fannishliss

I was just spurred by jessicaqueen to write this post on "Fries" in the US.  Please "chip" in!!  Heheheh. 

I'm not sure if it's common knowledge in the US what UK  "chips" are or not.  USers do know the common phrase "fish n chips" but then translate it into "battered cod with french fries" in our heads.  A complicating factor is that we eat fried potatoes in so many different ways.  Once I started listing them I became kind of astonished at how many varieties we actually eat. 

One thing I've never been sure about: are McDonald's fries really called "chips" in the UK and elsewhere?  When I think of "chips" I think of what we call "steak fries" which are thick slabs.  We actually have a huge variety of fries in the US:

( let the chips fall where they may )