Believe me, fish and chips are best eaten at the seaside in sea air, straight out of the bag using your fingers only and it must have a dash of salt and vinegar.
WHERE IS THE SALT 'N' VINEGAR? IF YOU DON'T EAT FISH 'N' CHIPS WITH VINEGAR THEN YOU ARE NOTBING BUT A BUNCH OF PAGANS MY FRIENDS. OH ONE MORE THING, YOU MUST USE YOUR HANDS TOO OK?
@Catfish Billy Only the US, UK and Ireland put vinegar on some food, while all other nations typically use it during cooking only. I always got funny looks or remarks from my German, spanish, Brazilian, french, Italian, dutch, Russian and hungarian colleagues about it.
In the United States you can get french fries a hundred different ways. We have skinny fries, we have thick fries, we have curly fries, we have steak fries, we have crinkle fries excetera excetera excetera
fresh chips should be a little crisp on outside, problem is when you have them to take away the steam they give off trapped inside the paper or container they are in quickly turns them soggy. Secret is keep them open not wrapped.
I'm in Scotland, holding my hands up in horror at the ketchup and mayo on the chips lol Here in Fife, east coast of Scotland we call fish and chips a fish supper and on it we put salt, vinegar and brown sauce. In other areas people forego the brown sauce. For me it has to be haddock too 🙂
Oh you MUST have been to Marco's in Arbroath harbour .....the best ever . Just one problem ...they do not deliver to Yorkshire ! Blooming Covid.... travel restrictions ... !
You'd be surprised, in some parts of London you can go pretty far before you hear English speaking people. Take a walk down old kent road or tower hamlets, it'll blow your little mind.
You've been led astray.......... chips need salt and vinegar :-) Mushy peas are traditionally made from marrow fat peas, not standard peas, hence the difference. Fish and chips in England tends to be cod & chips. The further north you go it's more likely to be haddock & chips. I live in north of Scotland and I've never seen cod here.
My dad owns a restaurant in Oban and fuck me that’s some good fish since it’s right next to the ocean tbf aswell I live near Aberdeen and there is good fish and chips here aswell
When I was a child the chips should be double cooked, part cooked at a medium temp rested then finished cooking again at high temp that way the inside is softish and the outside is crispy.
Exactly, that's how we do them in our house. Also, you need a good frying spud such as a maris piper or marfona. Only the best will do. Its nice to see that there are still people who make and appreciate proper chips.
You’re right about double frying chips so that they’re cooked in the middle on a low heat and then fried at a higher temp to get them really crispy and coloured a nice golden brown.I get so disappointed with quite a lot of chippies when some of the chips aren’t even cooked and are greasy and floppy with a pale anaemic colour,it’s really not rocket science.
The longer its in the box, it starts to steam, then it goes soggy, its best straight out of the fryer. I mean the chips, and mushy peas are great with salt and vinigar.
Back when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s. Fish and chips were considered a very cheap hot meal. But really delicious. At that time they were cooked in Beef Dripping. The chips should be soft. The dominant flavour should involve lots of salt and malt vinegar. Scraps (loose bits of batter, supplied free) helped to soak up the salt and vinegar. It all started to go wrong in the 70s. Fish became more expensive and so chip shops lowered the quality or freshness of fish, to keep costs down. They also switched to frying in oil. Then came the idea of different sauces rather than vinegar. Back in the early 1800s most people would only taste sea fish when visiting the coast. All that changed with the early railways. Suddenly fresh sea fish was available in land, and the whole thing boomed, into every town and village.
Very true, if you want "proper" fish and chips go to Whitby in Yorkshire they cook with dripping not oil. Regards to their constant remarks about ..greasy.. what do they want, supermarket dry shite!!
We went through a period about 30 year's ago when we were using frozen fish block of chopped up fish pieces. .....stopped eating fish n chips for a long time...my local chippie is one of the best I've ever had..
Please remember, when in England it's "chips are hot and crisps are not". Mayonnaise should only be used on a salad. For fish and chips vinegar or tomato ketchup are the way to go. The fish is so good here because nowhere in the UK is more than 75 miles from the sea.
French fries comes from us military in ww2 in belgium getting fries and thinking theyre in france ' similar language to a foreigner " called them french fries..but they are techcnically belgian.....they french didnt do them at that time like the Belgians do... ' frites' are a Belgian thing... Thin a crisp.....English chips are thick cut anericans l believe call them steak fries ..
Thr risk of greasyness is why it's standardly served in salt and vinegar. Lemon jouice has the same effect, to cut through grease with acid, and just brighten up the flavour in general.
You’re wrong to call Chips “french fries” because french fries are those horrible stringy, tasteless, thin McDonalds type things; our “chips” are probably called “home fries” in the US indicating their larger size and better taste.
we put vinegar on mushy peas aswell, they are dried marrowfat peas soaked overnight and cooked with butter,you guys are so english right now,we always say fish and chips tastes better outside
It’s good to see people enjoy fish and chips, so many people hate it. It’s traditional to be served a large portion of chips, it’s usually shared between two or more people.
Pasquale “ French” denotes the cut of the potato nothing to do with region of origin. Most people are aware of this and STILL attribute them to France because of the name.
@@emanymton713 The etymology of the French fry is attributed to American soldiers visiting Belgium during World War 1. They heard the people speaking French, so they called them "French" fries. The word "chip" predates this by about 50 years. It was Charles Dickens who coined the term "chipped potatoes" in one of his books, and the name stuck.
Anybody who comes to the UK should research where they're going before eating fish & chips. They are a lot of very "meh" chip shops but few very good ones. If you can eat in the chip shop do it, the chips and fish will be at their best, it doesn't travel well. Traditionally you have malt vinegar & salt on your chips (in that order). Put salt on first and the vinegar washes it off, put vinegar on first and the salt sticks giving you the flavour profile you want. Cod is most popular, but haddock & plaice (my favourite) are other options. You can eat the fish with various accompaniments, ketchup, mushy peas but the proper way is with tartare sauce. Enjoy.
