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Post by loveless on Aug 22, 2023 3:03:59 GMT
One of my absolute favorite meals.
Loads of places in the states now do the fish pretty amazingly, but...the chips are often a letdown. Loads of malt vinegar for me, and I like the peas decidedly unmushy (most of our local places don't mush them, and...green vegetables are such a necessary accompaniment/balance to all that fried batter). Whenever I toured in the UK, I was so curry obsessed that I never really bothered with anything else while in the provinces (a huge error, I'm sure). But...seriously, as souphound says, even my favorite places in London have been Godhead.
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 6:11:21 GMT
I love fish and chips and grew up with them, being from a Catholic family (Friday fish!) and more to the point - my ma and her sisters growing up working for their dad in the world-class chippy in Whitehaven Market.
I tend to agree with the comments about chippies being generally pretty good in the UK these days, but that chips are generally poorly done. I tend not to want too many anyway. Unless they're really good, they're just tasteless stodge. It's all about the mushy peas and the fish - preferably haddock.
I suppose I have fish and chips about once a month. I had some in Whitehaven yesterday and they were very good. The batter on the fish was perfect - fried quickly in very hot oil, so it comes out darker and crispier than you get in a lot of places.
The price has gone through the roof over the last year or two. I paid £12.50 for my meal yesterday - and this is in Whitehaven, where food even in sit-down places is relatively cheap. I think the last time I was in this same place about two year ago, I paid about eight quid.
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 6:24:08 GMT
We get skate locally sometimes - a completely different kind of fish to cod or haddock (which are similar, despite what people say) - not sure if it goes by the same name even elsewhere in the UK. It's delicious but not easy to find.
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Post by rayge on Aug 22, 2023 6:49:45 GMT
We get skate locally sometimes - a completely different kind of fish to cod or haddock (which are similar, despite what people say) - not sure if it goes by the same name even elsewhere in the UK. It's delicious but not easy to find. My absolute favourite, but haven't had any in at least a decade, maybe more than that.
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Post by fonz on Aug 22, 2023 7:58:10 GMT
We get skate locally sometimes - a completely different kind of fish to cod or haddock (which are similar, despite what people say) - not sure if it goes by the same name even elsewhere in the UK. It's delicious but not easy to find. Cod and haddock are soooo different. I’d rather go without than have to eat the flavourless waste-of-time that is cod. Haddock has more texture and flavour. Cod flakes into nothing. And don’t get me started on plaice.
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Post by tory on Aug 22, 2023 8:13:34 GMT
There's a time and a plaice for that, so don't carp on about it. You're not the sole person here.
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Post by DarknessFish on Aug 22, 2023 8:42:54 GMT
Floundering for a punchline.
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Post by fange on Aug 22, 2023 15:39:29 GMT
Love a good fish & chips. Barramundi or flake for me if i can get them, lightly battered, and the chips should be crispy. Some salt and a sprinkle of lemon and vinegar always goes down well for me, and maybe a little tartare sauce.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2023 15:58:57 GMT
All fish is disgusting, i'll take the chips though.
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 22, 2023 16:20:40 GMT
Daft lad
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 22, 2023 16:47:39 GMT
Give 'im a slap upside the head with a barramundi!
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 22, 2023 16:52:36 GMT
This should probably go in the 'things I learned today' thread, but I was confused by everyone spelling the sauce as 'tartare.' Americans always spell it as 'tartar.'
Apparently most Europeans retain the e because it's a French invention, and was imported as 'sauce tartare.'
Interesting. Never too old to learn something new.
As you were...
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