Serving crisps with sandwiches? Do you?

[JDM625]

I moved to the UK 20yrs ago. PIL always put crisps on the side of the plate if having a sandwich there. I assumed it was just a thing they did. In a cafe recently, they did the same.

Not a packet of crisps such as in a meal deal, but just loose on the side of the plate. We are in the SE. Is this commonly done in the UK?

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Yes! I’ve seen it done in cafes and always do it at home. The last time I was served crisps with a sandwich myself and a friend were sat outside on a windy day. The crisps did not survive the journey from the cafe door to the table!

Only in the posh places

I've not seen it so much recently, but yes definitely pretty standard growing up. Nowadays still common for a pub lunch.

Definitely! A sandwich on a plate looks a bit lost add a few crisps and a garnish it transforms it into something that looks more appealing

Most pubs/cafes offer crisps with sandwiches, but the really good ones offer chips

Yes very common for people to do this.

I couldn’t imagine having a lone sandwich on a plate without a few crisps next to it….

Oh yes, a little crescent of crisps is essential

Yes! I love crisps. I'd had a side of sandwich with a plate of crisps if I could.

Just going to make my self comfortable before the holier than thou evangelical UPF lot come along to tell us crisp eaters what damage we're doing to our bodies.

No. Stodge on stodge. Don’t like chips with sandwiches either. Like all elements separately.

I think it's just to fill up the plate and make it look like you're getting more than just a sad lonely sandwich.

If I have people over and do sandwiches I'll add some salad leaves and a few crisps to pretty it up.

The crunchiness offsets the sandwichy squidge. It's a heavenly marriage.

Often done in cafes although I don’t do it at home.

Yes.

I don't do it often (we try not to have crisps all the time) but it's absolutely essential to me for a picnic, otherwise it just isn't right.

Try going one further and having an actual crisp sandwich! Best with smokey bacon flavour or my favourite - primula cheese spread and wotsits. Yum!

My DM and stbx both did sandwiches with crisps next to them but I don't even buy them with a meal deal.

Yum yes pub sandwiches
My posh cafe give me a blob of coleslaw on their toastie best meal ever!

Always.

Yes but I personally hate it. Crisps turn a sandwich lunch into a plate of stodge. I prefer a salad or crudités because I don't do well with lots of starch (not claiming the high ground, I would happily follow it up with tonnes of sugar). Everyone else in the UK firmly disagrees - hence it is a common thing.

Yummmmmmmm. And putting the crisps inside the sandwich ... Oooh.

I once went for a pub lunch with a colleague. She couldn't decide what to have so she ordered a jacket potato with beans and a portion of chips. Years later, my mind is still blown 🤯 In fairness I've seen a roast served with both mash and roast potatoes and not thought much of it so why the jacket potato and chips combo shocked me I don't really know 😂

It was the done thing in pubs and cafés back in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. I would be quite happy if crisps in or adjacent to sandwiches be made compulsory.

Yes I find it means I can have a taste of crisps but not the same calories as a whole bag. a big bag such as Tyrrells can be made to last a week seal the top after with a clip

Nearly always a side of crisps served with sandwiches here. I like them as long as they are not salt and vinegar.

I rarely do it at home unless we have an open sharing bag. I would not open a packet to serve with a sandwich.

Yes, I always want salad with my sandwiches. I I don’t get the arbitrary addition of a few crisps at all — it seems like an odd addition to me. It codes as very old-fashioned to me these days, like putting a doily under your cheese bap. I can’t remember when I last saw it.