What came first chips or French fries?

Way back in the year 1853, somewhere in an upscale restaurant in New York, a similar disagreement between a diner and his chef over the thickness of French Fries gave birth to the crunchy potato chips we love to munch on today.

Did Britain invent French fries?

Fries may have been invented in Spain, the first European country in which the potato appeared from the New World colonies.

Are British chips French fries?

French fries. Chips is British English, French fries American. British people often use the word fries, too because fast food chains in the UK such as McDonald’s and Burger King advertise the product as fries, not as chips.

Is French fries American or British?

French fries (US) are called “chips” in the UK, and “frites” in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called “chips” and are famously served alongside fried fish.

When were British chips invented?

This style of cooking fish must have made a mark on the British culinary landscape because an early reference to it appears in Charles Dickens book Oliver Twist. Then came the chips and the earliest record of chips being served in the UK was on the northern city of Oldham’s in 1860.

Who invented chips french fries?

Thomas Jefferson—possibly the first American foodie—is generally credited with introducing the French fry to America; and in his case the fries were definitely French, Jefferson having encountered them while serving as American Minister to France from 1784 to 1789.

Who first invented chips?

George Speck
Potato chip/Inventors
The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum. Crum was a Native American/African American chef at the Moon Lake Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. French fries were popular at the restaurant, and one day a diner complained that the fries were too thick.

Who invented English chips?

So how, when and where did this quintessentially British dish come about? The potato is thought to have been brought to England from the New World in the 17th century by Sir Walter Raleigh, although it is believed that the French invented the fried potato chip.

What do they call French fries in England?

chips
In the UK we have a worryingly high number of words for different types of potato foods. We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips.