Making everything you can get at a chippie (fish & chips shop) at home!
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Date: 2023-12-23
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ukgroucho
A few notes from 'over the pond' (and you did do a great job and those PIES are amazing. Chips. if you are double frying rather than triple cooking (blanch in simmering water and then cool and move on) then the first fry should be cooler - probably 270F? (130C) and the clue to when they are 'done' is when the fat stops bubbling a lot. The goal at that stage is to drive water out of the potato so when you do the high temp finishing fry they can develop a really crisp ---almost glasslike - outer. Easier to do if you blanch and leave to steam. Mushy peas. To be honest we mostly buy them canned (easy to find) but they do start from a marrowfat pea (if I recall) and have baking soda added which kinda funks up the flavour. The curry sauce is kinda a chinese or japanese Katsu sauce variant. If you really want to make it from scratch then I think it involves apples and even raisins. I've done it (no raisins) and honestly the fast track is a pre-prepared Katsu block or powder.
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A few notes from 'over the pond' (and you did do a great job and those PIES are amazing. Chips. if you are double frying rather than triple cooking (blanch in simmering water and then cool and move on) then the first fry should be cooler - probably 270F? (130C) and the clue to when they are 'done' is when the fat stops bubbling a lot. The goal at that stage is to drive water out of the potato so when you do the high temp finishing fry they can develop a really crisp ---almost glasslike - outer. Easier to do if you blanch and leave to steam. Mushy peas. To be honest we mostly buy them canned (easy to find) but they do start from a marrowfat pea (if I recall) and have baking soda added which kinda funks up the flavour. The curry sauce is kinda a chinese or japanese Katsu sauce variant. If you really want to make it from scratch then I think it involves apples and even raisins. I've done it (no raisins) and honestly the fast track is a pre-prepared Katsu block or powder.
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andygarwood673
how about the national dish of the UK, it was Chicken Tikka Masala but Chicken Jalfrezi seems to be taking over as our palates are able to deal with a little more heat - for the authentic approach you need to follow a British Indian Restaurant (BIR) recipe - if you have eaten at a curry place and the meal arrived in 10 minutes, then its probably a BIR recipe. do your research for the base gravy and you will open a can of recipes for all things BIR. This cooking style was introduced by Bangladeshi cooks in the UK and exploded for home cooks in lock down as we missed our Indian take away so much - give it a go please! have a curry month in the new year! curries of the world! you did one for smash burgers.
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how about the national dish of the UK, it was Chicken Tikka Masala but Chicken Jalfrezi seems to be taking over as our palates are able to deal with a little more heat - for the authentic approach you need to follow a British Indian Restaurant (BIR) recipe - if you have eaten at a curry place and the meal arrived in 10 minutes, then its probably a BIR recipe. do your research for the base gravy and you will open a can of recipes for all things BIR. This cooking style was introduced by Bangladeshi cooks in the UK and exploded for home cooks in lock down as we missed our Indian take away so much - give it a go please! have a curry month in the new year! curries of the world! you did one for smash burgers.
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jakemuss3805
Im English to the bones, get your self a pickled chippy egg! Pukka pie, Savaloy sausage. Im from the Black Country and our chips are orange and cooked in beef fat not oil. Thats pea puree but nice try, nice chip cutting nice and fat and the double fry! Beef for pie is gourmae, in the UK its minced to f k no texture but as a chef I like your method. Cumberland is salt, pepper sage and little thyme usually. Malt is bang on! Bang on video Sam I'm not criticising just saying how we do it it in the U. K.
loved this one! I usually watch you for your American bbq. Much love!
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Im English to the bones, get your self a pickled chippy egg! Pukka pie, Savaloy sausage. Im from the Black Country and our chips are orange and cooked in beef fat not oil. Thats pea puree but nice try, nice chip cutting nice and fat and the double fry! Beef for pie is gourmae, in the UK its minced to f k no texture but as a chef I like your method. Cumberland is salt, pepper sage and little thyme usually. Malt is bang on! Bang on video Sam I'm not criticising just saying how we do it it in the U. K.
loved this one! I usually watch you for your American bbq. Much love!
