From the letters page of The Metro
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JR Hartley, Glasgow wrote: Only in Glasgow do you get surreal conversations like this one I witnessed in a chippy in High Street. The woman in front of me watched the woman wrap her order "£5.20, please" said the girl. "What! How's that?" said the woman. At this point the manageress came over. "What's the problem?" she said. "The customer's not happy" said the girl. "Two single fish at £2.60 each. That's £5.20." The customer said: "But she's wrapped 4 fish!" The manageress said: "That's right. A single fish is two fish, so two single fish is four fish." The customer said: "But I only wanted two single fish." The manageress said: "But that is what you've got." The customer said: "But I've got four fish. I only wanted one for me and one for my man!" The manageress said: "You should have asked for one single fish then." The conversation went on like this in circular fashion for a few more minutes before the manageress instructed the girl to "Only give her one single fish and refund the difference" Only in Glasgow could a single fish be two fish...
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I can vouch for that, in my local chippy you get two of largest mutant fish known to man. If you go for the supper option then they come piled on top of a gargantuan pile of chips. Very tasty but i don't think i've ever managed to finish one, in fact i think more goes in the bin than in my belly. And they wonder why Scotland has such bad health problems!
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A take-away that sells traditional fried fast food that comes with large quantities of chips (Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America) In Scotland the typical menu consists of Fish Sausage Steak Pie Haggis Pizza Chicken and so on. All fried (including the Pizza) and usually with chips, salt and vinegar or brown sauce (depending on where you live - ask for brown sauce in Glasgow and they will look at you funny)
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A take-away that sells traditional fried fast food that comes with large quantities of chips (Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America) In Scotland the typical menu consists of Fish Sausage Steak Pie Haggis Pizza Chicken and so on. All fried (including the Pizza) and usually with chips, salt and vinegar or brown sauce (depending on where you live - ask for brown sauce in Glasgow and they will look at you funny)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America No, contrary to popular belief we call them french fries. Not after the country, but referring to the way the potatos are cut: frenched. Actually most people refer to them solely as "fries". What we call chips are also fried potatos, but cut in the shape of a poker chip rather than frenched. Heck, we even have curly fries and riggies. ;P ~Nitron.
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A take-away that sells traditional fried fast food that comes with large quantities of chips (Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America) In Scotland the typical menu consists of Fish Sausage Steak Pie Haggis Pizza Chicken and so on. All fried (including the Pizza) and usually with chips, salt and vinegar or brown sauce (depending on where you live - ask for brown sauce in Glasgow and they will look at you funny)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!
Really. So, when people from Scotland say "Chips" they are referring to what us Americans call French Fries. Picture below for clarification: http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:8hClfwe6YMgJ:a.abcnews.com/media/Living/images/ap_french_fries_020904_nv.jpg[^] I never knew that. I have seen posts for years referring to "chips" and some traditional fast food and had always assumed that those individuals really liked "potatoe chips", such as Pringles. Thanks, Daniel
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A take-away that sells traditional fried fast food that comes with large quantities of chips (Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America) In Scotland the typical menu consists of Fish Sausage Steak Pie Haggis Pizza Chicken and so on. All fried (including the Pizza) and usually with chips, salt and vinegar or brown sauce (depending on where you live - ask for brown sauce in Glasgow and they will look at you funny)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!
and in the "South of England", you can have jellied eels and boiled eggs X| Other combinations from the the "North West of England" are Chips, Peas and Gravy Chips, Peas and Curry Fish, Curry and Chips and Peas Pea Wet and Chips Pet Wet is the juice from Peas with No Peas :confused: and local to the area of Wigan.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America No, contrary to popular belief we call them french fries. Not after the country, but referring to the way the potatos are cut: frenched. Actually most people refer to them solely as "fries". What we call chips are also fried potatos, but cut in the shape of a poker chip rather than frenched. Heck, we even have curly fries and riggies. ;P ~Nitron.
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startColin Angus Mackay wrote: Freedom Fries - I believe they are called in America Nitron wrote: No, contrary to popular belief we call them french fries. Sorry, I forgot to put an appropriate smilie after that comment. :doh:
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and in the "South of England", you can have jellied eels and boiled eggs X| Other combinations from the the "North West of England" are Chips, Peas and Gravy Chips, Peas and Curry Fish, Curry and Chips and Peas Pea Wet and Chips Pet Wet is the juice from Peas with No Peas :confused: and local to the area of Wigan.
