Tyrrell's Potato Chips - Why are they Chips?

Tyrrell's Potato Chips - Why are they chips and not crisps?

I always thought that in Britain they were crisps and in America they were chips. Here is what Tyrrell's has to say about their "chips"

"Potato chips are thick slices of potato that are cooked without removing the starch. This greatly improves the taste of the potato, and reduces the fat content of the chip. The result is a tasty chip full of goodness and flavour. In contrast, crisps are thin slices of potato that have had all the starch, goodness and flavour removed by washing and processing. As a result, when they are cooked they absorb much more oil than chips. " --from www.tyrrellspotatochips.co.uk/about-us. Check out their website, it's beautiful!

Then the next question is why do Americans call our potato chips? Shouldn't they be crisps?

In stock now: Hand cooked vegetable chips ($3.25) sea salt & black pepper, mature cheddar & chives, sweet chilli & red pepper, cider vinegar & sea salt and worcester sauce & sundried tomato. each $1.75

Enjoy a Cadbury Egg all year long!

For all you Cadbury egg lovers --- if you thought you could only enjoy your Cadbury eggs at Christmas time --- you're wrong. Cadbury now offers the egg filling in a chocolate bar called "Twisted". They're not easy to get, so come get them now while they're in stock. Yum yum....!

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Hello James Keiller & Son - makers of the famous Dundee orange marmalade.
Or rather -- not the makers of their famous marmalade for how many years? This original -- no longer family owned, no longer made in Dundee (let alone Scotland) and now is no longer in a white jar. We had been having trouble getting this product for the past couple months and now we know why. They were busy changing their packaging. Come to the store or order on line to get our last few jars we have in stock in the famous white jar.

Check out collectible jars on Ebay. Packaging of the James Keiller & Son product has always been sought after. For as long as I have known the product has been offered in a crock, thick white glass jar with the label printed in the jar, then a white jar with the label pasted on to the jar AND NOW a glass jar. I think it's wrong. What do you think?

Listening to Customers for our Anniversary Open House!

In a couple of weeks we are going to have our Anniversary Open House (along with our great neighbor Au Marche) and by customer requests we're going to put our teapots on sale! And while we're at it we'll put the electric kettles and La Cafetiere French press and teapots on sale!

Join Us and Celebrate 14 years of Brits
in Downtown Lawrence!
Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22

We'll have our usual in store drawings and free video/dvd rentals. Lots of samples. Check this blog for more information as we get closer to the date!

New Wallace and Gromit DVD Coming Soon

A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

Pre order now, before release date September 22, 2009 and receive 15% discount off $14.99 the regular price. Call 785-843-2288 or e-mail brits@britsusa.com

Visit Wallaceandgromit.com for all sorts of goodies, downloads, information and more!

Welcome to the Brits Blog

Welcome, Welcome!
Brits has finally started it's own blog! We started it last week, but I didn't know what to say. No one knew what to say. So as an introduction we want our customers to know there are many ways to find Brits online. You can be our friend on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and join our blog. And when you do we're going to keep you up to date on what's new in the store, special discounts only available to internet followers, items of British interest, Lawrence interest and more. We welcome any suggestions and feedback. So let's "get crack'n"!

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Just posted a new trailer for the new Doctor Who: Waters of Mars on our MySpace page or see it on YouTube.com Search for Waters of Mars. Looks splashingly fantastic!

Looking forward to being even more internet savy!
Sally Helm
owner
BRITS