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Why are chips so popular?

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    #32
    LirW
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    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
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    #33
    Pinch Flat
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    Twice fried chips, preferably done in goose or duck fat. The food of kings.


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    #34
    Rumpy Pumpy
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    Daddy or chips remains one of the great philosophical questions.


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    #35
    Sleeper12
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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote:
    I'd rather go to mass than eat a bag of chips, and I really hate mass.

    Try a chip sambo. The ultimate


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    #36
    freshpopcorn
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    Your list is a little confusing to be honest. Lots of the food items you listed are flavored to make them taste better which you can do with chips.


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    #37
    Peregrine
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    I had to go and buy a bag of chips because of this thread.


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    #38
    frag420
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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    Chips are so boring, plain and unhealthy yet they are so popular. Every takeaway does chips, most takeaways are chippers, Chinese and Pizza restaurant places do chips. Everybody seems to love chips! But they are literally the crappiest form of 'white'/'fast' carbohydrate that is out there. I can never eat more than a few before they become bad tasting, dull, mushy and dry, but people love love love them for some reason. :confused:

    Here is an incomplete list of what is better than chips:
    Rice - Wholegrain, egg fried, boiled...
    Pasta - Wholegrain, spaghetti, tagliatelle...
    Noodles - Chinese, Japanese, spicy...
    Couscous - Lemon, peppers, herbs...
    Potatoes - Baby, mashed, sweet... (yes I know chips are made from potatoes :))
    Quinoa - Spices, olives, herbs...
    Bread - Soda, wholegrain, sourdough...

    Other things like vegetables and beans and that too...literally every other food that's not gone off is better tasting.

    I'd rather go to mass than eat a bag of chips, and I really hate mass. :)

    Go away ya hippy!!


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    #39
    LaChatteGitane
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    First Up wrote: »
    Ever been to Belgium?

    Ja. And the Belgian chips are worlds apart from the chips at my local chipper here in Ireland. :pac:


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    #40
    elstingeo
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    People probably like chips because they have been around for many years and are highly popular. They are also cheap to produce and quick to cook when fried. Therefore a take away can make alright money on chips.

    Yes, the items you mentioned may be healthier than chips but people will always like things that you do not in this life and it must be respected.

    Additionally, chips can be baked and have spices added which may make them healthier or more nutritious than frying them.

    Maybe you should try oven chips with spices, they're not so bad.


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    #41
    Barry Badrinath
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    OP is wrong.

    Probably the wrongest thing ever posted.


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    #42
    JamboMac
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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    Chips are so boring, plain and unhealthy yet they are so popular. Every takeaway does chips, most takeaways are chippers, Chinese and Pizza restaurant places do chips. Everybody seems to love chips! But they are literally the crappiest form of 'white'/'fast' carbohydrate that is out there. I can never eat more than a few before they become bad tasting, dull, mushy and dry, but people love love love them for some reason. :confused:

    Here is an incomplete list of what is better than chips:
    Rice - Wholegrain, egg fried, boiled...
    Pasta - Wholegrain, spaghetti, tagliatelle...
    Noodles - Chinese, Japanese, spicy...
    Couscous - Lemon, peppers, herbs...
    Potatoes - Baby, mashed, sweet... (yes I know chips are made from potatoes :))
    Quinoa - Spices, olives, herbs...
    Bread - Soda, wholegrain, sourdough...

    Other things like vegetables and beans and that too...literally every other food that's not gone off is better tasting.

    I'd rather go to mass than eat a bag of chips, and I really hate mass. :)

    Really couscous is not boring, its not even rice.


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    #43
    retalivity
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    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    Kimchi and chips though......

    Theres a place of jervis st that does kimchi fries...they are savage


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    #44
    NikoTopps
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    There is a Greek fast food called Σουβλάκια,it just chips,yoghurt sauce,some veggies on a type of bread&it is delicious . I say that as someone who not a big fan of chips,,but Σουβλάκια i would happy to eat all day :pac:


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    #45
    frag420
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    Chunky chips triple fried in beef dripping...I would eat them out of a dead persons hole!!


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    #46
    Beyondgone
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    NikoTopps wrote: »
    There is a Greek fast food called Σουβλάκια,it just chips,yoghurt sauce,some veggies on a type of bread&it is delicious . I say that as someone who not a big fan of chips,,but Σουβλάκια i would happy to eat all day :pac:

    Kin waah?


