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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.
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.
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.
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 do British people call fries?
Chips.
What are crisps called in Ireland?
Crisps are called crisps in Ireland. However, what Ireland refers to as crisps are called potato chips in the USA. What Ireland calls chips are called French fries in the USA. You will only hear the term fries in fast food restaurants in Ireland.
What are some words English kids use?
Bicsuits = American cookies Crisps = Potato chips Chips = French Fries
What is the British saying for french fries?
The British call "french fries" "Chips".
What does pomme mean in English?
In British English (which includes all Commonwealth countries) pommes frites are 'chips'. In American English pommes frites are 'french fries'. In the US chips means potato crisps aka game chips; I've forgotten the french word.
How do you say french fries in British?
chips (like in fish 'n chips)
Why do English call fries chips and crisps chips while they are both different?
In England, 'chips' are chunks of potato, which can be baked or fried, and eaten hot. 'Fries' typically refer to thinner US-style chips. 'Crisps' are potato slices which can also be baked or fried, typicaly seasoned and eaten as a snack. Ultimately, whatever name is used, it's all to do with baking or frying bits of potato.
What is the British English word for fries?
The food called fries in America are known as chips in Britain.
