Fish And Chips

[TonyV]

Is there any reason why we traditionally eat fish and chips on Friday?

[Cloverjo]

Something to do with Catholics not eating meat on a Friday, so they got their protein from fish instead.

[AuntLydia]

Fish was eaten on Fridays because according the the Catholic Church it was a sin to eat meat on a Friday. Something to do with jesus getting crucified I think.

[Mamyalynne]

Well certainly in my family and those of others RCs it was a religious issue with not eating meat on Fridays (Good Friday in particular).

I think to a point it became routine to go to the chippy to give the cook the day off.

[AuntLydia]

gosh did you have a cook growing up? How posh is that!

[Mamyalynne]

Very good, in this instance - cook = the one who mainly did the cooking.

Apologies for lack of clarity :-)

[AuntLydia]

No problem -we always sent the butler out for ours.....:-D

[anneasquith]

We had ours delivered .!

[Mamyalynne]

Get you, I was usually sent, with a basin for the peas.

[douglas9401]

I 'ate you Butler.

[Tilly2]

We're we not a Catholic family but we always had fish on Fridays. My family might have been weird or steeped in some old traditions. I don't know. However, Friday was always Chippy Shoppy night and lovely it was too, especially if there were mushy peas as well. Oh...and white bread and butter. Lovely!

[AuntLydia]

Don't forget the scraps!

[Tilly2]

We didn't do scraps. We was posh!

[choux]

You have just reminded me AL of a sign that hung in the local chippy to advertise cheap scraps. It was of a black cat's rear complete with the furry pencil sharpener.

[douglas9401]

Just had a flashback to lemon sole for high tea.

Must be forty years now.

[BANANASPLITS]

Ahh the good old school days bag of chips with scraps on top on the way home

[TonyV]

Lydia yes scraps were the best, must ask my local if they have some next time, probably want know what I'm talking about

[Tilly2]

I have never eaten scraps in my life! How could you eat scraps?

[shoota]

Today I started the tradition of having chicken Madras, pilau rice and alooooooo gobi on a Friday night.
Please feel free to adopt it.

[shoota]

Do you know what the scraps referred to are Till?

[Tilly2]

Sounds good, Shoota. We're having pork chops. We are rebels!