/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12716688
Tastes good

You just got shitty fish and chips then because it's actually the tits when it's properly done.

>>12716688
>he thinks the fish n' chips from Joe's crabshack in flyover Wyoming are indicative of the quality of all fish n' chips

>>12716688
Greasy, well, obviously. That's what the vinegar's for. The other two, you just found a bad example, sorry.

>>12716688
>The fish is always greasy, slimy and tasteless. How can one of the most culturally and historically influential nations on the planet have this as their national dish?
At some point in history it was better because the oceans weren't overfished and fish wasn't a premium priced meat, and the best fish(es) to do in a crispy beer batter were the norm, not the exception. If you want it to taste good, you're using freshly caught and freshly prepared cod and halibut, two fishes pretty pricey now in large white filets, if not some of the most expensive there can be now. The mild and white nature of the fish was inoffensive and fried nicely since they weren't gross dark meat fish with fishy flavor and they were so large, that the white flesh was no where near a bone.
Why England? Northern fishing waters. What they didn't consume iced and ready to eat went salted to other nations who wanted it preserved, like the bacalao of Portugal or Spain. There's climate that lends itself to a heavy food fried served with fried potatoes, a cold crisp night, a lukewarm beer, vinegar that is made from beerlike malt cutting the fat and being cheaper than lemons (in that climate), and so forth.
Fish addicts, people who really love seafood, people with the money to buy any fish or shellfish, who have game fished around the world, who have the palates of experienced foodies, will never say shit about halibut being greasy, slime or tasteless.
Dine in better establishments.

it is one of the best meals you can eat, period

>>12716705
>live in bongistan for 2 years
>every single place makes it the exact same
Your food culture is shit

>>12716745
> Isn't aware of the north-south divide.

Get out of London and come try them something classy you daft cunt.

Meanwhile in the US

>>12716757
I was in yorkshire, silly

>>12716772
come to cornwall you fuckwit, the north has by far the worst standards in food that doesn't come from cattle.

>>12716788
Look at how angry you are over a little garbage food. I'll stick to my kebabs in Leeds, friendo

>He doesn't eat fish and chips with curry sauce

That's where you're going wrong anon.

>>12716788
Fuck you talking about? The North does the best English "street food", whether it's a chippy tea or pastries like Greggs.

>>12716688
Yes, because your experience of eating it once means it's always shit everywhere on the planet.
GOOD ONE MATE.
Rick Stein's fish and chip place in Newquay, Cornwall is fucking amazing.
Stop talking shit.

>>12716745
Not even British lmao I just don't have peasant taste buds like you do.

>>12716688
>The fish is always greasy, slimy and tasteless.

Get yersen to a proper decent chippy then.

>>12717084
If you've ever been there, you would know it's not in Newquay.

>>12716688
If the fish is greasy drain it properly or pat it down; it was cooked in oil. Fish is slimy, I guess. Hence the crispy batter. If you think it's flavourless than choose a more flavoursome fish. Flathead or Barramundi for example.

>>12717129
Fuck it's in fucking Padstow ain't it.
My statement still remains it's a fucking awesome place to eat.

>>12716688
I’m no bong, but I love fish and chips esp with fresh halibut or cod. i want to try the peas the seem to serve with them. we don’t have them here so I’m buying dried. any bong tips to make them?

>>12717890
It's crap, just mash them up and throw in some mint. Also dried peas are trash, if you can't get frozen then don't bother.
Colonialist btw.

>>12716688
>How do heterosexuals eat greasy fried food?

>he uses cod for fish & chips

>>12718332
no frozen shit like that here. will abandon the idea. thx for saving me some time, anon.

>>12718353
cod is good. enjoy your deep fried ‘caviar’ u fag inlander that probably can’t even clean a fish.

>>12718350
Just get your tongue all over that oyster.

>>12717064
Based.

That crunchy batter tho. With the fish

>>12717890
Dried marrowfat peas, bicarb, salt, pepper and water. Maybe some mint. Don't be a pleb and mash fresh or frozen peas.

The grease makes it tastes better u celery loving hate

>>12716688
Friendly reminder to sage and hide all bait threads. Keep /ck/ pol-free!

These are the worst crunchy batter to fish ratios I ever seen

>>12716688
A good chipper would make you change your mind.

>>12719011
US fish and chips usually have very mushy batter in the fish, not very crunchy at all

>>12717129
had fish and chips in devon yesterday

>>12718427
I clean your mum's fish with my tongue just fine

>>12716688
After Brexit Brits will be so poor they will have to sell their fishing rights to China or the US. No more fishy wishy for Nigel.

