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A crisp sandwich (in
A crisp sandwich (in British English
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and Irish English
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) is a sandwich with crisps
Potato chips (North American English and Australian English; often just chip) or crisp (British English and Hiberno-English) are thin slices of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until ...
as the only filling, or combined with other ingredients. In addition to the crisps, any other common sandwich filling (meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, etc.) may be added.
Sandwich
A crisp sandwich may also be called a ''crisp sarnie'' (inBritish English
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), ''piece and crisps'' (in Scottish English
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), ''chippy sandwich'' (in Australian English
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), ''chip sandwich'', ''crispwich'', and ''crisp butty''. They are popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
In the United Kingdom, two crisp sandwich cafés were opened in 2015: in Belfast
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and West Yorkshire
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. Crisp sandwiches can be found in establishments throughout the UK including delis, cafés, and pubs.
In 2021, British company Walkers released a recipe book titled ''A Little Book of Crisp Sandwich Recipes'' which "celebrates the British tradition of putting crisps in a sandwich" with a series of recipes by Max Halley, who opened a London deli specialising in crisp sandwiches.
Regional variations
In 2023, British crisp brand Walkers worked with delis throughout the UK to offer crisp sandwiches for a limited period as part of their ''#crispIN'' advertising campaign, which later saw the company release a series of sandwich-inspired crisp flavours including 'cheese toastie' and 'sausage sarnie'. In Ireland and Northern Ireland, ''crisp sandwiches'' are also often called ''Tayto sandwiches'' in reference to the popular Irish crisp brand and its Northern Irish counterpart. The Irish airlineAer Lingus
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offered a Tayto sandwich pack as part of their in-flight menu from 2015 to 2016. In 2015, a pop-up shop was opened by Tayto in Dublin
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to raise funds for charity.
Sandwiches or wraps made using crushed crisps of the Chips Oman brand are part of the popular food culture of the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...
.
See also
* Chip butty, a sandwich made withchips
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* List of sandwiches
Sandwiches are a common type of lunch food often eaten as part of a packed lunch. There are many types of sandwiches, made from a diverse variety of ingredients. The sandwich is the namesake of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, a British statesman ...
* List of potato dishes
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat and corn. The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about of potato. The potato was fir ...
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References
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