What do you have on your chips / fries?

[HAL9000]

Poll to follow.

I'm referring to chips as fries here incase you're confused, rather than the American chips are crisps.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Nothing.

 

[HAL9000]

Nothing.

Not even salt?

 

[minendo]

The tears of Hal.

 

[HAL9000]

The tears of Hal.

They taste like diamonds.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Not even salt?

I've never had fries that weren't sufficiently salty as-is.

EDIT: Double-time warp. I am impressed.

 

[HAL9000]

I've never had fries that weren't sufficiently salty as-is.

EDIT: Double-time warp. I am impressed.

Fair enough.

TRIPPLE!

 

[zinfamous]

we invented chips (what you call crisps)

therefore, you must call them chips.

 

[HAL9000]

we invented chips (what you call crisps)

therefore, you must call them chips.

We had invented chips prior to you inventing crisps, we invented the language, these two reasons mean that you should call the crisps.

 

[schneiderguy]

I had fish and chips tonight and just finished watching an episode of Top Gear so I'm feeling pretty British right now.

I think I'll go fondle my firearms so it doesn't become permanent D:

 

[Baked]

Ketchup and BBQ sauce.

 

[HAL9000]

I had fish and chips tonight and just finished watching an episode of Top Gear so I'm feeling pretty British right now.

I think I'll go fondle my firearms so it doesn't become permanent D:

We also fondle firearms in the UK. You are now one of us.

One of us.

One of us.

One of us.

 

[zinfamous]

We had invented chips prior to you inventing crisps, we invented the language, these two reasons mean that you should call the crisps.

lies and slander!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

According to a traditional story, the original potato chip recipe was created in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 24, 1853. Agitated by a patron repeatedly sending his fried potatoes back because they were too thick, soggy and bland, resort hotel chef, George Crum, decided to slice the potatoes as thin as possible, frying them until crisp and seasoning them with extra salt. Contrary to Crum's expectation, the patron (sometimes identified as Cornelius Vanderbilt) loved the new chips[3] and they soon became a regular item on the lodge's menu under the name "Saratoga Chips".[4] Alternative explanations of the provenance of potato chips date them to recipes in Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer (1845) or Mary Randolph's The Virginia House-Wife (1824).
In the 20th century, potato chips spread beyond chef-cooked restaurant fare and began to be mass produced for home consumption. The Dayton, Ohio-based Mike-sell's Potato Chip Company, founded in 1910, calls itself the "oldest potato chip company in the United States".[5] New England-based Tri-Sum Potato Chips, originally founded in 1908 as the Leominster Potato Chip Company, in Leominster, Massachusetts claim to be America's first potato chip manufacturer.[6] Chips sold in markets were usually sold in tins or scooped out of storefront glass bins and delivered by horse and wagon. The early potato chip bag was wax paper with the ends ironed or stapled together. At first, potato chips were packaged in barrels or tins, which left chips at the bottom stale and crumbled. Laura Scudder,[7] an entrepreneur in Monterey Park, California started having her workers take home sheets of wax paper to iron into the form of bags, which were filled with chips at her factory the next day. This pioneering method reduced crumbling and kept the chips fresh and crisp longer. This innovation, along with the invention of cellophane, allowed potato chips to become a mass market product. Today, chips are packaged in plastic bags, with nitrogen gas blown in prior to sealing to lengthen shelf life, and provide protection against crushing.[8]

 

[Crono]

Almost always ketchup.

Sometimes BBQ sauce if I'm out of ketchup (I go through ketchup fairly quickly).

 

[HAL9000]

lies and slander!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

TL;DR

 

[Crono]

lies and slander!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

UK chips = US french fries
UK crisps = US potato chips

We Americans did invent crisps/chips, and I think the Belgians invented chips/fries, IIRC.

I don't care what you call them, so long as I have a context I know what a person means.

 

[brianmanahan]

lies and slander!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

pwned, take that UK!

 

[HAL9000]

UK chips = US french fries
UK crisps = US potato chips

We Americans did invent crisps/chips, and I think the Belgians invented chips/fries, IIRC.

I don't care what you call them, so long as I have a context I know what a person means.

Agreed.

Just to add one thing to what you've said, we have Chips and Fries. Chips are thicker than fries.

 

[Crono]

Agreed.

Just to add one thing to what you've said, we have Chips and Fries. Chips are thicker than fries.

Hmm, did not know that.

I like nearly every type of fried or baked potato. Home fries, hash browns, latkes, croquettes, etc.

Love potatoes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

 

[Cerb]

Note to HAL9000: in America, all fast food items already have more salt than they should. I commonly remove some of the salt from my fries.

Depends on the context. If there's cream gravy, definitely that. I'll even deal with box white gravy on fries. If with seafood, they should be practically soaked in malt vinegar. If I'm eating them with a fish or poultry sandwich, or hot dog, or better yet a cured pork sausage, which aught to be eaten with mustard, I'll use mustard. Otherwise, ketchup.

OTOH, if there's some extra ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, or something like that already in front of me, I'll deviate some...

 

[HAL9000]

Hmm, did not know that.

I like nearly every type of fried or baked potato. Home fries, hash browns, latkes, croquettes, etc.

Love potatoes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

Love hash browns :wub:

Note to HAL9000: in America, all fast food items already have more salt than they should. I commonly remove some of the salt from my fries.

Oh my. Hadn't considered that.

Depends on the context. If there's cream gravy, definitely that. I'll even deal with box white gravy on fries. If with seafood, they should be practically soaked in malt vinegar. If I'm eating them with a fish or poultry sandwich, or hot dog, or better yet a cured pork sausage, which aught to be eaten with mustard, I'll use mustard. Otherwise, ketchup.

OTOH, if there's some extra ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, or something like that already in front of me, I'll deviate some...

All valid answers.

 

[Xstatic1]

a li'l bit of salt is plenty perfect.

 

[Maximilian]

My own semen, very high in salt :thumbsup:

 

[waggy]

hmm depends on my mood actually.

usually eat them with just salt.
sometimes i put mayo (if it falls out of the sandwich or cheeseburger), but been eating them with vinegar lately.

 

[lxskllr]

Either Tabasco, or malt vinegar.