Thread: Chips and Gravy
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Old 06-07-2006, 09:50   #90
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Re: Chips and Gravy

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Originally Posted by ian@huth
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Fish cakes should be of the Yorkshire type as well, two slices of potato with a layer of haddock sandwiched between fried in a crispy batter in beef dripping. Can't stand the mushy mashed poato and minced fish ones wrapped in breadcrumbs that other parts of the country pass on as fishcakes.
agreed - round here they tend to be called 'scallops'

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Originally Posted by orangebird
PS Pie and mash is bloody gorgeous - go to Arments on East Lane off Walworth Road, SE5. . So are jellied eels, and whelks, and cockles.
too close to Labour headquarters, for me

- I must have tried a poor shop, as the liquor was bordering on rancid, the pie had soggy pastry & the blandest filling imaginable, while the mash was watery & full of lumps....

- Cockles & Winkles, for me, Whelks are just chewy
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