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Old Oct 23rd 2014, 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Nutek
Near us, (Southwest) Cod was what you would get if you just wandered in and ordered "fish an chips", Haddock was what you got if you understood what good fish and chips were and asked for it.
Exactly this.

I have never been into a fish shop in my ten+ years in Gloucester nor fifteen years in London and found haddock already cooked. I always ask for it, and am more than happy to wait, because further to Nutek's comment, the added benefit is that it is always freshly cooked.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Exactly this.

I have never been into a fish shop in my ten+ years in Gloucester nor fifteen years in London and found haddock already cooked. I always ask for it, and am more than happy to wait, because further to Nutek's comment, the added benefit is that it is always freshly cooked.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Which corner of the north would that be? Because in both my specific experience and general understanding is that Haddock is the "standard fish" in F'n'C in Yorkshire, and I'm from about as far south as it's possible to be while still being a northerner.
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Watford?

As an aside, I just wanted to say the word "savaloy".
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
Watford? .....


That would be what Londoners, mistakenly, think.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski


That would be what Londoners, mistakenly, think.
Is it South Yorkshire? Since any farther south and you're in the Midlands?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski


That would be what Londoners, mistakenly, think.
As soon as you go under the sign that says "Hatfield and The North" you are in the north.
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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
As soon as you go under the sign that says "Hatfield and The North" you are in the north.
Norf.
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Originally Posted by Nutek
Norf.
That's because 'the country for which god would claim for himself, if ever there were such a thing', isn't snappy enough to put on road signs.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Is it South Yorkshire? Since any farther south and you're in the Midlands?
Precisely! ..... I can tell you're not from London.
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
As soon as you go under the sign that says "Hatfield and The North" you are in the north.
What happened to The Midlands?
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Originally Posted by sir_eccles
Watford?

As an aside, I just wanted to say the word "savaloy".
This is a common misconception.

The North starts at Watford Gap, in Northamptonshire.
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I'm from Surrey, so as far as we're concerned the North starts at the Thames.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
This is a common misconception.

The North starts at Watford Gap, in Northamptonshire.
Wouldn't that mark the southern end of the Midlands, though?
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Wouldn't that mark the southern end of the Midlands, though?
It would, but makes more sense than 'north of Watford'.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
It would, but makes more sense than 'north of Watford'.
Oh, yeah - well in that context 'North of the Watford Gap' does make sense.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
What happened to The Midlands?
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