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    There was a little left but this was given to my Foxes, sorry Shiney....have to say though it was soooooooooooo nice :)
     
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      What's a "chip shop"? My line of thinking veers off into thinking "wood chips" that we sometimes get from contractors cleaning the tree limbs from the high line electric wires. :snorky:
       
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        A chip shop is a 'Fish and Chip Shop'. Commonly called a chip shop or a chippy. It sells mainly fried fish and chips (what you call 'fries'). Here in the UK, what you know as chips are called crisps.

        Fish and chips is a traditional meal that has been here for a few centuries. Up until the 'Health and Safety' people banned it, we used to have the fish and chips served in newspaper (ideal way of recycling) as the food is mainly 'take out'.

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        Just to show that it's not only greedy fat men that eat it we have a picture to show equality :dbgrtmb: :heehee:
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          Well that young lady appears to be full of blossom :snorky:
           
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            Thanks for your explanation! Fried fish and French fries! I can identify with that. Here in the South, we fry everything! We fry all sorts and manner of vegetables, fried hot water cornbread, fried tortilla chips, chicken fried steak, fried green tomatoes, if it has grease and breading on it, we'll eat it!
             
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              Well that appears to be a very well balanced meal from my viewpoint :biggrin:
               
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                Here in the UK French Fries are slightly different from chips. Chips are the nice chunky ones you can see in the picture above :heehee: whereas French Fries are very thin ones (like the McDonalds ones).

                Of course, in France they aren't called French Fries :noidea:. Their common name there is Pommes Frites or just Frites.

                It's traditional for us to eat fish and chips with our fingers but, nowadays, they provide those stupid wooden forks that you can see in the picture. They seem to taste better when eaten with your my fingers. :snorky:
                 
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                  Fried (white) bread with a fried egg on top is also yummy. If I've had a bad day or to cheer myself up I make this.
                   
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                    Guess what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow?

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                      Even better is two slices and two eggs to keep the cold out :yes:
                       
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                        The smell of vinegar wafting from the Chip Shop always makes me hungry.:dunno:
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                          So what's ya'lls favorite fish? :fishing: In the south, it is cornmeal breaded catfish. :yes: Even better, shake Tabasco sauce all over it! Up north, Catfish are considered trash fish. :scratch:
                           
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                            Well, there's Cod, Haddock, is the main fish used here, Bay, but there are other fish we use such as, Pollock, Coal Fish, Coley, Plaice, Skate and Ray, and what is sometimes referred to as Rock Salmon [which is Dog Fish or Huss]. My level of a Connoisseur of food is "Human Dustbin":dunno::heehee: I quite like Dog Fish or Huss as they have just a central bone without masses of tiny thin bones hiding in the flesh.

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                              What type of lures do you use? My son is starting a lure business and is interested in Southern U.S. methods.

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                                Trotlines for catfish. Bait is anything they'll eat! Your son would probably be more interested in bass fishing, that is done with lures.
                                 
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