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Originally Posted by Sly
I would like to know. I thought they were the same as well. "Fish and chips" here is "fish and french fries."
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OK, cool. Its kinda like this - Sorry if it gets long...
So.. In the USA a fried potato is normally referred to as a 'French Fry'
In the UK, Reconstituted / Extract is moulded into thin 'Fries' - And called a french fry. But buy a potato, cut into sections, fry it in oil... You have a 'CHIP'...
Think of it like this - The below is made from thin sliced REAL potatoes... WE call these 'Crisps'
But these Pringle things are also called 'crisps' but are made from reconstituted potatoes...
Now to add to the confusion, what the USA calls 'Chips' are...
But we call them 'Crisps'... Like wise take these two pics below....
Those are greasy UK 'chips'... However, the thin ones below, that are made from Reconstituted Potato, as opposed to a REAL POTATO are 'French Fries...
So basically, if you are going to eat fish and genuine potato fried in the USA you are eating what we eat - Or otherwise, you are not...
Its more of a UK thing than a USA thing... You call both French Fries - We differanrate between the the tow. and call chips chips, as opposed to calling crisps chips...
Hope it makes a bit of sense -
