[Food] Traditional fish n chips

Eric the meek · Sep 3, 2024

Cotton Socks said:
Odd that we've both mentioned the locations of robbery! I expect Brighton to cost a fortune!!! I suppose it's some sort of snobbery for me, sort of thinking to myself 'You can't charge that much, this is Hastings not Brighton'. I like Hastings though!

Uncle Sams doesn't cost £17 per person, even if I upgrade all of them to a milkshake!

I think that one thing we can all do, is keep a keen eye on the prices of anything we buy. In terms of fish and chips, I have lost count of the number of times we don't eat all the chips, and fish varies in price, even on the menus in chippies. So you could choose the cheapest one and save say, a pound a portion. Buy a large chips instead of two regular portions. Not easy with kids of course!

My Dad, who frequently went hungry in his childhood, always chose the very cheapest item on the menu in any cafe and restaurant he was in. Always.
Ok, he took it to extremes, but there was a good reason for his extreme behaviour. Today, I still have to finish my plate. A legacy of having parents who went through the war.

AmexRuislip · Sep 3, 2024

Goldstone1976 said:
Definitely. 12 minutes from me according to Google maps. Thanks!

Don't believe what you read

WATFORD zero · Sep 3, 2024

Eric the meek said:
I think that one thing we can all do, is keep a keen eye on the prices of anything we buy. In terms of fish and chips, I have lost count of the number of times we don't eat all the chips, and fish varies in price, even on the menus in chippies. So you could choose the cheapest one and save say, a pound a portion. Buy a large chips instead of two regular portions. Not easy with kids of course!

My Dad, who frequently went hungry in his childhood, always chose the very cheapest item on the menu in any cafe and restaurant he was in. Always.
Ok, he took it to extremes, but there was a good reason for his extreme behaviour. Today, I still have to finish my plate. A legacy of having parents who went through the war.

If you don't finish it, it goes into the fridge to be cooked into at meal later in the week :thumbsup:

And my kids do the same. You can't throwaway food, there's plenty of people in the world who would be glad of that

PILTDOWN MAN · Sep 3, 2024

Had Huss and chips tonight. Rarely do I go and get it. It was lovely

Eric the meek · Sep 3, 2024

WATFORD zero said:
If you don't finish it, it goes into the fridge to be cooked into at meal later in the week

And my kids do the same. You can't throwaway food, there's plenty of people in the world who would be glad of that

Well, post it to them then!

Eric the meek · Sep 3, 2024

PILTDOWN MAN said:
Had Huss and chips tonight. Rarely do I go and get it. It was lovely

I haven't had huss since the days of Dennis the Greek (see earlier posts). It is my plan to revisit huss before Matt O'Riley makes his return from injury.

thedonkeycentrehalf · Sep 3, 2024

Right Brain Ronnie said:
Do you batter your sausage?

Not as often as I used to

shingle · Sep 3, 2024

Haddock

POSKETT AT THE VALLEY · Sep 3, 2024

Bloke walks into a fish and chip shop.
‘Cod and chips please mate’
‘Cod won’t be long sir’
‘Better be fat then!’

Eric the meek · Sep 3, 2024

shingle said:
Haddock

Haddock is making a comeback: 42 votes to 62

#teamhaddock
#wecandothis

albionalba · Sep 3, 2024

Scotland has a sad fixation on Haddock. Probably a supply chain thing. Always head for the luxury of Cod and Chips when back in Brighton or Hastings. Here's another question though - skin on or skin off before battering? The former is great if the fish is nicely cooked and the skin crisps up in the batter. In (this bit of) Scotland serving skin on would be shocking.

North of Robertsbridge · Sep 3, 2024

Eric the meek said:
I once went into a cafe up the hill in Hastings and asked for fish and chips.

When it came, it was a small portion of frozen fish in batter. In Hastings. The site of the biggest beach fishing fleet in Europe.

Beyond ridiculous.

We always go to the Mermaid on Rock-a-Nore, fish is fresh and good. A newer place Maggie’s has become popular but need to book for a summer weekend lunch

Eric the meek · Sep 3, 2024

North of Robertsbridge said:
We always go to the Mermaid on Rock-a-Nore, fish is fresh and good. A newer place Maggie’s has become popular but need to book for a summer weekend lunch

Thanks. Both of those are good. Maggies has become our first choice these days.

The cafe that served frozen fish is at the top of the west funicular. We went there in the days (c. 20 years ago) when our son needed to go on the funicular. It may have moved on from those days. I hope so, but I'm not going to find out. These customers have moved on instead.

North of Robertsbridge · Sep 3, 2024

There used to be a chap selling fresh fried whiting in a bap by the net huts in Hastings; delicious and cost around £4 from memory (you can also buy fresh whiting from the fishermen’s shacks along the beach at Rock-a-Nore for almost nothing)

The fry-up stand disappeared with Covid, it would be good to see it back

Comrade Sam · Sep 3, 2024

My great grandfather ran a kosher chippy in The Cut in south London from the 1930s to the '70s. He claimed cod was riddled with parasites so my mum always has Haddock. Personally prefer cod, but my local chippy has become a tourist attraction since Banksy daubed it.

Machiavelli · Sep 3, 2024

WATFORD zero said:
The answer is Cod unless you're some type of Northern monkey.

Bankers do the best fish and chips in the people's republic of Brighton and Hove.

No restaurant, no matter how expensive, do better fish and chips than a proper fish and chip shop.

These are simple facts of life

Born in London, so that makes me a northern monkey. Cod is second best though, as is Bankers. Bardsleys is the best in the PRoB&H

Robinjakarta · Sep 3, 2024

Bakero said:
Make your own?

Exactly. No cod or haddock here but snapper or barramundi works well with chips, salt and Sarsons' vinegar brought here from the UK, it's easy to make a decent fish and chips.

Not Andy Naylor · Sep 3, 2024

I still miss Sing Li. One of the many pluses about the place was that he's only give you a few chips if that's what you wanted, rather than overcharge you for 'small' chips that would feed the average household for a week.

Greg Bobkin · Sep 3, 2024

Just chips. All that batter around the fish is SHITEHOUSE.

Eeyore · Sep 3, 2024

Whatever happened to Huss and chips ?

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