Chips & Drinks abroad

I try to shy away from potato chips (known as crisps in Ireland) & soda because they're not healthy for you.  However, I've tried some because of the different flavors they offer here. For instance, prawn cocktail, bacon, beef & onion and sweet chilli chicken to name a few.

Walkers, known as Lays back in the US, has a Sweet Chilli Chicken flavor.

There is also Monster Munch targeted to kids. I had the "flamin' hot' flavor in Glasgow, Scotland. It is not like the 'Flamin' Hots' back in the state. It taste like tabasco on corn chips.

Scotland has its own soda, Irn Bru. It literally tastes like you are drinking melted gummy worms. It's sugary to the extreme and just not for me. I took one zip and had to throw it away. Although it's not for me, it's a popular drink in Scotland. My tour guide in Edinburgh said that when the first McDonald's opened, the soda was not offered and people refused to go to the restaurant. Whether or not that's true, I'm not sure but I'll take his word for it. haha.

The Gatorade type drink here is Lucozade. My flatmate  (apartment mate) in Belgrove drank it religiously. I always saw bottles of it and didn't know what it was. I asked a friend and he said it's basically their form of Gatorade (they aren't the same company though). I think Orange is their most popular flavor but I tried Raspberry. I think it tastes just like Gatorade fruit punch.

There are plenty of other food items that are region specific. I'll try to go to a grocery store before I leave and try and get some photos (if possible) of the different products.