OVEN CHIPS, My Way, Quick and EASY.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

But the batter on the fish looks superb, how could they not get both parts correct?   

[ditchman]

36 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Not a curry , Indian spice or hardly anything from that part of the world , although my nurse who looked after me last week was lovely so note I said hardly anything 

The chips looked fine and would easily pass the chip test in my household , I have only had two or three lots of fish and chips from the chippies over the last year and the last lot of chips I had were nearly as dear as some of my main meals were barely warm time I got home and were nothing to write home about , I am going for a walk around Wells or Blakeney over the next week or so and I will have fish and chips from my favorite fish and chip shop at Cromer , weather permitting I will be sitting on the sea front while watching the ships passing by , my kind of a day out , this was the fish and chips from the last time I went .

Note the chips are still a bit on the pale side , a bit like mine 😋

 

bet you enjoyed that john 

[marsh man]

11 minutes ago, ditchman said:

bet you enjoyed that john 

Certainly did , it never fail to disappoint , you order it when you step in the shop and there is a constant flow of customers so the chips are fresh time your fish is ready , that shop was our milestone and when we got fish and chips from anywhere else that was where the comparison was , we have had the odd lot as good , one of them used to be at Southwold , but we have had a few that were alright but not as good .     MM

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, You cannot beat some Fish and Chips at the Seaside, Mum like popping over to Bognor Regis for a stroll along the Sea front , Saved some room for some Dunking Donuts 🤔😄 , Mum was happy to please,

[ditchman]

33 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Certainly did , it never fail to disappoint , you order it when you step in the shop and there is a constant flow of customers so the chips are fresh time your fish is ready , that shop was our milestone and when we got fish and chips from anywhere else that was where the comparison was , we have had the odd lot as good , one of them used to be at Southwold , but we have had a few that were alright but not as good .     MM

the shops we used to use were ..Pakefield........Catton and the Cromer one

[marsh man]

4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

But the batter on the fish looks superb, how could they not get both parts correct?   

Believe it or not Dave the chips are superb , I order a middle piece of Cod well done and my wife used to have a Plaice fillet or a piece of Skate extra well done and hers used to look really dark and lovely , all the renown chip stalls on the Yarmouth market place are the same colour as the above so around this way the chips done like that seem the normal practise , I might try some off the market next week and show you what I mean , maybe mine were not so far out after all , although there ones are not hard in the middle and look like they could do with a chip transfusion 

[ditchman]

tail of haddock or tail of cod for me with a saverloy and chips

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Norfolk BLONDE style.............................

[marsh man]

2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Norfolk BLONDE style.............................

Could even be the type of potato grown in different areas , or what they are fried in . one farm I used to go on grew spuds for Mc Cains , these were big spuds and would often have Black marks on them , they started to wash them at the farm and store until needed , these were only suitable for chips and nothing else , boiling them were a no no . 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

5 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Could even be the type of potato grown in different areas , or what they are fried in . one farm I used to go on grew spuds for Mc Cains , these were big spuds and would often have Black marks on them , they started to wash them at the farm and store until needed , these were only suitable for chips and nothing else , boiling them were a no no . 

But you tried and found that out?   

[marsh man]

4 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

But you tried and found that out?   

Certainly did Dave , when peeled one spud look the same as most others , when they cost you nothing then you can't lose much by seeing how universal they can be , when you boiled them they didn't look that good in colour or texture so they were only kept for chips , on our farmland a lot of the early spuds are for salad , these are fairly small but can be used for chips and boiling .    MM

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Years ago we used to be regulars at the McCain factory as they were buying their potatoes from France and Belgium and they came with some interesting "extras".

 

 

We would take them away and blow them next time we had a few, always came away with lots of bags of their chips as a thank you.

[marsh man]

54 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Years ago we used to be regulars at the McCain factory as they were buying their potatoes from France and Belgium and they came with some interesting "extras".

 

 

We would take them away and blow them next time we had a few, always came away with lots of bags of their chips as a thank you.

