CHIPS vs FRIES

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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

cockroach shakespeare (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:40 (fifteen years ago)

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

quincie, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:40 (fifteen years ago)

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

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

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:40 (fifteen years ago)

x-post

they're meatballs - sort of

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

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

quincie, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

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

I still can't even handle it.

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:41 (fifteen years ago)

I am speechless. . .

quincie, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:42 (fifteen years ago)

I know.

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:43 (fifteen years ago)

Roll and pie:

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

Really, we Scots are kings of redundant carbohydrates.

textbook blows on the head (dowd), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:43 (fifteen years ago)

omg lol

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

wait

now THAT is obscene

a pie inside a roll?!

my god

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

is there a sandwich sandwich?

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:44 (fifteen years ago)

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

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:45 (fifteen years ago)

But is it a potato pie?

Back up the lesbian canoe (Laurel), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:46 (fifteen years ago)

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

Served with brown sauce.

textbook blows on the head (dowd), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:47 (fifteen years ago)

Roll and pie

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

did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:47 (fifteen years ago)

it's a rice pie

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:47 (fifteen years ago)

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.

Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:47 (fifteen years ago)

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".

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:49 (fifteen years ago)

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

housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:49 (fifteen years ago)

hahahahah <3

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

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.

a modest broposal (suzy), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:51 (fifteen years ago)

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

Now working on a documentary about Sham 69's recent tour of China (ithappens), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:58 (fifteen years ago)

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

Now working on a documentary about Sham 69's recent tour of China (ithappens), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:00 (fifteen years ago)

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

Now working on a documentary about Sham 69's recent tour of China (ithappens), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:02 (fifteen years ago)

I was aware of "faggot" being used for a piece of firewood and (derogatorily) for a gay man, but not for a *meatball*.

quincie, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:03 (fifteen years ago)

!!!!!

Peas, in general, are one of my favorite foods. Sometimes I eat a bowl of reg ones just as a snack. Would try a pea fritter.

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:04 (fifteen years ago)

Quincie, a faggot isn't orginally a piece of firewood but a bundle of sticks. It is thought to derive from fasces, just like the word fascist.

Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:05 (fifteen years ago)

Mushy peas are the worst, but then I hate peas with a vengence. Can only really enjoy them as mange tout, but otherwise I'd rather not.

While we're on the subject of starch-on-starch foods, I think the chip butty's poor cousin -the crisp sandwich- needs a shout out. Completely terrible but totally my number one guilty secret food.

http://www.thedailyspud.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Crisp-sandwich.jpg

ridic beau (NickB), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:06 (fifteen years ago)

I've had pea fritters, they weren't all that

cockroach shakespeare (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:06 (fifteen years ago)

So ashamed btw.

ridic beau (NickB), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:06 (fifteen years ago)

And while we're on the firtters:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoX8L5qVN0S4AKcqjzbkF/SIG=14e356rfv/EXP=1302746763/**http%3a//1.bp.blogspot.com/_cxZklUorbes/TFMYwQ_CrsI/AAAAAAAAAP4/1O3vVP7SqE8/s1600/fried%2bzucchini%2bflower%2bopensource.jpg

Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:07 (fifteen years ago)

Zucchini flower fritters

Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:07 (fifteen years ago)

I used to work with a few people from Wigan (north west England and nationally famous for its pies) and alongside the pie and roll combo upthread ("pie barm") they would also insist upon the following whenever they visited a chip-shop:

"pey wet" - or "pea wet" ie. the watery liquor of mushy peas, usually slopped all over whatever else had been bought.
"babby's yead" - literally "baby's head", a steak pudding whose shape vaguely echoes one.

One of the things I love about England is that this lot lived about 15 miles away from me but I could barely understand them at times, such was the local dialect.

And yeah, CHIPS all the way.

Bill A, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:10 (fifteen years ago)

Crisp sandwiches! Man, I love this thread. THat second roll and pie is the real deal, that abomination with the ashet pie is just all kinds of wrong. Scotch pie ftw.

ailsa, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:26 (fifteen years ago)

what is scotch pie

VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:31 (fifteen years ago)

A spiced mutton pie in a water crust pastry - much favoured half-time snack of football fans before they started having McDonald's and shit in stadiums.

death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:50 (fifteen years ago)

Add me to the chorus of admiration for the roll and pie. Would also say that a point in favor of chips is being able to douse them in malt vinegar.

bentelec, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:51 (fifteen years ago)

I've seen someone have a deep fried battered pizza (colloquially known as a pizza crunchy) on a roll.

death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

There are also amazing spicy pea fritters... in Malta.

a modest broposal (suzy), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:54 (fifteen years ago)

Clockwise from top-left: chips, yer other national drink, pizza crunchies
http://pugwash.cat5.org/articles/pizza/deep-fried-pizza-9.jpg

Just out of shot: hardened arteries.

death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:55 (fifteen years ago)

oh my god

that looks amazing

how is everyone in Scotland not morbidly obese?!

ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:57 (fifteen years ago)

british ppl and food again *shakes head lovingly*

k3vin k., Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:00 (fifteen years ago)

We have our fair share of heavyweight and a terrible record for heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure & everything else you'd associate with that photo.

death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:00 (fifteen years ago)

One of my favourite meals used to be spam fritters, Heinz spaghetti with cheese melted into it, and chips.

did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:02 (fifteen years ago)

You guys really like tan/beige foods, huh?

I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:14 (fifteen years ago)

and orange!

did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:15 (fifteen years ago)

If you think about it, it's positively colourful compared to our grey country.

did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:15 (fifteen years ago)

your country is bright green!

housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:16 (fifteen years ago)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Faggots

did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:19 (fifteen years ago)


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