At 5.30 as I was leaving work I got a hankering, a yearning, a want.
I wanted fish and chips. Proper fish and chips served to me by a
portly man – in a white coat and with a side parting – standing proud
behind a gleaming stainless steel ‘bank’ of industrial fryers and ‘hot’
shelving displaying mouth watering servings of fish, PUCCA pies and
battered sausages.
So; proper fish and chips. None of those skinny ‘fries’. I wanted
golden crispy succulent fat chips – the kind that have crispy bits at
the bottom of the bag – hot from an old fashioned chip shop pan of fat.
Ready to be doused in white vinegar and Saxa salt and and served with a
small wooden fork.
The fish would have to be in light yet thick batter, hard on the
outside, yielding and soft inside. Encasing perfectly white and juicy
fish.
So, did I find such an establishment in my Battersea locale? Did I f*ck.
August 27th, 2004 at 2:01 am
Duh, shame you didn’t. I did last night, home late etc. But hasn’t a large cod got well, large! Mine appeared to be of the GM variety or something was definitely up in the gene pool. You are tormenting yourself with that description..lol
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August 27th, 2004 at 2:02 am
I think I may need to go out and look again now, bugger.
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August 27th, 2004 at 2:02 am
is there a harry ramsdens nearby?
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August 27th, 2004 at 2:03 am
btw, how do you go about getting that creative commons HTML into the title – is that your own HTML webpage..or a blog-builder from 20six?
PS: I have the Cfreative Commons stuff I just visited the site having seen your link.
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August 27th, 2004 at 2:04 am
God! I want them too now …
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August 27th, 2004 at 2:04 am
Easy boys!
Yep, creative commons is good. I put the html link – they send you some html to use by email after you select a license on their site – into my title bar on my blog. I use blog builder – after creating my own portfolio photography website I’m not up to doing it again for my blog! If you need some html to paste let me know.
and yes I am still hungry…
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:03 am
No use to you now hon, but there are some advantages to living in the burbs. Now, shall I have cod, haddock or skate with my freshly cooked fat succulent chips?
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:04 am
Bollocks.
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August 27th, 2004 at 6:02 am
I grew up just over the Battersea bridge (Chelsmore estate to be exact, y’know the one, used to have nearly dead people hanging over the railings in a bizzarre, fleshy, hanging gardens type look. Well, maybe you dont.) Anyway, years ago there was a great fish and chip shop in the Ebury area. Dont think its there anymore though.
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August 27th, 2004 at 6:03 am
Wow! that is the best description of fish and chips ever! I so want some right now…
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Bobble, I empathise with you so much I’m going to have to giev you a sweetie. I had the same thing last week – I have to go to a differnt bloody postcode to get fish and chips, adn even then they’re ‘posh’ ones – not quite the same.
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:00 pm
I can beat you all! I have to go to a different city to get some. Its about 8 miles from my door to the nice chip shop! Worth it mind
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:05 pm
The bloke doesn’t quite look like that, but the food does – at ‘Fischcoteque’ (yes, really) behind Waterloo Station. All the cab drivers go there.
Yum yum.
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August 27th, 2004 at 5:05 pm
Pog I thank you.
I could do a detour there on my way home. If I wasn’t blinking tonight…
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August 27th, 2004 at 6:02 pm
I too am blinking – so may see you later on, although am starting at Blinks 1 with Yags, squish and others …..
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October 26th, 2004 at 6:03 am
adult free