I'm watching all your videos because I only found your channel recently & I love it. I am on a strict diet so I'm enjoying the food in my mind :) I always eat fish & chips with my hands, even in my house. Also another condiment - Soy sauce works well on fish & chips, (does anyone else eat them that way, or just my family?).
My first Fish&Chips I had in Ireland. And it was surprisingly good (I’m not a fisheater). But in London it was the first time with peas and vinegar. It was far better. And last time I had F&C in Vegas in an Irish Pub. It was good too - but the best I think was in London. __Greetz from 🇩🇪
She corrected herself when she said french fries instead of chips so why is everyone in the comments popping off at her? 😭 Also its cool you went to richmond! That is where you find most germans in london! Thry have a bilingual school there
When I was young I was introduced to chips (not French Fries - foreigner!) with Heinz salad cream. Don't care what other people think I prefer it to ketchup. Knife and fork though? Break the fish off with your fingers!
Yumm! Makes me think of my tradition when I go to the beach, I always order the same sandwich - a deep fried crusted cod fillet at Frosty Frog Cafe in HHI. Just looked it up and sure enough, Fish & Chips! Best to eat it immediately so the oil from the deep frying doesn't settle.
Ohhhh yeah making it a sandwich sounds nice too! We ate them about 10 minutes after we got them since the park was really close, but that was probably 10 minutes too long! 😅🍟
Firstly the river is pronounced "Temz". Secondly, fries are the thin chips you get from fast food type places. Can't believe they left the skin on, must be a London thing. Chips and fish always taste nicer on a bench outside.
Cod is traditional in England but Haddock is traditional in Scotland, so the guy in the chippie was half right. The longer you take to eat a fish supper (as it is known in Scotland) the greasier and soggier it will get. Chips and French Fries are two different things in the UK, both are fried or oven cooked chipped potatoes but Chips are thicker and French Fries are the really skinny ones that you typically get in burger bars.
You keep saying french fries,it is CHIPS! You really did miss out,the chip shop guy should have recommended the salt and vinegar and most people in UK eat the fish and chips with their hands.
The peas used for mushy peas are actually a different kind of pea to the more common garden peas most people are used to eating, marrowfat peas are used for mushy peas and they have a very unique flavour of their own, I love them and grow them on my vegetable patch too.
I live in the North of England and we tend to have more haddock than cod and we have mint sauce on our mushy peas yummy. We also have curry sauce, chips and curry sauce is amazing, OMG I'm really hungry now 🤤
Also, in the North of England, we'd never be expected to pay £8.80 for a piece of haddock and a regular portion of chips. At most places you'd get the equivalent for betwee 5 and 6 quid.
Blackporsche roadster I have never heard such rubbish before as the claim that the colour is artificial, mushy peas are naturally green and the only reason the colour is so strong is the addition of baking soda to help with the cooking process/ setting the colour.
Blackporsche roadster. Who cares what thickipedia have written on their notoriously inaccurate site. I will admit that some inferior people have used artificial colouring in their produce, but I was taught how to make food without using anything artificial by my grandmother, who was the head cook in a factory canteen and she also taught my aunt who was also head cook at another factory in the area. So I feel justified in saying that in this case I am correct.
Blackporsche roadster , it is obvious that no matter what I say you are fixed in your opinion that I am incorrect in my statement of the nature of the dish. I haven’t got the documents available to display to you, but what I haven’t revealed is the full details of my family’s involvement with the catering
business in general and the fish and chips trade in particular. The two people who I have mentioned already made their way into the trade via the fish shops that were in their neighbourhoods at the time and in the case of my aunt when she left the factory, she and her husband invested their redundancy pay in a small lock-up type of fish shop, which did a very good trade until my uncle had to retire due to illness. So don’t say that I am unaware of the trade and I submit that my knowledge of this trade is certainly more accurate than any information that you have found on line.
@@jaycobbina9529 Why is it pompous? It's food invented by us Brits and we call it fish & chips. Using the term pompous when discussing fish & chips shows your total ignorance.
The best Fish and Chips can be eaten at the Seaside, same as icecream, it’s 100% better than in other places and I live in London, there are some quality chippies in London, but Devon and Cornwall have amazing chippies
Vinegar, or non-brewed condiment as you usually get is to disperse the grease as well as flavour the food. Personally I prefer the chippy which is local to me, less than 100m from my house and mostly non-greasy. It's quite slow service as you order when you come in the door and it's all freshly made for you. They let it drain before serving so as I say less greasy. Chips are also crispy and mostly also less greasy.
John Cartwright Looks a real crappy chip shop to be honest. Iv found Turkish/Chinese/Indian chip shop owners to be not that good at fish and chips somehow. But when they cook theyr own nations food they are outstanding.
I've lived here in the UK my entire life and I'm 49 years old and fish and chips is my go to weekend takeaway. I have lived by the sea for the past 20 years and the fish is probably fresher here but it's absolutely yummy and the portion sizes do tend to be very big - that's normal for a good fish and chip shop xx
Nope curry and fish and chips should never mix. The only things you should be able to get from a Fish and Chip shops are as follows 1) fish (including fish cakes etc) 2) chips 3) patties 4) chip spice 5) mushy peas 6) gravy 7) salt an vinegar Not kebabs, pizza, curry, other none fish based meat
@@totallybored5526 Patties?! Chip Spice!? I detect someone from Hull by your recommendations. Pity these poor foreigners buying their fish & chips in London, never having the privilege of getting them from Cave Street Fisheries, off Beverley Road!
Richmond isn't just "technically London", it is part of London. Richmond is one of the 32 Boroughs of Greater London. And those 32 boroughs add up to 610 square miles in area - twice as big as New York City. The five NYC boroughs - Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island - total 300 square miles.