>>12716688
Fish and chips isn't the UK's national dish

>>12719388
Of course it is you ponce

>>12718973

That's a battered sausage

>>12716688
>The fish is always greasy, slimy and tasteless

You're buying shit fish (Haddock) from a shit chipshop (I.e. literally anywhere near London)

>>12716772
>Yorkshire, North London

>>12719364
>Brits will be so poor they will have to sell their fishing rights to China or the US

They've already sold their fishing rights to the French, Spanish & Irish and somehow have managed to get salty about it.

Its great if the fish is very fresh, and even better if you use the right fish. Personally snapper is my favourite, specifically red emperor.

it comes down to how well they fry the fish

if the batter isnt crispy and light it becomes a grease sponge

>>12719489
It may be nice but us Brits don't generally eat battered Snapper from our chippies.

It's usually Cod ,Haddock or Whiting.

british cuisine so shit they need to conquer half the world for spices to make food edible

>>12719413
>what is tikka masala
oh no no no

>>12716688
the greasier the better. americans will never understand

Australia’s take on fish and chips is superior. Better quality fish and a lighter batter. Slices of lemon for the fish and chicken salt for the chips.. mmm

>>12719724
>Slices of lemon for the fish
What huge faggots

>>12719763
Enjoy your greasy cod and gravy ya dumb Brexit cunt

>>12716688
>The fish is always greasy, slimy
No, seriously, how in the fuck do you get slimy fried fish? Not even fast food fried fish is slimy

>>12716688
Greasy because the fish was cooked at too low a temperature, the pan was crowded (same effect), the batter was too thick or the fish wasn't drained on a rack after cooking.

Slimy because the fish was old or frozen and/or frost damaged.

Tasteless because unless very fresh white bottom feeding fish like cod doesn't have the best of flavours.

Simple dish but you still got to pay attention to the details. I don't usually buy it any more because most of the time it is shit. Prefer to make it myself or find someone who knows what they are doing.

>>12720038
Good English style fish and chips is got tier.

>>12716696
Not a brit but probably this, especially compared to other food there. I'd still rather just get fried chicken instead, but w/e I certainly wouldn't turn it down either.

>>12717859
>If you think it's flavourless than choose a more flavoursome fish.
Or they could also properly season the batter, but what the h*ck do I know.

>>12719010
>Keep /ck/ ck-free!
And if you're going to whine about a boogeyman it should be /int/ anyways.

>>12719010
How is this thread /pol/

>>12719791
Seethe

This food was invented by a kike.

>>12717084
seconded for rick steins. used to eat there often. although the staff are all spotty teens now and nobody has heard of parsley sauce

>>12717878
we call it padstein now because hes bought most of the town. if that way, get down to hayle and try a philps pasty with a glass of cool rattler

>>12719364
they sold them years ago to the dutch. all the fishing ports now only run seacats to service windfarms

>>12716737
good post thank you anon

you don't have much chance of getting English fish and chips because all the shops have been taken over by turks or pakis

haddockchads ww@

>>12720379
Only in London. Here in Leeds most chippies are run by locals. At worst there's a few with Eastern Euro staff.

>>12716688
You either have to deal with shitty towel head food or slimy ass battered fish. British cuisine is a joke

>>12716705
>the tits
Do bongs really?

>>12716688
It's the anglo perversion of the german schnitzel

>>12716737

You know the vinegar in chippies isn't brewed, its made from concentrate.

Kinda like it though, has a sharper taste than proper malt vinegar

>>12720790
Tell us more about this fish schnitzel

>>12717129

There is one in Newquay. He has multiple

Source: I live there.

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>>12719499
Butterfish and flake (gummy shark) are typical here, though I do favour king george whiting.

>>12716688
Bro. Even Gorton's and oven fries are delish. I'm no bong, but I know that fish and chips can be bomb when it's fresh af

>>12722678
>Gorton's
>fresh af
What a massive tastelet

>>12716688
They order an American fish & fries instead where it surprisingly isn't dripping in excess grease and instead of shitty pea mash they serve it with a refreshing light cole slaw that helps wash away the oily aftertaste.

You gotta find the right place, I've been on the hunt for the perfect battered sausage for a good while now since I've left uni. Place across the road from me did them fucken perfectly.

P.S
pickled cockles are the best

>>12723703
>Place down the road does perfect fired fish
>Their chips are really bland and boring
So close.

>>12723705
Its the burden we all must carry.

Grandpa talked about a place years ago that did amazing steamed pies rather than the microwaved stuff we get now.
Been thinking of doing it myself at some point and seeing how good it is.

>>12723703
>I've been on the hunt for sausage

Yeah I bet you have mate

>>12723725

It can be good. There are places where the chips are just a sloppy mess, or places where the batter is too hard, or too soft. And yeah, in general, battering something and frying it and then serving that with something that is also fried isn't exactly genius-level cuisine. But who cares? It can be very filling and satisfying.

I learnt recently that my local chippy uses chicken sausages for the battered sausage, and quite honestly I was stunned.

Who else here in the mushy pea gang?

>>12716688
i like it