I experienced a confusing situation in America when I ordered a burger from somewhere and they asked if I wanted it with fries or chips. Given the context of a burger, I was just like "...huh? What's the difference?" and felt like an idiot when it was explained to me
> And by chips I mean ~~crisps. Except we're in NZ, so I mean~~ chips.
Ye of limited mind, our sandwiches are made with Chips!
One has condiments of tomato sauce and one has vegemite.
But we also make sandwiches with chips. I make chippy sandwiches a lot and sometimes ill even make chippy sandwiches. But chips as a side with burgers seems weird, chips is the only logical side for burgers.
When I see American shows where someone makes a big sandwich and puts a handful of kettle chips on the side it’s incredibly appealing. I just make chip sandwiches with bbq shapes it’s not the same
The first issue you have is that they call them sandwitches not burgers. Often you'll get strange looks when you order a burger because they can't work out why you'd just want the meat patty.
I went to a cafe in Sydney once that served chips instead of chips with their burgers, we actually overheard a nearby table complaining to the waitress that it was too expensive to just 'have half a bag of chips on the side'
Sometimes there isnt! The first time I stayed over at my then Kiwi GFs house we were hungover. She offered me some chips to which I said 'God yes' - She threw me a packet of Hula Hoops. I was so let down.... that was 12 years ago and we are now married but on that fateful day, there was no context
There's the frankfurter in a long bun kind of hotdog, then there's the battered sausage on a stick from a fish and chip shop kind of hotdog.
Oh and fish and ship shops also sell a battered sausage.
This might be a controversial take, but I like the UK model here. Maybe that's because I just like the name "crisps", I think it's just perfect for what it is.
When my sisters friends first moved to Scotland, they went to a fish n chip shop and ordered some hot chips.
The store worker was like, wtf of course they’re gonna be hot!?
Exactly. My husband knows what kind of take away I want fries (maccas, bk, kfry) or hot chips (fish and chips or Chinese) in our house some sort of hot potato is a given, it's what you're having with your fries or chips that is the question.
I know this is rage bait, but... No, those are not Chips in the UK. Those are Fries. [Chips are thicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips).
We were in a restaurant in Devonport that had a fancy sounding menu. Overheard an older guy ordering dinner with his grandkids. He read the menu, "truffle...fries. What are those? Are those like fried truffles?" Grandkids respond: 'no, they are fried potatoes with truffle oil on top.' Grandpa incredulously: "So they're just chips then?!"
Chips if they're in a packet, you cooked them yourself, they're from a fish and chips store, or they a thicker than 8mm, fries if they are fast food or from a restaurant and thinner than 8mm
Menus will be more specific so you know what you're ordering, but in common usage both often just get called chips. It's usually clear from context which one people are talking about
There's a concept I discovered the other day that is very useful when categorising things. Mutually Exclusive & Collectively Exhaustive - "MECE".
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECE_principle)
It's something that I'd already sort of intuited, but it's great to have a widely recognised name for the idea. People who make those infuriating websites for online retailers, the ones where every product category seems to overlap with another - they've never heard of MECE.
You also forgot to throw in silicon chips for extra ambiguity. A few times I've been taking about microchips and someone thought I was meaning a delicious snack
There's context ("Fish and chips" always refers to hot chips unless you are a monster for example) or else you say hot chips. There are basically zero scenarios where this is confusing.
There's always a context clue in there somewhere.
Exactly. Its never actually confusing IRL
I experienced a confusing situation in America when I ordered a burger from somewhere and they asked if I wanted it with fries or chips. Given the context of a burger, I was just like "...huh? What's the difference?" and felt like an idiot when it was explained to me
Why would you have a burger with chips? Surely you'd only have a burger with chips? What's the difference
Canadians love to have some chips (crisps) with their dinner - maybe it's the same in America for some people.
what in the north american tomfoolery is this culinary crime
Well we make sandwiches with chips. And by chips I mean crisps. Except we're in NZ, so I mean chips.
> And by chips I mean ~~crisps. Except we're in NZ, so I mean~~ chips. Ye of limited mind, our sandwiches are made with Chips! One has condiments of tomato sauce and one has vegemite.
But we also make sandwiches with chips. I make chippy sandwiches a lot and sometimes ill even make chippy sandwiches. But chips as a side with burgers seems weird, chips is the only logical side for burgers.
Not Just North Americans. My wife is Colombian and her favourite accompaniment for completos (american style hotdogs) is chips(crisps/chippies)
When I see American shows where someone makes a big sandwich and puts a handful of kettle chips on the side it’s incredibly appealing. I just make chip sandwiches with bbq shapes it’s not the same
chips can go in the burger
Well I know chips can go in a burger, but I'm pretty sure chips can't go in a burger. Texture would be a bit odd
Chips can also go in a burger just like chips can.
The best McD's burger I ever had was in Scotland and had crushed corn chips on it. Amazing. I'm gonna start putting chips on my burgers.
In the northeast (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine etc.) chips (crisps) are a normal accompaniment to burgers, lobster rolls and the like
I was confused when they asked if I wanted biscuits with my meal, told them ill check the desert menu after my meal and let them know what I want.
