Chips: Salt or Vinegar first

[Espresso]

I always thought it sounded really peculiar when Shirley Valentine said chips and egg. But I suppose there are more chips than eggs, so she was listing the most numerous article first. Maybe. Like how when I was a kid it was a meat and potato pie, but now they have to call it a potato and meat pie. I know I'd still ask for meat and potato pie and chips, though.
Well, no. What I would actually say would be "Meat n tater pie wi chips n peas in a tray wi gravy, please"

God. I want that now.

 

[Johnny Doe]

You're clearly not Northern.

How Northern would you need to be? I went to University in Manchester and in the 3 years of living with mates from Huddersfield and drinking with Mancs, plus having a girlfriend from Lancaster, I never heard it said the wrong way round?

 

[telbert]

A liberal amount of salt first, whilst shaking the bag to distribute it evenly all the way to the bottom. Then vinegar, again whilst shaking the bag. Followed by a bit more salt.

 

[telbert]

Then a bit more vinegar.

 

[ska invita]

Balsamic first, then ground pepper.

 

[ska invita]

In all seriousness Ive never thought to put vinegar on first, will give it a try.
Though the older I get the more vinegar goes on. It can take while before the chips are suitably swimming.

 

[Orang Utan]

Ketchup, like fizzy pop and pudding, is for children

 

[spanglechick]

I must confess to only now realising that the vinegar in the chippy isn’t proper malt vinegar. No wonder it seems like there’s never enough on! Fucking cheapskates.

I mean, mostly I eat my chips at home, but when I am having chips on-the-go or at the seaside I would pay extra for proper malt vinegar. It should be an option.

TBH the salt is very much secondary. It’s all about the vinegar.

 

[spanglechick]

Ketchup, like fizzy pop and pudding, is for children

Agree, except for in a bacon or bacon and egg sandwich.

 

[Orang Utan]

Agree, except for in a bacon or bacon and egg sandwich.

Or a little tiny squirt on a burger

 

[Orang Utan]

I have actually been to (well, past) the headquarters of the National Federation of Fish Friers, it's in Leeds:
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Sadly I didn't think to go inside and ask them their opinions on the salt/vinegar/ketchup question at the time.

I cycle past that all the time. It should be an enormous skyscraper considering how much fish n chips are ingrained in UK culture

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyway, the correct answer is - it doesn’t matter either way

 

[Orang Utan]

My local does gravy now so I often get a pot for dipping. Wouldn’t dream of sloshing it over the chips though

 

[DotCommunist]

vinegar first, you want it on the chips while they are at their hottest so some of it steams off.mmm.

 

[Orang Utan]

I have Mayo on chips often too as I keep some in the house, unlike ketchup and brown sauce

 

[hitmouse]

Ketchup, like fizzy pop and pudding, is for children

Blimey, I didn't know that they let Puritans use the internet. Calm down Praise-God Barebone.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

If eating chips at home, I often mix ketchup with mayonnaise and sriracha.

 

[moose]

Balsamic first, then ground pepper.

Jesus!!! The one savoury thing IN THE WORLD that pepper doesn't go on is chips.

 

[moose]

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[ska invita]

Jesus!!! The one savoury thing IN THE WORLD that pepper doesn't go on is chips.

 

[mr steev]

Jesus!!! The one savoury thing IN THE WORLD that pepper doesn't go on is chips.

Have you ever tried it?

 

[sojourner]

How Northern would you need to be? I went to University in Manchester and in the 3 years of living with mates from Huddersfield and drinking with Mancs, plus having a girlfriend from Lancaster, I never heard it said the wrong way round?

BORN Northern, not just part-time 'ooo I lived there for a bit and me missus was from there'. Got to be in your veins.

Oh, and I see what you did there. You mean the right way round.

 

[moose]

Have you ever tried it?

Once. Never again.

 

[mod]

Yes, it will fall between the gaps and down to the bottom of the bag, with hardly any on the chips.

I worry for your mental health.

 

[Johnny Doe]

BORN Northern, not just part-time 'ooo I lived there for a bit and me missus was from there'. Got to be in your veins.

Oh, and I see what you did there. You mean the right way round.

You misunderstood me. I wasn't claiming any Northerness, God forbid. I was saying I lived in close proximity to many Northerners for a few years and they all said 'egg n chips' and never the reverse.

Hence, my 'how Northern' query, as I wondered if it was from further up the country

 

[neonwilderness]

windowlene?

 

[Edie]

Roseygirl has blown this thread wide open tbh (welcome btw ).

I like the idea that Dominos is posh.

Have you seen the price of the pizzas? £15 each for a medium!! My kids have to get them from the local student takeaway places instead.

 

[dessiato]

If eating chips at home, I often mix ketchup with mayonnaise and sriracha.

I often do a similar thing. I finely chop jalapeños into the Mayo, and add a little sriracha. It needs to stand for a while for the chilli flavours to develop. In Belgium, where I bought my frites, they called it samurai.

 

[Maggot]

Roseygirl has blown this thread wide open tbh (welcome btw ).


Have you seen the price of the pizzas? £15 each for a medium!! My kids have to get them from the local student takeaway places instead.

Pricey yes, but not posh.

 

[discokermit]

Ketchup, like fizzy pop and pudding, is for children

orange tango is the perfect accompianamanament to chips.