@@blackbob3358 No it is not nonsense. Yes, there is a town in North Yorkshire called Richmond. But there is also a London borough called Richmond. It's about 8 miles south-west of Charing Cross. So don't criticise until you check your facts. And don't call me flower.
I went in to a fish and chip shop in London, I asked for standard stuff to ask for, like fish, chips, pattie and mushie peas and they looked at me like I was nuts.
@@totallybored5526 never seen a chippy and Chinese combined until I went down to runcorn chips and bbq spare ribs get in most of good chip shop up my way are ran by Italians or their children
french fries are frozen reconstituted potato commercially processed cooked from frozen. traditional fish and chips should be eaten open as you walk out of the chippie for perfection if there bagged or wrapped they go greasy and soggy, and the British chip is made from wholesome aged spuds not reconstituted potato also good top class fish frier highly skilled with best results as with all good food is like gold dust
Fish 'n Chip chips are deep fried fluffy and you always end up throwing some away, especially if you order a lot for yourself, you need fish 'n Chip vinegar, I always have danelion and burdock.
It's nice to see you both having a good time! 😎 Fish and chips can be very hit and miss in the UK. You need to chose your shop well. It looks like you did pretty well, especially with the fish. You're right, mushy peas isn't a dip. Chips aren't meant to be like that really. People don't cook them like that at home. They're meant to be slightly crispy on the outside and soft potato on the inside - more like a thick French fry. Cod is the fish which is traditionally served, but haddock, plaice or sole are also delicious. Also, fish and chips doesn't "keep" or travel at all well - it's best eaten straight away because carrying it around in a box and plastic bag makes the batter soft and the chips floppy. 😁 The shops usually ask if you want salt and vinegar. Traditionally, that would just go over the chips, although some shops insist on throwing tons of it over absolutely everything - so just ask them to stop if they're going ape-crazy with the condiments! ✋✋✋✋✋ 🥴 Historically, mushy peas are much more of a northern English thing, although you do find them everywhere now. It's very interesting that you both love it...for some reason I actually find them quite disgusting...and being half northern that's almost a sacrilegious comment! 🍵 🤢 🤮 😂 (PS. Just for info - the River Thames is pronounced "tems" like "gems" rather than "tames" in British English. Just another of the wonders of our pronunciation versus spelling! 🤪😎 )
Thanks for the insights! We really enjoyed it. Would love to try it all over the place now. :) I think he asked if we wanted vinegar but we decided not to! 😄
@@DeanaandPhil It's an acquired taste. We are all indoctrinated to enjoy it from birth, but ketchup, mayo, tartare sauce or mustard mayo are all good instead. I just noticed Phil's impression of a Londoner at 2:04 ! Very good! 👍😎😂 Enjoy the rest of your visit! 😀
Only if the fish is older will you get the taste you describe if it is freshly caught cod is better but as the haddock ages better then you see this, down here in the south the fish and chips are just terrible, I think its down to the oil they tend to use in the south and the freshness of the fish or fish cooked from frozen which is no good. You have to go to the north sea coast Yorks... or further up to Scotland for the best.
When we get our fish and chips back from the chippy, we put them in the halogen cooker for about 4 minutes. They are then crispy. Fluffy in the middle and crispy outside. The optimum. Just a little enhancement.
Maybe its changed but back in 1980 after graduating high school visited my aunt and uncle he was stationed in England can not remember the exact part I was in but ate fish and chips served with vinegar I thought thats how it was always served . Maybe only certain parts or a way of serving it in the past . I do remember however the fun I had visiting different shops and castles and such .
Yes, the chips could have been a little more crispy. Unless you have manual workers appetite half that amount would be better. However the stars of the show were the 2 fish & mushy peas. I'm sure you guys would be happy to eat that once a month eh? I specially recommend after a big night out, say a chilly evening at an outdoor event.
The greasiness of the fish and chips depends on how long they have been out of the fryer. If they are fresh out they tend to be greasier, while if they've had a chance to stand and drain they will be crisper. Mushy peas are made from marrowfat peas which are peas that have been left to mature and dry out in the field. Unlike other peas which are picked fresh. Mushy peas also go nice with pork pies and a tough of mint sauce.
I think you got mixed up. Haddock is usually served with the skin on and has the nicer taste. Cod skin is rank to it's served without, but it's thicker and meatier. It varies from region to region but mostly the 'fish' in England is cod, and you have to ask for haddock. In Scotland it's the other way round. You absolutely have to have stacks of salt and 'Chip Shop' vinegar (none-brewed condiment), and drown the mushy peas in vinegar.
French fries are thin and typically crunchy as they absorb more oil which gives the crunch while chips are alot thicker absorb less oil and due to this they can be crunchy outer layer and soft inner side they can still have oil on the outside however but it does not go to the inside.
@@DeanaandPhil You used lemon, however. If you use a lot more lemon, then you get the same effect as with the vinegar. I like this with chips but mayo with french fries and breaded fish'
The best french fries are baked in Belgium... we have takeaways specialized in French fries and various snacks... Fried fish is actually also a speciality from Zeeland
Great video! A few observations: the best fish & chips are in Yorkshire which are cooked in beef dripping; also they are without skin, which is rather hard to digest. As per other comments, put salt and vinegar on the chips, and ask for 'scraps' residual pieces of batter (not available in London etc). Come back to the UK again and visit places outside London, especially the north. Ich mage deinen Videos aus Deutschland!
ned barker as an American myself I was baffled she was pronouncing it that way. I have never heard anyone say it that way before. (It’s probably unique to whichever state she’s from)
I adore how foreigners refer to the river as the Tames, instead of the Temms. Also, haddock with a dock ending, instead of haddick. And mooshy, instead of mushy, peas. Frankly, as a Brit, I have always felt our chips don't come up to scratch, being floppy and adding nothing much in taste to the dish (mind you, a dash of salt and white vinegar do help them along). Just to note, our Government is in the process of banning certain plastic items, such as straws, earbuds, and very likely plastic cutlery in the retail consumer industry. As far as I'm aware, many fish shops now use sunflower oil, instead of cheaper oils that are not polyunsaturated. Lastly, you might not be aware that an award is issued each year for the best fish and chip shop in Britain, and that you might often hear someone saying they're going to the chippy to buy their evening meal.
