Perfect Plaice Chippy! Union Road Ossy
 

Can I recommend to everyone Perfect Plaice Chippy on Union Road in Ossy (close to Bargain Booze)

The new owners took over about a year ago, very friendly chappy, and I can say the food is delicious. Never had a less than perfect meal from there.

Also for you black pudding lovers, he does black pudding in batter (in the shape of how you would recieve a haggis in a scottish chippy) to order which I can also recommend.

And has no one ever heard of the term mini mix?

From Padiham, as a child I would order a sausage or pie mini mix which would be the sausage or the pie with chips peas and gravy! No one seems to have heard of the term over here! I have been introduced to a 'dab butt' though which I love lol!

Happy Eating!!

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He is a very friendly chap. They go out of their way to be helpful.

The fish, which he'll cook lightly battered, is fried to order, and is always delicious.

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We used to get "mixtures" . You took your bowls to the chip shop . They put the chips in the bowls and then covered them with peas and the juice the peas were cooked in .

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They used to do them in our chippy too JCB but they put the peas in first then the chips on top, that was chans chippy, near the Horse Shoe pub

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You're probably right , Jaysay . I think the chips were on top .

Chans chippy ? If that was one near the Palladium we used to go there for a bag of chips after the flicks . He was Chinese but it was a traditional English chippy , if we are on the same one .

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It was on the block of shops between the Prince of Wales and the Horse Shoe, next to Scholes Paper Shop, it was traditional English chippy, but you could get potions of curry sauce. Chan was married to an English woman always had a beehive hairstyle, jet black hair and used bright red lipstick

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No, peas on top for me, in your own bowl. Making me salivate now, love it!

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Not in our chippy it weren't;)

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Used to get sent for a pudding and a mixture......if Ma was flush...which wasn't often.
We took a big basin in the hope that they would put plenty of chips and peas in it.......we usually got a chip butty out of it...but only a smell of the pudding.

When I started work and had some money of my own, I would have a pudding and a mixture for my Friday tea. Lovely!

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I used to call 'peas on top' mixture an 'upside down mixture'.

Pudding/Pie/Sausage with chips and peas we used to call Pudding/Pie 'all in'.

Ah memories.

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I think the chippie above the Palladium was called K_Kwan, used to go there from school sometimes.

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I've had many a mini mix

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That might be where the saying came from then :)

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Chippy tea friday.. I still do that now lol :)

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Eeeee jaysay you got some memories... :)

I went in yesterday and they now do haggis, I had to have one I love the stuff!

It was good as well, and I stand corrected I was chatting to him hes now been there 18 months! xx

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The reason I've got some memories, is I'm an aud git now:D

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Tried this joint fer tea tonight, very very good imho.;)

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I'm sure this thread is going to make them need to get in more spuds.

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Would give an arm or a leg for fish'n'chips right now!Shouldn't have read this thread:D

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Ya thats the one thing I miss now I don't get out the same, can't even get the other half to pick some up for me unless she goes to a chippy catering for Glutton Free customers, sh says if you think I'm sitting there while you munch fish and chips, you've another think coming:D

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Serving smaller portions?

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It was called an upside down mixture in our chippy, that's what you asked for, very fancy.

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Didn't know there were any that did special diet Battered fish in the Accy area, Jay. Perhaps you could let me know so i can tell me friend who's Coeliac. The only Gluten-free ones she's ever found were up in Silloth and it's a bit far to go!

Could still murder some Fish'n'chips by the way....:D

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haha exactly what i thought, gonna buy him a dictionary for Christmas ;)

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Ya just enough to fit in your mouth

Surely that would mean you going for the whale platter?

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There isn't mobertol, well not that I know of, but there are one or two knocking about, at least two in Gt Manchester, where Joan goes regularly

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she could have an unbattered fish John and some chips I know that it probably doesn't hit the spot in quite the same way.......better than nowt.

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Or maybe not...it would have to be cooked in fresh oil, before they had cooked any battered fish......awww, that is sad. I'd still go for chips and peas though.

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Ya Margaret ut theres nout like fish and chips in newspaper, wi plenty of salt and viniger on (ups she can't have viniger either):)

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Is vinegar not gluten free John?

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Chip shop vinegar is made from malted barley in a similar way to brewing beer. Barley contains gluten so coeliacs cannot have malt vinegar. I suppose they could try wine vinegar or balsamic but it's not really the same is it? :(

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I thought that they mainly used a non brewed condiment because it was cheaper.

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I suppose it's wiser to stay away from it all just in case.

Also discovered this snippet on Wikipedia:
It dates back to the temperance movement and is used as a substitute for vinegar by people whose faith/beliefs don't allow them to take alcohol.

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Yes, I suppose it is better safe than sorry......I love chips with a good splash of vinegar.
In fact when I was a tinlid we used to buy vinegar from the barrel at the chip shop.......I used to take the bottle and get it filled up for something like threepence(old money)......on the way home I would drink some of the vinegar and fill the bottle at the horse trough down the back of our house.

My mother once said she wasn't going to buy vinegar from Mrs Mayor because she was watering it down to make more profit.......then she caught me with white lips and realised it was me watering it down. I got leathered for that.

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No Joan avoids all types of vinegar margaret

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Glad you enjoyed it cashman, I need to stop going in I eat it too much. Be murder trying to shift the weight after the babys here lol x

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Tonight we had a chippy tea and I decided to have peas instead of my usual fish. As we had been talking on here about mixtures I decided to try and recreate one so I got a bowl but when I opened the polystyrene container of peas I was very disappointed. Inside was a solid mass of what looked like green wallpaper paste, no juice, no discernible peas. The colour was OK, not that horrible bright green, but all I could taste was bicarb.

It wouldn't have mattered if it were peas in first or chips so I just mixed it all together. It was just about edible though the chips were underdone.

This wasn't our usual chippy, it was rather upmarket looking, and I shall be interested to see if our local more traditional one does any better.

These days a portion of chips is plenty for two and costs accordingly. The fish my Richard had was also enough for two so I did have some. No wonder we're all getting fatter. Fish and chips can be an expensive meal for one if you've no one to share it with.

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Share Fish and Chips:eek: thats a finger removing offence in my home if anybody dare try:D

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That was an upside down mixture. best because your chips got soggy. The mushy peas are not the same today, they're too green, and no juice.
Our chippy did the BEST FISH CAKES not preformed ones that you can buy at the supermarket but they were a piece of proper fish, between two sliced potatoes dipped in batter then cooked.
A bit like John Bulls if you've had one of those Yummmy