Fish & Chips!

[Joshimodo]

Yes indeed.


And forget not the trusty comrades, the sausage in batter and saveloys.


Also, putting your hands on the glass after being out in the cold for hours. You remember.




How to identify more upmarket, posh chippies: "Wrapped or open?"

 

[geK0]

I prefer lemon juice to vinegar, is that acceptable?

 

[Hollock]

You will not like those in the east of Scotland who put mayonnaise on their chips, that's what the chippy ask them!

IT'S BLASPHEME!

I know one person who does that, and another who puts mayonnaise on their hot dogs. I'd be more appropriate to call them animals. Though I've never had fish and chips ('Cuz I'm American. My two friends weren't though.)

If you ever holiday near me I will personally direct you to a good chippy and give you the money for it. That's how much you're missing.

I'm in. I'll start saving for the trip right now. It's going to be great! Escapism 2013:Chippy's revenge!

 

[Dr_Komeil]

I was with you up until the two pronged wooden fork. I eat with my hands, like a man! (Or a monkey!) Everything else I agree with (And I'm Amer'can). It drives me mad to order fish 'n chips, and have people stare at me in disbelief when I ask for malt vinegar. Added to that, anyone who puts catchup on meat that is not ground, or from a chicken, is a madman/woman.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

Ahh... Fish and Chips... Drizzled with vinegar and salt... The breakfast/lunch/dinner/late night meal of champions.

 

[Fbuh]

Yes, rules. The favourite word of the Germans and least favourite of the French.

Could've sworn that "courage" was the least favourite word of the French...

But yeah, fish and chips are tasty.

Or shower.

Yes indeed, I could live (not for long) on fish and chips. I am American, though, so the only place I can find such a wonder food is at a restaurant.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Sorry Brtis, I'm Aussie and allergic to seafood so I must substitute the fish in my Fish & Chips with a lovely battered sav

If there has ever been a fouler creature than yourself, I have yet to hear of it.

I usually skip the fish and have lamb yiros (yes yes, that's "gyros"... I can't help it if South Australia's Greek immigrants were illiterate) with extra garlic sauce.

Good thing about fish and chips in Oz is that 'butterfish' (generic fish you get when you don't order a specific fish type) is almost always shark (school shark to be precise). I do admit to being partial to a nice piece of flake now and then.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

I prefer lemon juice to vinegar, is that acceptable?

Sure, if you drink chardonnay.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Ahh yes Fish and chips. Though maybe in England, the Ketchup rule does not apply for Canadian's. We love to lather our food in it. It's the national condiment and a must for many foods. And England you can't tell us otherwise. For we have poutine, the deadliest meal known to man. The Quebec war machine is fueled by it and if they could get up of their couch once finished, would control half the world. And I don't hear of the English willing to kill themselves by eating a 12000 calorie meal in one go. We are the Storm Troopers, the bravest of the brave, and shall do what we please with our food.

 

[Aeriath]

You will not like those in the east of Scotland who put mayonnaise on their chips, that's what the chippy ask them!

IT'S BLASPHEME!

The Scots were always a little strange.

I blame the French.

It is a strange land we live in, full of alien customs. I mean go into a chippy in Edinburgh and they may ask you if you want brown sauce! Brown sauce! And you thought putting your fish supper in a carton was a dangerous concept!

But yeh, all this talk is making me hungry. I'm all in the mood to run to the chippy that's just across the road now!

Brown sauce on Fish and Chips is GLORIOUS. I've never been able to get a proper Fish and Chips in Glasgow as they rarely carry brown sauce.

I now really want some but as it is 3:30 am the local chippy is closed. Curses!

 

[DannyJBeckett]

Gosh-darn it all, sir. I have already consumed the food of the gods once tonight for my dinner, and yet this thread doth make me crave it yet again! Have you no consideration for my eating habits or already-present weight issues, you tempt-inducing scallywag?

 

[Worgen]

Yes, rules. The favourite word of the Germans and least favourite of the French.

