As A Follow Up.

[Jeza]

When I moved to London aged 17 I went in to a fish shop and asked for a piece of Cod no chips. He said you want a cod, no said I just a piece of it. He rolled his eyes and gave me the fish. When I got home I was appalled that the fish still had skin inside the batter. I took it back. In Yorkshire the fish is skinned, apparently not in London.

[Zacs-Master]

Not always. Some seaside places in yorks still sell it with the skin on.

[Svejk]

were you a growler that night, jez?

[Sparkles62]

Jeza, I spent a short time in Watford during my teens,
I had a fish on evening, took a big bite of it and had a mouthful of bones and skin, and was absolutly horrified,
The fish back home was always skinned and boned, it put me off fish for ages.

[Jeza]

That was long before the growler SVE.

Zac, I have never had fish on Yorkshire with the skin still on. Thank Heavens.

Enough to put you off for life sparkles.

[EcclesCake]

What's wrong with fish skin?

[kvalidir]

My mother had a huge row with a local chippy because they cooked the fish with skin and bones on, they swore up and down 'everyone' does that. Do they hell, yukk.

[pusskin]

Fish skin? Yucky.

[wolf63]

Up here (north of the border) our fish is usually skinned. If I got fish skin I would not go back to the chip shop.

We also have Pizza, dipped in batter and deep fried. Even the thought of it makes me feel sick.

[EcclesCake]

I can't say I have ever given much thought to skin on or off or noted a North/South or England/Scotland divide.

As long as I can get a dill and a pickled onion with my supper I'm happy :-)

[pusskin]

Whats a dill eccles?

[scorpiojo]

Does anyone eat pickled eggs?

[Jeza]

Nothing in this house is picked, except me now and again.

[EcclesCake]

You might know it as a wally pusskin?!?!

[tonyav]

No skin or bones on the fish in the West Mids.


leave it out, jo !.

[maggiebee]

Mainly haddock in Scotland sans skin and bones!

[Buenchico]

A few other regional variations that come to mind:

1. In most parts of the country you ask for 'fish and chips'. In Sheffield you ask for 'chip and fish'.

2. In most parts of the country, a chippy sells cod, haddock, rock, etc. In some Sheffield chippies there's simply 'fish' on the menu, with no further description of it and no other choice!

3. Here in Suffolk a 'fish cake' is one of those things that Bird's Eye sell under that name. In Sheffield a 'fish cake' is a slice of fish, sandwiched between two slices of potato and cooked in batter. (If a chippy sells the Bird's Eye type of fish cake it's called a 'fish rissole').

4. In Sheffield (and much of northern England) 'pie and peas' means meat-&-potato pie (served with mushy peas). Around Huddersfield they serve hot pork pies (with all the fat and jelly oozing out of them - yuck!).

5. In most parts of the country, someone might proffer you a bag of jelly babies, mints, chocolates or whatever and ask "Would you like a sweet?". Around Manchester they'll ask (irrespective of the type of sweets in the bag) "Do you want a toffee?". In Sheffield it's "Does't tha' wanna spice?"

[Zacs-Master]

4. I can vouch for that as per my post on the Growler thread. Gorgeous.

[tonyav]

5. In most parts of the country, someone might proffer you a bag of jelly babies, mints, chocolates or whatever and ask "Would you like a sweet?". Around Manchester they'll ask (irrespective of the type of sweets in the bag) "Do you want a toffee?". In Sheffield it's "Does't tha' wanna spice?"


Here it's do want a rock, Chris.

[boxtops]

Down here you would ask for "a cod" not meaning a whole cod, just a battered piece of it, i.e. "A cod and chips please"

[tonyav]

Same ere ah wench.