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Post by OldStokie on Jun 14, 2024 19:38:39 GMT
Not often I start a thread these days but I was reading a piece about the price of fish these days being so high that what was once a part of the working class staple diet has now become unaffordable and has now become a treat rather than a basic meal. My local chippie at Florence has stopped selling large fish because they're too expensive. A 'medium' piece of cod or haddock is now £6. How and why has this happened? What price is fish and chips where you live? It also applies to eating out. Last weekend I was out at The Wharf at Stone with part of my family and my youngest grandson who was on a weekend leave before he was posted abroad. I ordered a smaller portion meal of fish, chips and mushy peas. The fish was nice but to bulk it out they'd covered it in thick batter, which made the 'fish' about 70% batter and 30% fish. Any comments?
OS.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 19:43:42 GMT
I just make my own now
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Post by Northy on Jun 14, 2024 19:55:44 GMT
Over fishing for years so limited stock.
I've just bought 1 large cod and chips, 3 small cod and chips, large mushy peas and curry sauce and it was £46 at harbour view chippy in Deganwy
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2024 19:55:55 GMT
I use the same chippy as you OS, and you're right, what was not so long ago, your 'cheap' takeout, isn't that cheap anymore.
It's gone crazy. I've been Nigdes earlier and you can't spend less than £12/head in there, these days....and given there's 4 or 5 of us on a Friday, I'm regularly spending around £50 in there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2024 20:03:40 GMT
When I was younger, we used to eat at the Fenton Chip Shop, then the quality dropped off. Last chippy I had was at Riverside Chippy - usually do chips, steak pudding, mushy peas and gravy. According to this guy: www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65611846.amp, most of the fish came from Russia but now it has to come from Norway.
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Post by Dave the Rave on Jun 14, 2024 21:00:27 GMT
Hopefully it spells the end of this bland, unhealthy and stodgy British meal.
Thank God for globalisation for bringing spices and flavour into our diet!
Nostalgia makes me buy it every now and then and I'm always left disappointed.
At least 'foreign' cuisine has some value added to it during the preparation and cooking process. We just dip shit in batter and lob it in a fryer. Awful.
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Post by hcstokie on Jun 14, 2024 21:01:40 GMT
I completely agree that it seems overpriced. However, I’d much prefer to give the local chippy my money than spending £15 or so on the same (probably worse) meal in a local pub. Considering that, I don’t mind spending £8-9 at a chippy.
Spending £15 per person on pasta at an Italian gets on my tits!
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 14, 2024 21:06:47 GMT
Not often I start a thread these days but I was reading a piece about the price of fish these days being so high that what was once a part of the working class staple diet has now become unaffordable and has now become a treat rather than a basic meal. My local chippie at Florence has stopped selling large fish because they're too expensive. A 'medium' piece of cod or haddock is now £6. How and why has this happened? What price is fish and chips where you live? It also applies to eating out. Last weekend I was out at The Wharf at Stone with part of my family and my youngest grandson who was on a weekend leave before he was posted abroad. I ordered a smaller portion meal of fish, chips and mushy peas. The fish was nice but to bulk it out they'd covered it in thick batter, which made the 'fish' about 70% batter and 30% fish. Any comments? OS. I think the going rate here is about 11-12 pounds for fish and chips from a chippy. It’s certainly gone up. Might be down to shortages but most meals either eat out or takeaway seem more expensive since Covid.
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Post by dave1 on Jun 14, 2024 21:08:41 GMT
When I was younger, we used to eat at the Fenton Chip Shop, then the quality dropped off. Last chippy I had was at Riverside Chippy - usually do chips, steak pudding, mushy peas and gravy. According to this guy: www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65611846.amp, most of the fish came from Russia but now it has to come from Norway. Decent chippy riverside, however they don't sell large chips so works out a lot if you'd get a large or two portions. Seabridge best chippy around if you ask me
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 14, 2024 21:10:38 GMT
Mini fish,chips and peas now £8-70 where we go
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Post by pipegatepotter on Jun 14, 2024 21:19:27 GMT
Mini fish n chips with a sauce £8.80 from Broadway Fish Bar.
