Fries vs Chips

[Tony Moanero]

57 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Or just do the right thing and live near a chippy.

 

Sam's made me the man I am today. 

Precisely. Good chippy chips > everything else.

 

Actually, I’d love to own a chippy. Menu wise I’d keep things pretty basic but a little more upmarket than most chippies. Cod or haddock, homemade pies (meat & potato, steak & kidney, vegetarian option), proper sausages (not those cheapo ones) - battered and unbattered, decent curry, gravy and homemade mushy peas. 

 

Anyone asking for a “chip roll” would be given a swift kick in the bollocks and thrown out.

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, Mook said:

Mainly because it doesn't involve 15 minutes of chopping tatties up, 10 minutes of boiling them & then having to cover the things in oil & seasoning.

 

That's at least 25 minutes wanking time gone.

"Mook lashes oven chips up his hoop"

 

Bob Dylan - Staten Island, 1967 

[General Dryness]

1 hour ago, The Woolster said:

 

My one works really well, chips area bit like like an armadillo, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside...

 

Takes about the same amount of time as doing in the oven (when you include doubling the time), and taste much nicer. Making chips from scratch (no need to boil the potatoes) its about 35-45 minutes, and uses only a little bit of oil, so not too unhealthy.

 

It also advertises itself as being able to do all sorts of food. I only attempted this once, doing some chicken with various veg, and it worked pretty good too.

 

If doing chips you can get away with wiping it with kitchen paper to clean it, which is nice and easy.

 

One issue is it is very loud.

 

My one is big though (have an XL version), you probably don't want to keep in on the worktop unless you are using it every day, so need space to store it. I do go through stages of not using it, but unlike some kitchen gadgets, its not hidden away for ever and in fact have used it 3 or 4 times this couple of weeks as the wife has been ill in bed so wanted to do hassle free cooking

Any chance we could have this information  in the form of a graph or venn diagram? 

[Karl_b]

I like both, depending on the circumstances.

 

Fries are the perfect accompaniment to a burger or hotdog or as part of moules frites.

 

Chips are ace from the chippy, with a pie or in a butty. 

 

Choosing between the best of each? Chips just edge it. Preferably from a chippy in Hull served with a patty and peas. I'm also a big fan of the chip spice every Hull chippy has on the counter. 

[Bjornebye]

17 minutes ago, Karl_b said:

I like both, depending on the circumstances.

 

Fries are the perfect accompaniment to a burger or hotdog or as part of moules frites.

 

Chips are ace from the chippy, with a pie or in a butty. 

 

Choosing between the best of each? Chips just edge it. Preferably from a chippy in Hull served with a patty and peas. I'm also a big fan of the chip spice every Hull chippy has on the counter. 

[VladimirIlyich]

7 hours ago, Hank Moody said:

You don't comprehend the notion of lunch? Allow me to enlighten you, via the concise record of the English Language, the Oxford English Dictionary. 

 

Lunch: A meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal.

 

Hope this helps you decipher the very tricky standard English code that I posted earlier. 

You're reading the wrong page,you are describing dinner.

[Tony Moanero]

45 minutes ago, Karl_b said:

I like both, depending on the circumstances.

 

Fries are the perfect accompaniment to a burger or hotdog or as part of moules frites.

 

Chips are ace from the chippy, with a pie or in a butty. 

 

Choosing between the best of each? Chips just edge it. Preferably from a chippy in Hull served with a patty and peas. I'm also a big fan of the chip spice every Hull chippy has on the counter. 

Chip spice is TURD.

[Bjornebye]

What the fuck is chip spice? 

[cloggypop]

The fact you have to be in Hull to eat it puts me right off. 

[Tony Moanero]

6 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

The fact you have to be in Hull to eat it puts me right off. 

Ha ha. A few chippies in York have it. In fact, York chippies are one of my favourite subjects to moan about. Most of them are shite.

[Numero Veinticinco]

10 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

You're reading the wrong page,you are describing dinner.

No. I had 'A meal eaten in the middle of the day' that was 'less formal than an evening meal'.

[TheHowieLama]

Moules frites -- top call.

[Stouffer]

1 hour ago, Karl_b said:

I like both, depending on the circumstances.

 

Fries are the perfect accompaniment to a burger or hotdog or as part of moules frites.

 

Chips are ace from the chippy, with a pie or in a butty. 

 

Choosing between the best of each? Chips just edge it. Preferably from a chippy in Hull served with a patty and peas. I'm also a big fan of the chip spice every Hull chippy has on the counter. 

Patties are brilliant; so simple yet so tasty.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Chip spice. 

 

Oh. Okay then.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 hour ago, Stouffer said:

Patties are brilliant; so simple yet so tasty.

I prefer Selma's.

[Remmie]

Aussies have the option to put onion vinegar on their chips. That I like. They can also add chicken salt which is no good to me as a vegetarian, though I'm a little confused about what that means. 

[The Woolster]

Huh, onion vinegar is a standard option here too, isn't it? Maybe its a southern thing, but I thought Milton Keynes is in the south?!

[cloggypop]

20 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Aussies have the option to put onion vinegar on their chips. That I like. They can also add chicken salt which is no good to me as a vegetarian, though I'm a little confused about what that means. 

Is it made out of chicken sweat or what? 

[Jose Jones]

25 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Aussies have the option to put onion vinegar on their chips. That I like. They can also add chicken salt which is no good to me as a vegetarian, though I'm a little confused about what that means. 

Chicken salt is veggie I think Rem.

It was originally a salt and spice mix that someone put on a roast chicken, then some other cobber thought it would be good on chips and history was made.

You've missed out.

 

[Remmie]

21 minutes ago, The Woolster said:

Huh, onion vinegar is a standard option here too, isn't it? Maybe its a southern thing, but I thought Milton Keynes is in the south?!

Yeah MK is in Buckinghamshire, but never seen anywhere do onion vinegar in the UK. If its starting to catch on I'm getting a semi

[TheHowieLama]

Dont do it pal - it is made out of almost all chicken

[The Woolster]

10 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Yeah MK is in Buckinghamshire, but never seen anywhere do onion vinegar in the UK. If its starting to catch on I'm getting a semi

Its not something I have looked for in every chippy I go to, but onion vinegar has been an option for as long as I can remember. It is just the vinegar used in the pickled onion jar, you may have to ask for it, but  I reckon it is often the main option.

[Tony Moanero]

@Remmie, I’ve seen onion vinegar in London chippies. Some sell bottles of it, too.

[Bjornebye]

They have onion vinegar in Portsmouth. Just sat on the counter in chippies down there. 

[TheHowieLama]

17 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

They have onion vinegar in Portsmouth. Just sat on the counter in chippies down there. 

Well in pal -- I would think they would have stools. Still. Good.