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Really. So, when people from Scotland say "Chips" they are referring to what us Americans call French Fries. Picture below for clarification: http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:8hClfwe6YMgJ:a.abcnews.com/media/Living/images/ap_french_fries_020904_nv.jpg[^] I never knew that. I have seen posts for years referring to "chips" and some traditional fast food and had always assumed that those individuals really liked "potatoe chips", such as Pringles. Thanks, Daniel
Yes, but "Chips" in Scotland (and probably the rest of the UK - I've not personally sampled them) are much thicker that the "French Fries" you get in McDonald's or Burker King.
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A "chippy" is a Fish & Chip shop where you will usually find such delicacies as deep fried fish, deep fried chicken, deep fried steak pie, deep fried pizza, deep fried sausage, deep fried hamburger, deep fried haggis, deep fried black pudding and anything else they can think of to deep fry. One glasgow chippy recetly came up with the "Stonner" - a sausage wrapped in donner kebab meat and (yep you guessed it) deep fried!
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Yes, but "Chips" in Scotland (and probably the rest of the UK - I've not personally sampled them) are much thicker that the "French Fries" you get in McDonald's or Burker King.
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And usually made from real potato!
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A "chippy" is a Fish & Chip shop where you will usually find such delicacies as deep fried fish, deep fried chicken, deep fried steak pie, deep fried pizza, deep fried sausage, deep fried hamburger, deep fried haggis, deep fried black pudding and anything else they can think of to deep fry. One glasgow chippy recetly came up with the "Stonner" - a sausage wrapped in donner kebab meat and (yep you guessed it) deep fried!
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Weiye Chen wrote: How can a single fish be two fish?? When it's in Glasgow... Apparently. Weiye Chen wrote: The fish is pregnant? I may have quit biology classes when I was 14 but I don't think fish procreate in that fashion. IIRC, they lay eggs.
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I may have quit biology classes when I was 14 but I don't think fish procreate in that fashion. IIRC, they lay eggs. Actually, a number of fish are livebearers, i.e. the mother gives birth instead of laying eggs. (You learn a lot when starting a fish tank.)
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I don't get it. How can a single fish be two fish?? :confused: The fish is pregnant? :laugh: Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Fish & chips supper, two pieces of fish. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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Fish & chips supper, two pieces of fish. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
Trollslayer wrote: Fish & chips supper, two pieces of fish. But that is a "supper" not a "single fish".
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Trollslayer wrote: Fish & chips supper, two pieces of fish. But that is a "supper" not a "single fish".
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But a "fish supper" is just a "single fish" with chips.
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and in the "South of England", you can have jellied eels and boiled eggs X| Other combinations from the the "North West of England" are Chips, Peas and Gravy Chips, Peas and Curry Fish, Curry and Chips and Peas Pea Wet and Chips Pet Wet is the juice from Peas with No Peas :confused: and local to the area of Wigan.
I think pickled eggs are standard fare for chippies up and down the country. In Glasgow most chippies will also have chili. Chips & Chili with a pickled egg, now there's a mighty fine combo :)
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I don't get it. How can a single fish be two fish?? :confused: The fish is pregnant? :laugh: Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
Weiye Chen wrote: How can a single fish be two fish?? It simply means that in that store, fish are served by weight, not pieces. For example, if a single serving of fish weighs 5 ounces and you get a large fish that weighs 10 ounces, you've actually got two servings of fish but in a single fish. It's not that uncommon of a concept.
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Weiye Chen wrote: How can a single fish be two fish?? When it's in Glasgow... Apparently. Weiye Chen wrote: The fish is pregnant? I may have quit biology classes when I was 14 but I don't think fish procreate in that fashion. IIRC, they lay eggs.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Not getting the response you want from a question asked in an online forum: How to Ask Questions the Smart Way!
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: I don't think fish procreate in that fashion. IIRC, they lay eggs. Yes i know. Since the people in glasgow can treat a single fish as 2 fishes, perhaps they also treat those going-to-be fishes(eggs) as another fish. :wtf: Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...
