Well there you go. There aren't many cod in Lake Ontario, so I think the plaice (dyswidt?) in Alberta must be a rip-off.

Same here. The halibut is always fresh and done in minutes, chips are shite but thats because they have crap potatoes in Canada. Stay away from the 'cod' on the west coast as its not really cod proper. Its ling or rock fish and quite fishy tasting.

as opposed to ??

Chip fat and batter.

Something that tastes like its spent in week marinating in Anne Widdecombe's urine.

lol, now that would taste vile

Ya mean like my nan used to dress?

Everybody loves your Nan xxxxxxxx

- oh god, I shouldnay have read that ...

Very much so, men posing as Ena Sharples and the like. A curious sub-culture. Now that the snooker hall is a condo building I suppose they've gone elsewhere. I haven't sought them out.

We have a chippy in Edmonton called Brits. Not impressed, as it seems to suffer from the same problem as any other chippy I've come across here. i.e., skinny chips, cod (if it is cod) fillets that are half the size and thickness of what you get in the UK, and mushy peas that are too sweet and too wet. And oh for a Pukka pie.

<boggles at the concept of there being varying qualities of mushy peas>

Youre not a Yorkshireman are you. There are actually connoisseurs of these things.

I have to admit that Pie and Peas (with mint sauce) is not one of the things I miss from my many years spent in Leeds.

There is a can of mushy peas in my kitchen. Given that there is almost nothing else in the kitchen I take the presence of the can as a sign.