Has anyone ever crushed potato chips to put inside a sandwich?

[question everything]

We have been watching the Mallorca Files on PBS (Saturday evenings local)

A cop show taking place in the beautiful island of Mallorca.

He is German, urbane, likes music and good food, understand the Micheline grading.

She is a no nonsense British whose regular meal is a cheese sandwich. Not grilled, just a slice of deep yellow slice of cheese on a bread and on top of it, crush potato chips, Vinegar and Salt (the only one she could find).

Ending a previous episode, they both ate it.

I may try this someday.

[dweller]

1. I don't crush them

Just leave them whole and crunch them with the sammie …


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[ChazII]

26. All the time

with my peanut butter sandwich. Any type of chip works and like a couple of other posters I don't crush them.

[elleng]

2. Reminds me of Brit's 'fish and chips.'

Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. The dish originated in England, where these two components had been introduced from separate immigrant cultures; it is not known who created the culinary fusion that became the emblematic British meal. . .

In chip shops in most parts of Britain and Ireland, salt and vinegar are traditionally sprinkled over fish and chips at the time it is served.[46] Suppliers use malt vinegar, onion vinegar (used for pickling onions), or the cheaper non-brewed condiment. In a few places, notably Edinburgh, 'sauce' (as in 'salt and sauce') is more traditional than vinegar - with 'sauce' meaning a brown sauce.[34][35][36][3

Wikipedia

[question everything]

41. Except the British chips are what we call here French Fries

(Freedom Fries?)

And in Britain it was common to buy them in the street inside a newspaper folded into a cone shape.

Here we have them side by side on a plate. They do not include slices of bread but I can imagine one can fold the fish and the fries between slices of bread. Since these fries are softer and more pliable there is no need to crunch them..

[elleng]

42. Right, but the salt and vinegar reminded me.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Great in a tuna sandwich.

Need Wise chips

[tirebiter]

18. Need barbecue chips

[musette_sf]

19. Yes

to Wise.

[targetpractice]

4. Of course... all the time... for burgers and other sandwiches....

Sometimes use salt and vinegar flavored chips or barbeque....Or Candian "All-dressed" flavor chips when I can find them.

[TlalocW]

5. Crush them to a powder you mean?

No, like the other poster I'll put them on the sandwich whole.

The only time I've crushed chips was in a small bag of Doritos. I maneuvered each chip to a corner and crushed it to powder. It was payback on a co-worker for a prank.

TlalocW

[question everything]

8. No, not powder. Just smaller pieces so that you can close the sandwich and bite into it

[Bluethroughu]

15. Yes, on my muffaletta with chunky veg giardiniera!

The olives go well with the potatoe chips.

[unblock]

7. Mrs unblock is half British and she has done this

Also put French fries in a sandwich ("chip butty" )

[Bluethroughu]

9. Yes, just like she has but yellow mustard, American DLX cheese, and chips whole,

also when out of crunchy peanut butter, chips do the trick with creamy peanut butter and jelly.

[Scottie Mom]

21. One of my favs.

PB & J with potato chips!

[Bluethroughu]

23. Me too, toasted!

[Scottie Mom]

25. Oh, yes!!!

[Baked Potato]

10. Yes, but not so crushed. Yummy! Nt

[LakeArenal]

11. Mr Lake says it like lettuce.

Me not so much.

[Bluethroughu]

28. Yep, substitute for iceberg lettuce.

Crunchy.

[NanceGreggs]

13. Growing up ...

... we always had a layer of potato chips in our baloney sandwiches.

[Sogo]

44. Exactly.

That was often my after school snack.

Baloney sandwich with mayo, iceberg lettuce, and potato chips, all smashed down after stacking it. The lettuce and potato chips were on either side of the slice of baloney; that way there was a crunch on both sides of the sandwich as you bit into it.

Haven’t thought about that forever, especially since I’ve been a vegetarian for decades….

[NanceGreggs]

45. I'd forgotten about it for years.

And then my son's GF visited a few years ago. I was shocked when I walked into the kitchen and saw her piling potato chips on a baloney sandwich!

She said her family always did that.

Her family are native Hawaiians , and she grew up in Arizona. My family is German, and I'm from Brooklyn, NY.

So where this culinary oddity began is anybody's guess!

[madville]

14. When I was a kid my favorite was

My favorite was regular Lays potato chips on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The salt of the chips balanced perfectly with the sweetness of the jelly.

