SAUCEGATE!

[orpheus]

Dude, Velveeta is more like melted plastic than cheese. I don't know how there is even a market for that shit. I've only known one person who likes it, and he's from Texas, so I'm thinking it must be you southerners who are to blame for keeping Velveeta in demand.

It's a Southern tradition, like Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup. I'll bet Paula Deen keeps a short ton of each in her garage. They go in every fucking thing. You can't swing a casserole dish south of the Mason Dixon without hitting one or the other. I saw a goddamned Beef Stroganoff recipe that called for cream of mushroom soup and Velveeta.

That's against all proper geometry and theology.

[DaveDodo007]

They're called "fries."

"Chips" are those things that come in a bag, and are dry. Usually potato chips you dip in French Onion or Bermuda or something like that. Tortilla chips you usually dip in salsa, cheese, or guacamole perhaps.

And for the record, the standard condiment for French Fries is ketchup.

Lol. When I lived in Tacoma in the nineties I used to be a regular at a bar called the White Dot and once when I was hungry there I ordered a meal, of course the usual question was do you want fries with that. Being drunk I said "no I don't what fries with that, I what chips, fuck fries give me chips with my meal." After some strange looks they agreed though I was put out when faced with a meal with 'crisps' on the plate. Though godamit I'm British so I eat it anyway and pulled out my tongue at the 'Stars and Stripes' on the way out so there.

[Sean Hayden]

[Collector1337]

They're called "fries."

"Chips" are those things that come in a bag, and are dry. Usually potato chips you dip in French Onion or Bermuda or something like that. Tortilla chips you usually dip in salsa, cheese, or guacamole perhaps.

And for the record, the standard condiment for French Fries is ketchup.

Lol. When I lived in Tacoma in the nineties I used to be a regular at a bar called the White Dot and once when I was hungry there I ordered a meal, of course the usual question was do you want fries with that. Being drunk I said "no I don't what fries with that, I what chips, fuck fries give me chips with my meal." After some strange looks they agreed though I was put out when faced with a meal with 'crisps' on the plate. Though godamit I'm British so I eat it anyway and pulled out my tongue at the 'Stars and Stripes' on the way out so there.

Fries:



Chips:


It's not rocket science.

[Bella Fortuna]

Freedom fries?

[DaveDodo007]

They're called "fries."

"Chips" are those things that come in a bag, and are dry. Usually potato chips you dip in French Onion or Bermuda or something like that. Tortilla chips you usually dip in salsa, cheese, or guacamole perhaps.

And for the record, the standard condiment for French Fries is ketchup.

Lol. When I lived in Tacoma in the nineties I used to be a regular at a bar called the White Dot and once when I was hungry there I ordered a meal, of course the usual question was do you want fries with that. Being drunk I said "no I don't what fries with that, I what chips, fuck fries give me chips with my meal." After some strange looks they agreed though I was put out when faced with a meal with 'crisps' on the plate. Though godamit I'm British so I eat it anyway and pulled out my tongue at the 'Stars and Stripes' on the way out so there.

Chips:



Crisps:


It's not rocket science.

FIFY.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

No, Dave. Those matchstick things that Collector posted are definitely fries. Chips look more like this. Good and chunky.

[Collector1337]

A "chip" isn't something that's soft and chewy when you bite into it. A chip is rigid. It's like the English invented a language and then forgot what words meant.

Suddenly potato chips are "crisps" now. What about tortilla chips? Are those also "crisps?"

[Svartalf]

By she way, until you've enjoyed the exquisite pleasure of 10 pints of beer in an Edinburgh pub, followed by the surprising piquancy of the delicacy known as "salt'n'sauce' with a fish supper, you haven't lived.

Then I guess I'll never live... I don't know hhow fucking long it would take me to down 10 pints... likely 5 to 7 hours... I'm not likely to stay in a pub that long... and then I'll have a sausage meal as I hate fish nearly as much as Pappa despises tomatoes.

[Svartalf]

The proper condiment for pommes frites is mayonnaise. Ketchup should only be used on hamburgers, and then sparingly and only if other, more refined choices are unavailable. Anyone putting ketchup on a hotdog should be summarily executed.

Simple salt and vinegar will do me perfectly, thank you, I like mayo away from my food.

[Bella Fortuna]

A "chip" isn't something that's soft and chewy when you bite into it. A chip is rigid.

As rigid as the one on your shoulder about this issue?!

[Cormac]

By she way, until you've enjoyed the exquisite pleasure of 10 pints of beer in an Edinburgh pub, followed by the surprising piquancy of the delicacy known as "salt'n'sauce' with a fish supper, you haven't lived.

Then I guess I'll never live... I don't know hhow fucking long it would take me to down 10 pints... likely 5 to 7 hours... I'm not likely to stay in a pub that long... and then I'll have a sausage meal as I hate fish nearly as much as Pappa despises tomatoes.

Weirdo.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

A "chip" isn't something that's soft and chewy when you bite into it. A chip is rigid. It's like the English invented a language and then forgot what words meant.

What bollocks!

The word chip refers to the process of chipping pieces from a larger object - those pieces are known as chips. It has nothing to do with the "rigidity" of an object. A classic case of making up "facts" to suit the argument. One reason I avoid your posts in the Gun forum like the plague!

Suddenly potato chips are "crisps" now. What about tortilla chips? Are those also "crisps?"

In the UK, yes.

[Seabass]

Suddenly potato chips are "crisps" now. What about tortilla chips? Are those also "crisps?"

In the UK, yes.

Now that is weird. "Crisps" for potato chips actually makes sense, since potato chips are crispy, but tortilla chips are more crunchy than crispy, so clearly they should be called "crunches".

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Suddenly potato chips are "crisps" now. What about tortilla chips? Are those also "crisps?"

In the UK, yes.

Now that is weird. "Crisps" for potato chips actually makes sense, since potato chips are crispy, but tortilla chips are more crunchy than crispy, so clearly they should be called "crunches".

They get called both tortilla crisps and tortilla chips over here. The only "crunches" we have are abdominal.