Fish and Chips

[Richard1978]

For the first time in ages on Friday I had fish & chips from a chip shop, bought as a treat by my wife as she needed to go to some nearby shop to get a lottery ticket & decided to go to the chip shop next door.

[Arran]

Have any chip shops ever sold poutine? Or is it something only found in Canada?

[beccabear67]

I only remember fish, wedge type chips and brown malt vinegar at the shop my grandmother worked at. No pies and I don't think there were mushy peas. They had some kind of coleslaw stuff though, in a little paper cup like with tartar sauce.

[Arran]

I'm unsure how chip shop pies have changed over the decades because I have never bought one. How common are fried pies?

Another tricky find is cod roe that seems to have fallen in popularity.

I'm under the impression that traditional fish and chip shops are declining in popularity with younger people. In my locality chicken and chip shops and kebab shops are more popular. Traditional thick chips are increasingly superseded by thin French fries.

[Richard1978]

Plaice is a rarity and tends to only be available from chip shops that specialise in fish products along with some where retired people are the main customers. For some reason or other, plaice and chips is commonly available in Denmark.

Scampi seems to have almost vanished from the menu.

Some chip shops in seaside towns sold shellfish (not fried) as a 'local' delicacy. More often than not, it came from hundreds of miles away.

Steak and kidney puddings were available in many chip shops in and around Manchester back in the 1990s.

I often had pies rather than fish when I was young.

[Arran]

Plaice is a rarity and tends to only be available from chip shops that specialise in fish products along with some where retired people are the main customers. For some reason or other, plaice and chips is commonly available in Denmark.

Scampi seems to have almost vanished from the menu.

Some chip shops in seaside towns sold shellfish (not fried) as a 'local' delicacy. More often than not, it came from hundreds of miles away.

Steak and kidney puddings were available in many chip shops in and around Manchester back in the 1990s.

[HG]

What things were once commonly sold in chip shops in the past but are now increasingly rare?

Pickled eggs?

[Arran]

What things were once commonly sold in chip shops in the past but are now increasingly rare?

[George 1978]

Re: Fish and Chips

I suppose it depends where the fish comes from, and what type of fish it is.

[Zincubus]

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Does anyone still get bones in their fish when eating their fish and chip meal? - I hope that it has been a thing of the past.

We’ve only ever had that once in about 40 years .. even then it was a back street cafe in Scarborough about 20 years ago .. the clues were all there — it was empty but it was late and we were all starving


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[George 1978]

Re: Fish and Chips

I suppose it depends what sort of fish is cooked.

[amethyst]

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Does anyone still get bones in their fish when eating their fish and chip meal? - I hope that it has been a thing of the past.

I haven't noticed any

[George 1978]

Re: Fish and Chips

Does anyone still get bones in their fish when eating their fish and chip meal? - I hope that it has been a thing of the past.

[amethyst]

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I remember a trend for serving chips in polystyrene cones which was a massive rip off as you got a much smaller portion... cone con

It was a con

[tex]

Re: Fish and Chips

I recall the day decimalisation came in ... the sweets shops ( penny tray) took the opportunity to rip us kids off bigtime !!


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yeah, Bazooka Joes suddenly tuppence