Chips Vs French fries

ted1 · 22-01-2014 12:32AM

LordSutch wrote: »

Proper Chips from the Chipper Vs skinny French fries from a fast food outlet.

(This thread/poll is not about one fast food restaurant Vs another, its just about Chips Vs French fries. Feel free to name your favourite brand if you wish).

Gloves on, round one, ding ding, you decide.

A fast food outlet like the ones found outside Dublin tend to use frozen pre cut chips of mignin especially their served in plastic trays. Proper ITICA chippers can not be beaten

As you poll failed to differentiate the two I call it invalid and guess you live in the sticks

suicide_circus · 22-01-2014 12:32AM

mad muffin wrote: »

chicken salt.

da fook is that?

mad muffin · 22-01-2014 12:33AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

da fook is that?

It's an Aussie favourite. Once you've had it you just can't have hot chips without it again. And they need to be crinkle cut.

ted1 · 22-01-2014 12:34AM

unkel wrote: »

Poll fail

There's no such thing as French Fries, the yanks mistakenly give them that name. They are Belgian, and the only chips worth talking about (Dutch ones are very similar)

Frites / Friet FTW

Bollox the yanks have them the name freedom fries

Frosty McSnowballs · 22-01-2014 12:35AM

mad muffin wrote: »

Crinkle cut hot chips with chicken salt.

Tried that once.......still do know what I ate!

ted1 · 22-01-2014 12:36AM

vicwatson wrote: »

'merica

Chips = Crisps

French Fries = Chips

Urland

Chips = Chips

Crisps = Crisps

F*** French Fries

Vic you left "potato chips"
Of your list

mad muffin · 22-01-2014 12:39AM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Tried that once.......still do know what I ate!

As far as I know, they grind chickens down and you sprinkle their essence on your hot chips.

LordSutch · 22-01-2014 12:56AM

Proper chips with salt & vinegar is the dogs.

efb · 22-01-2014 12:57AM

mam's freshly made chips mmmm

unkel · 22-01-2014 12:59AM

bodice ripper wrote: »

If you can poxy find them while you paw through all the ****ing friet saus.

About 75% friet and 25% friet saus is about right

My personal favourite is friet speciaal: friet, friet saus, curry ketchup and raw chopped onion

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ted1 wrote: »

Bollox the yanks have them the name freedom fries

They did, but that was nearly 100 years later

dd972 · 22-01-2014 02:25AM

Chips from the Chinese are usually great, if your're ever in Brussels go to Friteland near the Bourse in town, their frites are f**king great.

I believe in following a balanced diet...

...so you've an equal chance of Cancer, Heart Disease or a Stroke :pac:

osarusan · 22-01-2014 02:28AM

Donkey Ford's in limerick.

you can't pull one out of the bag because the grease has them all stuck together.

Best ever.

vicwatson · 22-01-2014 04:31PM

unkel wrote: »

Poll fail

There's no such thing as French Fries, the yanks mistakenly give them that name. They are Belgian, and the only chips worth talking about (Dutch ones are very similar)

Frites / Friet FTW

FREEDOM FRIES !

pickarooney · 22-01-2014 05:53PM

I won't touch them if they're not made in Peru.

jimgoose · 22-01-2014 05:56PM

This whole thing is further complicated that the Yanks also use the term "steakchips" for big, umm, chips that are served with steak.

BraziliaNZ · 22-01-2014 06:24PM

how much are chips in Eire now? 1.80 here in London for a huge portion, battered sausage is 1.20.
I like all kinds of chips, oven, skinny, how can you not like them all, mmmmmm.

MonstaMash · 22-01-2014 06:35PM

Burdock's traditional chips can't be beat!

MonaPizza · 22-01-2014 06:54PM

Most fast food joint "fries" are crap with McDonalds being the worst. Burger King are slightly better but are still prett bad. There was a place on Westmoreland St called WonderBurger years ago and they did ok fries. You can't beat proper chip-shop chips with salt and vinegar. Anything else is just a poor pretender. London chipper chips are the bizzness.

