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In british English what is the difference between crisps and chips?
chips=frenchfries crisps=potatochips
Are poker chips called poker crisps in the UK?
No! We only use "crisps" for what you call potato chips.
Are crisps a meal?
Potato crisps (in the US they are called potato chips) are a snack rather than a meal.
When someone says the idiom Cheap as Chips are they referring to crisps or deep-fried potato chips?
"Cheap as chips" refers to crisps.
What is the Irish for 'crisps'?
'Chips' as in 'fish and chips' is sceallóga. The American 'potato chips' are called 'crisps' in Ireland and that's brioscaí (prátaí).
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.
How do you spell crips in french?
(potato) crisps are called 'chips' in French.
What is a good title for a potato chip project?
Potato chip project. Crisp Project. Spud chip project. Yummy crips! All about crisps! Potato chips, potato chips!
Why do the British call fries chips?
We call them chips because there basically chips of a potato. Similarly what you call chips or potato chips we call crisps because you fry them to a crisp... If anything you Americans should call your "fries" chips because they are chips and your "potato chips" crisps because there fried to a crisp! +++ Also [French] Fries are usually cut thinner than British chips, so are not quite the same thing.
Why do lays make you thirsty?
If you mean the potato chips (crisps) it is due to the salt on them.
What do crisps have in them?
Crisps, (or 'chips' in north America) have the base material, usually thin potato slices and fat that it's cooked in.
What is a crisps?
A slogan is a motto!
