WTH is a “crisp”

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,752 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: 4,572 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: 10,182 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: 11,752 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.
  • TEQWAR
    TEQWAR Posts: 1,616 Member
    Biscuit quite literally means "twice cooked" from Latin bis, twice; + Latin coctus, past participle of coquere, to cook. So the things you call biscuits... aren't. :)
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,870 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    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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    That looks like what I'd call dumplings, and would cook in a stew for about the last ten minutes or so.
  • CraftBeerPanda
    CraftBeerPanda Posts: 3 Member
    If you are from the UK or Ireland, Crisps = potato chips, chips= french fries, biscuits (bickies) = cookies
  • _seahorses5ever
    _seahorses5ever Posts: 1,120 Member
    Crisps=potato chips

    I call the thin ones fries, most people do I think, and the fatter ones are chips.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,752 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also perfect place for me to post these

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    Muahahahah. Awesome.

    British use a lot of French words too, like biscuits or courgette.

    Surprised nobody posted what a crisp is in the US though.

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    I'd call that apple crumble (or whatever fruit crumble...)... Yum!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,373 Member
    edited February 2018
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also perfect place for me to post these

    j2uwsf9fyf6l.jpg
    ugsin3d53a6f.jpg

    Muahahahah. Awesome.

    British use a lot of French words too, like biscuits or courgette.

    Surprised nobody posted what a crisp is in the US though.

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    I'd call that apple crumble (or whatever fruit crumble...)... Yum!

    I admit, the difference between crumble and crisp is a little vague. Something about crisps having oatmeal/cereal/granola in them, while crumbles do not (I did google it LOL).
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,752 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also perfect place for me to post these

    j2uwsf9fyf6l.jpg
    ugsin3d53a6f.jpg

    Muahahahah. Awesome.

    British use a lot of French words too, like biscuits or courgette.

    Surprised nobody posted what a crisp is in the US though.

    th?id=OIP.If5KqoQOdMFaeh46bLbU2gHaFj&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300

    I'd call that apple crumble (or whatever fruit crumble...)... Yum!

    I admit, the difference between crumble and crisp is a little vague. Something about crisps having oatmeal/cereal/granola in them, while crumbles do not (I did google it LOL).

    Our crumbles often have oats in them...we obviously make a crimble :D or a crusp... Whatever takes your fancy
  • JustSomeJD
    JustSomeJD Posts: 416 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also perfect place for me to post these

    j2uwsf9fyf6l.jpg
    ugsin3d53a6f.jpg

    Muahahahah. Awesome.

    British use a lot of French words too, like biscuits or courgette.

    Surprised nobody posted what a crisp is in the US though.

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    Also delicious!

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