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  • Batman
    Superintendent
    • Jan 2013
    • 2931

    #256
    French Fries became Freedom Fries for awhile there. I can understand why they are not called chips though. They aren't chips even if American chips are crisps. They aren't chips because there 20 ingredients in them and probably 4% potato.
    Bona fide canonical and then some.

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    • etenguy
      Chief Inspector
      • Jul 2017
      • 1565

      #257
      Indeed, I'm not sure why fries ever caught on in a country that has chips and a vast number of chippys. A far superior product.

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      • Darryl Kenyon
        Inspector
        • Nov 2014
        • 1238

        #258
        I hate Mac fries far too much salt on them. At least in a chippy, it is up to you whether you want salt or not.

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        • Abby Normal
          Commissioner
          • Jun 2010
          • 11905

          #259
          whats a chippy? lol
          "Is all that we see or seem
          but a dream within a dream?"

          -Edgar Allan Poe


          "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
          quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

          -Frederick G. Abberline

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          • MrBarnett
            *
            • Nov 2013
            • 5672

            #260
            Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
            whats a chippy? lol
            It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

            You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

            The Irish call them 'Chippers'.

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            • Abby Normal
              Commissioner
              • Jun 2010
              • 11905

              #261
              Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
              It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

              You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

              The Irish call them 'Chippers'.
              Thanks. Whats the american equivalent? French fries?
              "Is all that we see or seem
              but a dream within a dream?"

              -Edgar Allan Poe


              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

              -Frederick G. Abberline

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              • MrBarnett
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                • Nov 2013
                • 5672

                #262
                Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                It's a temple dedicated to the God of fried potatoes.

                You can also get fried fish, mushy peas, Wallies, saveloys, sausages in batter, pies... I'm feeling a bit peckish.

                The Irish call them 'Chippers'.
                I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.

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                • Abby Normal
                  Commissioner
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 11905

                  #263
                  Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                  I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.
                  So just short for a fish and chips shop? I just googled.
                  "Is all that we see or seem
                  but a dream within a dream?"

                  -Edgar Allan Poe


                  "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                  quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                  -Frederick G. Abberline

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                  • MrBarnett
                    *
                    • Nov 2013
                    • 5672

                    #264
                    Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                    Thanks. Whats the american equivalent? French fries?
                    Fat (thumb thick) French fries.

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                    • Abby Normal
                      Commissioner
                      • Jun 2010
                      • 11905

                      #265
                      Its a tad confusing to this yank because what you call chips, we call fries. And chips to us are potato chips. The thin crunchy things you buy in a bag.
                      "Is all that we see or seem
                      but a dream within a dream?"

                      -Edgar Allan Poe


                      "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                      quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                      -Frederick G. Abberline

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                      • Abby Normal
                        Commissioner
                        • Jun 2010
                        • 11905

                        #266
                        Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips? Please dont say french fries. Lol
                        "Is all that we see or seem
                        but a dream within a dream?"

                        -Edgar Allan Poe


                        "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                        quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                        -Frederick G. Abberline

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                        • MrBarnett
                          *
                          • Nov 2013
                          • 5672

                          #267
                          Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                          So just short for a fish and chips shop? I just googled.
                          Indeed. Fish and chip (singular) shop if you want to sound like a local.

                          I think 'chippy' is probably of northern origin, and as I say, 'chipper' is Irish (& Aussie?). I may be wrong, but I think the London term when I was growing up was 'chip shop'.

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                          • Sam Flynn
                            Casebook Supporter
                            • Feb 2008
                            • 13322

                            #268
                            Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                            Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips?
                            Crisps. Because they are, I guess
                            Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                            "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                            • MrBarnett
                              *
                              • Nov 2013
                              • 5672

                              #269
                              Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                              Which begs the question what do brits call potato chips? Please dont say french fries. Lol
                              What you call 'chips' are we call 'crisps'.

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                              • packers stem
                                Inspector
                                • Aug 2010
                                • 1455

                                #270
                                Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                                I should add that the doorway in which the GSG was written is now part of a very good chippy.
                                Absolutely
                                Had fish and chips there last weekend
                                Delicious
                                You can lead a horse to water.....

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