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    #47
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    My corrupted poll options have been corrupted by the mods. :(

    Hard to believe 92% of the votes have been wrong as well.


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    #48
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    My corrupted poll options have been corrupted by the mods. :(

    Hard to believe 92% of the votes have been wrong as well.

    *chuckles*

    Hey, I didn't change the results. I just moved the bit about being wrong to where it belongs :pac:


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    #49
    clairewithani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭clairewithani


    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    Chips are so boring, plain and unhealthy yet they are so popular. Every takeaway does chips, most takeaways are chippers, Chinese and Pizza restaurant places do chips. Everybody seems to love chips! But they are literally the crappiest form of 'white'/'fast' carbohydrate that is out there. I can never eat more than a few before they become bad tasting, dull, mushy and dry, but people love love love them for some reason. :confused:

    Here is an incomplete list of what is better than chips:
    Rice - Wholegrain, egg fried, boiled...
    Pasta - Wholegrain, spaghetti, tagliatelle...
    Noodles - Chinese, Japanese, spicy...
    Couscous - Lemon, peppers, herbs...
    Potatoes - Baby, mashed, sweet... (yes I know chips are made from potatoes :))
    Quinoa - Spices, olives, herbs...
    Bread - Soda, wholegrain, sourdough...

    Other things like vegetables and beans and that too...literally every other food that's not gone off is better tasting.

    I'd rather go to mass than eat a bag of chips, and I really hate mass. :)

    Sorry but I see not one thing on this list better than chips. And you hate Mass.....no redemption for you OP.:D


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    #50
    judeboy101
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    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    My corrupted poll options have been corrupted by the mods. :(

    Hard to believe 92% of the votes have been wrong as well.

    At least it wasn't a vote on Turkey ��


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    #51
    Omackeral
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    osarusan wrote: »
    None of those are better than chips at 2am with booze inside you.

    but quinoa...


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    #52
    jjbrien
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    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Twice fried chips, preferably done in goose or duck fat. The food of kings.

    Do them in peanut oil yum. Plus OP you forget Taco Chips and of course curry chips :D

    Op if you want heathy chips get an air fryer still delicious too


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    #53
    Omackeral
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    NikoTopps wrote: »
    There is a Greek fast food called Σουβλάκια,it just chips,yoghurt sauce,some veggies on a type of bread&it is delicious . I say that as someone who not a big fan of chips,,but Σουβλάκια i would happy to eat all day :pac:


    How the fcuk do you even say that sober, let alone at 2am starving? ''Take me to Epsilon ou Long B-type letter Upside-Down Y akia please''


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    #54
    padd b1975
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    Glasgow salad. (noun).

    Chips.


    © Viz magazine.


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    #55
    0ph0rce0
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    I bet your t-shirts are a size xxx small even though that's not your size.


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    #56
    satguy
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    Some people eat Quinoa ,,, the rest of us like chips,,, they go great with a batter sausage, load of salt and vinegar.

    You take out the small white chip bag, this just leaves the big brown bag, then you give it a good shake, a really good shake.

    = Heaven


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    #57
    Outlaw Pete
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    /American accent.

    I love Potato Chips.


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    #58
    Lia_lia
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    I have to admit I wouldn't be a huge fan of chips. Never make them at home, never get them in the canteen at work. The only time I ever really get them would be at a chipper. The Fish Wife in Cork do lovely chips. As do Lennox's.

    So yes I do like chips...but only nice ones. :pac:

    On the rare occasion that we get an Indian takeaway my boyfriend orders chips (and rice) with his curry. Always found it a bit bizarre. Does anyone else do this..?


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    #59
    jjbrien
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    Lia_lia wrote: »
    I have to admit I wouldn't be a huge fan of chips. Never make them at home, never get them in the canteen at work. The only time I ever really get them would be at a chipper. The Fish Wife in Cork do lovely chips. As do Lennox's.

    So yes I do like chips...but only nice ones. :pac:

    On the rare occasion that we get an Indian takeaway my boyfriend orders chips (and rice) with his curry. Always found it a bit bizarre. Does anyone else do this..?

    I do that at the Chinese nothing like a good 3 in 1 Chips Rice Chicken Balls and curry yummy.


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    #60
    Ronan|Raven
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    Then **** off to mass OP


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    #61
    Sleeper12
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    Outlaw Pete wrote:
    I love Potato Chips.


    They are crisps, aren't they?


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