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Anything but the soggy chips dissolving under a warmer that disgrace many a chippy. If I pay I want them freshly cooked. :mad:
 
That's the word I was looking for! Candaian Chips with melted cheese and gravy! Yum!

I've always wondered whether the French call the Russian president "Poutine" rather than spell it Putin because the latter might sound like Putain.

I think it is cheese curd rather than melted cheese as such *pedant* :oops:
 
Just for the record, French Fries are not chips. They are an abomination that must be endured when desperate. Sweet potato fries, on the other hand, are sublime.
 
See I love the fries from dirty chicken shops :oops:
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But! At least they give a nod towards real chips. They are not totally fry. No. I can't believe that they are if you, my friend, have a (dirty) thing for them.
 
gravy is a northern affectation that I can live with, I wouldn't have it by choice but if it was all there was as a condiment I'd totally yam that.


Great story I heard from Noel Gallagher (on the radio obvs, I don't know him), he goes into his northern chippy just before closing time and asks for the gravy but is told theres only one boat left and its been claimed by someone else. He turns round and its Ian Brown of the stone roses, who graciously shares the boat with him. Northerner solidarity.
 
I should've said Wolverhampton and the Black Country to be precise :)
There's a couple of places in the west of wolves that do good orange chips. The Newhampton chippy in Whitmore Reans and the Newbridge Fryer spring to mind, although the Newbridge ones are not as orange.

I have a mate who djs under the name 'Orange Chip' :D

Frank Skinner mentioned in his autobiography a chippie on Hagley Road, Birmingham (near the Ivy Bush) that sold bright orange chips. But that must have closed down now because the only place nearby that remotely resembles a proper chippie was Chaps. Their chips weren't orange, and they've closed down due to breach of Health and Safety.

My rule of thumb is, if it opens on a Sunday, it's not a proper British chippie (only horrible kebab and fries-type places do this). In 2010 I started boycotting my local on Dudley Road after they started opening on Sundays, and began going to Bobbo's over the Smethwick border. Which is probably just as well, as the exercise would have burned up the calories. But now I patronise the City Fryer, which has now opened opposite the Frying Pan (the offending "chippie" which has - horror of horrors - has even taken to selling SALAD BAGUETTERS! Blasphemy!)
 
All that good chips need is to be lightly salted; no condiments necessary.

But having said that; they're good with condiments, too. I like the stuff you can get at a Belgian Fries place. My favorite dip for chips, is mayonnaise. Yum. :)
 
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