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[Goldeneye]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

So it seems that we British immigrants are very well catered for by Spanish outlets....

I'd like a decent, old-fashioned English fish'n'chip shop nearby, though.

LOL, My DH had NEVER had 'English fish & Chips' until after we moved to Canada.. (not something his parents ever did)
For me on the other hand it was a Saturday lunchtime tradition, Mum & Dad would do the main grocery shop for the week and I'd walk down to the Chippy to get lunch for us all.. Oh the memory!!

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by dunmovin

WHAT??? you can't make your own? The fish batter is simple and who can't do reasonable chips?( if you can get the right potatoes) fine salt and "chip shop" vinegar from iceland, lidle, aldi, carrefour.......


The same batter works just as well on hamburgers, sausage..... ADD a squirt of lemon, some cayanne pepper, a pinch of tarragon and some rough cut bread crumbs to a pre grilled chicken leg,...... deepfried, and you'll never set foot in a KFC again

Of course people can do fish and chips at home, but it's not the same is it, first point being that you've done the shopping and cooking yourself! Secondly, I don't think I'd ever be able to get the same grease level in the chips as they do in the chippie etc etc

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by dunmovin

WHAT??? you can't make your own? The fish batter is simple and who can't do reasonable chips?( if you can get the right potatoes) fine salt and "chip shop" vinegar from iceland, lidle, aldi, carrefour.......

Of course I can...and do. But there are times when I like someone else to do the cooking.

I make chips either in the deep-fat frier (delicious but unhealthy version) or in our Tefal Actifry (healthy but not quite the same).

There is also the point that OH prefers her fish breaded whereas I like crispy batter with the little crispy bits added to my chips.

And I have found that very many people cannot make 'good' chips....Like most plain cooking,there's more to it than meets the eye..or palate.

[baldilocks]

We were "cured" of a desire for chish and fips recently when we went to Iceland (fuengirola) and had them at a place near the beach - awful is a word that lacks the emphasis to do them justice. That was the first for more than three years.

When we have fish of any sort or chicken and "chips" we eat at home. we have our fish or chicken (breast cut into strips) goujons done in the oven, or crumbed langostinos (Good Friday) with Patatas de guarnición cooked in the Micro from a previous day then fried (their being pre-cooked means that they hardly absorb any grease). The goujons are put into a plastic bag containing a mix of smoked paprika, nutmeg, cumin, mixed spice, cinnamon and either fine gluten-free breadcrumbs or arroz inflatada crumbs and shaken. When cooked served with mango chutney and either the aforementioned potatoes or baked sweet potato.

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by baldilocks

We were "cured" of a desire for chish and fips recently when we went to Iceland (fuengirola) and had them at a place near the beach - awful is a word that lacks the emphasis to do them justice. That was the first for more than three years.

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The art of cooking good fish and chips is sadly disappearing. I can think of only a couple of places where such may be obtained.

One is a traditional-type shop in the village of Bishopton, near Glasgow. It should have the highest number of Michelin stars.

[baldilocks]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

The art of cooking good fish and chips is sadly disappearing. I can think of only a couple of places where such may be obtained.

One is a traditional-type shop in the village of Bishopton, near Glasgow. It should have the highest number of Michelin stars.

It's a damned long way to pop out for a piece of cod a six penn'orth for lunch!

We now can't go to the bar and restaurant in the park which has been reprted to do fish and chipa occasionally for a few Brits it is just in the process of burning down - clouds of smoke now for about an hour and three quarters, fire engines and an ambulance in attendance.