They're called Crisps.
I agree i went to France and the chips were called crips because my brother went France on school trip and he asked for crisps and they have him chips!
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There's also a slight difference in that British potato-chips are cut thicker than French Fries, and their surfaces are not fried to crispness so the inner should be tender but still firm.
The version sold by MacDonalds, in the UK at least, is very thin and crispy to hard.
For some perverse reason at least one UK-based crisp manufacturer has been labelling its packets sold in the UK "Potato Chips" (in the US sense) for a few years.
I believe it is England.
No, potato chips are as American as apple pie.
because they are little chips of the potato not big chunks
potato chips because french fries soak up more oil
Potato, French Fries and Potato chips
(potato) crisps are called 'chips' in French.
Potato chips are called "chips" because in British English, the word "chips" refers to thick slices of potatoes that have been fried or baked until crispy. In American English, "chips" usually refer to thinly sliced potatoes that have been fried until crispy, hence why they are called potato chips.
It's historical. Pasta came from Italy. *Chips are called French fries in USA, Pommes Frites in France , and eating Chips with pasta is not really done. Chips or Potato Chips in USA are called Crisps in UK.
The scientific name for chips is "French fries" or "potato chips" depending on the type of chips being referred to. The scientific name for a potato is Solanum tuberosum.
A potato chip is called a CRISP in Britain. As in: a packet of crisps with your Guinness A french fry is called a CHIP as in: Fish and chips
Dip them in cheese.
If you mean very thinly sliced potatoes, fried and usually salty (called "chips" or "potato chips" in the USA or "crisps" in England), it is said that they were first made in New York State. If you mean potatoes cut in long rectangular shapes and deep fried in hot oil (called "chips" in England and "French fries" in the USA), they were probably first made in Belgium or Holland.