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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 17:27:23 GMT
Maybe not one for the intelligentsia amongst us but I’m interested your know what regional variations you have in your chip shop. This only comes about because the other day (thanks to TallPaul ) I had a flashback to living in Chesterfield where the “Savoury Cake” was a delicacy. But when I google that it seems to be specific to the north east. How did the savoury cake end up in the land of the crooked spire? Back in Sheffield we would line up at the chippy for scallops. “Ooh, how lovely that the council estates of South Yorkshire we’re enjoying high quality seafood despite the winter of discontent” I hear you say. No. Sheffield scallops were spuds not cut up into chips but cut into round slices, battered and fried. Then of course there were “scraps”. The bits of batter that came off in the fryer served upon request on top of your portion of chips. Free too! Fish Cakes, two round slices of potato with minced fish in the middle, dipped in batter and deep fried. Fishcake butties.. mind blowing. What are called fishcakes at the supermarket today were called rissoles. No meat involved in a chip shop rissole. Fish and mashed potato in bread crumbs and fried. Go on.. indulge me with your regional specialities. |
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Post by dontdreamit on Sept 20, 2020 17:35:23 GMT
Maybe not one for the intelligentsia amongst us but I’m interested your know what regional variations you have in your chip shop. This only comes about because the other day (thanks to TallPaul) I had a flashback to living in Chesterfield where the “Savoury Cake” was a delicacy. But when I google that it seems to be specific to the north east. How did the savoury cake end up in the land of the crooked spire? Back in Sheffield we would line up at the chippy for scallops. “Ooh, how lovely that the council estates of South Yorkshire we’re enjoying high quality seafood despite the winter of discontent” I hear you say. No. Sheffield scallops were spuds not cut up into chips but cut into round slices, battered and fried. Then of course there were “scraps”. The bits of batter that came off in the fryer served upon request on top of your portion of chips. Free too! Fish Cakes, two round slices of potato with minced fish in the middle, dipped in batter and deep fried. Fishcake butties.. mind blowing. What are called fishcakes at the supermarket today are called rissoles. No meat involved in a chip shop rissole. Fish and mashed potato in bread crumbs and fried. Go on.. indulge me with your regional specialities. I used to work in a chip shop as a teenager and we called the bits of broken off batter “crackling”! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 17:37:23 GMT
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Post by dontdreamit on Sept 20, 2020 17:39:43 GMT
My partner is from the Midlands and I’d never heard of scallops until I had a chippy tea at my in-laws. Bloody lovely though!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 20, 2020 17:50:58 GMT
Just chips and mushy peas for me, please.
I am fascinated by the Northern Irish “Cowboy Supper”, chips and baked beans with fried sausages on top.
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Post by n1david on Sept 20, 2020 18:14:03 GMT
As a born-and-bred Scotsman who grew up in one of the less well-off parts of the West of Scotland, I can confirm that the deep-fried battered pizza was a standby at our local chippy, but I'd never heard of the deep-fried Mars bar until some years after I moved to London.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 18:28:07 GMT
As a born-and-bred Scotsman who grew up in one of the less well-off parts of the West of Scotland, I can confirm that the deep-fried battered pizza was a standby at our local chippy, but I'd never heard of the deep-fried Mars bar until some years after I moved to London. Is it good? |
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Post by n1david on Sept 20, 2020 18:36:54 GMT
As a born-and-bred Scotsman who grew up in one of the less well-off parts of the West of Scotland, I can confirm that the deep-fried battered pizza was a standby at our local chippy, but I'd never heard of the deep-fried Mars bar until some years after I moved to London. Is it good? Oh, it's insanely good, cheap frozen pizza that acts like a sponge and then the crispy batter on the outside, I'm sure each one I ate has taken a year off my life, but if you put one in front of me now I'd turn to that instead of any Michelin meal. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 20, 2020 18:37:50 GMT
In East Yorkshire we also had scraps which I used to love. Also pate, which was a big dollop of mash that was battered and then fried. Yummy.
