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  1. capney

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    Yes we do..Its been awhile since we have had fish n chips in this house. In fact many, many months.
    I was staggered by the price increase.
    At my local chippy tonight I payed £4:40 for one of each !
    Thats one portion of chips and a fish.

    I was wondering what do you pay for your fish n Chips?

    robert
     
  2. capney

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    We ventured over the border today from Yorkshire to Lancashire.
    Passport control was very lapse and we ended up at Colne to visit Boundary mill. Did not spend a lot of money even though there are tens of thousands of items for sale, there was nothing that shouted to me "Please buy me" Nearest I got to a purchase was a sports jacket. But then I thought
    "Why do I want a sports jacket?"
    Its many a year since I`ve played a sport of any kind.
    Anyhow, the sun was shining when we left Yorkshire, we get to spend some time in Lancashire and guess what?.. yes it chucked it down.
    It sort of said to us "Welcome to Lancashire Yorkie"
    I`m going to stop right now before I start a political battle and yet another war of the roses.
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    Serves you right. I will have to report this trespass to the relevant authorities, I can see what I can do-no promises mind lol.


    If it were a good fish supper then it's about the right price, I've paid more money than that and got slop-not the same plaice (boom boom) twice though.
     
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    :(: Don't get fish and chips over here. There is an obscure fast food place called Arthur Trechers which is only in a few spots in the USA. But not in my area. Hardly think their product can even match what you all have over the pond.
    English Fish and Chips always sound so yummy when I hear it on this forum.
     
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    'English Fish and Chips' is one of those thinks that always sounds nice, smells nice, invokes fond rose tinted memories of sunny days down the sea front etc, but the reality is often quite different.

    The reality is this: You feel a bit hungry and the smell wafting out of the chippy tempts you in. You come out having been relieved of a small fortune, carrying some soggy, undercooked greasy chips that were cooked in oil that was last changed several millenia ago, a greasy lump of batter with a fillet of minow in there, all covered in enough salt and vinegar to kill off the bubonic plague in one go, and to neutralise your taste buds immediately to prepare you for what you are about to consume. Within 10 yards of leaving the chippy the seagulls have spotted you, or more accurately, you're new purchase. Having paid a small fortune you are determined to eat and enjoy your dinner, but must try to do so while hundreds of seagulls circle your dinner at a radius of about 10 feet, and you must guard your dinner fiercely because seagulls no longer have an instinctive fear of humans, realising that they can be in and out before you can even begin to react, so if you're not careful they'll have your dinner right out of your hands, and there's not a thing you can do about it, and the seagulls know it.

    All that said, there are a few nice chippies around, but they are few and far between, but that doesn't solve the seagull issue. Best to sit in your car and eat them, and resign yourself to the knowledge that your car is going to need a good wash afterwards, as the seagulls patrol your car waiting for you to make a mistake that they can take advantage of.

    Growing up on the coast as a kid my mates and I used to have a favourite game called 'spot the tourist'. You'd see them walking along down the seafront with their chips unguarded, or worse, they'd take pity on the nice seagulls and throw them one scratty chip. The seagulls play the same game, and as soon as one chip gets thrown, they make lots of commotion, which is seagull language for "tourist alert", and seagulls from far and wide will abandon whatever they are doing and proceed with haste to the easy target to liberate their chips from them.
     
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    Hi ,Cod here Is £4 20p Chips are £2 Total £6,20p ,There are Four of us Total £24 80p,I just stand outside these days with my nose pressed up against the Window:hehe: :flag: Or get a Cinese Its Cheaper:)
     
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    Cod and chips here around the £2,80/£3.20 mark. Red, don`t go by English, go Scots or Welsh. If you set up a chippie in the US you`d make a fortune.:gnthb:
     
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    Well Clueless your description just want to make me run right out and hop a plane to England just for some.

    Scots or Welsh--you say DP---if I have a minute to consider a venture as that will let you know.
    I am on the road to de-stress if I can.
     
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    I always find fish and chips from a chippie very disappointing so I don't buy.

    But, think of fish and chips done to perfection - jumbo haddock, gorgeous chips and whatever you want to go with it.
    That's what my local hotel serves and I think it's about £8 to eat it in their lovely conservatory dining room.
    Looks like a great bargain to me.
     
  10. capney

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    Your comment just about says it all woo...
    A Chinese takaway cheaper than our own fish n chips !
    Something has gone wrong somewhere.

    I also spent some time in my youth growing up in Margate.
    There was nothing more grim to walk along the seafront first thing in the morning a slipping and a sliding on the descarded fish n chips and ice cream and unsavory items!
    Soon as the crowds arrived this all vanished under the feet of the hoards..
    Its all different now as Margate, as like a number of seaside towns has seriously gone to the dogs.
    But then thats open to further debate......

    Oh yes.. Our local chippies offering yesterday was very nice and indeed my plate was so full I nearly did not finish it.

    Ok, Its the Tescos dash first thing this morning and its raining.
    Have a great day people and most of all... enjoy.
    robert
     
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    My partner's nephew is currently visiting from New Zealand. As he's a chef, he was dying to cook with some English fish so got some lovely sea bass from Portsmouth Fish Market, made an amazing beer batter and we had fish and chips one evening. Wonderful!
     
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    The benefits of having a good fish and chip shop nearby are incalculable. We have one that is, fortunately, a twenty min walk away so we don't get tempted too often.

    Aaron-jammy so and so.
     
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    By co-incidence, last night I bought my first fish and chips for months. It was superb :gnthb:

    Our village chippy, owned by Turks, has such a good reputation that people come from miles around to buy. Our village only has a population of 1,600 and the chippy had six people working there last night - and I had to queue up.

    A small cod (a piece 9" long) was cooked to perfection with crispy batter and thick flaky dry fish inside. A 'small' portion of chips, also cooked to perfection, was too much to get onto my dinner plate in one go. Total cost £4.95 - not bad for a big meal :thumb:

    You can't beat a good example of British fish and chips.

    When I used to work in the East End of London, way back in the last century, I was told that the idea of fish and chips was first made popular in this country by Jewish immigrants. So I have just googled this page - which seems to confirm it. Interesting reading - if you're a nerd like me :hehe:

    http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/co...s/biography/fish-and-chips-biography-finished
     
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    I read that Shiney-are you 'eckers like a nerd.

    Red-you are missing a treat-a newspaper wrapped bundle of hot fish and chips and wooden fork is enough but the smell of the chipshop as you make your way to one, hungry, has you salivating by the time you get there.
     
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    Lollipop, wooden fork :scratch: - What's wrong with fingers? You posh or summ'at? :).
     
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