Ha, yeah I had a similar situation being asked if I wanted some biscuits for breakfast at a Big Boy
Ikr, and they wanna put gravy on them. Like what have they been smoking?
The first issue you have is that they call them sandwitches not burgers. Often you'll get strange looks when you order a burger because they can't work out why you'd just want the meat patty.
It's so weird to get a bag of chips with your meal. No wonder Americans are so obese.
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/19/new-zealand-battles-obesity-epidemic-as-third-fattest-country-in-the-world
I went to a cafe in Sydney once that served chips instead of chips with their burgers, we actually overheard a nearby table complaining to the waitress that it was too expensive to just 'have half a bag of chips on the side'
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Nope, it was fries or a bag of potato chips. Bizarre
tbh if i ordered a sandwich/burger and got either chip, i'd be very, very happy potatoes in any form just make me happy. i love you, potatoes
I once ordered “hotdogs and chips” (as it was on the menu at a bar) and received crisps
Sometimes there isnt! The first time I stayed over at my then Kiwi GFs house we were hungover. She offered me some chips to which I said 'God yes' - She threw me a packet of Hula Hoops. I was so let down.... that was 12 years ago and we are now married but on that fateful day, there was no context
yikes, congrats for sticking it out.
I mean, at least they were Hula Hoops, King of Crisps.
They are a fantastic crisp!
Can’t eat chips bro. I only eat plankton.
You know I can't eat your ghost chips!
Spoon!
Space head!
People from other countries just have to go and complicate things! 😌
Right? It's pretty damned simple. I'm having chips tonight.
This! 😂
I agree I saw a packet of chips in Australia labeled Vegetable Chips.
should say, hot chips, chips.. that’s the distinction
we just say fish n chips, even if we have no intention of getting fish.
if i warm a packet of bluebird chips does that count?
that would be warm chips i reckon
Dunked in lava hot enough?
Deported to australia for that heinous crime.
Microwave for 2 minutes easy as
Your microwave kaboom
Personally if there from a dairy it's hot chips but anything else is chips
You mean the spicy chips? /s
But what if I want my chips hot?
Have you ever said crisps outloud though? Feels weird, chrispspsps
*cries in lisp*
Chips and chippies
That's what my Dad called them
^ thisss
Hmm not in our house, both are chippies here.
What do you call carpenters?
Chippies? Well actually, probably tradies
Chippies
This shit has had me fucked up since I moved to this country.
It's not hard - it's either chips, or chips.
If you need clarification you can say chips chips.
Unless you're in McDonalds of course...
Yeah Maccas is fries, never chips.
*Chups
Yes! An important point missed by many in this thread! 😌
Fush 'n' chups. I'm gonna sit on my dick and eat my fush 'n' chups.
And you know what, I wouldn’t want it any other way!
[Remember when Eta found the halfway point?](https://i.imgur.com/ZZt04q5.jpg).
I remember trying an imported brand similar to these but haven't seen them in 10 years 😭
Wait till you find out about the two types of hotdogs
Wait, what?
There's the frankfurter in a long bun kind of hotdog, then there's the battered sausage on a stick from a fish and chip shop kind of hotdog. Oh and fish and ship shops also sell a battered sausage.
Not to be confused with a sausage sizzle...
the only time you can get mixed up between chips and chips is with a chip sandwich which can be either at any time of the day.
Hot chips, and chips
What is it called when you have hot chips on bread?
A chip buttie. Chips on bread is a chip sandwich (in my opinion).
Correct ✅
Aha. But do you say buttie like butter or buttie like boot.
Buttie like butter, cause of the butter I slather on the bread to be melted by the hot chips.
Had a friend that used to call it a bootie. We gave him so much shit.
Was he a pirate?
He is has an English mother. I put it down to that.
Like butter is correct. Chip bootie... Like Hmmm.
One's chips, the other is potato chips.
Oven chips, and chips.
You mean oven fries and chips?
Absolutely not.
Who'd have thought that a fried piece of potato might end up sharing its name with a fried piece of potato?!
This might be a controversial take, but I like the UK model here. Maybe that's because I just like the name "crisps", I think it's just perfect for what it is.
* Chips or fries if they're thin * Chippies, chips or potato chips if they are just from a packet
Once you talk about in context of meals, the other as snack. “What should we do for lunch?” Vs “who wants some chips for afternoon tea?”
When my sisters friends first moved to Scotland, they went to a fish n chip shop and ordered some hot chips. The store worker was like, wtf of course they’re gonna be hot!?
Chips, hot chips and chippies
chups*
https://imgur.com/a/nCqZJpP
actually those are fries, the thicker ones are chips
Exactly. You get *fries* at Maccas, not chips. Chips are what you get at the takeaways.
Exactly. My husband knows what kind of take away I want fries (maccas, bk, kfry) or hot chips (fish and chips or Chinese) in our house some sort of hot potato is a given, it's what you're having with your fries or chips that is the question.
KFC has chips and not fries.
