I REALIZE I'm not using the most attractive vocabulary, but I've found a fish-&-chip shop near me that does the best, slightly greasy crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside (but slightly soggy and rubbery ~ which I really like) with a kind of cheapy cardboard flavour I also adore... British-style chips. So good are these I've been purchasing a portion a day. In Britain, fish and chip shop chips portions are about four times bigger than a McDonald's standard measure of "fries". No wonder I'm not underweight.
Now I hope you Americans realize that by chips I do indeed mean what's ordinarily translated in transatlantic word-lists as "French fries".French fries in this country usually means spindly long overly crispy chips. Not that nice. Our English chips are thick and full-bodied, as illustrated and actually have more in common with fried potato wedges than the spindly straggly variety of "fries".
I once saw a hilarious documentary about a family of Londoners and one from Brussels in Belgium, so did a week's holiday house swap. The Belgians were advised to try fish and chips from such-&-such chippie. O! The looks on their faces as they tried to shove all that stodge down. They were very polite but said it had left them utterly nauseated. You have to be pretty hardcore to be able to nosh down an entire fillet of cod with such a mountain of yummy soggy chips...
Hmmm... I don't know what else to say. Except the local Morrisons are doing mushy peas (a must-have side-order) for 15p a tin which is joy for a skinflint like me. I get to save all of 40p by not ordering in the shop and heating myself.Personally I've taken to eating said chips with a side order of Best-in 35p baked beans (best cheapie ones you can get in this country) and ready chopped-up and boiled halal beef frankfurters. Which goes together very well indeed. O and by the way, chicken ones taste more like pork ~ for all you infidels...
And how was your weekend..?
You can't beat fish, chips and mushy peas! Yummy! :)
ReplyDeleteI loathe greasy food and prefer my chips slightly crispy but dry on the outside and fluffy on the inside. As for mushy peas...they look like puke...and taste very like that, too. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely detest the scrawny flour coated fries all the restaurants serve these days. We do British style chips at home a lot. There are a couple of old-style fish & chip shops around. They even serve mushy peas that frankly gross me out - never could eat anything that texture.
ReplyDeleteYum, we're the land of fish and chips although the cheapest fish is shark . . .poor things . .aptly renamed 'Flake'. Nothing like real chippies although I feel awful after eating them! (Baked beans are a meal in a can . . .)
ReplyDeleteI'm an American and I like fish and chips. I love going to the coast and ordering some there, but I like my fries crispy and dry.
ReplyDeleteI like baked beans I'm not sure what mushie beans are?
Janice~
Janice ~ mushy peas are a bit like marrow fat peas, if you've had them?... but mushier. They go as well with chips as baked beans do but are more "British"; I suppose...
ReplyDeleteBaino ~ I was offered "Shark" in India. The waiter looked really surprised when I turned my nose up and asked for something else ..!
Jeannie ~ they're not THAT unlike baked beans... trust me..!
Puss-in-Boots ~ I don't like over-crispy chips. And I really can't stand them undercooked and/or too hot (they often come as both when they're rushing to get them out on time). One of the best things about this "fish bar" is that they ALWAYS have enough chips ready to serve, you never have to wait for a new, overheated batch, which is fantastic ;-0>...
Akelamalu ~ I agree, though I always go for chicken instead of fish. I can't handle the stodge-overdose!!
The weekend was great. Thanks for asking! Spent it on the sailboat. Had a great time listening to a reggae band that played on Sunday. Never seen a band at this beach since it is a deserted island reached only by boat. Cool...
ReplyDeleteThat made me want chips SO bad...
ReplyDeleteSyd: a deserted island reached only by boat?... I would love to go to one of those...
ReplyDeleteVincent: really? It's food porn, ya see ;->...
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