> if such a thing is even possible

Exactly. The way Pringles taste; to go looking for "off brand" Pringles at lower prices seems totally nuts.

I'm not sure if they are crisps, chips or just a horrid potato mix formed into "perfect shapes"; but whatever they are, their popularity is a mystery to me.

Also popular are ready meals and squashed-sponge pre-sliced 'bread' that takes a year to mould.

If you want bread that molds readily, try getting some Francesi rolls. I've had those mold on the way home from the store.

(Some people might argue that that was just bread that was already moldy in the store. Perhaps, but Francesi rolls really will mold within a day or two of purchase.)

For 'normal' (well, to a Briton anyway) bread I just bake my own. It'd certainly mould before the miserable squashes-sponge stuff, but it's broken down by stomach acid before it has a chance. (I live alone and bake & eat one (440g flour's worth incl. starter) every ~5 days I reckon, slightly more than one a week anyway.)

> I've had those mold on the way home from the store.

They can sense you've bought them..

I guess these are all eaten by the same people, the Pringles people?