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[English_guy_bkk]

As close as I'll get to that is the Toby Carvery and I may just go there tomorrow. It will be a nice change from fish and chips by the sea.

Fish and chips by the sea.... using the tiny 2 prong wooden fork while watching for dive-bombing seagulls.

Heavy on the vinegar and extra batter scraps on the side please.

 

[Anastasia1999]

Yes Sunday lunch waited till Dad came back from the pub. round about 1:00pm

The pub was never a feature in our lives thankfully. My parents invested the little money they had in our education. They are both my heroes

 

[Anastasia1999]

Fish and chips by the sea.... using the tiny 2 prong wooden fork while watching for dive-bombing seagulls.

Heavy on the vinegar and extra batter scraps on the side please.

I love battered fish and vinegar on chips. I miss it, they put mayonnaise on chips here

 

[oggbashan]

Whenever the London part of my family visit, one meal has to be Fish and Chips. We have to keep a stock of chip shop vinegar (not genuine vinegar but a chemical product) for the authentic taste.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

I love battered fish and vinegar on chips. I miss it, they put mayonnaise on chips here

Sorry to hear that regarding the mayonnaise.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Whenever the London part of my family visit, one meal has to be Fish and Chips. We have to keep a stock of chip shop vinegar (not genuine vinegar but a chemical product) for the authentic taste.

Aah yes, real vinegar that seeped through the newspaper and stained your clothes as you carried them home under your arm.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Fish and chips must be nearly 3 pounds by now I guess....that's without a pickled egg though.

 

[Btq97]

Fish and chips must be nearly 3 pounds by now I guess....that's without a pickled egg though.

Welcome to 1995

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Welcome to 1995

Sorry, I meant takeaway and not sit-down with bread and margarine.

 

[Btq97]

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Sorry, I meant takeaway and not sit-down with bread and margarine.

It's about 7 with small chips at the local now

 

[English_guy_bkk]

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It's about 7 with small chips at the local now

Wow, 7 quid. So the good night out on a tenner doesn't work now.

 

[Cherry_Brandy]

Fish and chips must be nearly 3 pounds by now I guess....that's without a pickled egg though.

Close enough to £10 atm and £2 for mushy peas and not far short for a pickled egg. The sooner we nuke Russia the better, not only are they getting blamed for gas but the shortage white fish too . Not sure what role they play in mushy pease and pickled eggs though ....

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Close enough to £10 atm and £2 for mushy peas and not far short for a pickled egg. The sooner we nuke Russia the better, not only are they getting blamed for gas but the shortage white fish too . Not sure what role they play in mushy ipease and pickled eggs though ....

10 f******* pounds for fish and chips! (Sorry)
That adds up to nearly 30 quid to take the woman of your dreams for a good night out.

 

[Btq97]

10 f******* pounds for fish and chips! (Sorry)
That adds up to nearly 30 quid to take the woman of your dreams for a good night out.

Mate 20 for a fish supper and 10 for cans from the supermarketm coz 10 might just get two drinks in a nice bar

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Mate 20 for a fish supper and 10 for cans from the supermarketm coz 10 might just get two drinks in a nice bar

Sharing a fish supper and a couple of half ciders...a quick dance.
Smuggling a few (2) cans of red stripe lager ..

 

[Btq97]

Sharing a fish supper and a couple of half ciders...a quick dance.
Smuggling a few (2) cans of red stripe lager ..

Like your thinking.

 

[English_guy_bkk]

And drink through straws is a good idea

 

[Anastasia1999]

10 f******* pounds for fish and chips! (Sorry)
That adds up to nearly 30 quid to take the woman of your dreams for a good night out.

You might find that the modern British ladies will want to pay their own way or, shock! horror! treat their male chaperones to the entire evening

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Yes of course.. so just chips then, easy on the salt

 

[oggbashan]

Fish and chips price? We have so many Fish and Chip outlets that they complete on price. £5 is more normal or £3.50 for an OAP or child's small portion.

But at home? We have fish freshly caught from the sea, filleted by my wife, a trained fishmonger, and cooked at home. Fish cost? Nil. Chips? A pound or so.

 

[KinoKe]

Fish and chips price? We have so many Fish and Chip outlets that they complete on price. £5 is more normal or £3.50 for an OAP or child's small portion.

But at home? We have fish freshly caught from the sea, filleted by my wife, a trained fishmonger, and cooked at home. Fish cost? Nil. Chips? A pound or so.

I can't remember when we last bought fish and chips. We buy fresh fish and her indoors makes a brilliantly crispy Japanese-style batter. I am given the onerous task of preparing the chips and the mushy peas.

 

[Speshul91]

I can't remember when we last bought fish and chips. We buy fresh fish and her indoors makes a brilliantly crispy Japanese-style batter. I am given the onerous task of preparing the chips and the mushy peas.

Talking to a customer the other day, the chippy near him are charging £11.50 for fish and chips

 

[English_guy_bkk]

Fish and chips price? We have so many Fish and Chip outlets that they complete on price. £5 is more normal or £3.50 for an OAP or child's small portion.

But at home? We have fish freshly caught from the sea, filleted by my wife, a trained fishmonger, and cooked at home. Fish cost? Nil. Chips? A pound or so.

As soon as you mentioned a fishmonger, my thoughts went to winkles.. the salty ones that needed a pin to get them out. Not whelks which are more rubbery I find.
When I was last in the UK 2008, l bought 2 bags from the fish market in Newcastle. Great memories!

 

[English_guy_bkk]

I should add that winkles aren't to be confused with winklepickers which are really pointy shoes.

 

[KinoKe]

I should add that winkles aren't to be confused with winklepickers which are really pointy shoes.

I remember winklepickers. And then, a few years later, platforms were all the rage. I managed to resist both.