Fish and Chips.

[Clint]

Is them sparklers like what's used on bonfire night?

 

[Brew_DD2]

More observations on chippies: in the South the chippies dont do gravy. Also the pies are *****. But the biggest difference I was reminded of is that they dont skin the fish before battering. I find that alien and in fact when I was in a chippy in Keswick last week they even state on the board that the fish has been skinned.

When I come to do my retirement project of establishing a definitive line between the north and the south it will be a dot to dot of towns that use sparklers and serve skinless fish.

They don't skin the fish?! That's just ******* lazy. Who wants to eat greasy fish skin. It's a bit different with oily fish like mackerel or Salmon, but on a white fish under batter?! Nope, I'm not having that.

One thing I noticed is that Scottish fish and chip shops sell far more than English equivalents. ******* everything gets battered up here, and I'm not even talking about Mars bars. I'll be ****** if I know what a Mock Chop or a King Rib is. Tasty though. Also love a battered white pudding.

 

[Gingerbrews]

Ah, but the BIG discussion in Scotland is, do you have salt and vinegar or salt and sauce with your fish supper?

 

[DavidDetroit]

Gotta be fresh

It would be nice but it's not practical unfortunately.
Geographically, we do okay with fresh water fish since I live by some lakes but I'm not within 170 miles of an ocean which is a worst-case-scenario for a UK resident. I'm almost 500 miles from the Atlantic which logistically rules out reasonably priced, fresh fish.

 

[DavidDetroit]

salt and sauce

Would that be tartar sauce?
Got pointed in the right direction here on some batter recipes and tartar sauce. My parents were salt and vinegar. Their parents were from Europe.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Is them sparklers like what's used on bonfire night?

I am glad you asked Clint it was going to be my next question.

 

[Horners]

I am glad you asked Clint it was going to be my next question.

Just in case you're not actually taking the mick: https://www.angramltd.com/product/sparklers/

Not used in pubs down south.

 

[Tony C]

It would be nice but it's not practical unfortunately.
Geographically, we do okay with fresh water fish since I live by some lakes but I'm not within 170 miles of an ocean which is a worst-case-scenario for a UK resident. I'm almost 500 miles from the Atlantic which logistically rules out reasonably priced, fresh fish.

Just for information, you're 100 miles out with the UK.
Furthest point, in the UK, that you can be from the sea is only 70 miles.

 

[Keats]

Would that be tartar sauce?
Got pointed in the right direction here on some batter recipes and tartar sauce. My parents were salt and vinegar. Their parents were from Europe.

No not tartar sauce, it is brown sauce thinned down with vinegar. It tends to be only offered around the Edinburgh area.

 

[Brew_DD2]

No not tartar sauce, it is brown sauce thinned down with vinegar. It tends to be only offered around the Edinburgh area.

Yuck! Tartare all the way.

 

[Keats]

Yuck! Tartare all the way.

I know, why would anyone ruin perfectly good fish and chips with that? Straight up salt and vinegar for me.

 

[Horners]

The definitive regional guide

 

[stephen1546]

You are right a "chippy tea" could mean anything but if you asked anyone round here what they would eat on chippy tea Friday they would say its Fish, Chips and mushy peas, they wouldn't call it a fish supper.


Well, we made it everyone. Friday is here again. That means a few things. Crucially, the weekend is just about upon us, we've successfully navigated another week, and that first sip of beer is drawing ever closer.
As well as being a beacon of hope at the end of a long working week, Friday also means that it is chippy tea day once again. I don't make the rules.
Yes, the chippy tea is a staple of British culture. It is a rallying point that we can all get behind. Fish and chips on a Friday afternoon is as British as Winston Churchill and William Shakespeare flying a spitfire, drinking a pint of bitter, while complaining about the weather.
However, that which brings us closer together, also divides us.
The politics of what is and isn't included in your chippy tea vary drastically across the length and breadth of the country, and every region thinks that they've got the golden formula, the TRUE chippy tea solution.
https://www.ladbible.com/funny/food...how-should-you-enjoy-your-chippy-tea-20180824

They are all suppers up here, fish,haggis,sausage. Man i could go one now!!

 

[Covrich]

Mainly fish and chips but any of the above work for me.

SOmetimes we just say chippy but that is too open as often I will go for a full dirty kebab there

 

[Covrich]

The definitive regional guide

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Depends for me, if I have fish I will normally have musy peas or maybe curry sauce.. if I have chips with something else like chicken or kebab or something like that I go mayo which I know is pure filth to some.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Just in case you're not actually taking the mick: https://www.angramltd.com/product/sparklers/

Not used in pubs down south.

Thanks It all makesc sense now.

 

[hop-a-long]

Depends for me, if I have fish I will normally have musy peas or maybe curry sauce.. if I have chips with something else like chicken or kebab or something like that I go mayo which I know is pure filth to some.

Covrich, what het hell have those beautiful green peas ever done to you to deserve being beaten to a pulp.

 

[DavidDetroit]

If I'm making battered fish just for me, I don't often have fries as I don't want to waste space when there's fried fish to be eaten. I do love making and eating fries and they are delicious but priorities are priorities.
I do ketchup, tartar sauce, mayo or even a slightly seasoned sour cream with French fries depending if I make wedges or go to the trouble of blanching the fries before deep frying.

 

[Dexter101]

Rick Stein is what i would call a one off when it comes to food he is simply great.

I love his TV shows as he comes across as very knowledgeable but also slightly uncomfortable on camera. It makes him seem very genuine.

 

[Gerryjo]

If its the chip shop it's a fish supper but in a

If I'm making battered fish just for me, I don't often have fries as I don't want to waste space when there's fried fish to be eaten. I do love making and eating fries and they are delicious but priorities are priorities.
I do ketchup, tartar sauce, mayo or even a slightly seasoned sour cream with French fries depending if I make wedges or go to the trouble of blanching the fries before deep frying.

Fries!!! Still French
Homemade chips cut thick and deep fried for most but we cook ours in the oven drizzled with rapeseed oil.
It's also called a supper here be it fish, sausage battered and plain but best of all still served in paper rolled twice.
Beat this for value
2 sausage suppers, 2 kids burger meals, 1/4oz dressed burger a portion of gravy or curry sauce and 2 kids drinks for £19.99 oh and forgot to mention 6 chicken nuggets.
The portions are big over here.