• Wrench@lemmy.world
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    Just came back from Australia. Chips (or crisps) don’t seem to exist anywhere but grocery/convenience stores. So I never really heard them referred to as anything.

    Restaurants exclusively serve fries as far as I could tell. Even with sandwiches. And they call them “chips” whether they are skinny or fat.

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      Where the fuck are you going to find a packet of chips outside of a supermarket. Restaurants overseas aren’t selling this shit alongside hot chips are they?

      Also you can use fries, it’s not common and it really only refers to the little thin fuckers you get at maccas or some other fast food shitheap.

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        American here. Yeah, chips/crisps are sold in restaurants. They’re usually bagged too lmao. Like the restaurant just got them from the supermarket.

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            Yeah. There’s not many fancy restaurants that have that. But, like, most delis and bakeries you go to will usually have chips like that.

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            Sandwich shops like Subway are the only places I can think of. Places that are only expected to make the “main course”, as it were.

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            Americans use chips like a condiment. They even have preferences as to which flavours go on what sandwich or burger fillings. They’re redneck sommeliers.

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      Chips (or crisps) don’t seem to exist anywhere but grocery/convenience stores.

      That… that’s normal, right? That’s where chips are supposed to come from.

      Like, I have been to a restaurant or two that had “chips” on the menu, usually as “fish and chips” or some other battered and fried stick of meat “and chips” where, to my supreme bewilderment, the side was a pile of Lays, but, like, those restaurants were universally run by geriatrics in the middle of nowhere, served food on paper plates, and where wrong.

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        From the perspective of an American, chips or crisps are a common side for lunch foods, particularly for sandwiches. In fancier restaurants / cafes, they can be fancier “kettle chips” which can also be house made.

        I know fancy “crisps” may not make much sense outside of America, but we have taken thinly slice fried potatoes to a gourmet level here.

        Edit- also, tortilla chips are also a common side in southern California, and they are not at all like anything you can get overseas without really looking. And no, I’m not talking about Tostitos style chips that are used for shitty dips.

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      Restaurants exclusively serve fries as far as I could tell. Even with sandwiches.

      Even with sandwiches

      Wat

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        In America, fries with sandwiches does exist, but it’s more of a Diner thing, or restaurants that serve burgers and other entres that usually include fries. Chips with sandwiches is definitely much more common for cafes and delis where sandwiches are more of a primary menu option.