Hi,
We got a donation of Bissli, the crispy, savory snack that’s become a national favorite. Some of it were packs for the Israeli market, and some were for export.
Bissli (bite for me) meaning “bite me” in Hebrew slang, was introduced by Osem in the 1970s as a crunchy, seasoned wheat snack. Each flavor and shape is inspired by a different style of pasta or fried snack – think of it as Israel’s answer to chips with a twist.
Some say the snack came from the Austerity time in Israel (1949-1959) when Israel had wheat as basic ingredient for many things (like the Ptitim, that were supposed to replace rice and made in a way similar to pasta). Someone was thinking of a way to create a snack and came up with the idea of using the pasta (maybe leftovers) to create a snack: spice, fry, and pack it.
Once we got both the Israeli and packs for export abroad, an old argument woke up. See Grill (or Al HaEsh – On the fire) is how we call BBQ here in Israel. But there are both Grill and BBQ flavored packs of Grill here in Israel (they taste different). The question is, how would they call each flavor abroad? Does the Grill become BBQ?
Unfortunately, we did not get the Grill and BBQ flavored Bissli packs sold abroad, and did not get the opportunity to finally get an answer for this question…
Take Care
Gad
The Israeli Grill flavored pack (we did not get abroad pack, of there is one…)
The BBQ pack of Bissli in Israel (and no abroad pack, again if there is)
Israeli and abroad packs of Falafel flavored Bissli (yes, there is a snack in the taste o Falafel 
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Both Israeli and the abroad packages of the pizza flavor. You can see that the abroad flavor is the same as the Israeli BBQ…. 
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Package of the Israeli Bissli Onion flavor pack (the worst, if I may suggest my opinion)