[3] In The Guardian, Tony Naylor recommended using buttered soft white bread and lightly fried chips seasoned with salt and vinegar, and serving the sandwich with a cup of tea.

[4] In the north of England, the easier access to fuel and the closer proximity to the potato supply of Ireland meant chips could be produced cheaply in large quantities.

[2] The anthropologist Kate Fox wrote in her book Watching the English: "Even if you call it a chip sandwich rather than a butty, it is about as working-class as food can get.

[4] In 2010, writers for the American media organisation NPR made a chip butty, having learnt of it from the National Geographic, and concluded that it "was less gross than they expected".

[1] In 2018, the American website Food Insider attracted mockery from British social media users when it appeared to discover the chip butty.