WTH is a “crisp”

JustSomeJD
JustSomeJD Posts: 416 Member
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As an American I don’t get a lot of the lingo of our international community. What is a “crisp”?
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,978 Member
    Fries

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  • dwrightlaw
    dwrightlaw Posts: 804 Member
    I thought a crisp was a potato chip and a chip was fries...hmmm
  • JustSomeJD
    JustSomeJD Posts: 416 Member
    Thanks. Fish and chips I get, and they are awesome with a good beer.
  • W8WarI
    W8WarI Posts: 567 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Fries

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    Or chips!
  • AMC110
    AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
    Crisps are potato chips and chips are fries.
  • JustSomeJD
    JustSomeJD Posts: 416 Member
    This just got confusing. Fries or potato chips?
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    Just wait until you get around to the biscuit vs. cookie fiasco.

    Crisps are potato chips. Any sort of crunchy potato-like product, really. Chips are fries of any sort.
  • AMC110
    AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
    edited February 2018
    And biscuits are cookies, tho we also have biscuits in the UK which are called cookies (usually chocolate chip)
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    JustSomeJD wrote: »
    This just got confusing. Fries or potato chips?


    I have to do this..


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  • JustSomeJD
    JustSomeJD Posts: 416 Member
    Freedom fries!
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  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    JustSomeJD wrote: »
    Good grief, cookies are cookies. Biscuits are light and fluffy. Any southerners here?


    Mmmm biscuits and gravy

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    Dog bones or biscuits?




  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    JustSomeJD wrote: »
    This just got confusing. Fries or potato chips?

    OH and I am a true Southerner and this will always be my one and only buscuit, now craving biscuits.

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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Jeebus those biscuits look good.....
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Jeebus those biscuits look good.....

    I am so thinking about making some these in the morning for breakfast.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Jeebus those biscuits look good.....

    I am so thinking about making some these in the morning for breakfast.

    Yeah one would be like a 3rd of my days calories in maintenance. Enjoy.


  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Jeebus those biscuits look good.....

    I am so thinking about making some these in the morning for breakfast.

    Yeah one would be like a 3rd of my days calories in maintenance. Enjoy.


    I can afford 1.5 maybe 2 as the rest of my day would not be very much fun. :sad:
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    JustSomeJD wrote: »
    As an American I don’t get a lot of the lingo of our international community. What is a “crisp”?

    Crisp is British for potato chip.

    Just to confuse you more, Australians call fries and potato chips, chips. "hot chips" distinguishes fries from potato chips. Or you just understand due to context.

  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Jeebus those biscuits look good.....

    I am so thinking about making some these in the morning for breakfast.

    Yeah one would be like a 3rd of my days calories in maintenance. Enjoy.


    I can afford 1.5 maybe 2 as the rest of my day would not be very much fun. :sad:

    Makes me feel a bit better.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    AMC110 wrote: »
    And biscuits are cookies, tho we also have biscuits in the UK which are called cookies (usually chocolate chip)

    But then what do you call biscuits?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    My cousin grew up in Dallas and lived most of her adult life in Nairobi. One day she was pulled over on the road by a Kenyan police officer and he demanded to look in her boot. She danged near had an international incident over that.
  • _pi3_
    _pi3_ Posts: 2,311 Member
    dwrightlaw wrote: »
    I thought a crisp was a potato chip and a chip was fries...hmmm
    dwrightlaw wrote: »
    I thought a crisp was a potato chip and a chip was fries...hmmm

    That's what I came here to say
  • DonM46
    DonM46 Posts: 771 Member
    Looking on a Pringles can, those chips are called crisps.
  • AMC110
    AMC110 Posts: 188 Member
    edited February 2018
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Momepro wrote: »
    AMC110 wrote: »
    And biscuits are cookies, tho we also have biscuits in the UK which are called cookies (usually chocolate chip)

    But then what do you call biscuits?

    In my head, American biscuits are what I'd call a scone.

    Apparently they're similar. Scones have a higher ratio of fat to flour though and we serve them with sweet fillings like cream and jam. I don't think we have a true equivalent to biscuits.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    AMC110 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Momepro wrote: »
    AMC110 wrote: »
    And biscuits are cookies, tho we also have biscuits in the UK which are called cookies (usually chocolate chip)

    But then what do you call biscuits?

    In my head, American biscuits are what I'd call a scone.

    Apparently they're similar. Scones have a higher ratio of fat to flour though and we serve them with sweet fillings like cream and jam. I don't think we have a true equivalent to biscuits.

    Scones aren't necessarily sweet - although I love my lemonade scones with jam/cream, Ive made plenty of savoury scones and they're great with a chunk of cheese, onion jam etc.

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