Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:12 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

I feel ill, won't the batter go soggy and how do you reconcile eating fish that now tastes of beef gravy ?

It sounds almost as bad as that Sintellins delicacy: split fish and curry.

I initially wondered what a split fish was but apparently a split is a poly tray with 2/3rds chips and 1/3rd mushy peas, a piece of battered fish is the placed on top and curry sauce poured over the lot.

That is wrong on so many levels

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:15 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

I feel ill, won't the batter go soggy and how do you reconcile eating fish that now tastes of beef gravy ?

It's not a bad combo, give it a whirl?
Must be honest I only probably fell into it about a decade ago.
Some female I was knocking about with encouraged me into it and I've never looked back.
Even got my solicitor mate/next door neighbour into it.
It's my shout to get them tonight for us.

Quite partial to a couple of battered sausages with chips and curry sauce from same chippie.

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:17 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

It sounds almost as bad as that Sintellins delicacy: split fish and curry.

I initially wondered what a split fish was but apparently a split is a poly tray with 2/3rds chips and 1/3rd mushy peas, a piece of battered fish is the placed on top and curry sauce poured over the lot.

That is wrong on so many levels

Just seen your post.
Is curry acceptable with chips and deep fried sausages?

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:24 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Where exactly do you get a pie barm? Is it a chip shop 'dish'? First I've heard of it actually being a thing.

I have heard of Macaroni pies existing in Scotland, though, which sound just as bad.

You would get a pie barm from any bakery that sell both pies and barms. E.g. Greenhoulgh's

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:25 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

So are those pea things that resemble a cross between frog spawn and catarrh from a 60 a day smoker

Black peas. Always had them on Bonfire Night and they sold them from stalls when the wakes came to Leigh.

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:40 pm  

Gravy on fish? You dirty b'stard

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:41 pm  

Chips pudding and gravy with a B4RM CAKE

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:50 pm  

My wife can't understand why I like the bread of my bacon butties dipped in the liquid bacon fat. Surely that's normal in Northern climes?

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:18 pm  

Dally wrote:

My wife can't understand why I like the bread of my bacon butties dipped in the liquid bacon fat. Surely that's normal in Northern climes?

I often eat bread & dip without the bacon inside

Re: How much of a Northerner are you? : Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:53 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

It sounds almost as bad as that Sintellins delicacy: split fish and curry...

I assume you've not tried a balti pie?