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Post by steve h on Nov 22, 2021 0:27:13 GMT 1
Dont know if its regional or not, but next time you order a pudding (steak and kidney or just plain steak of the suet variety) ask them if they could hoy it into the deep fat fryer. They come out a golden colour and crunchy. You can do it at hame in yer own deep fat fryer if they wont play ball. Forget Worcestershire sauce...get the best... www.hendersonsrelish.com/ Strong and Northern
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Post by JonW on Nov 22, 2021 2:00:39 GMT 1
I live in Leicestershire and we have them all Loughborough should be pronounced looga ba rooga π Shawell sho ell, beauchamp Beecham, hothorpe oβ orp belvoiur beaver loads of them Ahh Lie sester shire... Amusingly Aussie place names are also set to catch out the foreigners, lost of aboriginal names have the focus on parts of the word that are unexpected. And... in Tasmania we have have a Launceston... and its not pronounced like the UK version. But thats like the US versions of UK town and city names that are just headshakers.
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Post by JonW on Nov 22, 2021 2:08:39 GMT 1
Dont know if its regional or not, but next time you order a pudding (steak and kidney or just plain steak of the suet variety) ask them if they could hoy it into the deep fat fryer. They come out a golden colour and crunchy. You can do it at hame in yer own deep fat fryer if they wont play ball. Forget Worcestershire sauce...get the best... www.hendersonsrelish.com/ Strong and Northern Of course we also have the words that everyone will just get no matter what you say, the regional variation card is null and void etc. ie. we have invented lots of ways to say to keep the language for those who live there... eg: luz, chuck, bizz, fling etc. Like lots of the English language you can even insert other random words no one has ever used and we dont bat an eyelid. ie 'just turtle that over here will ya'... not technically correct but in the correct situation the other party will still grab the thing and throw it over, likely without comment. Same with words for boobs... 'what a lovely pair of Turtles...'. use whatever word you want and your mates know what you mean. Hendersons is hard to find as only they make it, the worcestershire variety is copied the world over. Since there are no french cheese rules for naming its all called what it is... even if its not the real deal...
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Post by steve63 on Nov 22, 2021 20:51:35 GMT 1
Chippy in England - scraps In Scotland that's just the shit floating in the frier, throw it in the bloody bin, if you want batter, buy something in batter Us Scots get a bad rep for battering everything, at least we don't eat the batter crud alone π Steve In Yorkshire we waste nothing. Bag o chips with scraps please! Ta. I worked in Scotland for two weeks back in 1989. We were told to ask for a fish supper. What if you want fish and chips at dinner time? (That's midday by the way). Took me a while to wean myself off the beer when I got back.
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Post by steve63 on Nov 22, 2021 21:02:18 GMT 1
Best fish and chips I've had for many years was from The Frying Farmer on the main road through Aldbrough in the good old East Riding of Yorkshire. They have a cafe next door where you can eat in. Worst and smallest was some little stall near the harbour in Whitby back in about July this year. The Frying Farmer is about a mile from the sea but I suspect the fish comes from Iceland.
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Post by donkeychomp on Nov 22, 2021 23:59:41 GMT 1
Many years ago my ex gf and I were in Cork on holiday. Had a lovely cottage on the coast and a crap Ford Focus. One drive out it was getting late and we were looking for a place to eat. We saw a sign for fish and chips so thought we'd try that. The 'restaurant' was a trailer with a queue of people outside it. Looked okay to me if the locals ate there. I waited in line and the bloke asked me 'how many?'. I asked what the fish was. 'It's fish. How many?'. Once again I asked if it was Cod or Plaice etc 'It's fekkin fish you wannit or not??'. Where did it come from I asked (stupidly). 'The fekkin sea ya fekkin moron. It's FISH. D'ya wannit??' No thank you. We left and found the pub near our cottage did a lovely Plaice and chips, and it was from the sea! Well I never...
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Post by steve h on Nov 23, 2021 0:21:47 GMT 1
Roe dear, what was he carping on about... Brill tale though. Might of been woof, huss, rock, its regional... Can be a load of pollocks in some chippies.
