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My dad drowns his fish n chips in vinigar. They are quite literally swimming in it. I don't mind Vinigar but i prefer lemon squezed over my fish.

Salt and Vinegar is nice on the chips but not the fish

Vinegar is vile on it's own

 rodgers37 wrote:
I've never seen pizza or kebabs at a fish and chip shop.

There's a place called Bell Vue Fisheries in Middlesbrough that is a chippy, but also does pizza, curry, kebabs and the king of all takeaway foods, the Parmo. Oddly, they do them all equally well, which is quite an achievement.


Incidentally, I object to the use of the word 'Pom' in this thread and have reported it. Would you be allowed to post a thread entitled 'A Question for the Frogs/Wops/Dagos/[see forum posting rules]/Paddies?'

I doubt it.

My apologies if it caused offence. I'll go change it then.


Never heard of it being thought as offensive though.


EDIT: Just been informed by a family member wiser then myself that it could indeed be though of as offensive.

So again i apologise.

It wasn't intended seriously don;t over-react

And from the Aussie Visa trip there was some advice about them constantly saying offensive things but not meaning them or meaning them as a joke, lighten up

 Snrub wrote:
My apologies if it caused offence. I'll go change it then.


Never heard of it being thought as offensive though.

I did the same thing once on these very forums, accidentally. There was a story about the friction between Pakistan and India, and I shortened the work "Pakistani" as I'd seen it used. I didn't realize in the UK that's like a totally offensive racial slur, similar to our N-word.

Yeah leaving the "stani" off can land you in hot water.

 Snrub wrote:
Yeah leaving the "stani" off can land you in hot water.

REALLY?

But, it's used in our news media all the time.



LIke fannypack in US is nothing like it's use in Au.

 Snrub wrote:
My dad drowns his fish n chips in vinigar. They are quite literally swimming in it. I don't mind Vinigar but i prefer lemon squezed over my fish.

Chips: Chicken salt. Lots of it. Mayo on the side. Fish: Lemon. That's all it needs.

I'm a huge fan of fish and ships. Especially if you are near the coast. It just seems to be increasingly hard to get good take-away fish in Australia.

On the west coast of the US there is a hideous tradition of using panko on fish and chips instead of beer batter.

I need no further provocation to hate this wretched place.

A good beer batter can make or break Fish and chips.

Fish and chips needs to be swimming in vinegar, salt and tomato sauce.

Its rare to find decent cheap fish and chips in the inner cities of the UK.

A lot of our fast food places are now chicken shops, with the odd poorly piece of frozen battered fish, and fries,

There are a few place in Birmingham that I like, mostly though I settle for kebab 'meat' and chips with lashings of chilli sauce.

One of my favourite establishments is a chippy, called Kalis Brothers down in fremantle. Very passionate about their fish and chips. We have lots of fish. Snapper is probably one of the big sellers for fish and chips, though shark too is also a good seller.

http://www.kailis.com/fremantle/

Also, Fish and chip icecream. Freaking awesome in 40 degree heat.

Snrub wrote:Hey i ain't messing with Robson Green. I treat him with the same contempt i reserve for all people with their own fishing shows

Ok so 2nd question. Is shark ever an option in fnc shops cross the pond? Or is it just us uncouth convicts that eat it?

RossDas wrote:Generally I'd buy haddock from the chippy, but I did have Dogfish (shark) from a chip shop in Belfast if I remember correctly. It was a bit bland but I wouldn't consider it to be an oddity; others may disagree.

Yep, the spiny dogfish is sold as"huss" or "rock salmon" in some chippies so technically Brits have been able to eat shark for years...I think they're supposed to be phasing it out now, due to the fish being endangered (I've certainly never eaten it). I don't know if it's actually been banned, though.

 Snrub wrote:
My dad drowns his fish n chips in vinigar. They are quite literally swimming in it. I don't mind Vinigar but i prefer lemon squezed over my fish.

A little lemon, maybe a bit of tartar sauce, good fish and chips shouldn't need much to go with it imho.

 Snrub wrote:
My apologies if it caused offence. I'll go change it then.


Never heard of it being thought as offensive though.


EDIT: Just been informed by a family member wiser then myself that it could indeed be though of as offensive.

So again i apologise.

I wasn't offended by the use of that word. But I am offended by the very existence of the Australian nation

Like I said earlier, roll on June for the rugby series and some payback!

