Fish and chips.

[vernon]

The food program on Radio four deals with fish and chips. A coal fired chip shop in Upton, Lincs gets a prominent mention. I looked up the chippie's site. It only has two openings. One on Friday and one on Saturday. Folk queue for up to two hours to get a portion, no not that sort of portion @Fnaar, and it's a worthwhile listen here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lkndv

 

[Fnaar]

The food program on Radio four deals with fish and chips. A coal fired chip shop in Upton, Lincs gets a prominent mention. I looked up the chippie's site. It only has two openings. One on Friday and one on Saturday. Folk queue for up to two hours to get a portion, no not that sort of portion @Fnaar, and it's a worthwhile listen here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lkndv

I'd never queue for a fish supper

 

[vernon]

I'd never queue for a fish supper

Neither would I. I've only had fish and chips from the Magpie Cafe in Whitby once. It was one of the rare occasions when there wasn't a queue. It was an underwhelming gastronomic event.

 

[midliferider]

I can not imagine a Radio 4 listener queue for 2 hours at a chippy on Friday evening.

 

[vernon]

I can not imagine a Radio 4 listener queue for 2 hours at a chippy on Friday evening.

The queue will be largely made up of Radio Four listeners from this week.

 

[screenman]

The queue will be largely made up of Radio Four listeners from this week.

Whilst still containing the people who queued up last week and the week before. This is Lincolnshire we are talking about, some do not change their socks (wife is a podiatrist so she tells me these things) so they will not change eating habits.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Most of these places build their reputation due to people wanting to be seen as "in the know"; they are mostly underwhelming.

 

[pplpilot]

Upton chippie. Been a few times. Cooked as they should be in beef dripping. I very rarely eat fish and chips but when i do they have to be cooked in beef dripping, which is very very hard to find now.

 

[asterix]

A chippy in Stockport used to serve the best fish and chips I have ever had. Altho' there's one or two in K-o-Hull, 2017 City of Culture that are very good. Gawd knows where they get the fish from..

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Why don't businesses like this open a few more days a week?

There's one of these legendary chippies near me in Aldeburgh, the queue is silly long. So the owners opened a second chippy across the road with the same recipes, same suppliers, same everything. The locals use that one and there is never a queue.

 

[nickyboy]

Seeing as this is opening out to good chippy recommendations:
Markeaton Fish Bar, Ashbourne Road out of Derby
I started taking son#2 to Derby for cricket training. Chips on the way home was his treat. Chanced upon this place. Can't comment on the fish etc but the chips are really excellent. Fresh, tasty, good portions. Just something about them that tastes really good, maybe it's the oil used? And the guy who runs it is a nice friendly chap. He's offered to sponsor son#2 with free chips if he gets to play for England. As a result, son#2 is highly motivated

 

[ASC1951]

I'd never queue for a fish supper

Oh, I would - in fact I would be wary of somewhere I could just walk in and get served! Just as I won't eat in a restaurant I don't know, if there is no-one else in.

 

[s7ephanie]

There is a fish and chip van comes to our town 1 friday a month, went with family once and the car park was full of other english people waiting for thier fish and chips, we didnt go again

 

[Globalti]

How come the fish has no flavour nowadays? It's very seldom real haddock or cod anyway.

 

[User482]

Oh, I would - in fact I would be wary of somewhere I could just walk in and get served! Just as I won't eat in a restaurant I don't know, if there is no-one else in.

If they ask you for your fish order as you walk in, and they then cook it to order, you know it's going to be good IME.