Where in London is the best (or really good) chip butty?
Aug 4th, 2016, 12:11 PM
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I eat my peas with honey
I've done it all my life,
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
(Sorry Patrick)
I come late to this thread but it's a good'un.
I'd like to add Cornish pasties of course, and in the cake line, saffron loaf and heava cake.
The former is self explanatory, the latter a bit like a cross between a lardy cake ( anyone remember them?) and an Eccles cake.
Talking of chip butties, we had fish and chips for supper and DH had mushy peas too all washed down with mugs of tea.
I've done it all my life,
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
(Sorry Patrick)
I come late to this thread but it's a good'un.
I'd like to add Cornish pasties of course, and in the cake line, saffron loaf and heava cake.
The former is self explanatory, the latter a bit like a cross between a lardy cake ( anyone remember them?) and an Eccles cake.
Talking of chip butties, we had fish and chips for supper and DH had mushy peas too all washed down with mugs of tea.
Aug 4th, 2016, 03:18 PM
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Tried pickled eggs last time I was in UK - yuk.
Do love pickled onion with my fishn chips though - which we have in Oz too.
Enjoy Eccles cakes - hard to find here though.
Black pudding - every Sunday with my
Eggs and bacon .
Do love pickled onion with my fishn chips though - which we have in Oz too.
Enjoy Eccles cakes - hard to find here though.
Black pudding - every Sunday with my
Eggs and bacon .
Aug 5th, 2016, 01:47 AM
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Pickled eggs? Also yuk! Tripe is an acquired taste, but does anyone remember the UCP shops? Probably the biggest purveyor of tripe in the North. It stood for United Cattle Products and sold tripe, cowheel, haslett and other stuff like oxtail (although I do like oxtail when properly cooked).
http://www.unitedcattleproducts.co.uk/
http://www.unitedcattleproducts.co.uk/
Aug 5th, 2016, 04:08 AM
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That's funny Rubicund, I nearly mentioned UCP. My Mum worked for them, and for my birthday she treated me and my friends to a party there (workers discount, methinks) and guess what we all had .... egg and chips. Afterwards, we went to the Empire Cinema to watch Jeffery Hunt in King of Kings.
Is that the one where John Wayne dresses up in a skirt and looks up and says in his best Davy Crocket drawl "Surely he must be the Son of God"?
Lest we forget, Tripe is revered in Spain (and maybe France).
Is that the one where John Wayne dresses up in a skirt and looks up and says in his best Davy Crocket drawl "Surely he must be the Son of God"?
Lest we forget, Tripe is revered in Spain (and maybe France).
Aug 5th, 2016, 08:51 AM
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Much alike Steve. My late MIL used to work for them in the shop in the fifties. She also worked for Prices in Bridge St and Kendal's cafe on Deansgate. Prices was next to George Best's Boutique and he often went in for a sandwich.
sparky, most of the old fashioned food shops -if not all-have gone now and the City is inundated with American chain "eateries" -hate that word-and some very good restaurants offering cuisine from all over the world across the price range. I'm not a fan of offal except for liver and never had it when I was taken into the UCP on Market Street in Manchester. http://www.unitedcattleproducts.co.u...manchester.php
I'd love to eat around the city with you, but my wife isn't too well at the moment. Love to once she's bouncing around again.
sparky, most of the old fashioned food shops -if not all-have gone now and the City is inundated with American chain "eateries" -hate that word-and some very good restaurants offering cuisine from all over the world across the price range. I'm not a fan of offal except for liver and never had it when I was taken into the UCP on Market Street in Manchester. http://www.unitedcattleproducts.co.u...manchester.php
I'd love to eat around the city with you, but my wife isn't too well at the moment. Love to once she's bouncing around again.
Aug 5th, 2016, 09:14 AM
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Aug 5th, 2016, 03:19 PM
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for those of youse who never heard of a chip butty like moi:
https://www.google.com/search?q=chip...HScZBiUQsAQIGw
https://www.google.com/search?q=chip...HScZBiUQsAQIGw
Aug 6th, 2016, 02:05 PM
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Well, I am back from my day trip. I went to Rock and Sole Plaice for my butty.
The verdict: not too bad. In fact, this thing tastes way better than it should.
You can't go wrong for £2.
The verdict: not too bad. In fact, this thing tastes way better than it should.
You can't go wrong for £2.
