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Post by oh oooh on Aug 21, 2023 12:50:20 GMT
Our national dish! Or IS IT? When did you last partake? How do you have it (mushy peas, gravy, any sauces)?
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 21, 2023 12:56:26 GMT
Last week I think. I have it quite regularly, even though I'm not a great fan of the way they do chips these days in most chip shops.
Just salt & vinegar and a bit of tomato ketchup (for the chips). Sometimes I'll add coleslaw (works really well with cod) or tartare sauce.
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Post by tory on Aug 21, 2023 13:05:26 GMT
I love F&C but rarely have it because I refuse to eat Cod down here in the South East. It is rare that shops will have Rock, Hake or Huss and unless the Haddock is fresh, I won't go for it. It's a shame as I love it, particularly when the batter is beautifully crisp. Maggie's in Hastings is a bit of an Institution for it - although the last time we went, there was an actual fishwives argument and scrap outside.
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Post by souphound on Aug 21, 2023 15:01:01 GMT
I remember well my first trip to the UK, June 1993 (yes, that's over 30 years ago). I'd alwayd kind of liked what we call fish'n'chips over here, but nothing special. On a walk through Wapping where my lodging was, I decided to try the British version as it had quite a reputation. The place was nothing special; just a counter in a little corner spot, a bit out of the way.
Well, let me tell you, it was fantastic! Divine! One of the highlights of that first trip for sure. And that was London ffs. I can only begin to imagine what it would be like in the regions.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Aug 21, 2023 15:24:41 GMT
I have one every Friday night. Mushy peas, heavy on salt and vinegar with tartare sauce on the side.
It's one of my favourite meals so I always seek out renowned ones. I'm looking after a mates cat in Dunblane for a few days this weekend so I plan on visiting Bridge of Allan on the Sunday just to check out the chippy there.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 21, 2023 15:36:06 GMT
I have one every Friday night. Mushy peas, heavy on salt and vinegar with tartare sauce on the side. It's one of my favourite meals so I always seek out renowned ones. I'm looking after a mates cat in Dunblane for a few days this weekend so I plan on visiting Bridge of Allan on the Sunday just to check out the chippy there. A lot of the best ones in the UK are located in Scotland aren't they? I was watching a Portillo one where was in Stonehaven and he went to this placeI was actually jealous watching it, his meal looked great.
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Post by fonz on Aug 21, 2023 15:37:40 GMT
Haddock. Chips. Salt. Vinegar. White buttered bread.
Wonderful.
Maybe 3x/year
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Post by harrylemon on Aug 21, 2023 15:46:56 GMT
I have one every Friday night. Mushy peas, heavy on salt and vinegar with tartare sauce on the side. It's one of my favourite meals so I always seek out renowned ones. I'm looking after a mates cat in Dunblane for a few days this weekend so I plan on visiting Bridge of Allan on the Sunday just to check out the chippy there. A lot of the best ones in the UK are located in Scotland aren't they? I was watching a Portillo one where was in Stonehaven and he went to this placeI was actually jealous watching it, his meal looked great. Anstruther is fantastic for a great chippy.
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Post by rayge on Aug 21, 2023 15:54:00 GMT
had some for lunch today. Don't have it that often. Difference in quality from when I was a boy is huge - it's really difficult to find a bad chippy today
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 21, 2023 16:15:08 GMT
There's a good place near my house - Hooky's, but, like Fonz we only go 2 or 3 times a year.
Cod & chips, tartar sauce, malt & salt on the chips, coleslaw, maybe a side of curry sauce or gravy for the chips if I'm feeling special.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Aug 21, 2023 17:01:21 GMT
I have one every Friday night. Mushy peas, heavy on salt and vinegar with tartare sauce on the side. It's one of my favourite meals so I always seek out renowned ones. I'm looking after a mates cat in Dunblane for a few days this weekend so I plan on visiting Bridge of Allan on the Sunday just to check out the chippy there. A lot of the best ones in the UK are located in Scotland aren't they? I was watching a Portillo one where was in Stonehaven and he went to this placeI was actually jealous watching it, his meal looked great. I went there years ago. Stonehaven is nice and that place is very popular. Anstruther has a famous chippy as Harrylemon notes and is well worth a visit too if you're up in Fife and east neuk. Has to be haddock of course as opposed to cod. Many of the chippies in Scotland are owned by Italians and their descendants if you didn't know. Even in my hometown up north there were two Italian owned Chippies. The one I use in Leith is called Pierino's.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Aug 21, 2023 17:05:18 GMT
Haddock. Chips. Salt. Vinegar. White buttered bread. Wonderful. Maybe 3x/year But it has to be that generic, cheap, white bread. Nothing fancy. Lots of butter too. I would say a really great chippy isn't that common but I think the quality has improved in the last few years, maybe due to Justeat competition but you really need to visit a seaside one to get great fish usually. The old man always bemoans the loss of beef dripping cooked chips in this country.
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Post by adamcoan on Aug 21, 2023 17:17:47 GMT
I have one every Friday night. Mushy peas, heavy on salt and vinegar with tartare sauce on the side. It's one of my favourite meals so I always seek out renowned ones. I'm looking after a mates cat in Dunblane for a few days this weekend so I plan on visiting Bridge of Allan on the Sunday just to check out the chippy there. A lot of the best ones in the UK are located in Scotland aren't they? I was watching a Portillo one where was in Stonehaven and he went to this placeI was actually jealous watching it, his meal looked great. I remember Calum the owner when he worked in the Bridge chipper ( famous for being the first place to batter a mars bar). He is a great lad and a fish supper there is a treat. Chip shops are taken very seriously in Stonehaven. The one in the square, forget it's name, used to open at 11am on a Sunday morning.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 22, 2023 0:52:00 GMT
Love 'em - and unlike the Legendary Curries of the North, you can actually find decent approximations in the US. Pretty high in fat, so I don't indulge often, but when I do I enjoy it. I'm fine with cod or haddock, though the latter is harder to find. Chips have to be thick cut, none of them American 'fries' for me. And also, unlike almost every American I know, I consider mushy peas to be the only acceptable side. (Cole slaw's fine in a pinch, I guess, but not preferred.)
Also, I'm fine with tartar sauce, but if malt vinegar isn't at least an option, why are you bothering? Fortunately most of the pubs here seem to get that.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 22, 2023 1:09:21 GMT
Oh, and I am currently playing every Sunday at a fish & chip house (run by a Donegal man), so the last time I had some was there two or three weeks ago.
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