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In the UK, long thin strips of potatoes are sometimes called fries to contrast them with the thickly cut strips, which are always referred to as chips.
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What are fries?
In the UK, fries are called chips. In North America, they are called fries. If the potatoes are cut very thin, they are called french fries in both the UK and North America. For more information, and photographs, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Links.They are deep fried strips of potatoes, usually salted and sometimes eaten with catsup, which in the UK is called ketchup. In the UK, they are more likely to eaten with salt and vinegar than ketchup.
What are crispy square cut potatoes called?
They are called 'chips' in the UK (as in the popular UK takeaway dish - 'Fish & Chips') and 'french fries' in the USA. If they are very thin cut, rather than finger shaped, and deep fried, they are known in the UK as 'crisps'.
What is the british name for french fries?
French fries (American Term) are called chips in the UK. If you ask for chips in the US you will get what the British refer to as crisps.
Where can I buy sweet potato fries UK ONLY?
You can buy sweet potato fries in the UK on sites such as mysupermarket.co.uk
What are potato chips called in England if french fries are called chips?
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! +++ 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.
Is a french fry a chip?
Yes, what Americans refer to as french fries are known in England as chips.
Where is frech fries from?
Assuming you mean French Fries, they are fried potatoes. While they have been made in many places, Belgium, France and Spain all have some claim to being the place of origin of "French" fries.
How much is a small fries at McDonald's UK?
It is £0.99
What are potato chips called in Great Britain?
We call them 'chips' in other countries they are known as 'fries' or 'French fries' the confusion arises in America, American 'chips' are what the British call 'crisps' a very thin slice of potato deep fried until crisp and golden.
What is McDonald's price for medium fries?
in the uk the price for medium fries is 99p - along side a mcflurry and cheese burger.
What are the main imports of the UK?
French fries, athletes, and computers are the main ones.
Did the French invent French fries?
The origins: Belgians based on a family manuscript of 1680 proved that they already cut up potatoes and fried them. In France the fries (pommes frites or commonly Frites) are born on the bridges of Paris in 1789 in full French Revolution and became popular. And madame Bonaparte loved it too. In 1830, Paris (france) and Brussels (belgium) fond of Frites (Fries) . Even if Thomas Jefferson mentioned already "fried potatoes in the French manner" following his stay in France from 1784 to 1789, the fries have been popularized in America after the return of soldiers from the First World War of France and Belgium (where French is the official language), hence the name "French Fries". Belgium.