Christ or mighty , I don't think they would have got past the quality control , or even the health and safety towards the workers 

We once done a job down Smiths crisp factory , at the time they done crisps for M + S , the quality control was very strict , we took a window out and a pane of glass broke near a ton box of spuds that had came from Egypt , these were in like a Red soil , anyhow they rejected the whole box in case any glass got in which it didn't .

Needless to say they didn't go to waste 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

4 hours ago, marsh man said:

Christ or mighty , I don't think they would have got past the quality control , or even the health and safety towards the workers 

We once done a job down Smiths crisp factory , at the time they done crisps for M + S , the quality control was very strict , we took a window out and a pane of glass broke near a ton box of spuds that had came from Egypt , these were in like a Red soil , anyhow they rejected the whole box in case any glass got in which it didn't .

Needless to say they didn't go to waste 

The lorries came over on ferries and drove up to Peterborough.

Reversed over the grating and unloaded and drove off.

They were long gone by the time a member of staff spotted a grenade.

Best bit was we just turned up and took an ammo box and picked it up, placed it in the box, closed it and secured it and took it back to the bomb store.

Our reasoning was that if they had been dug out of the ground, thrown in a lorry, drive all that way and then dumped down the chute it was highly unlikely they would give us any problems.

[marsh man]

6 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

The lorries came over on ferries and drove up to Peterborough.

Reversed over the grating and unloaded and drove off.

They were long gone by the time a member of staff spotted a grenade.

Best bit was we just turned up and took an ammo box and picked it up, placed it in the box, closed it and secured it and took it back to the bomb store.

Our reasoning was that if they had been dug out of the ground, thrown in a lorry, drive all that way and then dumped down the chute it was highly unlikely they would give us any problems.

Unlike the bomb they found in the early stages of building the new Herring Bridge down here, after a few days in getting or tying to get it defused it went off with very little warning , thankfully nobody was hurt and all the sand bags were already in place so very little damage , just a very loud bang and and bits and pieces went skywards  

[ditchman]

Sandringham at one time grew on contract a spud called Golden wonder.....they were a very clean even sized spud....you know where they went

[TIGHTCHOKE]

24 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Unlike the bomb they found in the early stages of building the new Herring Bridge down here, after a few days in getting or tying to get it defused it went off with very little warning , thankfully nobody was hurt and all the sand bags were already in place so very little damage , just a very loud bang and and bits and pieces went skywards  

That was an Army team working on that one, went off soon after they started the remote dis-arming. Nobody hurt and only a little damage to the wharf side.

[marsh man]

35 minutes ago, ditchman said:

Sandringham at one time grew on contract a spud called Golden wonder.....they were a very clean even sized spud....you know where they went

Did they grow them in different flavours ? 

[ditchman]

13 minutes ago, marsh man said:

Did they grow them in different flavours ? 

plain 

salt&vinegar

cheese&onion

[marsh man]

41 minutes ago, ditchman said:

plain 

salt&vinegar

cheese&onion

Well I never , the answer lies in the soil , I bet you can't remember that quote  

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Beyond our Ken..........................

Arthur Fallowfield.

[marsh man]

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Beyond our Ken..........................

Arthur Fallowfield.

That is correct as per normal , from Gardeners Question Time from the 1950s , Kennith Williams played the gardening expert Arthur Fallowfield in Round The Horn , You can see I don't spend all my time trying to perfect the humble chip , well most of it , but not all

[ditchman]

this is turning into a mole thread.........and its marshmans fault

[marsh man]

20 minutes ago, ditchman said:

this is turning into a mole thread.........and its marshmans fault

Yea, I thought if it was anyone's fault it would be mine, there I was just sitting in the side lines or should I had said tram lines as we are talking about spud varieties and casting my mind back to Gardeners Question Time , is this where the Mole come into it 

Out tomorrow so will bring home a brace of Pheasants , next week I will try a Pheasant breast casserole , might need your help  

[TIGHTCHOKE]

10 hours ago, ditchman said:

this is turning into a mole thread.........and its marshmans fault

Leave Marshman alone, he's developing in to a decent cook and his memories are keeping us all entertained and engaged.