It changed hands in the last couple of years. Graham and Lewis sold up and Sanjiv took over but he's kept the spirit going. At the moment they're rushing out the flavoured Lost Marys before 'the ban in June.' I'm on a mission to soothe. If you are dopamine addicted and doom-scrolling, you really should get off social media. But if you can't, you need as many pleasing distractions as possible. Call it listening to the orchestra on the Titanic. So here's another one to add. After the Dull Mans Club and Old Aerial Photography Of Ireland, should you find yourself getting into an argument about Tucker Carlson in Crumlin, it's time to Fly Away Home. Fly Away Home is the online base of Helen Day, who collects, curates and minds hundreds of old Ladybird books. They might be fairy tales, Peter and Jane, history, wildlife, How Stuff Works (or at least How Stuff Used To Work). Each day Helen puts out at least one picture up from a book. Last week it was from Ladybird version of the Rapunzel fairy tale. The picture is of the woman with the pregnancy craving is looking out the window into the witch's garden at the witch's lettuces. Ladybird book: Mervyn Mouse. You know how it is when you're pregnant and you see lettuces growing next door. You just gotta have em. It was like a jolt of supercharged nostalgia injected right into the endocrine system. I smelled Junior Infants crayons in old glacé cherry pots, jigsaws stored in our teacher's husband's old tobacco packets. It was so vivid. If you don't remember the exact Ladybird book, the post may trigger you for other reasons. It could be an exquisite painting of sandals or a field being ploughed by a comparatively tiny tractor or a machine we don't use any more, like the conductor's ticket machine on the bus. You won't remember the writing. Or most of it, see below. It's the illustrations that have burrowed into us. They were painted by proper artists and at that stage when colour illustrations were rarer and we weren't the art gallery-ing types, they were probably the best paintings we'd ever seen. The names Charles Tunnicliffe or John Leigh Pemberton may mean nothing to you but if you're above a certain age, they probably painted the first bullfinch or kestrel or barley field you saw in a book. The ladybirds weren't just about ladies and birds. They ventured into history as well with tens of books on all aspects of history. I wouldn't say it's the best history. It is after all the source of the infamous quote about Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was also a good man. He was deeply religious, and neither greedy nor - except in Ireland- cruel. The phrase 'except in Ireland' doing a lot of heavy lifting. The writer had clearly never been to Drogheda or probably Ireland. There is a tinge of regret about Fly Away Home. I feel it myself and it's often expressed in the comments underneath the Facebook and Instagram posts. We HAD those books. And what did we do with them? Why did we get rid of them? How did we not see the value of them? This year I bought a shortcut to the past. 'Ladybird a cover story. 500 iconic covers from the Ladybird archive.' I binge on that and I'll have to imagine the rest. Read More Bernard O'Shea: Five things I learned from letting horoscopes guide my week