Could've sworn that "courage" was the least favourite word of the French...

But yeah, fish and chips are tasty.

The french have won more wars then the US has been involved in, the french know war, they just had the misfortune of having a combination of being prepared for the last war and of having a horrible leader who betrayed them.

 

[SovietPanda]

In New Zealand, we've transitioned to tomato sauce. Not Ketchup, obviously, becuase it has to be Wattie's tomato sauce, but vinegar isn't so popular. Also, out here in the colonies we eat Fush and Chups, obviously =P

That last bit only applies to your colonie kiwi xD

a question to the Op do the british approve of the choice between battered and crumbed fillets. Or should it be battered all the way?

 

[AngryMongoose]

Rule the first: The fish & chips must be placed in a holding device made completely from paper, not a polystyrene carton, for that way leads to madness. Newspaper is the material of choice, for it is said that the ink of British newspaper preserves and enhances flavour (scientific fact proven through methods of science).

Unless you're eating while walking along the beat the beach, in which case you'd appreciate the extra support.

Rule the second: There are only two condiments worthy of such an honour of being dispersed on the holy meal of holiness, salt & vinegar. Only a trained fish & chips fryer knows the perfect method of applying these condiments, but our trained scientists (in the method of science) have an idea.

And maybe Curry Sauce or Gravy, or even Mushy Peas if you're into that.

And hell, go with ketchup if you've got a sausage (Obviously not for the chips).

Or, if you're going for a Chip Butty, ketchup is practically necessary.

And the perfect method is to have the fryer add liberal amounts, AND THEN add liberal amounts yourself.

Rule the third: The fish & chips must be consumed with the use of a two-pronged wooden fork. This is non-negotiable.

I'm actually with you on that. Best get two if you're going for Saveloy or Battered Sausage.

Honestly, the only rule (if that can be called such) that need to be remember are: In souther coastal towns, the further from the beach you are, the better the chips (something to do with seagull protection rackets). This multiplies enormously once you hit, say, Newcastle. And B, for all foreigners out there, no one outside the UK sells fish and chips. If your excuse for hating them involves, at any point, the word "Disneyland", you will be executed.

 

[No_Remainders]

Yes, rules. The favourite word of the Germans and least favourite of the French.

Could've sworn that "courage" was the least favourite word of the French...

But yeah, fish and chips are tasty.

The french have won more wars then the US has been involved in, the french know war, they just had the misfortune of having a combination of being prepared for the last war and of having a horrible leader who betrayed them.

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that people weren't allowed to make jokes on the internet any more, and that the internet is now run by a fascist dictator. My bad.

 

[AngryMongoose]

The only meat I eat is fish. I am so damn tired of fish. Chips are always good though. But here in America, we call them fries, ya foreigner!

Different things.

This is a Fry

All well and good if you're in the mood.

These are chips

You can get away with having them with Sunday Breakfast AND Sunday Dinner. I'd like to see your 'Freedom' Fries do that.

Also, we're not foreign. We're British. I can see how you'd be confused, however, being from a different country and all.

(Not normally this patriotic. Must just be really hungry)

 

[SirDoom]

I eat my fish 'n chips from a non-paper container, without a fancy 2-pronged fork, with a great deal to tomato-based sauce, and with a complete lack of vinegar save the vinegar content of the tomato-based sauce mentioned earlier.

This is because I'm 'Merican, and we do it the right way.

 

[AngryMongoose]

You can get away with having them with Sunday Breakfast AND Sunday Dinner. I'd like to see your 'Freedom' Fries do that.

Sunday Breakfast...and Sunday Dinner? I am...impressed, Briton.

IF you get up early and your guests are late, you can get away with a Sunday Lunch too. Noone is entirely clear what's in it, I've seen everything from cookies to miniature Sunday Dinners, but so long as there's lots of it, and it's served with an amount of Pimms directly proportional to the surface area of sunlight hitting your garden, you're golden.