[question everything]

16. I am sorry. This sounds so unappetizing.

But, I suppose, for kids thing are different

[Bluethroughu]

30. I loved it then, and love it more now...

And I'm no spring chicken.

[madville]

49. It's kind of funny

See someone putting chips on their sandwich, some people are like “Gross!”.

See someone eating that same sandwich with a bag of chips on the side, perfectly normal even though their still eating them at the same time.

[question everything]

51. Not gross. For my taste buds, mixing sweet peanut butter and jelly, with salty chips is

unappetizing. But it appears that many here like this combination.

Same would be for Nutella and salty chips.

Makes sense, for me, the other combinations mentioned: cheese, baloney, tuna or egg salad.

[LPBBEAR]

17. Yes

My go to sandwich as a kid was peanut butter syrup and sugar with potato chips (not crushed)
Still an occasional guilty pleasure.

[tavernier]

53. So you don't put m&m's in your movie popcorn?

Only way to live!

[musette_sf]

20. I did the canned crispy onions

on a roast beef sandwich yesterday. WIN

[honest.abe]

22. Yep, as a kid I put them on baloney sandwich.

Yum!

I think I invented it!

[TxGuitar]

47. Are you from Philadelphia?

I think this is a Philly thing, we used to do it too.

[honest.abe]

55. Im originally from Southern Illinois.

I made potato chip sandwiches with baloney back in the 1960's. My sisters thought it was gross. Of course they thought pretty much everything I did was gross.

[ailsagirl]

24. When I eat a tuna sandwich, I eat potato chips along with it

No crushing involved.

[question everything]

40. But do you eat them on the side? I do, or insert them between the two slices

of bread? At least on the show they did crush them a bit to fit between the two slices and to be able to bite into the sandwich.

[ailsagirl]

57. On the side

Maybe I'll try the crushed method-- I may be missing out

[Irish_Dem]

27. Yes. I don't crush them.

Salty and crunchy.

[GP6971]

29. We did on our baloney and pickle

sandwiches. We ran the baloney and pickles through a meat grinder so it was like a spread. Topped it off whole potato chips.

[Bluethroughu]

31. When I tell my husband about this, he'll want to try it...

[Ocelot II]

32. Of course. Doesn't everybody?

[highplainsdem]

33. Never have, but I have relatives who do that with tuna salad sandwiches.

[flying rabbit]

34. I dont crush them

but I think this thread is telling you what you need to try.

[IcyPeas]

35. Nice on egg sandwiches too.

[Deuxcents]

37. That's for me...

Can’t do the tuna. I’ve used Cheetos crunched up to coat chicken n fish. Yummm

[edbermac]

36. I do it for burgers sometimes, not crushed though.

[murielm99]

38. I do that with peanut butter sandwiches.

Peanut butter and pickle sandwiches are good, too.

[UTUSN]

39. "crushed potato chips" - the Secret Word!1

Well, as usual, am missing the focus, but in my defense, have had "crushed potato chips" on my mind for a few days, an O.P. about old age using a spoon for crushed potato chips and many more things, such as popcorn and actually all food not needing knives and forks.

So the reason for this post is the association that I *crush* potato chips in the bag and then scoop them with a spoon. I detest messing my hands.

[SharonClark]

43. Only on tuna salad sandwiches and not

crushed which is totally unnecessary.

[Emile]

46. Yes, I also like pork rinds instead of crackers in chili or soup.

No carbs

[Akoto]

50. I put potatoes and tater chips in all kinds of foods, sandwiches included! It's great! n/t

[haele]

52. When I was growing up, we made tuna casserole with crushed wavey potato chips.

I think it was from one of those magazine recipes in the 50's or 60's - pretty easy for me as a latch-key ten year old in a poor house to make for dinner before everyone got home - two cans of tuna fish, big bag of chips (crushed), cream of mushroom soup, two tablespoons of mustard, and half a bag of frozen peas, sprinkle Monterey Jack over the top and bake.
Wasn't great, but it was somewhat healthy with a salad. And I could be trusted to make it without burning down the kitchen.

Haele

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

54. I think crushed potato chips would be a great breading for chicken breast.

Possibly as good as crushed corn flakes.

I have enjoyed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with potato chips laid on top of the peanut butter. I didn't have to crush them, they sort of crush themselves as the dining progresses.

Bon apetit.

[Marthe48]

56. I used to

I liked potato chips on tuna and chicken salad. But I don't eat sandwiches or chips any more.