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They're not chips in McDonald's either. They're fries. Look at the menu board. It clearly says fries. Chips are what you get in a chip shop with cod or on their own etc. fries are what they serve in fast food restaurants. Nothing to do with whether we're in the US or not. If I worked in Mcdonalds and someone asked for chips I'd direct them to the nearest chip shop.
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2 British A long rectangular piece of deep-fried potato
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let’s have a quick look at the most popular side dish in both U.K. and U.S. cuisine, the humble fried potato sliver, or frite. Is there a difference (beside spelling) between what Americans would call a french fry and the British chip? You say fries, I say chips, but as long as we both get served, by staff speaking British English behind McD's counters, it matters not one jot.
The answer this question at its broadest, no there’s no difference at all. You take a potato, peel it, cut it into slices, cut those slices into slivers and then deep fry them. There’s some discussion as to how many times you fry them for the best results and for how long, but essentially the golden pile of hot spud fingers at the end is the same, whatever you call them. |
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I don't care what that American outfit call their variety of chips, they can call them slivers for all I care but I'll still ask for and get chips. Their variety of chips. Always. If other Brits want to change their language that's up to them but many of us don't and won't. They are all just chips made in slightly different ways.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/chip http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglopheni...-british-chips You say fries, I say chips, but as long as we both get served, by staff speaking British English behind McD's counters, it matters not one jot. |
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I'd never heard of them until I read this thread, but it does sound like they should be banned.
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I bet Christmas is a blast in your house. Merry Christmas.
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'Tis the season to be jolly
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So I'm a pauper, I wish you'd tell the tax man that.
I like nice things, especially good food, but I'm not an idiot. I especially like good meat. Very good meat. And I will pay a premium for it. 45 day dry aged sirloin beef. Fine pork, quality chicken from artisan sources. I also hot smoke meat to add variety. I make my own bacon, I will never buy bacon again. NOT that I can't afford it, but after too many over salted super market packets of bacon. And being left winds at the cost of proper bacon from the likes of Dukeshill I will make my own for about a fifth of the cost, and the taste is far superior. And eat a lot of it. I eat game meat regularly, probably twice a week, whilst not cheap it's better value than most meat from ordinary butchers As I have said in this very thread I like a burger too, a good burger, but to me paying 10 quid and more for a burger is well idiocy. I am quite willing to pay one heck of a lot more than even the £20.00 mentioned earlier for good food and I know just the places to go. But I would never pay that sort of money for a burger. So please don't make assumptions about my ability to afford a burger or my willingness to pay for quality. Or I may be forced to question if its pretentious to say 'I bought a twenty quid hamburger last week because I've got a platinum card' All that name calling about people willing to spend more than you...well I'm sure there's a good reason not related to hiding poverty through reverse snobbery at all. |
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I tend to get the junior burger or whatever it's called, the smaller one. It's a fair bit cheaper. The sugar free options on the Coke Freestyle machine are very good so you can just keep going back for refills. The Liverpool one is always busy.
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2 wagyu beef burgers £3 Iceland
Obviously a lot of profit to be made ![]() |
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I ask for chips in McDonalds and get their variety of chips. Not crisps. We are not in the US and where that particular chips variety originated from is irrelevant.
As for Five Guys, I tried our nearest one last year and walked out when I saw part of their food stock (potatoes IIRC) stacked in bags in the middle of the main floor and that was before I noticed the prices! Heck, they are only flipping burgers and chips, whatever spin they like to put on it.First impressions count. Never again. |
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Where would you like the potatoes kept? Perhaps they should have been on a luxury mattress somewhere to keep them comfortable.
I prefer to buy them four at a time in a lovely polystyrene tray inside a cellophane wrapper - much more convenient. |
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As a treat I wouldn't have a problem paying that much for a burger if it was nice, but for the prices mentioned I'd expect it to be table service tbh. Even McDonalds will bring your order to you now.
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I'm trying one today. I'll report back on it.
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
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Wow, that's a lot more expensive than the one where I live, nearly double price.
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
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Whoops. I missed out the hot dog on that list. That's why it's £37. My apologies. I wasn't the person who was eating the hot dog - so can't comment on that.
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Whoops. I missed out the hot dog on that list. That's why it's £37. My apologies. I wasn't the person who was eating the hot dog - so can't comment on that.
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Well the great fries v chips debate of 2016 was certainly serious business!
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Had this up in Scotland last week. Waste of money. It wasn't vile but just wasn't good enough to justify shelling out that much. The chips were nice. The burgers were disappointing.
If we were going to get another American fast food burger franchise I would much rather have In-n-out. One of the rare times something lived up to the hype. Burgers there were amazing. Great quality for a great price. Even that poncy food snob Ramsay swears by it. |
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Well the great fries v chips debate of 2016 was certainly serious business!
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If we were going to get another American fast food burger franchise I would much rather have In-n-out. One of the rare times something lived up to the hype. Burgers there were amazing. Great quality for a great price. Even that poncy food snob Ramsay swears by it.
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At that price, I'd hope it was made from pedigree. I'm curious how long the craze for 'artisanal' burgers will last given they've traditionally been cheap, fast food. And 5 Guys seems to have expanded rather rapidly. Best burgers are still home made though.
In fact you've always been able to get more expensive burgers for as long as I can remember. Not in as many establishments as now admittedly, but they've always been around. |
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At that price, I'd hope it was made from pedigree. I'm curious how long the craze for 'artisanal' burgers will last given they've traditionally been cheap, fast food. And 5 Guys seems to have expanded rather rapidly. Best burgers are still home made though.
Food tastes change and items considered cheap become trendy. It's not that long since they couldn't give Monkfish away. |
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I don't think I could make a burger as good as Byrons.
Byron's is still my favourite of the new burger joints up now. Their's is always juicy and I do like their special burgers for different times of the year. I'd put Gourmet Burger Kitchen just behind them. |
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Heck, they are only flipping burgers and chips, whatever spin they like to put on it.