And I actually found a remainder of a paket of crips in the cupboard. I usually get them if we have roast chicken in the evening, which is something I make mostly on Saturday evening. We call them crisps in England, the Swiss not having a German word for them, all them chips. In my time when I was younger in England you just got them and put salt on them. The salt was included in the paket in a twust if blue paper and you mixed it yourself.

Today it is all automatic. There are also many different flavours, although originally it was just plain potato. I must admit my favourite is paprika, although I do not get them so often as it is not everyone’s choice.

The main manufacturer in Switzerland is called “Zweifel” which translated would mean doubt, although it is just a name. I usually get the sort sold in our supermarket in the Swiss chain called “Migros”. They are cheaper and just as good. There is not very much you can make kaput when frying thin slices of potato.