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Post by glossie on Sept 20, 2020 18:49:49 GMT
Definitely scallops! I don’t recall my family ever having chippy bought food or even if there was a chip shop where we lived when I was young, and we always had homemade scallops. I can remember someone talking about ‘scrumps’ and having no idea... they were the batter crumbs! This was Bristol in the early 60’s.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 18:50:20 GMT
I don't actually know what unusual things my chippy had. I'm fairly sensitive to many flavours so I tend to avoid a lot of foods, so all I ever had was chips (no vinegar) and one of battered cod, battered haddock, battered plaice, battered unspecified fish, battered sausage or chicken and mushroom pie. Other foods were available but I mentally categorised them under Unspeakable Horrors No Human Should Behold and filtered their existence out of my universe.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 19:29:02 GMT
Pickled Egg.
Yes please.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 20, 2020 20:15:29 GMT
Chips and gravy
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 20:21:50 GMT
I love chips and gravy, I love chips and curry, but I’ve never been able to get my head around that with fish added. If it’s chips and fish it has to be the mushy pease. Stay away with your gravy and curry... freaks! 😡
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 20, 2020 20:28:05 GMT
This may get me kicked off the board, or at least this thread, but chip shops are pretty useless to me because I dislike batter & they seem to batter pretty much everything apart from chips. On a couple of occasions when we've been on holiday & had to resort to fish & chips for dinner I've extracted the fish & left the batter.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2020 20:34:51 GMT
This may get me kicked off the board, or at least this thread, but chip shops are pretty useless to me because I dislike batter & they seem to batter pretty much everything apart from chips. On a couple of occasions when we've been on holiday & had to resort to fish & chips for dinner I've extracted the fish & left the batter. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 20, 2020 21:05:57 GMT
Wallies.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 20, 2020 21:06:13 GMT
Remember when Simon Stephens and James Graham had a light hearted Twitter argument about cheesy chips?
Good times.
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Post by david on Sept 20, 2020 21:44:54 GMT
A favourite here in St Helens is a Split Supper (a fish split down the middle, filled with mushy peas and served with curry. I must admit I’ve never eaten it but that combination is just wrong and quite honestly mushy peas need to be consigned to Room 101 (this is probably going to get me banned. Sorry!).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2020 3:51:32 GMT
I'm slightly suspicious of mushy peas. I don't have a problem with eating them, but at the back of my mind there's always this sneaking feeling that peas really ought to be firm and round and damned near impossible to keep on the fork.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 21, 2020 8:46:43 GMT
I'm a bit like you, Dawnstar, and as I don't eat fish, I usually ask for a 'plain' sausage, which is the only way a sausage should be eaten. Suitable for vegetarians too. 😉 david, you must leave St Helens IMMEDIATELY. That is an abomination! I've never looked for them elsewhere, so I'm not sure if they're a genuine local speciality, but a pineapple fritter is always a treat in my beloved Bridlington. Always special order, so either they don't sell that many, or they go soggy sitting on the range. Staying in the Far East (of Yorkshire), I'll let Someone in a tree explain what chip spice is...sprinkled on a Bob Carver pattie. |
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 21, 2020 9:12:56 GMT
In East Yorkshire we also had scraps which I used to love. Also pate, which was a big dollop of mash that was battered and then fried. Yummy. Now that's what I call pate!! Never heard of the delicacy, but I will hunt it down and I will have it. Battered and deep fried mash. That'll put hair on yer chest (madam) In my local salon de pomme frittes, (Northernden for your benefit BurlyBeaR) I recently discovered "spam fritters". A taste of heaven and I'm pretty sure a ticket to get there! |
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Post by mindy0monster on Sept 21, 2020 9:25:06 GMT
My local chippy (Lancashire) has recently reintroduced the wonder that is spam fritters. One of the few good things to come out of lockdown!
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Post by Forrest on Sept 21, 2020 10:02:04 GMT
I've actually been to a chip shop only once (I know... I'm not a fan of fish, and the idea of finishing any food off with a splash of vinegar is my worst nightmare) but this thread is making me hungry and I am now considering a visit to a pretty nice looking one in the neighbourhood...
(I also checked but sadly they don't seem to do 'pate', which is a shame. Battered mash is the stuff of dreams! Also, battered deep fried pineapple, yes please!)
Please, continue...
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Post by jaqs on Sept 21, 2020 10:31:28 GMT
I am disappointed and frankly baffled that my local(ish) chippy sells hummus as a side. It does the best chips in the area but some of its menu is a crime.
Being from the West Country I’d never seen/heard of a barm cake before moving to Manchester but a chip barm was excellent cheap sustenance through my student days.
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