A crisp sandwich chip sandwich, chipwich or potato chip sandwich (in North American

North American English

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 or Australian

Australian English

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 English) is a sandwich

Sandwich

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 that includes crisps (potato chip

Potato chip

Potato chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried...

s) as one of the fillings. In addition to the crisps, the other ingredients may be peanut butter

Peanut butter

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, meat

Meat

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, cheese

Cheese

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, tuna

Tuna

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, ham

Ham

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, bologna

Bologna sausage

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, tomato

Tomato

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, cucumber

Cucumber

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, or any other common sandwich ingredient. Potato chip sandwiches are sometimes referred to as "trailer park

Trailer park

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 cuisine".

To create a crisp sandwich, a thin layer of overlapping crisps is placed on the sandwich so as to augment, but not overpower, the sandwich's main filling. Another variation of the crisp sandwich is made entirely of bread, mayonnaise

Mayonnaise

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 and crisps. In place of mayonnaise, salad cream

Salad cream

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 or cream cheese

Cream cheese

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 can also be used, especially in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. Wraps may be used instead of conventional bread. A plain crisp sandwich with only bread and crisps is a popular version.