The great chip shop gravy divide.

[Really Ancien]

Where is it located? We have gravy on our pies here in Lancashire, where does gravy die out as you head South?

Damon.

[Hot Flatus]

Gravy up north, my arse!  All you buggers can afford is a bag of scraps with a spoonfull of pea-wet on it   

(pea-wet, for the uninitiated is the liquid from mushy peas)

[little miss mac]

In London it's not gravy, it's jus.

 

[geraldc]

In London, we have liquor on our pies.  It's some strange Parsley sauce.

[Martin]

Gravy up north, my arse!  All you buggers can afford is a bag of scraps with a spoonfull of pea-wet on it   

(pea-wet, for the uninitiated is the liquid from mushy peas)

is that the same as Liquor as served with pie and mash in the East End? (I stuck to kebabs and Chinese take away when I lived there)

The divide is the same place as where Cinder Toffee becomes Honeycomb 

[Gattopardo]

Gravy up north, my arse!  All you buggers can afford is a bag of scraps with a spoonfull of pea-wet on it   

(pea-wet, for the uninitiated is the liquid from mushy peas)

is that the same as Liquor as served with pie and mash in the East End? (I stuck to kebabs and Chinese take away when I lived there)

Its only flour, water and parsley.

Pie and mash is tops

Londoners have you chaps tried Olleys in Herne Hill?  Allegedly top 5 chippy in the country.

[Really Ancien]

Gravy up north, my arse!  All you buggers can afford is a bag of scraps with a spoonfull of pea-wet on it   

(pea-wet, for the uninitiated is the liquid from mushy peas)

Gravy is surprisingly expensive, 60p in Southport yesterday, when a Steak and Kidney Pudding was £1.20.

Damon.

[Notsototalnewbie]

Rob calls me a Northerner because upon getting chips, the first thing I do is put the kettle on for some Bisto to go on them. I don't know where this comes from or when I started doing it. I'm from That London so gawd knows where I got this filthy habit...

It's great, because he hates gravy on chips and it stops him stealing them 

[Gattopardo]

Where is it located? We have gravy on our pies here in Lancashire, where does gravy die out as you head South?

Damon.

Not in the midlands, but they have scollops (not scallops) which don't appear in london.

[rogerzilla]

Curry sauce is nicer.

[Gattopardo]

Curry sauce is nicer.

Chip shop curry sauce?

Oh and if I said half and half would you know what I meant?

[Martin]

Where is it located? We have gravy on our pies here in Lancashire, where does gravy die out as you head South?

Damon.

Not in the midlands, but they have scollops (not scallops) which don't appear in london.

only place in the world I've ever seen a scallop is the chippy opposite Kidderminster station (for the civilised unitiated it's a battered deep fried and polysodden* slice of potato)

* Adj; the opposite of polyunsaturated; colloq Scottish

[Gattopardo]

Do you recon beef dripping make the best chips?  Or groundnut oil makes it better?

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Sotnsoss is best. I like scollops but I don't think they exist in Scotland.  

I would disagree with Martin though - a scollop is a new potato cut in half and made into a chip.

[Gattopardo]

Where is it located? We have gravy on our pies here in Lancashire, where does gravy die out as you head South?

Damon.

Not in the midlands, but they have scollops (not scallops) which don't appear in london.

only place in the world I've ever seen a scallop is the chippy opposite Kidderminster station (for the civilised unitiated it's a battered deep fried and polysodden slice of potato)

Captain Cod?  Best chippy in Kiddy.

[Martin]

Do you recon beef dripping make the best chips?  Or groundnut oil makes it better?

  does anyone still use it?

(apart from Harry Ramsdens natch)

[Gattopardo]

Sotnsoss is best. I like scollops but I don't think they exist in Scotland.  

I would disagree with Martin though - a scollop is a new potato cut in half and made into a chip.

In kiddy, it's a potato slice cut length ways from the potato.

Lovely but haven't had one in at least a decade.

[geraldc]

I just got back from Brussels. Most of the Frites stalls still use them. They certainly make the chips very crunchy, but certainly not suitable for vegetarians, or those who don't like beef...

[Gattopardo]

Do you recon beef dripping make the best chips?  Or groundnut oil makes it better?

  does anyone still use it?

(apart from Harry Ramsdens natch)

Only ever been to a southern ramsdens and it wasn't that great. (lakeside and brighton)

[Martin]

Where is it located? We have gravy on our pies here in Lancashire, where does gravy die out as you head South?

Damon.

Not in the midlands, but they have scollops (not scallops) which don't appear in london.

only place in the world I've ever seen a scallop is the chippy opposite Kidderminster station (for the civilised unitiated it's a battered deep fried and polysodden slice of potato)

Captain Cod?  Best chippy in Kiddy.

God knows I was looking for something to soak up n pints of Bathams;

how do you tell the difference between a Diesel gala and a steam gala in the SVR? the bars full and the platform's empty on the former and vice versa on the latter

[teethgrinder]

Rob calls me a Northerner because upon getting chips, the first thing I do is put the kettle on for some Bisto to go on them. I don't know where this comes from or when I started doing it. I'm from That London so gawd knows where I got this filthy habit...

It's great, because he hates gravy on chips and it stops him stealing them 

Blimey, if it's not Rob nicking yer chips, it's some nutter stalking you all night for yer nana.
Bisto doesn't compare to proper oop north gravy wi' chips.
I think the divide line is somewhere around Richmond and gravy seems more prevailant around Lancashire than Yorkshire.
Macclesfield in Cheshire is known for chips with gravy.

As for price. You northerners have it very good.
A large cod and large chips on a Friday costs me £6.70 in Milon Keynes.
It's usualy around £6 for a large fish and large chips around here. No gravy though.

[Hot Flatus]

Do you recon beef dripping make the best chips?  Or groundnut oil makes it better?

  does anyone still use it?

(apart from Harry Ramsdens natch)

Nearly every chippie i've ever been to in yorkshire

[Really Ancien]

Chips in beef dripping are nice, but they do make your fingers very greasy. Also the dripping can't be used as a fuel. I wonder what they use waste dripping for? Sunflower oil is the usual frying medium in Lancashire. Most reckon that the best gravy is from chinese chippys, as they use chicken fat in it.

Damon.

[Hot Flatus]

It also leaves a thick layer of grease on the roof of your mouth. 

Chips taste great though.

[rogerzilla]

Curry sauce is nicer.

Chip shop curry sauce?

Oh and if I said half and half would you know what I meant?

No - but do you know what a "pint of mix" is?