Why is it called "fish and chips" instead of "fish and french fries"?

Question

Or, in America, "fish and freedom fries"?

Answer 1

the freedom fries came from the fact that the US was pissed off at the French for bailing on us when we defended ourselves in the war on terror. They took the "french" part out of our fries. As far as the "chips" part, it's just the lingo of the UK.

Answer 2

Fish and chips or fish 'n' chips (also in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland: a fish supper), a popular take-away food, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes. For decades fish and chips dominated the take-away food sector in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. They also have considerable popularity in Canada, Ireland and South Africa. Denmark and some coastal towns in Norway form another fish-and-chips stronghold, referring to the dish as fiskefiletter ("fish filets").

In the United States, fish and chips (usually the thinner sort of chips, known locally as "fries"; see below) have spread across the country as mainstays of chain restaurants such as Long John Silver's, Captain D's, and Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips. The southeastern states mostly use catfish instead of the whitefish traditional elsewhere.

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Answer 3

In England fries are called chips, resulting in the whole "fish and chips". Besides it also sounds better.

Answer 4

because in england they call french fries "chips"..Potato Chips are called "crisps"...cookies are "biscuits"...biscuits are "scones" elevator is "lift" and there are many others, it's a regional thing like pop in the midwest and west coast and soda on the east coast and everything fizzy is coke in some parts of the south

Answer 5

in US it's french fries in England it's Chips
in US Chips but in England it's Crisps

Answer 6

great question, i'm excited for an answer

Answer 7

good question, i don't know