National chippy cuisine

[Inspector Norse]

never spied a saveloy in the flesh

Last one in Britain was killed by hunters in 1928. There are a few still living wild in the Alps and there've been efforts to reintroduce them in Croatia with some success, but if you see one on a chippy menu it's likely a Danish farm-reared one and they treat them notoriously badly, don't order it.

[buzby]

Liverpool:
Generic 'Fish', there's only one chippy in Liverpool I can think of (Byrnes in Walton) where you can specify the type of fish.
No pickled eggs, gherkins or any of that shite in jars.
Unbattered sausages (definitely not saveloys), Hollands (or occasionally Peters, from Wales) pies, fish cakes, sporadic battered scallops.

How far apart is it possible to buy a chippy dispensed Hollands pie?
What's the spread?

According to their Pie Finder, Hollands chippy distribution extends as far down as Ellesmere Port at the bottom of the Wirral to the south-west, Garstang/Hollins Lane (just north of Preston) to the north west, Keighley/Illingworth/Halifax (just over the border into Yorkshire from their HQ in Baxenden) to the north east, and Wilmslow/Bramhall/Marple/Glossop to the south east. There is also a conspicuous hole in their reach around Prescot/St. Helens/Warrington/Widnes/Runcorn, where I suspect the local incumbents from around St. Helens (such as Pimbletts) have the market sewn up.

[Dex Sawash]

^ No idea where any of those places are but I reckon you could walk the circuit in a day, or 3 hours on 2 busses.

[Dex Sawash]

Clicked through now and not only was my unfunny joke spoiled by being nearly accurate, I have learned that somehow they sell baked pies that somehow contain raw canned dogfood.

[seepage]

Clicked through now and not only was my unfunny joke spoiled by being nearly accurate, I have learned that somehow they sell baked pies that somehow contain raw canned dogfood.

worse than that, it's Chappie

[timahall]

In my life I've been to chippys all over the UK and Ireland, and I've never once seen a gherkin for sale.

I wouldn't say pickled eggs are mega common but I have seen them.

[timahall]

Also, how do you guys know what brand of pie is being served? I've never bought one but surely they don't specify?

[Sebastian Cobb]

Also, how do you guys know what brand of pie is being served? I've never bought one but surely they don't specify?

Definitely seen chippies with Pukka Pie logos about the place, I think they send out branded promo stuff like opening time signs to hang in the door. Although to be honest I'm fairly confident I could identify a Pukka in a line-up.

[curiousoranges]

In Ireland a "Hawaian burger" is a staple of chippies. Like a normal burger, but with a slice of pineapple in it. Gross.

[seepage]

Also, how do you guys know what brand of pie is being served? I've never bought one but surely they don't specify?

when I used to get pie and chips they left the wrapper on, presumably so if you said "hey, is this a Chappie pie!" they could point and say "no, look, it's supposed to be beef & onion mate"

[Sebastian Cobb]

In Ireland a "Hawaian burger" is a staple of chippies. Like a normal burger, but with a slice of pineapple in it. Gross.

dirty bastards

[timahall]

when I used to get pie and chips they left the wrapper on, presumably so if you said "hey, is this a Chappie pie!" they could point and say "no, look, it's supposed to be beef & onion mate"

As I said i've never bought a pie from a chippy (and probably never will), but I thought they keep them under the heat lamps sans packet with the sausages, pasties and everything else.

[monkfromhavana]

Recently I've been probing the owner of my local chippy with a series of questions regarding the chippy industry. They don't do gravy cos demand for it is sporadic. Chip shops don't sell baked beans for 2 reasons apparently. They're easy enough to do at home and they don't last long in the metal pots for gravy etc due to evaporation etc etc etc.

I'll probably be in there tomorrow night getting my cod with pineapple and orange chips and pie stuffed with pickled eggs, so I'll gladly fire across questions.

[beanheadmcginty]

Ever since I was very little I've been obsessed by the fact there's a fish called "John Dory". Surely the only animal that has a first name and surname like a human?

[timahall]

They don't do gravy cos demand for it is sporadic. Chip shops don't sell baked beans for 2 reasons apparently.

Cowboy Suppers are very popular and require baked beans.

I didn't know it was possible for a chippy not to have gravy, that's only one step away from not having salt and vinegar.

[Angst in my Pants]

Ever since I was very little I've been obsessed by the fact there's a fish called "John Dory". Surely the only animal that has a first name and surname like a human?

You're forgetting:
Halle Butt
Mack Rell
Anne Chovez

[seepage]

As I said i've never bought a pie from a chippy (and probably never will), but I thought they keep them under the heat lamps sans packet with the sausages, pasties and everything else.

they seemed to survive with the wrapper still on and it didn't melt

[seepage]

Ever since I was very little I've been obsessed by the fact there's a fish called "John Dory". Surely the only animal that has a first name and surname like a human?

his Latin name 'Zeus Faber' is cooler

[Sebastian Cobb]

i seem to remember the pukkas midland chippies had tended to put the pies upside down on the heat lamps because the foil dish they came in was colour-coded.

[buzby]

Definitely seen chippies with Pukka Pie logos about the place, I think they send out branded promo stuff like opening time signs to hang in the door. Although to be honest I'm fairly confident I could identify a Pukka in a line-up.

Hollands give out promo material to their customers too. Their foil trays used to be embossed with the Hollands logo too, but that's gone now, presumably to save money.

i seem to remember the pukkas midland chippies had tended to put the pies upside down on the heat lamps because the foil dish they came in was colour-coded.

They turn them upside down mainly to stop them drying out from being left under the heat lamps. in my chippy they stack two together with the crusts in the middle, and turn them over every so often to even out the temperature.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

In Ireland a "Hawaian burger" is a staple of chippies. Like a normal burger, but with a slice of pineapple in it. Gross.

dont think i ever had one of these out but ive done it at home and its nice

might do it again this week, been a long time

[Gurke and Hare]

You're forgetting:
Halle Butt
Mack Rell
Anne Chovez

Oh no I've accidentally started a fish pun thread I'm sorry everyone.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

Oh no I've accidentally started a fish pun thread I'm sorry everyone.

it was all just a sprat to catch a mackerel, wasnt it

[Mr Banlon]

Didn't know chippies everywhere didn't all have the choice of Cod, Haddock, Plaice and Rock on the menu.
Fritters? Spam/pineapple/onion

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

What about Australian and NZ chippies? I bet they serve something mental that you've never heard of, like battered Jooba Jooba fish or something.

[Sebastian Cobb]

What about Australian and NZ chippies? I bet they serve something mental that you've never heard of, like battered Jooba Jooba fish or something.

I've heard the Aussies are quite partial to the pie float which I think is also common in some Welsh chippies.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

i cant think about what my friends used to call a "pie float" without gagging

[Darles Chickens]

Pickled eggs are omnipresent, but from memory staff are a bit forgetful (and hesitant) when it comes to actually dishing one out of the massive jar.

They're supposed to be around, but never actually eaten. More of a science experiment than anything.

Correct.

https://youtu.be/3hknL8dubtM?si=JtEwZ8gMgzt0zSct&t=1382

[timahall]

Didn't know chippies everywhere didn't all have the choice of Cod, Haddock, Plaice and Rock on the menu.
Fritters? Spam/pineapple/onion

I'd say choice of fish is something you'd only see in yer upmarket artisian chippys.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Correct.

https://youtu.be/3hknL8dubtM?si=JtEwZ8gMgzt0zSct&t=1382

oh wow, I had no recollection of having watched that show but from the first frame I remembered that entire sketch.