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style11guru
Close but no cigar! The batter on the sausage was too thin, the sausage was too posh, you need a saveloy which is closer to a hotdog, the peas were garden peas and they need to be marrowfat peas, the pie should be meat and potato, same basic recipe but with small chunks of potatoes and we tend to only have 1 moist addition, so either peas or gravy or curry sauce, and for proper chip shop chips they need to be a little soggy so swimming in vinegar is fine
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Close but no cigar! The batter on the sausage was too thin, the sausage was too posh, you need a saveloy which is closer to a hotdog, the peas were garden peas and they need to be marrowfat peas, the pie should be meat and potato, same basic recipe but with small chunks of potatoes and we tend to only have 1 moist addition, so either peas or gravy or curry sauce, and for proper chip shop chips they need to be a little soggy so swimming in vinegar is fine
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loutennant99
Where s the fish. And Brits and scots and Irish what about us English please plus the welsh equals the Brit s. Where I lived it s steak and kidney pies. Chicken and mushroom. Meat and potato. Minced beef there but least popular 5: 49. Oh and saveloys. What about a saveloy. Fish. Proper battered cod or haddock or skate. Or xx oh and chips soaked and washed in water before frying. No eggs in chippy batter. Thank you
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Where s the fish. And Brits and scots and Irish what about us English please plus the welsh equals the Brit s. Where I lived it s steak and kidney pies. Chicken and mushroom. Meat and potato. Minced beef there but least popular 5: 49. Oh and saveloys. What about a saveloy. Fish. Proper battered cod or haddock or skate. Or xx oh and chips soaked and washed in water before frying. No eggs in chippy batter. Thank you
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danielfox3003
There s a local burger spot called Mike s in Portland. I used to go quite frequently, they have a decent menu including what they call battered mushrooms. I ordered them and asked the counter person what happened, did those mushrooms get lippy? She was not amused but my friend who was with me couldn t stop laughing for a solid 5 minutes. Bad joke, I know but still makes me giggle when I think about it.
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There s a local burger spot called Mike s in Portland. I used to go quite frequently, they have a decent menu including what they call battered mushrooms. I ordered them and asked the counter person what happened, did those mushrooms get lippy? She was not amused but my friend who was with me couldn t stop laughing for a solid 5 minutes. Bad joke, I know but still makes me giggle when I think about it.
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akc5150
I would say good for the most part. The pie needed much richer, darker gravy, the peas HAVE to be Marrowfat peas (TOTALY different flavour) and the sausage batter should be equal parts (by volume) Eggs, Plain flour and MILK (same as a proper Yorkshire pudding batter mix) and use a bamboo skewer to pick em up and put into the fat. Love the vid as always and regularly using my STCG towels!
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I would say good for the most part. The pie needed much richer, darker gravy, the peas HAVE to be Marrowfat peas (TOTALY different flavour) and the sausage batter should be equal parts (by volume) Eggs, Plain flour and MILK (same as a proper Yorkshire pudding batter mix) and use a bamboo skewer to pick em up and put into the fat. Love the vid as always and regularly using my STCG towels!
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user-dp2zz6nc3b
Hey Sam and Crew!
Karla here. Curry Dip and Present person. I'm here in London as I write this and I will have a beer and some chip for you tomorrow. We will be eating at the places that you recommend to go over five years ago next week. Hope all is well. Karla
P. S. Did you happen to get the last four boxes that I dropped off at Graze? Need anything from London?
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Hey Sam and Crew!
Karla here. Curry Dip and Present person. I'm here in London as I write this and I will have a beer and some chip for you tomorrow. We will be eating at the places that you recommend to go over five years ago next week. Hope all is well. Karla
P. S. Did you happen to get the last four boxes that I dropped off at Graze? Need anything from London?
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rfow2
Scottish chippy a Deep Fried Battered Mars Bar or in the US a battered Milky Way. Actually any chocolate candy bar Always Malt Vinegar added on top of or with Mushy Peas. Cumberland Sausage naw just naw typical crap pork sausage battered you could try a similar as in looks like a pork sausage but they use black pudding or haggis battered
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Scottish chippy a Deep Fried Battered Mars Bar or in the US a battered Milky Way. Actually any chocolate candy bar Always Malt Vinegar added on top of or with Mushy Peas. Cumberland Sausage naw just naw typical crap pork sausage battered you could try a similar as in looks like a pork sausage but they use black pudding or haggis battered
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2009kpc
Sam-- in Scotland - you must try Battered pizza supper. Haggis supper. And a Pickled egg on the side. Chips cheese and coleslaw. All with special chippie broon sauce (a deep dive if you want to make your own, used to get my mate to bring me some from Edinburgh to Glasgow. Festive greetings from the west coast of Scotland.
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Sam-- in Scotland - you must try Battered pizza supper. Haggis supper. And a Pickled egg on the side. Chips cheese and coleslaw. All with special chippie broon sauce (a deep dive if you want to make your own, used to get my mate to bring me some from Edinburgh to Glasgow. Festive greetings from the west coast of Scotland.
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acharper6964
Something to try is a Bookmaker's Sandwich - originally Irish but available in England too. Made of sliced bread, or a bread roll, or soda bread, with thin steak, horseradish or mustard, onions, and possibly mushrooms. I've also had a spectacular version in the Scilly Isles with French Fries in the sandwich too.
