How to eat: chips — theguardian.com

Sunday roast, the full English, Christmas dinner, How to Eat has been fearless in tackling the most contentious meals in the British culinary canon. This month, however, the Word of Mouth blog seeking to define the best way to eat our favourite foods is wolfing down arguably (we eat 1.6m tonnes of the things each year), Britain’s favourite foodstuff: chips. Whether a “chippy tea” is a regular feature in your house or you limit yourself to a monthly treat, you love Burger King’s fries or Heston Blumenthal’s triple-cooked version, the mighty chip is a subject about which everyone has an opinion. But please keep it civil below the line. Frying off the handle or quick-tempered chippiness will make you look like a spud. Salty exchanges are welcome but unnecessarily vinegary insults will not be tolerated.

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