VT Supporter It's Your Round 5,409 Posted December 29, 2020 VT Supporter Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 11 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Generally, around the country, do people get a bag to carry home their wrapped fried fish or is it the norm to have to kick it up the road? Well I live in Yorkshire nowadays and around here it’s customary to have a team of whippets and ferrets to carry it home. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post chrisp65 29,853 Posted December 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 1 minute ago, It's Your Round said: Well I live in Yorkshire nowadays and around here it’s customary to have a team of whippets and ferrets to carry it home. Yeah, but I bet they don’t pre chew it for you? I’ve never seen a Blandy fish that hasn’t looked like the loser in some fish tank mugging. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator bickster 16,748 Posted December 29, 2020 Moderator Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 In the civilised part of the north, we pay 15p to have our fish put in boxes so they reach home in perfect condition Link to post Share on other sites
villa4europe 14,948 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Mine give you a paper bag Fish and chips come in a special box, kebab meat and chips obviously in a polystyrene tray and then just chips come on a small tray and then wrapped in paper I don't like the small tray for a bag of chips, it's portion control, back in my days of working in a chippy you had a sheet of greaseproof paper and asbestos hands Link to post Share on other sites
chrisp65 29,853 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Ah, good local knowledge. I suspect he’s keeping the 15p and just sticking it in his pocket. Guaranteed he’s got about £1.35 by now that his missus knows nothing about. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator blandy 15,836 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Moderator Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Generally, around the country, do people get a bag to carry home their wrapped fried fish or is it the norm to have to kick it up the road? Take my own. Plastic pollution is bad m’kay. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter fightoffyour 3,966 Posted December 30, 2020 VT Supporter Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Ah, good local knowledge. I suspect he’s keeping the 15p and just sticking it in his pocket. Guaranteed he’s got about £1.35 by now that his missus knows nothing about. Can confirm 135 is divisible by 15. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sidcow 14,565 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 4 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Can confirm 135 is divisible by 15. Link to post Share on other sites
snowychap 11,940 Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Long read: The Hyper-Regional Chippy Traditions of Britain and Ireland Quote In the Inception of regional fish and chips, the first level is the fish and chips itself ─ fishing patterns and taste tends to carve Britain and Ireland into cod and haddock, with skate and rock perhaps more common in the south than the north. Chips are differentiated by the type of cooking fat; beef dripping traditionally, especially in the north, while the south, particularly London, prefers a blonder chip (perhaps the influence of Cypriots who stewarded the national dish and brought a fresher, Mediterranean frying style). Go down a level and you have condiments: the south doesn’t understand wetness and is content with mayo and ketchup, but in Wales and the north you have lineages of gravy and curry sauce, with vinegary brown sauce the condiment of choice in Scotland. Then the third level is the fish substitutes: sausage in batters, saveloys, smokies, puddings and pies. You can define whole swathes of countries by whether they know what scraps or a potato scallop is. Linguistically too ─ fish and chips or fish suppers; chippies, chip shops or chippers, these are all broadly regional variants that each of us insist is the correct version. However, that’s not what today’s newsletter about. The level I’m interested in is further down; traditions that are specific to a county, or to a city, or to a part of a city, or perhaps even to a single chip shop... Each of the following 19 dishes is local history on a polystyrene tray... more 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator blandy 15,836 Posted January 6 Author Moderator Report Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Long read: The Hyper-Regional Chippy Traditions of Britain and Ireland To spare sensitive eyes, I’ll post the aftermath of what reading that led to. Can you guess what I just had for m’tea? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter It's Your Round 5,409 Posted January 6 VT Supporter Report Share Posted January 6 1 minute ago, blandy said: To spare sensitive eyes, I’ll post the aftermath of reading that did. Can you guess what I just had for m’tea? Bum gravy? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sidcow 14,565 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 Soooooooo. Ketchup/Curry Sauce. Smothered all over everything or left daintily at the side of your plate for dipping like a big girl? Link to post Share on other sites
theboyangel 7,088 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 23 minutes ago, sidcow said: Soooooooo. Ketchup/Curry Sauce. Smothered all over everything or left daintily at the side of your plate for dipping like a big girl? Dipping is the correct answer - guaranteed the right amount of sauce to chip ratio. Otherwise the top chips get swamped and soggy and doesn’t leave enough sauce for the whole chip portion. as long as there’s no gravy anywhere near the fish supper! Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator blandy 15,836 Posted January 9 Author Moderator Report Share Posted January 9 29 minutes ago, sidcow said: Soooooooo. Ketchup/Curry Sauce. Smothered all over everything or left daintily at the side of your plate for dipping like a big girl? IS the correct way of phrasing the question, obviously. Slather it over everything, like a winner. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sidcow 14,565 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 20 minutes ago, theboyangel said: Dipping is the correct answer - guaranteed the right amount of sauce to chip ratio. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VT Supporter Paddywhack 7,526 Posted February 10 VT Supporter Report Share Posted February 10 I don’t think VT would like my wife. Look what she had from the chippy tonight. Obviously the mayo had to be out on a separate tiny plate, it would be weird otherwise. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Seat68 7,398 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Just now, Paddywhack said: I don’t think VT would like my wife. Look what she had from the chippy tonight. Obviously the mayo had to be out on a separate tiny plate, it would be weird otherwise. Wives are shit as mine finds this totally acceptable as well. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chrisp65 29,853 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Yeah you can beat a bit of mayo with your gravy. Stating the obvious but you need a pickled onion and some trifle to do it properly. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Seat68 7,398 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: Yeah you can beat a bit of mayo with your gravy. Stating the obvious but you need a pickled onion and some trifle to do it properly. Not sure if you are missing out the profiteroles with minced turnip intentionally or not? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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