Potato chips

Potato chips or crisps are a snack food made from potatoes cut into very thin slices, deep fried or baked until crisp, and then served. Commercial varieties are packaged for sale, usually in bags. The simplest chips are simply cooked and salted, but a wide variety of seasonings (mostly made using MSG and herbs or spices) are used to produce various 'seasoned' chips. Potato chips are an important part of the snack food market in English-speaking countries.

Related Topics:
Crisps - Snack food - Potato - Deep fried - Baked - Salt - Seasoning - MSG - Herb - Spice

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There is little consistency in the English speaking world for names of potato dishes.

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North American English uses chips for the above mentioned dish, and french fries for the chewier dish. In British English, crisps are used for the crispy dish and chips for the chewy dish (as in "fish and chips"). In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, both forms of potato product are simply known as chips, as are the larger "home-style" potato chips. Kumara (sweet potato) chips are eaten in New Zealand.

Related Topics:
North American English - French fries - British English - Fish and chips - Australia - New Zealand - South Africa - Sweet potato

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