Chip shop chips demand salt and vinegar.
Lemon and tartar sauce
Black pepper
Yes lots of salt and drenched in vinegar
Yes my friend
where is the vinegar?
Those chips look nice. You seem a lovely couple, but if you keep calling them “french fries” I’ll be lobbying for your deportation 😁
But they ARE French fries
@@CesarGarcia-nd5xz No, French fries are thin about 1/4" thick, chips are 1/2" thick or more.
Mushy Peas! 🔥❤️🕺
They are NOT French fries. It’s called Fish and Chips for a reason.
@@peterdurnien9084 So if I make a square pizza its a different food?
If you like crisp French Fries that’s good but you have bought CHIPS. They are meant to be warm and filling.
Believe me, fish and chips are best eaten at the seaside in sea air, straight out of the bag using your fingers only and it must have a dash of salt and vinegar.
Totally agree, done it in Porthleven Cornwall, a few weeks ago, Bliss!
Unless your in NZ and there are thousands of seagulls swarming as soon as you open the paper
Yes and you have to have fresh donuts on the pier
@@jacobbailey-lawton1086 doughnuts ,lets not use dumbed down american spelling :)
YES!!!
The excitement of an American in front of fried food never ceases to amaze...
Hey! Too much American bashing going on! They are trying something new! Go to America and try something new before you bash
Fried food is really good
Fish and chips should be eaten with your fingers not cutlery.
Vicky Taylor how the fuck do you eat a steaming hot fish with your fingers? That’s silly and I’m English born and bred. Chips yes but fish no!
Not mine because they're always dripping in curry sauce! One of those little plastic or wooden disposable forks that chippies have are the best way.
I use a fork if one is available. I don't care if it's wrong.
it's proven that touching your food makes it tastier
@@sidplays77 becuase it is supposed to be served in paper.
Pleeeease stop saying British french fries. It is bloody CHIPS man.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 bloody fries
Aye no kidding mate CHIPS say it with me CH I PS
Im British and i hate when they call the fat ones french fries. But i do call skinny ones, for example mcdonalds, fries
French fries and chips are different things, people need to realise that. Its like someone calling a roast potato a french fry it makes no sense.
they are called chips cos they are chippings off a potato
WHERE IS THE SALT 'N' VINEGAR?
IF YOU DON'T EAT FISH 'N' CHIPS WITH VINEGAR THEN YOU ARE NOTBING BUT A BUNCH OF PAGANS MY FRIENDS.
OH ONE MORE THING, YOU MUST USE YOUR HANDS TOO OK?
I always laugh at people that tell one how they should eat something. Eat it however you want.
ZuluWarrior I would usually use my hands for fish and chips but their fish was in huge fillets
ZuluWarrior what is wrong with you English folks soggy chips are wrong they need to be crispy and not soaked with fat and oil
ironically it seems the British is the only people that have salt and vinegar on their chips, i know europeans don't do it.
@Catfish Billy Only the US, UK and Ireland put vinegar on some food, while all other nations typically use it during cooking only. I always got funny looks or remarks from my German, spanish, Brazilian, french, Italian, dutch, Russian and hungarian colleagues about it.
French fries are not the same as chips. French fries in the UK are what you get with a macdonalds. The Thames is pronounced Tems.
In the United States you can get french fries a hundred different ways. We have skinny fries, we have thick fries, we have curly fries, we have steak fries, we have crinkle fries excetera excetera excetera
We have all those in the UK too, but chip shop chips are chips, and you don't have those in the states. As they're too traditional for you.
Yes but that is a relatively new thing caused by young people lifting their arseholes up to the Yank shaft.
fresh chips should be a little crisp on outside, problem is when you have them to take away the steam they give off trapped inside the paper or container they are in quickly turns them soggy. Secret is keep them open not wrapped.
Whenn you know, you know
True for everything that is fried. Good tip!
Same as when you have roast potatoes never put them in a dish with a lid (to keep warm) as it makes them go soft .
I'm in Scotland, holding my hands up in horror at the ketchup and mayo on the chips lol Here in Fife, east coast of Scotland we call fish and chips a fish supper and on it we put salt, vinegar and brown sauce. In other areas people forego the brown sauce. For me it has to be haddock too 🙂
Brown sauce 👍
Oh you MUST have been to Marco's in Arbroath harbour .....the best ever . Just one problem ...they do not deliver to Yorkshire ! Blooming Covid.... travel restrictions ... !
@@marynorth7988 That would be known as " carrying coal to Newcastle ", i.e. Futile.
fish and chips anywhere outside of Scotland/Yorkshire just isnt the same is it
Innit amazing that English is spoken in England! Shock horror! 😂
Just like all those Russian speakers in Russia, how dare they
You'd be surprised, in some parts of London you can go pretty far before you hear English speaking people. Take a walk down old kent road or tower hamlets, it'll blow your little mind.
@@anthonyh4745 Or near Stratford, looking for the Central line asking for directions, no one spoke English.
Well, it is, must people would swear that hindi or somali are the languages spoken there.
Well in some places.
Where's the vinegar?
Fish and chips typically is cod in the south of England and haddock in the north.
You've been led astray.......... chips need salt and vinegar :-)
Mushy peas are traditionally made from marrow fat peas, not standard peas, hence the difference.
Fish and chips in England tends to be cod & chips. The further north you go it's more likely to be haddock & chips. I live in north of Scotland and I've never seen cod here.
As a Brit I wouldn’t dream of eating fish and chips in London. You need to go to the seaside!
