anyone fancy some fish & chips ?

glasgow guy · 14-09-2008, 20:39

we were driving along 'new hall road?' yesterday morning after picking someone up from preston train station and were heading for the motorway when we stopped at a set of lights where next to us was a chip shop with a huge big picture on the front of it...
I was that amazed I had to stop the car, get out and take a picture of it..seriously - you wont believe this...

I know cod and such like is in slight shortage but thats taking it a bit far...and if they do 'serve' goldfish and the like I wonder if they have a big tank with a net where you get to say you ' want...that one there!' as they fish it out for you ???

this is genuine...check it out when your next down there...its on the left if your heading towards preston centre..before you get to the homebase at the front of those lights..

emamum · 14-09-2008, 20:41

yum.....goldfish......

are goldfish even edible?

Lilly · 14-09-2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by emamum23

yum.....goldfish......

are goldfish even edible?

Maybe if you're a cat you might enjoy them.

derekgas · 14-09-2008, 20:47

Most fish are edible, is the taste and the bones that are objectionable!

K.S.H · 14-09-2008, 20:49

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Originally Posted by emamum23

yum.....goldfish......

are goldfish even edible?

From Wiki

Although edible, goldfish are rarely eaten except in certain countries. A fad among North American college students for many years was swallowing goldfish as a stunt and as an initiation process for fraternities. The first recorded instance was in 1939 at Harvard University.[22] The practice gradually fell out of popularity over the course of several decades and is now rare.[22]
In the Belgian city of Geraardsbergen an annual festival is held where the medieval tradition of swallowing a small fish swimming in a cup of wine still survives. There have been a couple of court cases in the last decade but the tradition seems to survive nonetheless. The fish used is often a goldfish because of its size and price.[citation needed]

emamum · 14-09-2008, 20:49

lol derek... i heard that carp tastes pretty, well carpy.........lol

derekgas · 14-09-2008, 20:53

Pike are sposed to make quite a snappy meal!

West Ender · 14-09-2008, 21:07

When I was a child there was a choice at the fishmongers. It was a choice between cod and haddock and, sometimes, hake; not much else. When I was a young mum, mackerel was added (we were just discovering how beneficial it was to health - and how tasty it was). When Fine Fare supermarket (remember them?) opened a fresh fish counter we got the exotic shark steaks and swordfish fillets and, every now and then, tuna that wasn't in a tin!.

Now, when I buy fish (which I absolutely love), there is every species you can think of. I'm a big fan of halibut, sole, mackerel and plaice but I'll happily eat red mullet, sea bass, bream and, it goes without saying, eels and shellfish. If it swims - I'll eat it (and, yes, I love octopus and squid).

If they start selling battered carp, at the local chippy, I'll give it a go. I doubt it's got more bones than a herring but - whatever - I'm up for it.

emamum · 14-09-2008, 21:16

westender....slightly off topic.... can you recommend an oily fish that doesnt smell like fish (cant cope with the smell atm lol)

steeljack · 14-09-2008, 21:21

only like fish if its out of the sea ,preferaby the colder oceans, fish from the tropics have no taste and freshwater fish (tilapia etc. ) is rubbish

Gayle · 14-09-2008, 21:23

It wouldn't really fill a corner would it?

West Ender · 14-09-2008, 21:32

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It wouldn't really fill a corner would it?

We have a big lake here in our village - Lymm Dam - and it runs into a stream called the Slitting Brook, in the centre of the village. Where the stream goes under the road is what we call the "lower dam" and there are carp in there (competing with the ducks for the bread that gets thrown in). Some of those fish are about 18" long - often bigger than the ducks - and they'd make a substantial meal.

West Ender · 14-09-2008, 21:37

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Originally Posted by emamum23

westender....slightly off topic.... can you recommend an oily fish that doesnt smell like fish (cant cope with the smell atm lol)

Sorry, lovey, I can't. Mackerel and sardines are great but they do have their own pong.

Best to take capsules. I take Omega 3 Fish Oils (as well as eating all that oily fish) and Cod Liver Oil has always been the stuff to feed the mums-to-be. I love it but it's available in capsule form for those with "normal" tastes.

Gayle · 14-09-2008, 21:40

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Originally Posted by West Ender

We have a big lake here in our village - Lymm Dam - and it runs into a stream called the Slitting Brook, in the centre of the village. Where the stream goes under the road is what we call the "lower dam" and there are carp in there (competing with the ducks for the bread that gets thrown in). Some of those fish are about 18" long - often bigger than the ducks - and they'd make a substantial meal.

Well if it's as big as the one in the picture then may be, but i've got two in a tank in our kitchen and they wouldn't fill me up.

Eric · 15-09-2008, 19:08

I get my fresh fish from a place just 10 min. walk from here ... It's called Lake Ontario and for the small fee required for a licence, I can get bass (small and large mouth), walleye, trout, salmon, perch, pike etc.