I am speechless. . .
― quincie, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I know.
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
omg lol
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
wait
now THAT is obscene
a pie inside a roll?!
my god
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
is there a sandwich sandwich?
I mean, I have to admire the ballsiness of it but...man that is hysterical
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
But is it a potato pie?
― Back up the lesbian canoe (Laurel), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a rice pie
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 toohttp://i54.tinypic.com/2ag84gh.jpg
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahahah <3
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!!!
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had pea fritters, they weren't all that
― cockroach shakespeare (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
So ashamed btw.
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 (thirteen years ago) link
Zucchini flower fritters
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
what is scotch pie
― VegemiteGrrl, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
There are also amazing spicy pea fritters... in Malta.
― a modest broposal (suzy), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Clockwise from top-left: chips, yer other national drink, pizza crunchieshttp://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 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my god
that looks amazing
how is everyone in Scotland not morbidly obese?!
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
british ppl and food again *shakes head lovingly*
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
You guys really like tan/beige foods, huh?
― I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
and orange!
― did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
If you think about it, it's positively colourful compared to our grey country.
your country is bright green!
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
re. faggots. when i was a kid there were commercials for that brand and it wasn't the word faggots that was weird about it (that americanism wasn't used much in the uk then), but the fact they were BRAINS faggots. check out the advert on youtube.
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Brains Faggots
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Scotland is second in the world for obesity.
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Timothy Dalton (James Bond #whatever) on voiceover duty
― did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...
Only America has a higher percentage of overweight adults
― did you notice "you spin me round" was playing in the background? (snoball), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
As Frankie Boyle said, just think what we'd be like if it wasn't for all the heroin.
xxp
― death, taxes and (onimo), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link