French fries (US) are called “chips” in the UK, and “frites” in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called “chips” and are famously served alongside fried fish.
What do they call fries in London?
Chips
Chips (UK) / French Fries (US)
Meanwhile, Brits call fat strips of potato that are (usually) deep fried and eaten with plenty of salt and vinegar “chips”. In the US these are “French Fries”, or often just “fries”.
What do the Brits call French fries?
chips
Think you know how to order French fries in Britain? You’re wrong! In the UK we have a worryingly high number of words for different types of potato foods. We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips.
Why do Brits call fries chips?
Brits call chips chips because they are chips of potato which have been deep fried. Americans call French fries French fries because they are a skinny Americanised version of chips which originally came from Belgium, and Americans presumably don’t know the difference between Belgium and France.
What do the British call fried potatoes?
chips
In the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, the term chips is generally used instead, though thinly cut fried potatoes are sometimes called french fries or skinny fries, to distinguish them from chips, which are cut thicker.
What do British people call fish and fries?
The modern fish-and-chip shop (“chippy” in modern British slang) originated in the United Kingdom, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe.
What are steak fries called in the UK?
Steak fries is an American term for a particular type of French fries, usually more-or-less analogous to what the British call chips.
What are home fries called in the UK?
Home fries isn’t a term used in the UK. As far as I can tell, they are what are called ‘fried potatoes‘ in the UK but we also have a product (frozen) called ‘Home Style Chips’, versions of which are produced by most frozen food companies.
However, a biscuit in the U.K. and a cookie in the U.S. are inherently the same thing. The big difference, at least in the U.K., is that biscuits are hard and cookies are soft and pliable. In the U.S., the meeting point between the two might be a scone, but that’s a discussion for another time.
What do Brits call biscuits?
American biscuits are small, fluffy quick breads, leavened with baking powder or buttermilk and served with butter and jam or gravy. They are close to what the British would call scones.
What do the Brits call mcdonalds?
Besides devotion to soccer, one of the biggest global differences is how the British often refer to McDonald’s: “MacDonald’s,” “Maccies,” and “Maccy D’s” are common nicknames for the Golden Arches over there. Similarly, French customers refer to the company as “McDo” while Australians often call it “Macca’s.”
What does the UK call hot chips?
crisps
Brits say “crisps,” Americans say “potato chips.”
Since Brits refer to fries as “chips,” they have a different name than Americans for potato chips ― “crisps.”
What do British call tortilla chips?
We call them tortilla chips (many of us pronounce the Ls in tortilla too). They came to us fully formed, and so we call them what they were called by the people who brought them here (mainly Californians, not Mexicans). However, as a generic category, they are classed as crisps.
How do British eat fries?
The traditional, and most common dressing is salt and vinegar. Baked beans or mushy peas may be served as a side dish, for dipping , or simply dumped on the chips. Another common side is bread and butter; which can be combined to make a chip butty.
What do the Scottish call fries?
They’re called chips. If you buy something out of a chip shop, like fish and chips, it’s called a fish supper.
Are British chips the same as steak fries?
British chips are similar to what Americans call steak fries. French fries are what you get at McDonald’s. French fries do not belong as part of fish and chips.
What do they call hash browns in the UK?
Shredded and fried potatoes, onions optional, would be called either fried potatoes, or some variation of Rosti. Chopped/diced potatoes and onions, which is what Americans call hash browns, would be called fried potatoes.
What do British call condoms?
Rubber
Rubber. This is an informal way of saying condom on the US – so a rubber is a contraceptive. We just call them condoms in the UK. And we use rubbers to remove pencil marks from paper.
What is toilet paper called in England?
Bog roll
Bog roll. Taken from the 16th-century Scottish/Irish word meaning ‘soft and moist,’ bog means restroom or lavatory. Bog roll, naturally, is an idiom for toilet paper. This will come in especially handy if you find yourself in a dire situation in the loo.
What do they call jelly in England?
Americans say ‘jelly’, Brits say ‘jam’. Which is it? Both countries use both words, but with different meanings. If Americans call jam (fruit compote) ‘jelly’, then what do they call English jelly (a wobbly gelatinous dessert mainly made of fruit juice)?
What do Brits call Gravy?
What the British people call gravy, the Americans call… gravy. In America, sometimes, if the “gravy” is thin, and has no chunks in it, and it is used more in dribbles and splashes, it is called a sauce. I believe, in the UK, they call that a sauce as well.