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Post by pdxjim on Nov 23, 2021 2:54:12 GMT 1
The battered slices of potato are called scallops in most chip shops around the West Midlands apart from one in Bilston, where they are called Klondykes??? Battered and fried potato wedges are called "Jojos" here in Portland, Oregon. They're just "fries" down in California. For fish, typically we get wild caught Cod or Halibut. Tilapia is sometimes on offer but it's farm raised garbage, no thank you. We're about 70mile from the ocean here, and the best fish & chips comes from a fish market nearby my house owned by actual fisherman. Very fresh fish, super quality, and excellent local beers on tap.
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Post by tacky1 on Nov 23, 2021 6:29:35 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ
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Post by pdxjim on Nov 23, 2021 6:39:56 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ Used to be a great little chip shop near the Edinburgh Castle Pub on Geary in SF. Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper with newsprint on the fish. Well, at least it was there 25 years ago when I lived in SF.
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Post by Dave B on Nov 23, 2021 10:52:28 GMT 1
The London accent should count as a speech disorder. If you are ever bored so badly that you watch "The Wall" , you'll be amazed that they gave the job of presenting it to a man incapable of saying the word 'wall'. "THE WAAW!" he yells. Terrible!
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Post by Dave B on Nov 23, 2021 10:57:28 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ Used to be a great little chip shop near the Edinburgh Castle Pub on Geary in SF. Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper with newsprint on the fish. Well, at least it was there 25 years ago when I lived in SF. I had quite a decent portion of fish and chips in Nashville, where it is regarded as a gourmet speciality, and priced accordingly. But it was definitely from a Chippie. Mind you, it was up by the University, so maybe they are bit more international there!
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Post by Norbo on Nov 23, 2021 11:54:05 GMT 1
LOL Thats o funny as i had the same thing with the fish supper thing . Then the lady behind me says i want 2 Haggis suppers LOL All so my son wanted a chip butty they had no idea what the hell i was talking about in the e nd we just had a 2 fish supers
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Post by tacky1 on Nov 23, 2021 16:51:57 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ Used to be a great little chip shop near the Edinburgh Castle Pub on Geary in SF.Β Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper with newsprint on the fish. Well, at least it was there 25 years ago when I lived in SF.Β Long gone Jim π
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Post by steve h on Nov 24, 2021 0:25:32 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ Non in Argentina either, according to the Macc Lads. I watch Guy on Diners Driveins and Dives, he has no shortage of fantastic spots to visit. I'm always admiring just how much of the menu is produced by themselves at some of those joints.
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Post by JonW on Nov 24, 2021 13:25:13 GMT 1
No feckin Chippies in the USA. All fast food shite. First thing when I head home is a big Chippie feed ππ Non in Argentina either, according to the Macc Lads. I watch Guy on Diners Driveins and Dives, he has no shortage of fantastic spots to visit. I'm always admiring just how much of the menu is produced by themselves at some of those joints. Steve Ive travelled around the USA multiple times and eaten at many of the paces on DDD, 99% of them were amazing too. Its a great showcase of superb food. LOL re the Macc lads, After Gordons Revenge I was less keen on the thin chinese chippy's curry sauce we used to have on the way home from the pub crawls in the 90s UK lol
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Post by stirling11 on Nov 24, 2021 14:06:49 GMT 1
Once went into a fancy restaurant on the coast
I fancied a bit of coral trout, I asked the waiter where it was sourced from, his reply was it was caught just off the coast where the restaurant was situated
I walked out, the trout is a tropical fish and one of the best quality you can buy and the restaurant was definitely not in the tropics
Sometimes you wish staff new what they were talking about and not try to bluff you
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Post by evochris on Nov 24, 2021 17:03:47 GMT 1
Hmmm, Fish and chips cod or haddock depending on your pocket, salt and vinegar and some ketchup is the norm down here in Kent. Scallops are mollusks not battered potato, mushy peas and black pudding is a no no and left to them up t north. Its what we know and like.
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Post by geoffers997 on Nov 25, 2021 12:38:54 GMT 1
Came off a job in Heysham (Lancashire) and met the (southerner) missus in Blackpool for a bit of R&R, we went to a big back-street chippy / restaurant for tea.
It was only about 7:00pm and she was moaning it was too early for βdinnerβ.
The waitress came to take our order and asked herself if she wanted gravy. The look of confusion / disgust / terror on herselfβs face was an absolute picture.
The restaurant was packed up and closed by 8:00pm as all the good folks had had their tea and buggered off to the pub - the one we went to had both types of wine, both red and white.
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