Define “Britishness.” For me it would be the rolling of a Tube into the station, “Mind the Gap”, the whistle of a tea kettle AND a packet of British crisps being ripped open. Whether it’s tucked into a school lunchbox, served alongside a pint at the pub, or devoured during a train ride across the countryside, the humble crisp is an essential part of British life.
But, What Are Crisps?
I realized that it was not a commonly recognized term when my 9 year old asked me this question as we were planning what to eat and do on our holiday to UK this year! Having lived in the UK for a few years during my childhood, it was easy for me to flit from one geographic vocabulary to another, but for a newbie it was an alien term. So I suppose with you too, reader!
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