Chips

Everybody knows the English call french fries “chips”.

What you may not realize is how ubiquitous they are.

If fried foods were made illegal tomorrow, I’m not sure England would survive.

(Of course, if they don’t solve their upcoming obesity crisis, it may not survive either.)

Chips are everywhere, on every menu, are  responsible for the expression “cheap as chips” and now, apparently, go with everything, as the photo demonstrates.

Nothing, it seems, is not improved by adding chips to it, including middle eastern food, pizza, chop suey, beans, the list seems endless.

The origin of chips is contentious: the French claim they invented them (but then the French say that about everything, don’t they?), the Belgians say the French stole the idea from them, but who can believe anything the Belgians say when they also claim they invented beer, the Spaniards say THEY invented “patatas fritas” many centuries ago, likely so they could have something tasty  to snack on during the Inquisition, and the Dutch say the Spaniards stole the idea from them, but the Dutch put mayonnaise on their chips, so they can’t be culinarilly trusted. The Germans don’t say anything because they just want everybody to forget about “that diesel thing” and get back to buying Volkswagens.

You can see just how tough it is to make the European Union function.

Chips explain everything.