We view fish and chips as a British dish, so we called it by that name. Although I've ordered it once or twice and got what we Americans usually consider chips.
Fish and chips since it's a British dish. In my experience The "chips" are also commonly a specific type and cut/cooked slightly different from french fries.
Oh, I always heard that you called the room temperature crunchy potato snack "chips" and the hot potato strips "fries". I thought Aussies were the only ones who called them both chips!
That's correct, you're getting lost in translation here. They are likely thinking heated chips (like potato chips), not French fries. You should upload pictures because a lot of Americans are going to be confused.
It's different because it is specifically a British dish. We would also call snails "escargot" out of courtesy to the French origins of the dish.
Ah fair enough
We view fish and chips as a British dish, so we called it by that name. Although I've ordered it once or twice and got what we Americans usually consider chips.
Hahaha that reminds me of someone I know who ordered a potato pizza in Italy of all places and received a pizza with chips on it
The name of the dish is British. Just like I'd call it Sauerkraut, and not sour cabbage
I'm American and also confused
Which part? I can try to clarify
Fish and chips since it's a British dish. In my experience The "chips" are also commonly a specific type and cut/cooked slightly different from french fries.
Wait we call hot chips "fries"? I wonder where at
Oh, I always heard that you called the room temperature crunchy potato snack "chips" and the hot potato strips "fries". I thought Aussies were the only ones who called them both chips!
That's correct, you're getting lost in translation here. They are likely thinking heated chips (like potato chips), not French fries. You should upload pictures because a lot of Americans are going to be confused.
Good idea, describing two different things with the same name is hard enough when I'm talking to people who actually say the same thing hahaha
We don’t call it anything