Fish & Chips, a British staple and godsend

One of those "British" dishes that is mainly enjoyed by foreigners these days. I'm not saying it's extinct in the UK, by no means, but it's not a staple any more.

That's sad. #cloggedarteriesoflove

I think I've only had fish and chips once, but that's a good memory. It was in Chicago in 2006 when a2k folk met at a pub on the north side. Forget the pub's name but someone else here who was there may remember it.

Oops, I ordered fish a couple of times here in Albuquerque. Those don't count: the batter was made of concrete, in both restaurants.

Ill eat em once or twice a year. Im not really orgasmic about deep fried foods except broasted chicken drums.

When I ate a lot of F&C yeas ago, Id eat on the road and would look for a chain called ARTHUR TREACHERS. They had a really good vinegar suce and the fish werent lava hot and the fries were AMERKN STYLE (lardy lardy).
I think Id woof it up if I saw one of thise places today. The only thing that panko is good for (in my taste realm) is cod or pollock or tommycod, fried in a panko batter laden with spices.

Tastes change.


I got a damn ticket last summer in Rehoboth for feeding seagulls my fries that came with the frid fish.

A big reason why we, as a ntion are so fuckin fat, is that they serves us a bucket of food and we eat it all up. One piece of fish and a cup of fries is a satisfying meal. Anything more is gluttony

Indeed, the fish 'n chips in Chicago was very good.

I had some good fish 'n chips in Padstow - not from Stein's Fish & Chips restaurant/takeaway but from a real local.
The best ever, however, was in St. Columb Major in the Ring O'Bells, a pub and restaurant. We went there more than once ...

They haven't gone away. The number of fish and chip shops has gone down from 35,000 in 1927 to around 10,000 today, and on average Britons eat a fish-and-chip meal 6 times a year. Those shops face competition from Doner kebab, burger, Chinese, Indian, fried chicken etc outlets, and also many fish-and-chip shops also sell chicken, meat pies, and things like that.

Basically the British population has changed in many ways since the 1920s. What has happened, however, is that fish-and-chips has moved upmarket. There are now gourmet fish restaurants where you will find more varieties of fish and interesting batter recipes, like the ones you described.

I remember that you did have at least ok fish in Albuquerque, at the Indigo Crow, but it wasn't batter fried or fried at all. I speak as a west coast of California woman, where good fish is available - not that it isn't on the east coast or in the UK.

I forgot that visit in the Indigo Crow.

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What I really do you remember vividly are my stays in England in the 60's, when I had had fish 'n chips wrapped in a newspaper and the fish coming coming out of a basket, which came straight from the cutter ...

What's wrong with vinegar? We don't get vinegar sauces over here.

Unfortunately bad fish and chips like a bad curry is bloody horrible. There aren't many good chip shops in Southampton so I go to Harry Ramsden's. It's a chain, but it makes decent fish and chips.

As a general rule if somewhere does fish and chips, donna kebabs, curry and pizza, they don't tend to make any of them well.

There was a brilliant chip shop just down the road from me, it changed owners and they put a donna kebab machine in, and the fish and chips went downhill immediately. I only went there once after they changed owners, once was enough.

I remember Arthur Treachers. It was fun to go there when we visited the US. I thought it was so cooool that there were fish and chip chains there.

We had a great little fish and chip resto above the fresh store in my hometown. Murphys. I still judge claim chowder against the chowder they served at Murphys.

For some reason, Toronto has a fair number of fish and chip shops. Strange, given that we're so far from any ocean ... but fresh fish is flown in several times a day so we can get some excellent fish and chips.

The best fish 'n chips in continental Europe are made here

there are photos of a family get-together there in an album (wherever that album has gone to live)

mostly my uncle and me giving the Scholle two thumbs up at the Stammtisch

My personal favorite is the beer-battered variety of fish and chips --- minus the fish and the batter.

a secret is that deep fried walleye is superior to any codfish. (IMHO)

Mybe you were celebrating the ample walleye from your Northern waters

I'll have my walleye panfried, not deep-fried.

Preferably at a cottage, cooked over a campfire, served with hot potato salad (with crispy bacon on top).

gotta be good to cook over a campfire. too much variability in heat.

Luckily it's part of my skill set

Tartare.