Brits are howling that Americans have ‘just discovered’ a crisp butty

The New York Times Cooking Instagram account has posted an image and recipe to Kenji López’s Tuna Melt.

“Beyond crunch, chips also add stability holding the fillings in place,” the recipe reads.

While many were left salivating over the seemingly pioneering sandwich, many quickly pointed out that the crisp butty is hardly a new concept.

One user wrote: “Americans thinking they’ve invented the crisp butty.”

Another said: “I don't know why they're pretending that's a new idea.”

A third commented: “I’ve been doing this since I was able to make my own sandwiches.”

While another shared: “Hahaha exactly! I've been doing this for decades.. love me a crisp buddy.”

Perhaps next, they’ll discover a cornish pasty or a Yorkshire pudding and try to claim it as their own.

Irish mother Noreen O’Neill supposedly invented the UK delicacy in 1961 when she was struggling to feed her 18 children.

The mother rolled up her sleeves and managed to whip up what we now know as the famous concoction in a moment of culinary genius.

“People have been calling me a genius, but that’s silly, that’s just what you did in those days. You made do. I had 18 children to feed and the Tayto family packs were cheaper than proper food,” O’Neill told Gay Byrne in an interview in 1993.

According to the website, the cousin of the ‘crisp wich’ was created after Mr Lees began cultivating a reputation for their ‘chip barms’, in which two pieces of bread were buttered and wedged between thick-cut chips.

The working class quickly embraced the sandwich before becoming a cultural institution in the North of England, with it even celebrated by fans of Sheffield United FC before kick-off at their matches.

Offft, all this talk is making me hungry.