Absolutely agree gotta have fish and chips at the seaside with the view
My dad owns a restaurant in Oban and fuck me that’s some good fish since it’s right next to the ocean tbf aswell I live near Aberdeen and there is good fish and chips here aswell
Having done both many times, there's no difference other than a Seaview
Liverpool maybe?
While the seaside is special.....I could eat fish and chips in any square metre space allotted to me.
When I was a child the chips should be double cooked, part cooked at a medium temp rested then finished cooking again at high temp that way the inside is softish and the outside is crispy.
Exactly, that's how we do them in our house. Also, you need a good frying spud such as a maris piper or marfona. Only the best will do. Its nice to see that there are still people who make and appreciate proper chips.
Frying twice is French fries. Chips are only fried once.
Graham Smith, yeah! That’s why they’re called double fried chips!
They didn't visit a good one.
You’re right about double frying chips so that they’re cooked in the middle on a low heat and then fried at a higher temp to get them really crispy and coloured a nice golden brown.I get so disappointed with quite a lot of chippies when some of the chips aren’t even cooked and are greasy and floppy with a pale anaemic colour,it’s really not rocket science.
Fish and chips are finger food walking at the seaside in summer. Haddock is my favourite but I live up north
The longer its in the box, it starts to steam, then it goes soggy, its best straight out of the fryer. I mean the chips, and mushy peas are great with salt and vinigar.
l have to say that those fish look good, even though they're probably not cooked in beef dripping which is the best oil to use.
American?! are you on about them orange chips?
Back when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s. Fish and chips were considered a very cheap hot meal. But really delicious. At that time they were cooked in Beef Dripping. The chips should be soft. The dominant flavour should involve lots of salt and malt vinegar. Scraps (loose bits of batter, supplied free) helped to soak up the salt and vinegar. It all started to go wrong in the 70s. Fish became more expensive and so chip shops lowered the quality or freshness of fish, to keep costs down. They also switched to frying in oil. Then came the idea of different sauces rather than vinegar. Back in the early 1800s most people would only taste sea fish when visiting the coast. All that changed with the early railways. Suddenly fresh sea fish was available in land, and the whole thing boomed, into every town and village.
Very true, if you want "proper" fish and chips go to Whitby in Yorkshire they cook with dripping not oil. Regards to their constant remarks about ..greasy.. what do they want, supermarket dry shite!!
We went through a period about 30 year's ago when we were using frozen fish block of chopped up fish pieces. .....stopped eating fish n chips for a long time...my local chippie is one of the best I've ever had..
Please remember, when in England it's "chips are hot and crisps are not". Mayonnaise should only be used on a salad. For fish and chips vinegar or
tomato ketchup are the way to go. The fish is so good here because nowhere in the UK is more than 75 miles from the sea.
By the way: it isn't pronounced Had-dock; there's no stress on the second syllable. It's just 'Hadd'ck'
Just watched the video. As a kid in Germany I’ve learned, never cut fish with a knife.
Fish looks very delish!
I see, ms Dirusso; so all the fish knives in all the world are redundant ?
Eat with your fingers ( true way)
Enough of the french fries
They are chips...!!!!!!!
French fries comes from us military in ww2 in belgium getting fries and thinking theyre in france ' similar language to a foreigner " called them french fries..but they are techcnically belgian.....they french didnt do them at that time like the Belgians do... ' frites' are a Belgian thing...
Thin a crisp.....English chips are thick cut anericans l believe call them steak fries ..
True those are steak cut fries
Thr risk of greasyness is why it's standardly served in salt and vinegar. Lemon jouice has the same effect, to cut through grease with acid, and just brighten up the flavour in general.
You’re wrong to call Chips “french fries” because french fries are those horrible stringy, tasteless, thin McDonalds type things; our “chips” are probably called “home fries” in the US indicating their larger size and better taste.
Sorry 😅. I see the point but I guess it's personal preference which one's are better tasting :)
French fries at McDonalds aren't normal french fries. They only make them like that for mass production.
we put vinegar on mushy peas aswell, they are dried marrowfat peas soaked overnight and cooked with butter,you guys are so english right now,we always say fish and chips tastes better outside
My mistake was watching this at 2AM and wanting chippy for breakfast hahaha.
It’s good to see people enjoy fish and chips, so many people hate it. It’s traditional to be served a large portion of chips, it’s usually shared between two or more people.
as a belgian i have to say that french fries coming original from Belgium, they not coming from France
Pasquale “ French” denotes the cut of the potato nothing to do with region of origin. Most people are aware of this and STILL attribute them to France because of the name.
@@emanymton713 The etymology of the French fry is attributed to American soldiers visiting Belgium during World War 1. They heard the people speaking French, so they called them "French" fries.
The word "chip" predates this by about 50 years. It was Charles Dickens who coined the term "chipped potatoes" in one of his books, and the name stuck.
You can keep them or donate your fries to Mac Donald’s England will keep out chips
Anybody who comes to the UK should research where they're going before eating fish & chips. They are a lot of very "meh" chip shops but few very good ones. If you can eat in the chip shop do it, the chips and fish will be at their best, it doesn't travel well. Traditionally you have malt vinegar & salt on your chips (in that order). Put salt on first and the vinegar washes it off, put vinegar on first and the salt sticks giving you the flavour profile you want. Cod is most popular, but haddock & plaice (my favourite) are other options. You can eat the fish with various accompaniments, ketchup, mushy peas but the proper way is with tartare sauce. Enjoy.
You don’t have French fries with fish it’s just chips
I'm watching all your videos because I only found your channel recently & I love it. I am on a strict diet so I'm enjoying the food in my mind :) I always eat fish & chips with my hands, even in my house. Also another condiment - Soy sauce works well on fish & chips, (does anyone else eat them that way, or just my family?).
My first Fish&Chips I had in Ireland. And it was surprisingly good (I’m not a fisheater).
