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Feb 23rd 2010, 5:40 pm

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff

Do you mean the violent green coleslaw?????

no its that white, yellowy creamy crap, or is it sauerkraut? now i'm confused. anyway there should be no germanic addition to fish and chips, ever. we won the war.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:41 pm

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You must have been posh. We'd split some cockles when we went to Southend on our holidays.

I do believe my parents had delusions of grandeur, they moved from the East End to Harlow

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:41 pm

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I prefer to think of myself as more the Wicksy character, thank you very much.

i bet you do ian, i bet you do.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:42 pm

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Yummmmmy! I always had a saveloy on fish and chip nights - none of those snotty peas though. AND cockles on Hovis on a saturday afternoon whilst watching the wrestling

this is the problem with you southerners, if its not slimy sea food you won't touch it, you don't know what you are missing.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:42 pm

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no its that white, yellowy creamy crap, or is it sauerkraut? now i'm confused. anyway there should be no germanic addition to fish and chips, ever. we won the war.

Oh you mean that really tasteless goop? The most exotic thing you should ever put with fish and chips is a pickled onion surely?????

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:44 pm

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Oh you mean that really tasteless goop? The most exotic thing you should ever put with fish and chips is a pickled onion surely?????

good grief, a pickled onion!! where on earth serves pickled onions with fish and chips?? i bet you fit right in living in red deer.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:48 pm

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We were at a Burns supper last month and got Roast Beef????????

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:48 pm

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Sometimes, if we were a bit flush, we'd have a wally as well.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:50 pm

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Originally Posted by iaink

Cheese with EVERYTHING here innit.

Still, if it makes my kids want to eat broccoli who am I to argue.

Or what passes for cheese anyway. I bought a BLT sandwich the other day expecting bacon lettuce tomato and maybe a little mayo - of course what was in there as well - a slice of what appeared to be cheddar.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:51 pm

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good grief, a pickled onion!! where on earth serves pickled onions with fish and chips?? i bet you fit right in living in red deer.

Most chippies have jar of pickles onions and a jar of pickled eggs on the counter......don't they?

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:52 pm

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Most chippies have jar of pickles onions and a jar of pickled eggs on the counter......don't they?

They did in my day and a jar of pickled gherkins.

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:53 pm

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Originally Posted by rwin

When we went to the UK it seemed everything came with mushy peas.

Were you in Yorkshire? - to play to my stereotype - it should be law

Feb 23rd 2010, 5:54 pm

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We were at a Burns supper last month and got Roast Beef????????

I bought a haggis at Calgary COOP (which is quite good for most things) only to find it had no oats and no lamb/mutton in at at all - seemed to be a pork/beef meatloaf in a bag.