Do you like U.K. style fish and chips?

I read recently that fish and potato prices have gone up sooooo much in the U.K. that many chippies (restaurants that serve fish and chips) have been raising their prices a lot and many will close down as a lot of their customers are priced out from what were affordable "everyday" lunches.


Chrissy

I've never had mushy peas

Fish yes, chips yes, curry sauce yes, mushy peas NO

Did I say no to mushy peas !!

Hugs
Xxx

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 14, 2024, 06:28:30 PMDo you like U.K. style fish and chips?

I read recently that fish and potato prices have gone up sooooo much in the U.K. that many chippies (restaurants that serve fish and chips) have been raising their prices a lot and many will close down as a lot of their customers are priced out from what were affordable "everyday" lunches.


Chrissy

Everything's gone up though, hasnt it? British people grew accustomed to paying artificially low prices for fish from Iceland.
Those dynamics have changed. See Cod Wars

Quote from: Susan on January 15, 2024, 12:20:13 AMI've never had mushy peas

If I go to a chippy, I'm not going to order a side of mushy peas. If I go to a restaurant and the mushy peas
come on the plate, I'm eating them.

Hugs, Devlyn

Coming from Fleetwood I love fish, chips & mushy peas. A bit spendy for a half Scot OAP these days so I don't often eat them

I do enjoy eating fish and chips.

I have not tried mushy peas.


Chrissy

I don't know how authentic, but I miss Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.

I have had the UK fish and liked many of those.

I wonder why they call them chips in the UK instead of fries.
Maybe some people in the UK wonder why in the USA we call them fries and not chips.

Chrissy

I've been to restaurants in New England where you get to pick the type of fish you want.

Doogies, where I get my 2ft hot dogs, calls it fish and chips just like they do in the UK.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on July 26, 2024, 06:26:26 PMI wonder why they call them chips in the UK instead of fries.
Maybe some people in the UK wonder why in the USA we call them fries and not chips.

Chrissy

Because in the UK the name is based on the vegetable rather than the cooking method. We call them chips because they're slices of potato, chipped off into individual things. Each slice of a slice is a chip of a potato.

We don't always fry them. You can have chips done just as well in an air fryer or oven. And I would argue air fryer chips are the GOAT. Very little oil, very little energy use... literally best taste.

Mushy peas, as a northern lass... honestly you need to try them. With mint sauce... a home made, boiled marrowfat pea... never get the stuff from a chip shop, or in tins, make it yourself... it's to die for.

The quality of fish here varies wildly. It can be hugely hit or miss. When it's hit, it's the best thing in the world. Where people take care over the quality of the batter, the thickness of the fillet of fish... and not just shoving a thing in a tray for tourists who don't know any better.

Do I like it? yes, when it's done properly. Sadly it's not done properly about 70% of the time.

Local fish and chip shop has a choice of fish with nice crisp batter not that I go there, TBH I only have F&C when on holiday. Nothing better than fresh cooked chips and beer batter fish.

Having left 'old Blighty' 9 months ago to come to the land of the free.. I have a craving for my old favourite of 'fish and chips'.. I would have it in a tray, with gravy and mushy peas. Called a 'fish supper' around where I used to live.. it probably is the cause of more fatalities than any other dish in the UK. But, by crikey, it is good, wholesome, tasty and (oh gosh, I am off on one here!!) nostalgic food!!.

How cruel to create a post that reminds me of my homeland and stabs me in my heart and stomach!.. (LOL).

My yank hubby gets very confused when I tell him we are going to have 'Hamburger and chips' for tea. The worried look on his face disappears when I serve him 'burger and fries'..  He looks more confused when I ask him to grab me a 'bag of crisps' from the cupboard.  I am sorry, I just CAN'T call them chips..

I also used to really enjoy a kebab from the local chipshop too..  sliced off a huge rotating lamb(ish) meatloaf type of skewer thing, put in a pita bread with lashings of salad, onion and hot sauce.. to die for, literally..

It may be cool to visit the UK someday.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on July 27, 2024, 02:01:36 PMIt may be cool to visit the UK someday.

I agree. I did not have the chance while I was stationed in Germany. I was doing family history research and would love to visit the old family homesteads. But being across the pond for almost seven years, I was able to meet people who lived in England (and visiting Germany) and were able to help me with my research, from taking photos of places to obtaining certified copies of marriage certificates and searching old parish registers. I even met a distant cousin in the process! I was researching my great-great-grandfather's family and she was researching my great-great-grandmother's family. We were able to share notes and help each other.

I still have more research to do, but I would need to travel to Lincolnshire to view some old parish registers. Maybe one day I will get a chance to do that.

I hope you do. Both of you. Would be wonderful to have you here. <3

Lori... there are plenty of places you can go poking around for rocks and minerals!

Sarah is right about the kebabs. They are heart disease in a styrofoam tray but omg they are so yummy! It makes me giggle to think of her trying to adapt to the US way of food classification.

"Honey I love you, but if you say "''erbs" one more time I will stab your eyes out with a pencil!"

I too am a Northern English lass - the part of the country usually associated with Fish and Chips. The small town I grew up in had several great 'Chippies.' This was unlike London, where there were very few when I lived there later. I found a recommended one in Portabello Road - which was OK at best.     

Love 'em.

Quote from: Jessica_K on January 15, 2024, 03:05:54 AMFish yes, chips yes, curry sauce yes, mushy peas NO

Fish yes, chips yes, curry sauce NO, mushy peas, like Devlyn said "if they came with, I'd eat them".

Curry sauce or mushy peas but not together!