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Something to try is a Bookmaker's Sandwich - originally Irish but available in England too. Made of sliced bread, or a bread roll, or soda bread, with thin steak, horseradish or mustard, onions, and possibly mushrooms. I've also had a spectacular version in the Scilly Isles with French Fries in the sandwich too.
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steveblah4045
My childhood local chippy, sold Saveloy's, Battered Sausage, Battered Beefburger, Beef & Onion Pies, Chicken & Mushroom Pies, Scallops, Cods Roe Cakes, Fish Cakes, Baked Beans, Gravy, Curry Sauce, Sausage Rolls, Faggots, Pickled Onions, Pickle Eggs, along with the usual selection of Fish and Chips.
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My childhood local chippy, sold Saveloy's, Battered Sausage, Battered Beefburger, Beef & Onion Pies, Chicken & Mushroom Pies, Scallops, Cods Roe Cakes, Fish Cakes, Baked Beans, Gravy, Curry Sauce, Sausage Rolls, Faggots, Pickled Onions, Pickle Eggs, along with the usual selection of Fish and Chips.
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sam_cooking
You missed the opportunity - Deep Fried Mars Bar. Legend is a Chippie shop had a sign We will deep fry anything. A kid walked in, pulled out a Mars bar and said Could you deep fry this? and they did. Turns out this is like a tempura battered candy bar that just oozes the melted chocklet and caramel.
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You missed the opportunity - Deep Fried Mars Bar. Legend is a Chippie shop had a sign We will deep fry anything. A kid walked in, pulled out a Mars bar and said Could you deep fry this? and they did. Turns out this is like a tempura battered candy bar that just oozes the melted chocklet and caramel.
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paladonis
Battered sausage. so does Sam know about a Scotch Egg then?
EDIT: Oh wait. Forgot it's in his Cooking with intentional leftovers book. A Chorizo Scotch Egg. Man, I need to revisit that this weekend I think. Just bought a Boston Butt and the Kalua Pulled pork recipe is really good
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Battered sausage. so does Sam know about a Scotch Egg then?
EDIT: Oh wait. Forgot it's in his Cooking with intentional leftovers book. A Chorizo Scotch Egg. Man, I need to revisit that this weekend I think. Just bought a Boston Butt and the Kalua Pulled pork recipe is really good
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simoncornforth4572
I haven't seen it down south for a while but up north and my favourite, battered pineapple rings, but be careful, pineapple is hot as lava when out of the fryer. Best dusted with icing sugar and dipped in whipped cream just to bring on that heart attack a littel sooner.
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I haven't seen it down south for a while but up north and my favourite, battered pineapple rings, but be careful, pineapple is hot as lava when out of the fryer. Best dusted with icing sugar and dipped in whipped cream just to bring on that heart attack a littel sooner.
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thatowensbloke
Sorry Sam, but you are double missing out. Aussie chip shops sell the battered sav (saveloy) also, but we have potato scallops (or potato cakes depending on the state. Slice of potato, dunked in batter and fried till crispy. Served with chicken salt, and bloody delicious.
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Sorry Sam, but you are double missing out. Aussie chip shops sell the battered sav (saveloy) also, but we have potato scallops (or potato cakes depending on the state. Slice of potato, dunked in batter and fried till crispy. Served with chicken salt, and bloody delicious.
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BurpleRX7
I mean you got the names right,
Come back over and try some of the regional variations,
West Midlands especially, double fried chips, steak and ale pie or steak and liver pie, crispy bits, curry sauce and pickled onion / egg, or one of my favourites a scallop
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I mean you got the names right,
Come back over and try some of the regional variations,
West Midlands especially, double fried chips, steak and ale pie or steak and liver pie, crispy bits, curry sauce and pickled onion / egg, or one of my favourites a scallop
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mikejanson1939
It s called a Sav in batter here is australia. Plus australia kicks arse over the Poms with the Meat Pies. They know nothing about it! Do research and u will see. Aussies do it better just like we kick the Poms arses in the Ashes. Lmao
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It s called a Sav in batter here is australia. Plus australia kicks arse over the Poms with the Meat Pies. They know nothing about it! Do research and u will see. Aussies do it better just like we kick the Poms arses in the Ashes. Lmao
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macsays2834
We never mentioned it as it s not something we re overly proud of, it s very rarely a good quality Cumberland sausage, yours looks way better than most! buuut to be picky, traditional chippy s will use Beef Fat in the fryers, game changer
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We never mentioned it as it s not something we re overly proud of, it s very rarely a good quality Cumberland sausage, yours looks way better than most! buuut to be picky, traditional chippy s will use Beef Fat in the fryers, game changer
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