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Post by cheesy116 on Sept 23, 2020 16:42:58 GMT
Similar to an earlier post, I’m from the west of Scotland and the local ‘delicacy’ is definitely the battered pizza, commonly known as the Pizza Crunchie or sometimes just the Pizza Crunch. Available in a quarter slice or half slice although some places will do a full one!
In Edinburgh they top everything with something called ‘sauce’, instead of vinegar. So they will ask if you want salt and sauce rather than salt and vinegar. I believe it’s a mix of vinegar and brown sauce although I’m not 100% sure as I’ve never had it.
In Scotland we also say a ‘fish supper’ instead of fish and chips or a ‘sausage supper’ instead of sausage and chips and so on. If you just want a slice of fish, it would be a ‘single fish’.
I have family in Barrow in the Lake District and if you order a sausage from the chippy, it comes unbattered whereas if you asked for sausage here it would automatically come battered. I’m not sure how that varies in the rest of England ?
I could talk about regional differences in every topic for hours! It’s my weird niche I like.
**edit** there’s a posh chippy in the west end of Glasgow which does a Lobster Supper... it’s next to Glasgow uni so I’m not surprised.
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Post by Jan on Sept 23, 2020 17:14:53 GMT
Fish and chips provides one of the starkest North/South divides in Britain. Surveys show the South overwhelmingly prefer cod (70%+) and the North haddock (80%+).
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 23, 2020 17:31:35 GMT
And who would have thought fish and chips comes from Jewish brethren.
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 23, 2020 17:37:56 GMT
When I did eat meat a while back.
I order fish and chips in one of those Irish bars just off Times Square, New York. Which I couldn't complain about the battered 'codfish' as Americans call it, but it is just absolutely plain wrong to have your battered 'codfish' with French fries. If you are going to have fish and chips, it should derive its source from King Edward's, which are then peeled, chipped and fried.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 19:38:56 GMT
it is just absolutely plain wrong to have your battered 'codfish' with French fries Chips should be solid and chunky. You should be able to feel the calorie count going up with each one you eat.
Fish and Fries sounds like a 1980s comedy duo who landed a TV slot but were cancelled half way through the season when it turned out they only had two hours of material.
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Post by peggs on Sept 23, 2020 20:43:37 GMT
Sounds like you get better chippy extras the further north you go but sadly I live in Kent and I think I may now need a passport to get out.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2020 6:23:32 GMT
I have family in Barrow in the Lake District and if you order a sausage from the chippy, it comes unbattered whereas if you asked for sausage here it would automatically come battered. I’m not sure how that varies in the rest of England ? Both are available. You have to specify “sausage” or “battered sausage”. |
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Post by firefingers on Sept 24, 2020 10:07:42 GMT
Brought up in the home counties where it was pretty much just fish and chips and maybe some mushy peas, moving to the West of Scotland was certainly eye opening when it came to chippies. Deep fried pizza (battered or not battered); black pudding; white pudding; haggis; king rib (deep fried minced pork pattie); battered and deep fried hamburger; pakora; or the king of them all: the munchie box. A munchie box is a pizza box filled with chippy goodness often combining flavours from around the the worls, I'm talking chips, onion rings, chicken nuggets, donner meat, samosas, chicken tikka, pakora, salad, naan bread... if you can find it it will probably be in a munchie box somewhere.
And shout out to the invention of salt and chilli chips you get from Chinese places up here, chips topped with salt, fresh chilli, spring onions, and five spice seasoning. Absolutely amazing.
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Post by peggs on Sept 24, 2020 16:37:30 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder.
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Post by anita on Sept 24, 2020 16:42:27 GMT
I prefer rock & chips.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 24, 2020 16:51:16 GMT
The Only Fool and Horses prequel? I know where you're coming from, as I much prefer First of the Summer Wine to Last. Oh, you mean from the chip shop... 🙂 |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 24, 2020 18:46:54 GMT
Rock as in a stick of rock? Don't tell me that chip shops do that in batter! |
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Post by Forrest on Sept 24, 2020 19:07:11 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. Asking all the right questions, Peggs! Also, how does one eat that? (I would be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to try it though... ) |
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 24, 2020 19:07:20 GMT
What, in the name of god is rock, as in rock and chips?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 19:20:14 GMT
It's an actual rock, deep-fried in batter. It's not for the weak.
(I'd forgotten about Rock and Chips. I haven't had rock in ages.)
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Post by firefingers on Sept 24, 2020 19:42:53 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. Yes it is still fairly flat and you can see the curved edge etc, and often you can choose between a quarter, half or a whole pizza which can aid the shape. Just one flavour, always cheap cheese and tomato. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 24, 2020 20:43:12 GMT
The Only Fool and Horses prequel? I know where you're coming from, as I much prefer First of the Summer Wine to Last. Oh, you mean from the chip shop... 🙂 That didn''t work did it |
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Post by n1david on Sept 25, 2020 12:12:25 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. In my time (a good few years ago now) it was just a bog-standard frozen cheese and tomato pizza, so no fancy toppings like peppers or pineapple (that’s fruit and veg! Nine of that here). It would just be dipped both sides in batter and then deep fried so that the pizza got hot and the batter crispy. So you bit through the crispy bit and got deep fried bread, essentially, with the tang of cheese and tomato. Others on here report part-pizzas but I only remember a whole 9-inch round pizza being served up in my local chippy. If yiu were going to eat it on the move they’d fold in in half and put the chips in the middle. |
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Post by anita on Sept 25, 2020 12:55:40 GMT
Rock as in a stick of rock? Don't tell me that chip shops do that in batter! Ha ha - rock salmon but seems to be hard to get these days. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 25, 2020 15:01:27 GMT
Rock as in a stick of rock? Don't tell me that chip shops do that in batter! Ha ha - rock salmon but seems to be hard to get these days. Or Dogfish by its glam name. Ugly looking thing! |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 25, 2020 16:42:33 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. In my time (a good few years ago now) it was just a bog-standard frozen cheese and tomato pizza, so no fancy toppings like peppers or pineapple (that’s fruit and veg! Nine of that here). It would just be dipped both sides in batter and then deep fried so that the pizza got hot and the batter crispy. So you bit through the crispy bit and got deep fried bread, essentially, with the tang of cheese and tomato. Others on here report part-pizzas but I only remember a whole 9-inch round pizza being served up in my local chippy. If yiu were going to eat it on the move they’d fold in in half and put the chips in the middle. Pineapple pizza... now there's a potentially contentious thread topic! |
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Post by peggs on Sept 25, 2020 16:59:28 GMT
I still haven't got my head around the deep fried pizza, does it still look pizza shaped? Do they come in just one pizza flavour, are the toppings under the fry? It's a whole world of fried wonder. If yiu were going to eat it on the move they’d fold in in half and put the chips in the middle. It just got even more interesting, pauses awhile to imagine battered pizza chip sandwich. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 25, 2020 18:41:58 GMT
Rock as in a stick of rock? Don't tell me that chip shops do that in batter! Ha ha - rock salmon but seems to be hard to get these days. I'm glad that chip shops have some limits as to what they'll put in batter! |
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 27, 2020 14:06:11 GMT
Anyone remember something called a cheese Jacks? It was like a cheese and potato fried fritter. Circa Leicester, early 2000s.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 22:28:43 GMT
Ha ha - rock salmon but seems to be hard to get these days. Or Dogfish by its glam name. Ugly looking thing! Also known as Huss. I used to work in a fish restaurant and the chef told me never eat Huss as it often had parasitic worms in it. This was about 20 years ago but I have never eaten it since. |
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