National Chip Week

February 18-24

National Chip Week (in the U.K.)

Chips (“french fries” in the U.S., “pomme frites” in France and Belgium)

     

Chips — U.K.’s National Dish?

Chip Timeline:

• 1790s:  chips were first served in France

• 1860s:  Fish & Chip shops started opening up in the U.K.

• 1920s:  Fish & Chip shops in the U.K. had grown to 35,000

Chip Trivia:

• 25% of all British potatoes consumed in Britain are served as chips

• Chips are eaten by 80 percent of all U.K. households

• There are now 8,500 Fish & Chip shops in the U.K. now, down from the 35,000 in the 1920s