But in London it was the first time with peas and vinegar. It was far better.
And last time I had F&C in Vegas in an Irish Pub. It was good too - but the best I think was in London.
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She corrected herself when she said french fries instead of chips so why is everyone in the comments popping off at her? 😭
Also its cool you went to richmond! That is where you find most germans in london! Thry have a bilingual school there
When I was young I was introduced to chips (not French Fries - foreigner!) with Heinz salad cream. Don't care what other people think I prefer it to ketchup. Knife and fork though? Break the fish off with your fingers!
Yumm! Makes me think of my tradition when I go to the beach, I always order the same sandwich - a deep fried crusted cod fillet at Frosty Frog Cafe in HHI. Just looked it up and sure enough, Fish & Chips! Best to eat it immediately so the oil from the deep frying doesn't settle.
Ohhhh yeah making it a sandwich sounds nice too! We ate them about 10 minutes after we got them since the park was really close, but that was probably 10 minutes too long! 😅🍟
@@DeanaandPhil Yes !
Firstly the river is pronounced "Temz". Secondly, fries are the thin chips you get from fast food type places. Can't believe they left the skin on, must be a London thing. Chips and fish always taste nicer on a bench outside.
Cod is traditional in England but Haddock is traditional in Scotland, so the guy in the chippie was half right. The longer you take to eat a fish supper (as it is known in Scotland) the greasier and soggier it will get. Chips and French Fries are two different things in the UK, both are fried or oven cooked chipped potatoes but Chips are thicker and French Fries are the really skinny ones that you typically get in burger bars.
i think its best in north yorks at scarborough, i would recommend mother hubbards
You know I live 100ft from Hubbards and have never eaten there.
Fish and chips, made to be eaten using your hands while walking home from the pub.
My soul died a little when they didn't put any malt vinegar on it :(
Richmond is lovely, very civilised.
You found Richmond, lucky you.Great city Area !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll be in Charleston on Nov 4-6 and I’m going to that fish and chips place in North Charleston! Can’t wait
You keep saying french fries,it is CHIPS!
You really did miss out,the chip shop guy should have recommended the salt and vinegar and most people in UK eat the fish and chips with their hands.
The peas used for mushy peas are actually a different kind of pea to the more common garden peas most people are used to eating, marrowfat peas are used for mushy peas and they have a very unique flavour of their own, I love them and grow them on my vegetable patch too.
That’s mad this is literally my local chippy! Glad u guys enjoyed it :)
I live in the North of England and we tend to have more haddock than cod and we have mint sauce on our mushy peas yummy. We also have curry sauce, chips and curry sauce is amazing, OMG I'm really hungry now 🤤
Also, in the North of England, we'd never be expected to pay £8.80 for a piece of haddock and a regular portion of chips. At most places you'd get the equivalent for betwee 5 and 6 quid.
@@DaveBartlett give it time!!
"Mushy peas are a weird colour!"
You mean like pea-green?
Fish and chips can be a little greasy. I don't eat too much of the batter.
Blackporsche roadster I have never heard such rubbish before as the claim that the colour is artificial, mushy peas are naturally green and the only reason the colour is so strong is the addition of baking soda to help with the cooking process/ setting the colour.
Blackporsche roadster. Who cares what thickipedia have written on their notoriously inaccurate site. I will admit that some inferior people have used artificial colouring in their produce, but I was taught how to make food without using anything artificial by my grandmother, who was the head cook in a factory canteen and she also taught my aunt who was also head cook at another factory in the area. So I feel justified in saying that in this case I am correct.
Blackporsche roadster , it is obvious that no matter what I say you are fixed in your opinion that I am incorrect in my statement of the nature of the dish. I haven’t got the documents available to display to you, but what I haven’t revealed is the full details of my family’s involvement with the catering
business in general and the fish and chips trade in particular. The two people who I have mentioned already made their way into the trade via the fish shops that were in their neighbourhoods at the time and in the case of my aunt when she left the factory, she and her husband invested their redundancy pay in a small lock-up type of fish shop, which did a very good trade until my uncle had to retire due to illness. So don’t say that I am unaware of the trade and I submit that my knowledge of this trade is certainly more accurate than any information that you have found on line.
7:34 its mushy peas (or with my towns dialect its pronounced pays) not mushed peas
Very appetite inducing !!!!!!!! Excellent!
Do not say “ fish and French fries” !
Say whatever you want.
@@jaycobbina9529
Why is it pompous? It's food invented by us Brits and we call it fish & chips. Using the term pompous when discussing fish & chips shows your total ignorance.
@@davidpinchard1
Yeah especially if you want to prove just how stupid and ignorant you are.
French Fries ARE NOT CHIPS. French fries are fried twice at two different temperatures. CHIPS are only fried once. I used to work in the industry.
@@davidpinchard1 Yes, but they are chips. you could call them bananas if you like, but they are still chips!
This was a fun video! Ya’ll are the best!
UK fish and chips are amazing, I love the mushy peas as well, my so good.
That's why they're chips, not french fries. Where's the vinegar? And in North UK, we put the peas with the meal, not separate.
I love fish and chips, being an average british person XD
You should have got the haddock much better than cod . So happy to see that you are both safe
Chip shop chips are not French fries. They are cut much thicker for a start.
We call that steak fries
@@chelleroberson3222 Who is 'we'?
The best Fish and Chips can be eaten at the Seaside, same as icecream, it’s 100% better than in other places and I live in London, there are some quality chippies in London, but Devon and Cornwall have amazing chippies
Fish and chips is a hand food
Exactly! 😂
Esp when served in newspaper
You are right those always seemed to be the best places
@@DeanaandPhil then why didnt you then
Vinegar, or non-brewed condiment as you usually get is to disperse the grease as well as flavour the food. Personally I prefer the chippy which is local to me, less than 100m from my house and mostly non-greasy. It's quite slow service as you order when you come in the door and it's all freshly made for you. They let it drain before serving so as I say less greasy. Chips are also crispy and mostly also less greasy.
