ColOct 12, 2024
Just heard someone say chips and fish. I've never felt so irritated, I'll fetch them some vinegar and salt. Or perhaps they want pepper and salt.
Show threadPaul 💙 28 💔 💚Oct 12, 2024

@kibcol1049

I remember when chippy Meat and Potato pies became Potato and Meat pies

Apparently the largest ingredient by volume had to come first

Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️
@PGBeattie @kibcol1049 I remember those days too!
Oct 12, 2024 at 3:57pmWeb
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Oct 13, 2024

@rayhindle @PGBeattie @kibcol1049

Still wonder why it's "fish & chip" but "burger and fries"

Show threadPaul 💙 28 💔 💚Oct 13, 2024

@the5thColumnist @rayhindle @kibcol1049

Local convention... Always fish and chips with me .. never chip

Burger and fries sounds like an Americanism
To me.... Chips in the US are what we call crisps I believe

The UK and USA two countries separated by Language

Show threadColOct 13, 2024
@PGBeattie @the5thColumnist @rayhindle 👍
Show threadAndi HOct 13, 2024
@the5thColumnist @rayhindle @PGBeattie @kibcol1049
In the UK I guess it's because chips are chunky cut potatoes, where as fries are mashed potato extruded into thin tasteless strips.
Also you can't buy a burger at a Chip Shop and you can't buy fried fish at a Burger joint.
Yes, outside the uk, chips are potato crisps. As I found when I once ordered Steak and Chips room service in a hotel (Spain). Was brought two silver dishes, one with a steak, one with a portion of crisps 🙄
Show threadPaul 💙 28 💔 💚Oct 13, 2024

@AH_99 @the5thColumnist @rayhindle @kibcol1049

Not quite so ... Local chippy.. the Good Catch... Sells great fish

Changed its name to Catch and Cow... Still sells great fish and now Expensive Smashed Burgers... Both with chips

Sticking with the fish but I get your drift... Have a great day

Show threadIan K TindaleOct 13, 2024
@AH_99 @the5thColumnist @rayhindle @PGBeattie @kibcol1049
I propose that chips should be called Belgian Julienne-cut potatoes

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries#Origin
French fries - Wikipedia

Show threadSibrosanOct 13, 2024

@u0421793 @the5thColumnist @PGBeattie @rayhindle @AH_99 @kibcol1049

Ik zeg patat.

Show threadJay 🇺🇦Oct 13, 2024

@u0421793 @the5thColumnist @PGBeattie @rayhindle @AH_99 @kibcol1049

I always thought they were Belgian but this wikipedia article shows that the only source for that is "trust me, bro" and even if we trust the bro, what he's describing are not fries. This is a win for France then.

Show threadCitoyen européen Ray Hindle ✔️Oct 13, 2024
@AH_99 Remember a friend of mine ordering a burger and chips, and getting a hamburger with a packet of crisps in the States. Yet the hotel we stayed in served steak and chips! (Not steak and fries)
Show threadAndi HOct 13, 2024
@the5thColumnist @rayhindle @PGBeattie @kibcol1049
Sorry Richard, just realised the question of plurality.
yep, sometimes a "Fish and Chip supper" ...