For the record I don't mind being called mick or paddy by other micks and paddies. Or random folk too I suppose, but there's a difference between friendly usage and looking to make an arse of one's self. The latter will still get you a solid beating in some neighborhoods in the US.

I know several excellent chip shops run by immigrants including Chinese, Turks and eastern European, and by "properly British" people.

I also know some crappy chip shops run by immigrants and by British people.

Fish & Chips,

Yummy, smothered in salt and chip shop brown sauce

Brown sauce on everything is a staple of the the east coast of scotland, and bits of the north of england, it's typically made by Gold Star, but is often watered down a bit with vinegar

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-chippies-get-ready-for-the-salt-and-sauce-1119494

The typical fish is Haddock or Cod, but you can fairly easily find plaice, rock cod (dogfish/shark) or sole).

It's easy to make bad fish and chips, but hard to do it well (one trick many shops miss is you need the oil at different temperatures for the battered fish and the chips)

My local Fish and Chips is absolutely divine and has been there since time Immemorial, for me anyway it serves everything under the sun but still has the best Fish and Chips in Edinburgh.

Also, there is only one thing that one can do with one's fish and chips and that is salt and chippy sauce: Mixture of Brown Sauce and Vinegar I believe.

However if i'm having a proper fish and chips by the coast I would always have Tartar Sauce and Mushy Peas.

The best bit of fish I ever had was a slab of halibut in crispy beer batter - juicy and delicious. Also, the scraps of batter that break off during the frying process are amazing to eat.

Having worked in a chippy for 7 months I can tell you from my experience the most common fish is cod, haddock, plaice and rock(huss or whatever you wanna call it). We also sold codroe, although the thought of fish eggs actually makes me feel squimish

Cod or Haddock from the chippy, if its a special occasion then also mushy peas and some decent tartar sauce mmmmmm

Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 Snrub wrote:
Iwasn't offended by the use of that word. But I am offended by the very existence of the Australian nation

Like I said earlier, roll on June for the rugby series and some payback!

And i'm offended by the very notion that you think you have a chance of beating us.
Not. Gonna. Happen.

KalashnikovMarine wrote:For the record I don't mind being called mick or paddy by other micks and paddies. Or random folk too I suppose, but there's a difference between friendly usage and looking to make an arse of one's self. The latter will still get you a solid beating in some neighborhoods in the US.

I had a guy in highschool call me a mick all the time. I never realised it was a racist slur though. I just thought he was calling me by my first name. When he found i was half Irish half English he started calling me a filthy half breed. The teachers took offence to it before i ever did though. I mean if insults based on my nationality are the best you can do then you gotta start trying harder.

celeborn wrote:Having worked in a chippy for 7 months I can tell you from my experience the most common fish is cod, haddock, plaice and rock(huss or whatever you wanna call it). We also sold codroe, although the thought of fish eggs actually makes me feel squimish

Ugh fish eggs make me want to boke. Don't see how people stomach them.


Also what's Brown sauce? Is it like Oyster sauce you put on dimsims? Or is more akin to BBQ sauce?

 Snrub wrote:
Also what's Brown sauce? Is it like Oyster sauce you put on dimsims? Or is more akin to BBQ sauce?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Sauce

You will thank me for this.

Oh HP Sauce.... yeah there's a bottle of that kicking about in the pantry somewhere. My Nan used to cover EVERYTHING in it.


Also I've noticed a mod has gone and red texted the word "British" in my op. Is there something else I've inadvertently bollocksed up by mistake?
Never mind. I think i know what happened.

I like to eat a battered Great White Shark with my chips!

Here's a typical semi-rural chippy in the Midlands:
http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-keresleyfishbar-cv6/menu#409

I've had swordfish in an Italian restaraunt, and see lots of similar elsewhere.
But a chip shop will usually have cod and haddock, with plaice being common too.

@kamakazepanda
If that's Café Piccante on Broughton St, with pink neon out the front, it was an eye-opener.
Meal for him: Fish, chips and a pint.
Meal for her: Fish, chips and a glass of house white.
They did the best deep-fried mars-bar we've had so far.

Damn you all!

Now I really want fish and chips

However my local two suck balls - the last portion I ate could have laid the foundations for the Shard

There's no beating Beer Battered Fish - that's how all fish should be battered. Period.

I also have to have pickled onions and/or beetroot with mine, maybe a squeeze of lemon instead of vinegar, though that's damn tasty too...mmmm....fish...

I'm stuck with left over pie tonight though - I can't stand wasting food...