Chipshops and dripping

[midden]

So chip shops in the south just can't get it right half the time the batter ain't worth bothering with and the chips are rather sickly
To me a proper fish and chips  fish with a full coating of crispy batter and chips cooked in dripping.
Last time I experience such a delight was in Yarm.


So to the Northerners amongst us


Do the good old fashioned fish n chippies  still exist up North?  cooked in dripping and especially kept away from that ridiculous polystyrene trays/boxes

[bigralphie]

No not seen one for years ,long gone like wooden chippys  :'(

[midden]

No not seen one for years ,long gone like wooden chippys  :'(

I think if one is found we should have a foccers pilgrimage to it

[mr self destruct]

The Black Country Living Museum.  Best. Chippy. Ever.


And yes it's worth the £16 to get in and the £7 for cod & chips for the grub alone, never mind the rest of the stuff there. 

[red imp]

Most chippies  in Cambridge are rubbish too.  The beach chip shop at Waterbeach off the A10 Cambridge to Ely road is decent tho.

[MadDogMcQ]

I've worked all over the UK (including Yarm) and would say that chippies in the North West are the best of any. Not many would be cooking in dripping these days though - well none that I know of. I love me chips :-D

[hightower]

I can take you guys to a couple of Chippies in the North East (Durham) that still use coal burners.

[hightower]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Wb_o3Jo10


Still there today

[NorthWestern]

Doesn't Harry Ramsdens fry in dripping?  Nearest one to me is Blackpool, I think at one time they had a few scattered about.

[midden]

See already I can see the foccers themed rides developing.  Forget the cafes, every numpty does them 

[stevierst]

There's a chippy called 'Seniors' just outside Blackpool which has been winning quite big awards for the last 25+ years.
Buggerdifino what they cook em in, but they're pretty unbeatable!

[NorthWestern]

There is always Wheelans in lytham ey Stevierst

[HarryHornby]

Midden, I'm pretty sure that the chippy in Whitstable does dripping.  The chips certainly have a nice coating of something solidified when they go cold 

Come along on the Easter egg run on Sunday and I'll take you there.

[midden]

Doesn't Harry Ramsdens fry in dripping?  Nearest one to me is Blackpool, I think at one time they had a few scattered about.

I just had to google it and heyup eckythump It seems to be topic of argument


http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-...96326.html

[NorthWestern]

You know, I have a can of soup for dinner but now...... Might pop out to the chippy for lunch :/

[hightower]

Only if they use dipping 

[keithfzs1000]

Almighty Cod in Hartlepool well Seaton Carew to be exact mmm £6 and you get a frekin whale and sack of spuds wrapped up in paper none of ye polystyrene crap mind they use cooking oil but the batter is to die for and a large helping of their home made curry sauce lashed over the top
  :'( :'( :'( :'(
hungry now lol

[noggythenog]

Good thread Midden, bikes and food you cant beat it!


A bit off thread here but gonna attempt a home made parmo tonight, lads i knew from Hartlepool & Stockton & Burgh used to always harp on about them.


On the chippy front...you know a good chippy when the chips are as tasty as the fish & not just a bulking agent.

[keithfzs1000]

ahhhh parmo the food of the gods  :b :b :b

breaded flattened chicken fillet deep fried betchemel sauce add topping of choice (peperoni n jalapinos for me) cover in grated chees and grill, serve with chips a small token sald and lashings of garlic sauce,

:rolleyes best parmo house I have tasted n I believe I have tried many lol  is Tonys in Hartlepool

[keithfzs1000]

mmmmmmmm