Our Chippies will soon be closing down

[OldGreyFox]

Haddock and chips with mushy’s is just brilliant!
I couldn’t live in a country that doesn’t do fish and chips…

[Maree]

@Mups

Yes I used to occasionally get the " pensioners portion" too, Maree.
I had never heard of it until a friend told me about it, so I gave it a try and was pleasantly surprised to find it was just the right size portion for me, rather than the usual bucket full of wasted chips.
Haven’t bought fish & chips for ages now though.

Did you know you can freeze left over chip shop chips? You lay them out in a tray, freeze flat, then store frozen in a bag or container. Reheat them in a hot oven straight from frozen until they’re piping hot and crispy

They come out lovely

[Maree]

@d00d

The rest of the world do fried fish with boiled rice, makes more sense, more agreeable.

But we all have teen memories of greasy newspaper in shop doorways on a Saturday night.

I’m not keen on rice and you can’t make a rice butty

[OldGreyFox]

@d00d

The rest of the world do fried fish with boiled rice,

As far as I’m concerned, London is the rest of the world because it certainly isn’t British anymore.

[Maree]

@Percy_Vere

I think this website might have the real answer, Gee.

The History of Fish and Chips - National Dish of Britain

Thanks for that, I love trad Brit food and it’s history.

Fish and chips probably evolved from all those sources but it’s definitely ours now!

Yummy

Brit traditional food, recipes and production are a bit of a hobby horse of mine.

Brits put our cuisine down, we do some amazing things and have some amazing traditional food

[Melgal70]

@Maree

Did you know you can freeze left over chip shop chips? You lay them out in a tray, freeze flat, then store frozen in a bag or container. Reheat them in a hot oven straight from frozen until they’re piping hot and crispy

They come out lovely

I can confirm from recent experience that reheating chips (left over from a takeaway the night before) in a microwave the next day and squirting them with mayo tastes nice, but probably not the ideal texture. lol

[Bathsheba]

@Maree

Did you know you can freeze left over chip shop chips? You lay them out in a tray, freeze flat, then store frozen in a bag or container. Reheat them in a hot oven straight from frozen until they’re piping hot and crispy

Yes, my daughter and I both do this regularly. We reheat in the Ninja air fryer, and they’re perfect.

@LongDriver

On the rare occasion I nip out for cod & Chips for us two, I but just a large piece of fish with an accompanying portion of chips. That divided between the two of us is more than ample.

We do something similar, but as Mr B likes haddock and I like cod, we have a piece of each and one portion of chips to share. We then cut off a large portion of each piece of fish before serving and save it for the following day’s lunch!

[Mups]

@Maree

Did you know you can freeze left over chip shop chips? You lay them out in a tray, freeze flat, then store frozen in a bag or container.

Ooh No, don’t think I fancy that idea thanks Maree.
They are usually limp and greasy and perhaps been reheated and kept warm too long already, let alone heating them up yet again. Nah, don’t fancy doing that, but thanks for the idea.

[d00d]

@OldGreyFox

@d00d

The rest of the world do fried fish with boiled rice,

As far as I’m concerned, London is the rest of the world because it certainly isn’t British anymore.

Oh we have chippies here in London tho the number of shops in on the decrease. Whereas Pie & Mash shop numbers are on the increase.

I was talking about the big fish eating counties, including those not influenced by British Imperialism: Continental Europe, South America & others. The locals like to cook up onion, garlic, tomato, herbs, add uncooked rice then boiling water just enough to get soaked up by the rice, serve with pipping hot fried fish. They also eat baked/bbqd fish with boiled potatoes, but chips aren’t the done thing. Steak & chips, yes. Hmmm maybe it’s a Catholicism.

[Melgal70]

@Percy_Vere

I think this website might have the real answer, Gee.

The History of Fish and Chips - National Dish of Britain

Finally got round to reading that. Thanks @Percy_Vere .

[OldGreyFox]

I just love the potato d00d, however it comes…Boiled, mashed or chipped, I don’t find rice very filling.

[OldGreyFox]

@Mups

Ooh No, don’t think I fancy that idea thanks Maree.
They are usually limp and greasy and perhaps been reheated and kept warm too long already, let alone heating them up yet again. Nah, don’t fancy doing that, but thanks for the idea.

I agree Mupsy…reheating lasts nights fish and chip dinner is an awful idea. In fact, reheating anything from yesterday is not my cup of tea at all. Sod the expense…

[LongDriver]

Kirsty MacColl CHIP SHOP ORIGINAL VERSION

[d00d]

@OldGreyFox

I just love the potato d00d, however it comes…Boiled, mashed or chipped, I don’t find rice very filling.

Think light lunch in the sun with a chilled vinho verde.

[OldGreyFox]

@d00d

Think light lunch in the sun with a chilled vinho verde.

Sounds idyllic d00d, I could be tempted…

[JBR]

@Mups

They say some 40% of imported fish is from Russia, which is now sanctioned, and 50% of Sunflower Oil used by chippies is from Ukraine.

Why can’t we take all the fish we need from our own waters?
Oh, I forgot. Boris has given them all to ‘our friends’ across the Channel.

[JBR]

@Gee3

This is what happens when governments allow our country to become 100% dependent upon foreign supplies.

Very little, even when people think of it as a British company, actually is. For example, Boots the high street pharmacist, with branches on almost every high street, it is 45% owned by US company Walgreens. Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. The contracts to run almost all of Britain’s trains are held by foreign companies. Over 70% of our Water companies are foreign owned. And that Mini with the lovely union Jack flag rear lights, it’s really a BMW & not very British at all.

[Melgal70]

@JBR, there might actually be a case for state ownership of some companies after all?

[JBR]

@Donkeyman

BTW l payed £15 for haddock & chips and mushy peas whilst visiting
Cambridge last week end !

[Percy_Vere]

@OldGreyFox

Haddock and chips with mushy’s is just brilliant!
I couldn’t live in a country that doesn’t do fish and chips…

regarding haddock & chips but I can’t stand mushy peas.

I’ve even eaten f&c in Kuala Lumpur - in the food court on Level 2 under the Petronas Twin Towers.