Not for me, thanks. I do eat fries, but only with a little salt, and never "in" anything. Catsup only on meat loaf (and nothing else). Just salt on my fried fish--I like the taste of fish and don't like vinegar. And I don't use mayonnaise at all (I'm a Miracle Whip man.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I’d never heard of a chip butty sandwich before.

'It's not a 'chip butty sandwich', it's a chip butty. A butty IS a sandwich.

Over here we also have 'crisp butties' that's a sammidge made with potato chips, called crisps over here.

tac, just finishing his.

A Southern staple is potato chips on a bologna sandwich.

May I have a Bacon Butty, please ?

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I’d never heard of a chip butty sandwich before.

'It's not a 'chip butty sandwich', it's a chip butty. A butty IS a sandwich.

Over here we also have 'crisp butties' that's a sammidge made with potato chips, called crisps over here.

tac, just finishing his.

Thanks for the info about the word “butty”. It’s surprising what one learns on SigForum. I’m a bit puzzled though. I thought “sandwich” was the proper British term for the food presentation method devised by the Earl of Sandwich:

“The sandwich is considered to have been named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, the inventor, it is claimed, of this food combination.[6][7] The Wall Street Journal has described it as Britain's "biggest contribution to gastronomy".[8]”
—Wikipedia

Is there some distinction between “sandwich” and “butty”?

Butty is one piece of bread, rather than two pieces.

And the British chalk another one up for culinary innovation?

I was anticipating something enticing. French fry sandwich with ketchup? I like battered fries and will eat fries in a sandwich but.... much ado about nothing?

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Butty is one piece of bread, rather than two pieces.

it's a roll.

I like fries - who doesn't?

But I don't think I need a potato sandwich.

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Originally posted by PASig:

quote:

Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Butty is one piece of bread, rather than two pieces.

it's a roll.

Or a piece of bread folded.

Why is anyone shocked that the same people who eat baked beans for breakfast also like french fry sandwiches?

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Originally posted by PASig:
Why is anyone shocked that the same people who eat baked beans for breakfast also like french fry sandwiches?

They're not sandwiches.

Butty originally became a thing because knives were in short supply due to the knife bans and fear of sharp things used to cut bread. So instead of two pieces making the sandwich, one large piece of bread was used, due to the inability to cut.

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But I don't think I need a potato sandwich.

^^^^ Anti-butty-er!

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:


Butty originally became a thing because knives were in short supply due to the knife bans and fear of sharp things used to cut bread. So instead of two pieces making the sandwich, one large piece of bread was used, due to the inability to cut.

Huh? I've never heard that one before. There have been baps and buttys in the UK long before they were worried about knives. Maybe tacfoley can weigh in on this one.

I'm assuming the potato in the chip butty is in the traditional British form--rounds--as opposed to the format of French Fries?

flashguy

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Originally posted by ersatzknarf:
May I have a Bacon Butty, please ?

And THAT's my lunch-time snack! You guys are watching me, right>

tac

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I like fries - who doesn't?

But I don't think I need a potato sandwich.

It's NOT a potato sammidge per se, it's a French fry sammidge. If you are hungry, then you'll eat.

tac

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I'm assuming the potato in the chip butty is in the traditional British form--rounds--as opposed to the format of French Fries? flashguy

Rounds? Where id that come from? British chips - fries to you - are the same shape as most fries elsewhere.

You take a potato, cut it into four, then slice it up into chips. The thought of standing there whittling them into rounds is ludicrous in the extreme.

tac

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:Butty originally became a thing because knives were in short supply due to the knife bans and fear of sharp things used to cut bread. So instead of two pieces making the sandwich, one large piece of bread was used, due to the inability to cut.

Total bollocks.

tac

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Originally posted by RAMIUS:

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Originally posted by PASig:

quote:

Originally posted by RAMIUS:
Butty is one piece of bread, rather than two pieces.

it's a roll.

Or a piece of bread folded.

Trust me, I live here. It's two pieces or slices of bread, with stuff in the middle. I should know, I'm eating one right now - its ten after twelve midday here, BTW.

tac