Burdocks sucks..soggy slop.

miss no stars · 22-01-2014 06:56PM

Ew. Don't like chips. Every now and then I get a grease craving and have a fish and chips from the chipper, but generally speaking I don't like the things. Wedges par-boiled then finished in the oven are lovely, but eugh don't like the other stuff.

MonstaMash · 22-01-2014 06:59PM

MonaPizza wrote: »

Burdocks sucks..soggy slop.

There is only one Burdocks worth going to & that is the one in Werburgh Street, all others are just pale imitations IMHO

Tombi! · 22-01-2014 07:26PM

Well, thanks to this thread I'm getting fish and chips for dinner.

MonaPizza · 22-01-2014 07:30PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

There is only one Burdocks worth going to & that is the one in Werburgh Street, all others are just pale imitations IMHO

Where's that then? Christchurch?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-01-2014 07:41PM

Real chips - the ones you make from scratch yourself. Better than the chipper every time.

rubadub · 22-01-2014 07:48PM

They are quite different products, it'd be nearly like asking chipper chips vs crisps. French fries are light and nowhere near as filling. You can get up to nearly a half kilo of chips in some chippers.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

how much are chips in Eire now?

€2.40-2.80 usually, in dublin anyway, €2.50 is a common price, I only know of 1 near me for €2 and thought it really unusually cheap. Another upped his to 2.70 which I refuse to pay. Might be up to €3 in some locations, I see burdocks have 2.95 and 3.50 http://www.leoburdock.com/ourmenus/takeawaymenu/index.html

Many chippers have great deals these days, and many chinese takeaways have started doing deals and "snack boxes", with say 1 rib, 2 wings, 2 chicken balls, a few chips small curry sauce & a can for €6.50 or so. Many have 3-5 variations of these snackboxes. I reckon they finally copped on they could compete with chippers for people who want to eat on the go easily enough.

ceadaoin. · 22-01-2014 08:21PM

rubadub wrote: »

€2.40-2.80 usually, in dublin anyway, €2.50 is a common price, I only know of 1 near me for €2 and thought it really unusually cheap. Another upped his to 2.70 which I refuse to pay. Might be up to €3 in some locations, I see burdocks have 2.95 and 3.50 http://www.leoburdock.com/ourmenus/takeawaymenu/index.html

Many chippers have great deals these days, and many chinese takeaways have started doing deals and "snack boxes", with say 1 rib, 2 wings, 2 chicken balls, a few chips small curry sauce & a can for €6.50 or so. Many have 3-5 variations of these snackboxes. I reckon they finally copped on they could compete with chippers for people who want to eat on the go easily enough.

When I was in secondary school we sometimes went out to get chips at lunch. For some reason I can still remember that they were 70p back then (late 90s)! Seems very expensive now in comparison

dr strangelove · 22-01-2014 09:04PM

Freedom Fries, with extra 'murica sauce squirted all over them

Rabelais · 22-01-2014 09:08PM

I love chips. Mostly the thicker hand cut style chipper ones. I like the french fry style with steak though.

The Canadians have this amazing dish called poutine. It's chip, covered in cheese curd, then drowned in gravy. It's epic.

22-01-2014 09:31PM

I hate when people walk into a Chipper and ask for a large chip. I always pray that the person behind the counter would pull out a single extremely big chip and hand it over.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 22-01-2014 09:37PM

I boil 3 or 4 potatoes and then eat them with the skins on them the same way you'd eat an apple.

This way.

And this way alone.

jamezy · 23-01-2014 03:23AM

My Kingdom for a bag of fresh chips from a chipper....

Vancouver BC does not seem to have chips. Its all french fries or bigger fries.

Sweet baby Jesus i do miss a good fish and chips.

Chips Vs French fries

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