14-Apr-08 Crisps

As you can tell, I got caught up this weekend on the blog with several posts at once. Really trying to keep this to daily, as there is much to share.

Many-flavoured Crisps
In the UK, potato chips are called crisps. And it is such a favorite snack, especially after a night of revelry. While the US have various flavours, the UK has a much different variety. There are certainly plain, salted, vinegar and salt, cheese, BBQ versions, although the BBQ version is much different. They also have Beef-flavoured, Chicken, Prawn (mini-shrimp), Sage & Onion, Mango Chili (very spicy), and Marmite (it’s this salty, yeasty stuff I’ll expain in a later post). And that’s just a simple selection…..there are so many more.
On a side note, in the UK, they refer to French fries as chips (hence, the term, fish and chips). And if you ask for potatoes, they’ll ask if you want boiled, mash, wedged, etc. And for baked potatoes, I’ve seen the reference of “potato jackets” in a couple restaurants.