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It's official: Southerners have had their chips. Now how do you top that?
IT will come as no surprise to folk in Yorkshire, but now it's official: the UK's finest chips are served in the North. But what do you put on yours?
According to a new study, 93% of Northerners said their chips were the tastier option - with one in three Southerners admitting they agreed.
Overall, six out of 10 respondents said they thought chips in the North were superior to the southern equivalent.
Although salt, vinegar and tomato sauce were universally popular accompaniments, the results showed clear differences between the way Northerners and Southerners enjoy their chips.
Those in the South were more likely to add mayonnaise to their chips while more "traditional" accompaniments such as gravy, brown sauce and mushy peas found favour in the North.
Favourite chip meals differed too, with Northerners preferring chip butties and Southerners opting for steak and chips, although fish and chips found favour with all.
The results of the survey suggest it could all be down to local tradition.
While only a third of Southerners said they felt any provincial connection to chips, twice as many Northerners said they felt they were part of their regional heritage.
Yorkshire chef and chip connoisseur Brian Turner said: "Being a Yorkshire lad, chips were part of my upbringing and still remain one of my favourite dishes.
"As a chef I've eaten chips all over the world and still believe the very best chips are made in the North of England.
"I'm sure it's the way we cook them - usually in dripping - and what we serve them with - they always seem to taste best close to home."
The North and South of England have been divided over chips since the 1860s.
According to Southerners, Joseph Malin opened the first fish and chip shop in Cleveland Street, London in 1860.
But Northerners claim that a man from Oldham known only as "Mr Lees" first served the dish in the local market before setting up a shop in 1863 where a sign declared: "This is the first fish and chip shop in the world."
The survey of 2,219 people was conducted by OnePoll for the Potato Council's National Chip Week, which runs all this week.
Video: How to cook the perfect chips. See how it's done at the Magpie Cafe in Whitby
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