CHIPS vs FRIES

this is comfort food btw guys, not our staple diet. even losers who eat nothing but take out food have a bad pizza every now and then.

i just want something more nutritious for the good people of Hull

Of all the British foods in the world, mushy peas is the one I most want to try. They sound fucking amazing!

Mushy peas are amazing but the one thing that bothers me about them, at least the canned variety you can get here, is the color. The add food coloring so that they're an unnatural shade of green. I still get them every now and then but try not to think too hard about the coloring thing.

weirdly tho the coloured tinned ones are often better than some of the overstewed ones you get in chippies.

my one exception to starch on starch violations are potato pierogi.

there is a place in my life for starch-on-starch action. I've only had a couple of chip butties in my life but they were AWESOME

also: did someone say macaroni pie?????? :D

Oh while I'm pro chip butty I will tell you one thing that was just too much, a scallop batch. First of all I thought it was going to be like a friend scallop (the shellfish) sandwich so that was confusing. I thought it would be amazing but it was just too much potato. Also, way too greasy.

Man, I want a chip butty so badly, but dinner is already sorted, and is way healthier than a chip butty. Am totally going to the chip shop for my lunch tomorrow though.

Macaroni pies are vile.

x-post - I had a mac and cheese pie in Scotland because, well, I had to really. It was divine.

my one exception to starch on starch violations are potato pierogi.

― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:27 PM

samosas? knishes??

xpost At the annual Goose Fair in Nottingham - a centuries old tradition that is Europe's largest fun fair - there is stall after stall after stall selling mushy peas, each boasting that theirs are more mushy and more authentic than anyone else's. It must be the world's greatest concentration of mushy peas.

oh god good knishes are the best

I would go to that fair.

oh E i miss scallops/scollops so much, they're a Midland thing and they don't do them round here, when somebody tries they fuck them up.

scallops, fried roe and peas with crusty buttered bread = taste of my nan's house when i was 10

and if you're in NY and want a good knish - this place is great: http://knishery.com/

NV - I only tried the scallop batch once so maybe I got a bad one? \o/

scallops can be greasy cos of the batter it's true. u wouldn't wanna live off them. well i might.

hahahaha

we're having chilli and brown rice for tea btw, we are not monsters.

http://www.cookipedia.co.uk/wiki/images/thumb/9/91/Macaroni_pies.jpg/300px-Macaroni_pies.jpg

I want one

Yeah I was just thinking that this thread makes it sound like all I eat is starch. I mean in my dream world that might be the case but I just had a salad (totally unsatisfying in light of this discussion) for lunch tho I'm not contemplating picking up some mushy peas on my way home.

And for those of you suffering from trypophobia...

http://assets.mydish.co.uk/interface/members/234798/200711718441431-878332-263318-208230.jpg

x-post meant "I'm NOW contemplating" not "not contemplating"

i've always said there's nothing that can't be improved by making it into a pie but i think we've found something

Wait I was doing pretty well with the terminology here until we got to faggot???????

one's diet could easily be misconstrued from this thread.

Should be retitled 'CHIPS VS FRIES' (BUT WE EAT VEGGIES TOO!)

x-post

they're meatballs - sort of

Hmmmm. I am going to have to look into this further.

http://artiewayne.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/faggots.jpg

I still can't even handle it.

I am speechless. . .

I know.

Roll and pie:

http://www.bitsofbobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/rollandpie.jpg

Really, we Scots are kings of redundant carbohydrates.

omg lol

wait

now THAT is obscene

a pie inside a roll?!

my god

is there a sandwich sandwich?

I mean, I have to admire the ballsiness of it but...man that is hysterical

But is it a potato pie?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2189707962_758b35abde.jpg

Served with brown sauce.

Roll and pie

If you covered that in batter and deep fried it...

it's a rice pie

Btw, quincie and ENBB, faggot as derogatory term for a gay man is an Americanism though there is a prior use as a term of derision for old women.

I know, I know but when you grow up knowing the word in a certain context it's still pretty insane to see it used otherwise esp in things like "4 faggots in a rich country sauce".

First of all I thought it was going to be like a friend scallop
I just spent a few minutes finding your friend scallop and since I spent that time finding him, I figured I would post him too
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ag84gh.jpg

hahahahah <3

Authentic fat chips fried in beef tallow are available less than 200 metres from my house, but nothing beats perfect pommes frites dipped in aioli or mayo. I am spoiled.

For the poncey Jenga chips, I generally mix mayonnaise with either ketchup or sweet Thai chili sauce for dipping. Chip-shop chips get ketchup only.

I make mushy peas all the time because it's super-easy. Melted butter, cooked peas, a few mint leaves, salt, pepper. Maybe a few leaves of parsley if there's no mint in. Blend. This is also really good with ham, not just fish and chips.

Those aren't mushy peas - they're puréed peas.

Mushy peas must be made with dried marrowfat peas, not fresh peas.

For those who dream of mushy peas that have, by some miracle, been deep fried … the pea fritter!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2945337564_ce3f573879.jpg