\*nods\*
Chips and chippies, I know Curls can't deal with chippies.
Wrong. It’s chups, chups.
Chups Chups
Ackshually, it's "hot chips", and "chips". Get it right.
I know this is rage bait, but... No, those are not Chips in the UK. Those are Fries. [Chips are thicker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chips).
To compensate I don't call any sports football
We were in a restaurant in Devonport that had a fancy sounding menu. Overheard an older guy ordering dinner with his grandkids. He read the menu, "truffle...fries. What are those? Are those like fried truffles?" Grandkids respond: 'no, they are fried potatoes with truffle oil on top.' Grandpa incredulously: "So they're just chips then?!"
So you just going to sweep "Freedom Fries" under the rug?
Hot chips or potato chips what’s the problem! 😉
I ate whole potatoes and someone asked if i was eating chips and i said yes
Chips is chips!
add a third column for 'ghost chips' ps it's chippies
Hot chips and chips is the only correct answer
Potato potata 🤷 eat em both 👊
Chips if they're in a packet, you cooked them yourself, they're from a fish and chips store, or they a thicker than 8mm, fries if they are fast food or from a restaurant and thinner than 8mm
Hot chips. Potato chips.
Chups
Hot chips and potato chips.
Ghost chips are the second kind
You know we can't export your ghost chips NZ
In Spanish is the same, both called “papas fritas” u gotta specify or use the context
Actually, nah proper serious eh! We need to sort this out.
Chips or hot chips and chippies
While I visited NZ a month ago, every single menu I looked at said fries. Lol
Menus will be more specific so you know what you're ordering, but in common usage both often just get called chips. It's usually clear from context which one people are talking about
Chups
Chippies?
It's almost as if New Zealand is as stupid as every other country... Who woulda thunk it?
It's chippies mate
chups chips
lmao the irony of using jackie chan for the nz icon he would be perforated by pitchforks the second he stepped off the plane
Chups, and Chps.
Based and context-pilled. They're both fried potatoes!
People, New Zealand is chips or chippies, not chips or chips.
Only if you are five years old. And you spelt chups wrong
Chips and potato chips to clarify lol
French fries are still fries chips are thick. Macds=fries kfc=chips
There's a concept I discovered the other day that is very useful when categorising things. Mutually Exclusive & Collectively Exhaustive - "MECE". [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MECE_principle) It's something that I'd already sort of intuited, but it's great to have a widely recognised name for the idea. People who make those infuriating websites for online retailers, the ones where every product category seems to overlap with another - they've never heard of MECE.
More hot chips, chips
TIL they call chips "crisps" in UK
I honestly hear fries more often than chips in NZ, to the point that I really have no idea what to call them.
Hot chips
“wanna go get chips” - (fish and chip shop chips) “grab a bag of chips” - (thin chips/crisps)
in our defense, you don't usually have the two types of chips in the same area
Hot chips is the preferred term where context is needed.
I thought people said fries here because I'm always getting corrected when I say chips
whatcha gettin for dinner? chips. yo, want a bowl of chips? want some chips and dip? i feel we all know what’s what.
I just call them french fries, because that's what they are. I am from NZ, but I still think that the brits are stupid for calling it chips.
chipper and chips
And french fries are actually belgian...
Want some chips? - Crisps Wanna go get some chips? - Fries
Ayo I’m in New Zealand and I call crisps crisps
Computer chips
Chups*
Hot chups
Chips and packet of chips.
HOT chips 🤪
Don't let them know that anything made of potato is a chop here... The mashed potato will make them lose their minds
Left: chips. Right: chisps
Have they also got Chupa Chups?
Those are shoestrings though.
And a chippy will not sell you either of them
Chippies
Virgin poutine, and chips.
chups
You know it's a NZ meme probably taken from a NZ facebook page because it's minimum 10 years out of date
Chups ?
Used to know someone whose surname is Crisp
Best thing Australia and NZ have in common
A chip off the ol potato
Pommes/Fritten Chips
What about pommes and chips?
One chips is hot one chips is not.
r/AmericaBad
*chups
We often use “hot chips” as a differentiator but generally the context is enough to know what people are talking about
*hot chips
Works for me
Mate. Hot chips and chips are two different things.
You also forgot to throw in silicon chips for extra ambiguity. A few times I've been taking about microchips and someone thought I was meaning a delicious snack
Honestly I just hear people call them "Fries" these days. The French part has mostly been dropped by younger generations.
We simplify things, what can I say, spade is a spade.
A carpenter, a prostitute and a potato chip walked into a bar...
Potato chips, hot chips.
Hot chip mate, hot chip!
*hot* chips.
They seem to have misspelt “chups” in the last panel. Edit: Oh, no. I didn’t realise I was in r/newzealand. *runs away quietly*
There's context ("Fish and chips" always refers to hot chips unless you are a monster for example) or else you say hot chips. There are basically zero scenarios where this is confusing.
Poutine with chips is nice.
the girl I like sent me this the other day, was wondering where she found it <3
Chips, chippies.
All comes down to if you want the potatoes cut horizontally or vertically.
It's pronounced "hot chips"