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Re: Help the Yank make fish and chips!

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Originally Posted by Speedwell (Post 10977530)

All YOUR life? Dyeing my hair to cover the gray. :rofl:

No seriously, thanks :D It was a surprise to see that tartar sauce was actually a legitimately edible substance...

Thanks everyone else too for the confidence-boosting compliments and helpful ideas :)

Come now, you aren't that old! :p

Re: Help the Yank make fish and chips!

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Originally Posted by Speedwell (Post 10976095)

The results (removed too-big photo): https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...58122468_o.jpg

*** drool ***

I love fish n chips, and yours looks delicious!!!

Rene

Re: Help the Yank make fish and chips!

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Originally Posted by Sugarmooma (Post 10977392)

:goodpost:

..and all doors and windows had to be opened to air out the greasy smell afterwards:lol:

Oh yes, the smell! I guess, when I was growing up, it was such a daily ritual that the smell was part of the experience. I think we had 'chips' every night for our 'tea' (didn't call it dinner back then). But then, the old house was not open plan, either - so you could close off the doors and confine the smell. I think that the smell (and the surface coating of everything in the kitchen!) was part of the motivation for getting one of those new-fangled 'sealed' fryers, but the taste was never the same.

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 10977491)

And the outside of the pan acquired a nasty grungy brown coating....:unsure: one thing was for sure, the chip pan never doubled up for the bedtime milk!!

I just called my mum to ask her about this .... we only changed the fat about once a month, because the chips never tasted as good with 'new' fat. I have a personal recollection that we would 'strain' the fat to get rid of 'bits' that were floating in it, to prolong its life and avoid the traumatic 'new fat' moment!

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Originally Posted by Mr Weeze (Post 10977719)

Err, chip butty? Hello?

White bread, thick butter, hot chips ... the butter would melt and drip ... oh my that is a memory!

I probably ate home-made chips every night (or at least 5 nights a week) for the first 15 years of my life ... I guess I'm making up for that now, eating them maybe 5 times a year (not home made, though!).

Re: Help the Yank make fish and chips!

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Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 10977675)

It isn't!!
There is no way tartar sauce should come anywhere near real fish and chips.
Newspaper, Salt, Vinegar, Fingers. Nothing else.

Wot, no mushy peas? !!:)

Re: Help the Yank make fish and chips!

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Originally Posted by paul32x (Post 10995228)

Wot, no mushy peas? !!:)

We would have made mushy peas but my husband doesn't like them quite enough to go to the trouble of finding/making them over here. Besides we had also tried frying mushrooms and a few other things not nailed down in the house. No Mars Bars yet, though I think he's got some fun-size Snickers left over from Halloween that he's getting up his nerve to batter and fry. I told him if he wants Irn-Bru he is going to have to go buy it himself; I can't stand the stuff (and I tried to like it; I really did). :)