[Food] Traditional fish n chips

[The Clamp]

I can manage about a third of the chips and half the fish in most fish suppers. If I eat the whole lot I feel sick as a dog.

Delicious and evocative of good times gone by but too much.

 

[Eric the meek]

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.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Before answering this question, I’m not sure if someone plaiced a fork full of battered cod and haddock side by side that I’d correctly tell the difference in a taste test. I’d typically go for Haddock because in my head it’s not as light and moist as Cod, but that cod be pollocks.

 

[Professor Plum]

I grew up within the "Haddock Triangle"* of West Yorkshire, but it's Cod for me.




* and the "Rhubarb Triangle" too, but I don't much like that either...

Ah yes. Fish and chips "with scraps" as they say in Leeds or "with bits" as Huddersfield folk say. In fact it's pronounced "wi'bits" and there used to be a fish and chip shop called Wi'Bits near the Huddersfield ground. [Just checksd - it's still there!] For those not ITK, scraps or bits are the crunchy pieces of cooked batter that come off the frying fish. They will throw a handful of scraps in with your food for no extra charge if you ask for it.

On the bigger question, cod and haddock are both admirable choices but cod just shades it for me, given a choice.

 

[WATFORD zero]

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

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Cod and chips please , and not too heavy on the batter.
when I was a lad we used to have “ Huss” and chips… which I later learned to be dogfish , related to sharks. That was good but you never see them know, overfished I guess…

 

[Algernon]

I grew up within the "Haddock Triangle"* of West Yorkshire, but it's Cod for me.




* and the "Rhubarb Triangle" too, but I don't much like that either...

I'm sure I've heard Yorkshire described as Cod's County many a time.

 

[Algernon]

Plaice for me please or sole.
(Which part of the Plaice??!!)
And vinegar first to stop the salt bouncing off.
And lemon of course.

 

[Bakero]

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What was the cephalopod? Was it dead?

It was sick squid

 

[Eric the meek]

Cod and chips please , and not too heavy on the batter.
when I was a lad we used to have “ Huss” and chips… which I later learned to be dogfish , related to sharks. That was good but you never see them know, overfished I guess…

When I were a lad, on the long walk home from town after a session, my mate and I used to stop off at a chippy in Beaconsfield Road, known as 'Dennis the Greek'. My mate asked him if huss was dogfish? He answered with 'no, it's huss'. I've always remembered that.

Sorry, I guess it loses it's humour over the years.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Cod and chips please , and not too heavy on the batter.
when I was a lad we used to have “ Huss” and chips… which I later learned to be dogfish , related to sharks. That was good but you never see them know, overfished I guess…

That was my grandmother's normal order until about 5 years ago, when covid and her dying meant she stopped getting fish and chips.

I just ask for fish and chips and take what I'm given. Pretty sure that at the chip shops I normally go to it's cod.

 

[Papak]

Haddock because I believe it is slightly more sustainable, less so cod which suffered overfishing. At least that's what I think I read years ago and it has stuck.

I have "chip shop" fish and chips maybe twice a year so I'm not really denting the stock of either fish.

 

[Cordwainer]

Before answering this question, I’m not sure if someone plaiced a fork full of battered cod and haddock side by side that I’d correctly tell the difference in a taste test. I’d typically go for Haddock because in my head it’s not as light and moist as Cod, but that cod be pollocks.

Agree with this and would say an awful lot of people including myself could not tell the difference in a blind taste test. A real shame when considering how tasty some other species are that we are so over reliant on these two.

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

Has to be Haddock, much more flavour. Anecdotally, I've been told several times that the fisheries in Scotland would send their Cod south and keep the Haddock as a better fish, albeit Cod also realises higher prices.

 

[Madafwo]

Cod normally, unless I'm north of the border or on P.S. Waverley.

Got a real hankering for Fish and Chips and have done for the last few days, may partake one lunchtime this week.

 

[drew]

I'm for cod but surprised the OP only has two options when there are many more.

 

[Weststander]

I can't recall the history as to why, but I opt for Haddock n chips.

I remember my mum and her mum favouring Huss n chips.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Unashamed plug for my local, Patcham Fish & chips, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham:

Haddock only comes in one size - large. For £8.40, you get TWO good size haddock, freshly cooked.

Nothing annoys me more than two small fish given as a large, I don't want batter I want fish .... arrrrgggghhh

 

[KZNSeagull]

Haddock usually from Stephenson's Market Plaice which is located at the place where the market is! Oh how we laugh

 

[Barham's tash]

Historically was always cod but much prefer Haddock - firmer flesh - and discernably seems fresher when compared from various F&C shops near me. Makes me wonder whether haddock grounds are closer and therefore the fish are actually fresher when landed.