I’m a vinegar person
Everyone eats fish and chips with their finger's in the UK
The river is pronounced Temms.
And haddock tends to be pronounced 'hadduck' :) Not the best chips I've seen. Our local chippy double fries 'em!
John Cartwright Looks a real crappy chip shop to be honest. Iv found Turkish/Chinese/Indian chip shop owners to be not that good at fish and chips somehow.
But when they cook theyr own nations food they are outstanding.
@@vitusdoom yes I want salt and vinegar not a sore finger
I've lived here in the UK my entire life and I'm 49 years old and fish and chips is my go to weekend takeaway. I have lived by the sea for the past 20 years and the fish is probably fresher here but it's absolutely yummy and the portion sizes do tend to be very big - that's normal for a good fish and chip shop xx
You are meant to have salt and vinegar!!!!!!! On fish and chips 😂 and curry sauce you should of got curry sauce to dip your chips in
"should HAVE got curry sauce" (but they were in that there London, so it wasn't an option. No gravy either: Chippies in London have 'nowt moist'.)
Nope curry and fish and chips should never mix.
The only things you should be able to get from a Fish and Chip shops are as follows
1) fish (including fish cakes etc)
2) chips
3) patties
4) chip spice
5) mushy peas
6) gravy
7) salt an vinegar
Not kebabs, pizza, curry, other none fish based meat
@@totallybored5526 Patties?! Chip Spice!? I detect someone from Hull by your recommendations. Pity these poor foreigners buying their fish & chips in London, never having the privilege of getting them from Cave Street Fisheries, off Beverley Road!
@@DaveBartlett The best chippies are up north like Greater Manchester where I'm from (leighther born and bred me) 🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪
@@jacobbailey-lawton1086 leigh is a shithole
Richmond isn't just "technically London", it is part of London. Richmond is one of the 32 Boroughs of Greater London. And those 32 boroughs add up to 610 square miles in area - twice as big as New York City. The five NYC boroughs - Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island - total 300 square miles.
This is a nonsense. Richmond is in North Yorkshire, flower.
@@blackbob3358 No it is not nonsense. Yes, there is a town in North Yorkshire called Richmond. But there is also a London borough called Richmond. It's about 8 miles south-west of Charing Cross. So don't criticise until you check your facts. And don't call me flower.
@@blackbob3358 Cat got your tongue?
They tried Fish and Chips in London, a schoolboy error big style.
I went in to a fish and chip shop in London, I asked for standard stuff to ask for, like fish, chips, pattie and mushie peas and they looked at me like I was nuts.
@@totallybored5526 😂😂😂
Damn right its good! Fish, chips and mushy peas is food heaven lol prefer haddock to cod... Now I'm hungry
I live in Glasgow and the fish & chips up here are excellent 👌🏻 I haven’t tried any in London before so I can’t compare 🤷🏻♂️
Yum! Glasgow is somewhere we would love to visit!
Don’t bother they’re usually Chinese take always that sell fish and chips 😡
@@totallybored5526 never seen a chippy and Chinese combined until I went down to runcorn chips and bbq spare ribs get in most of good chip shop up my way are ran by Italians or their children
french fries are frozen reconstituted potato commercially processed cooked from frozen. traditional fish and chips should be eaten open as you walk out of the chippie for perfection if there bagged or wrapped they go greasy and soggy, and the British chip is made from wholesome aged spuds not reconstituted potato also good top class fish frier highly skilled with best results as with all good food is like gold dust
'Tems', not 'tayms'.
Fish 'n Chip chips are deep fried fluffy and you always end up throwing some away, especially if you order a lot for yourself, you need fish 'n Chip vinegar, I always have danelion and burdock.
It's nice to see you both having a good time! 😎
Fish and chips can be very hit and miss in the UK. You need to chose your shop well. It looks like you did pretty well, especially with the fish. You're right, mushy peas isn't a dip. Chips aren't meant to be like that really. People don't cook them like that at home. They're meant to be slightly crispy on the outside and soft potato on the inside - more like a thick French fry. Cod is the fish which is traditionally served, but haddock, plaice or sole are also delicious. Also, fish and chips doesn't "keep" or travel at all well - it's best eaten straight away because carrying it around in a box and plastic bag makes the batter soft and the chips floppy. 😁
The shops usually ask if you want salt and vinegar. Traditionally, that would just go over the chips, although some shops insist on throwing tons of it over absolutely everything - so just ask them to stop if they're going ape-crazy with the condiments! ✋✋✋✋✋ 🥴
Historically, mushy peas are much more of a northern English thing, although you do find them everywhere now. It's very interesting that you both love it...for some reason I actually find them quite disgusting...and being half northern that's almost a sacrilegious comment!
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(PS. Just for info - the River Thames is pronounced "tems" like "gems" rather than "tames" in British English. Just another of the wonders of our pronunciation versus spelling! 🤪😎 )
Thanks for the insights! We really enjoyed it. Would love to try it all over the place now. :) I think he asked if we wanted vinegar but we decided not to! 😄
@@DeanaandPhil It's an acquired taste. We are all indoctrinated to enjoy it from birth, but ketchup, mayo, tartare sauce or mustard mayo are all good instead. I just noticed Phil's impression of a Londoner at 2:04 ! Very good! 👍😎😂
Enjoy the rest of your visit! 😀
Hahaha we couldn't help ourselves the entire trip with our impressions! 😅 Thanks so much! 🤗💜
Mushy peas are amazing. Should be introduced everywhere in the world
YES! Completely agree!
I don't like fish but this made me hungry ...
I'm so happy about every new video from you guys. 😊 Thanks for such a great content here on TH-cam.
Thank you for the nice words. We love to read comments like this 😍
What is “French fries?”
Freedom fries or Belgian fries, frites in France. Deep fried potatoes!
They are a shit version of proper chips.
French fries are skinny chips.
The stupidly thin overcooked and over salted excuse for chips you get at most chain fast food places with a burger
C h I p s!
In Belgium and in the Netherlands I've eaten the best pommes frites of my life.
In regards to the mushy peas you usually drench your chips with them basically pour them over the chips or you could use as dip or eat on their own 😊
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No, we usually dip our fish n chips in the peas and scoop it up with the fish n chips.
Did you try it with vinegar? That’s the way a lot of British eat it. It makes me happy to see you both enjoying it so much.
cod always tastes better to me as haddock seems to have a slightly metalic taste imo , gotta have mushy peas and salt and vinegar on that meal :)
Only if the fish is older will you get the taste you describe if it is freshly caught cod is better but as the haddock ages better then you see this, down here in the south the fish and chips are just terrible, I think its down to the oil they tend to use in the south and the freshness of the fish or fish cooked from frozen which is no good. You have to go to the north sea coast Yorks... or further up to Scotland for the best.
@@paulutley7301 Yes I live in County Durham and we have some amazing fish and Chips.. anywhere in the North is better than down South.. 👍
When we get our fish and chips back from the chippy, we put them in the halogen cooker for about 4 minutes. They are then crispy. Fluffy in the middle and crispy outside. The optimum. Just a little enhancement.
This meal looks amazing...though I'll skip the mushy peas. Even in America, fish and chips is one of my favorite dishes when I eat out!
It's good stuff! The mushy peas were surprisingly good, too! 😝
Mushy peas yuck...where's the cole slaw? lol...oh Cod is much better than Haddock
edit: no Tartar sauce for your fish?
Mushy peas are nice but I prefer curry sauce which is also popular in fish an chip shops in the UK or both is even better lol
@@rickycoker5830 Coleslaw, no way would a Brit put these on F&C! Plus where was the salt and vinegar. Also Mayonnaise, yuk
@@heatherboardman7004 There's some strange folk about, ain't there !
Maybe its changed but back in 1980 after graduating high school visited my aunt and uncle he was stationed in England can not remember the exact part I was in but ate fish and chips served with vinegar I thought thats how it was always served . Maybe only certain parts or a way of serving it in the past . I do remember however the fun I had visiting different shops and castles and such .
It's chips not French fries!!
Yes, the chips could have been a little more crispy. Unless you have manual workers appetite half that amount would be better. However the stars of the show were the 2 fish & mushy peas. I'm sure you guys would be happy to eat that once a month eh? I specially recommend after a big night out, say a chilly evening at an outdoor event.
Love mushy peas. You need to try steak and kidney pudding!
Sounds delicious!!!
Or as we call it where I come from a babys yed 😆
Rob Byrne Americans say mooshy peas.
The greasiness of the fish and chips depends on how long they have been out of the fryer. If they are fresh out they tend to be greasier, while if they've had a chance to stand and drain they will be crisper. Mushy peas are made from marrowfat peas which are peas that have been left to mature and dry out in the field. Unlike other peas which are picked fresh. Mushy peas also go nice with pork pies and a tough of mint sauce.
Jellied eels were a step to far I guess 😂
I think you got mixed up. Haddock is usually served with the skin on and has the nicer taste. Cod skin is rank to it's served without, but it's thicker and meatier. It varies from region to region but mostly the 'fish' in England is cod, and you have to ask for haddock. In Scotland it's the other way round.
You absolutely have to have stacks of salt and 'Chip Shop' vinegar (none-brewed condiment), and drown the mushy peas in vinegar.
*Wondering? Why myself haven't had Fish "&" Chips about a year from now? Did y'all taste delightful?*
It's delicious!
French fries are thin and typically crunchy as they absorb more oil which gives the crunch while chips are alot thicker absorb less oil and due to this they can be crunchy outer layer and soft inner side they can still have oil on the outside however but it does not go to the inside.
I love eating fish and chips. Especially with tartar sauce. Did you try chips with vinegar? I tried it once but didn‘t really like it.
Yeah! We've tried it before, but t's not my personal favorite either. Ketchup or mayo for us!
@@DeanaandPhil You used lemon, however. If you use a lot more lemon, then you get the same effect as with the vinegar. I like this with chips but mayo with french fries and breaded fish'
Vinger and salt is great
The best french fries are baked in Belgium... we have takeaways specialized in French fries and various snacks...
Fried fish is actually also a speciality from Zeeland
No etiquette with outdoor fish and chips, if it's too hot to handle use the plastic, if it doesn't burn you use your fingers!
Great video! A few observations: the best fish & chips are in Yorkshire which are cooked in beef dripping; also they are without skin, which is rather hard to digest. As per other comments, put salt and vinegar on the chips, and ask for 'scraps' residual pieces of batter (not available in London etc). Come back to the UK again and visit places outside London, especially the north. Ich mage deinen Videos aus Deutschland!
Had ock 😂😂😂
ned barker Creased!!!
ned barker as an American myself I was baffled she was pronouncing it that way. I have never heard anyone say it that way before. (It’s probably unique to whichever state she’s from)
I adore how foreigners refer to the river as the Tames, instead of the Temms. Also, haddock with a dock ending, instead of haddick. And mooshy, instead of mushy, peas. Frankly, as a Brit, I have always felt our chips don't come up to scratch, being floppy and adding nothing much in taste to the dish (mind you, a dash of salt and white vinegar do help them along). Just to note, our Government is in the process of banning certain plastic items, such as straws, earbuds, and very likely plastic cutlery in the retail consumer industry. As far as I'm aware, many fish shops now use sunflower oil, instead of cheaper oils that are not polyunsaturated. Lastly, you might not be aware that an award is issued each year for the best fish and chip shop in Britain, and that you might often hear someone saying they're going to the chippy to buy their evening meal.