Can get 2 fish fillets for a pound from Iceland.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:21:30 GMT
Hopefully it spells the end of this bland, unhealthy and stodgy British meal. Thank God for globalisation for bringing spices and flavour into our diet! Nostalgia makes me buy it every now and then and I'm always left disappointed. At least 'foreign' cuisine has some value added to it during the preparation and cooking process. We just dip shit in batter and lob it in a fryer. Awful. Agreed
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:22:27 GMT
When I was younger, we used to eat at the Fenton Chip Shop, then the quality dropped off. Last chippy I had was at Riverside Chippy - usually do chips, steak pudding, mushy peas and gravy. According to this guy: www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65611846.amp, most of the fish came from Russia but now it has to come from Norway. Decent chippy riverside, however they don't sell large chips so works out a lot if you'd get a large or two portions. Seabridge best chippy around if you ask me I’ll second that but I are t paying for fish and chips. Mix Gyros all the way
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:23:15 GMT
Not often I start a thread these days but I was reading a piece about the price of fish these days being so high that what was once a part of the working class staple diet has now become unaffordable and has now become a treat rather than a basic meal. My local chippie at Florence has stopped selling large fish because they're too expensive. A 'medium' piece of cod or haddock is now £6. How and why has this happened? What price is fish and chips where you live? It also applies to eating out. Last weekend I was out at The Wharf at Stone with part of my family and my youngest grandson who was on a weekend leave before he was posted abroad. I ordered a smaller portion meal of fish, chips and mushy peas. The fish was nice but to bulk it out they'd covered it in thick batter, which made the 'fish' about 70% batter and 30% fish. Any comments? OS. I think the going rate here is about 11-12 pounds for fish and chips from a chippy. It’s certainly gone up. Might be down to shortages but most meals either eat out or takeaway seem more expensive since Covid. Someone’s got to pay for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2024 21:26:04 GMT
Decent chippy riverside, however they don't sell large chips so works out a lot if you'd get a large or two portions. Seabridge best chippy around if you ask me I’ll second that but I are t paying for fish and chips. Mix Gyros all the way Is Zarkas still a thing? When I finished bar shifts in Newcastle, that always used to be where I’d end up going.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:26:50 GMT
I’ll second that but I are t paying for fish and chips. Mix Gyros all the way Is Zarkas still a thing? When I finished bar shifts in Newcastle, that always used to be where I’d end up going. In Stoke? I think so
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 14, 2024 21:28:15 GMT
You make your own fish! Do you have some kind of aquatic lab above Retro where you create Cod ?
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Post by Dave the Rave on Jun 14, 2024 21:28:50 GMT
Not often I start a thread these days but I was reading a piece about the price of fish these days being so high that what was once a part of the working class staple diet has now become unaffordable and has now become a treat rather than a basic meal. My local chippie at Florence has stopped selling large fish because they're too expensive. A 'medium' piece of cod or haddock is now £6. How and why has this happened? What price is fish and chips where you live? It also applies to eating out. Last weekend I was out at The Wharf at Stone with part of my family and my youngest grandson who was on a weekend leave before he was posted abroad. I ordered a smaller portion meal of fish, chips and mushy peas. The fish was nice but to bulk it out they'd covered it in thick batter, which made the 'fish' about 70% batter and 30% fish. Any comments? OS. In recent times I think a huge part of the price hike is the cost of energy to cook the stuff. Running those massive fryers for 7 hours a day must be bloody costly.
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Jun 14, 2024 21:29:13 GMT
How on earth do you make your own fish..
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:29:21 GMT
You make your own fish! Do you have some kind of aquatic lab above Retro where you create Cod ? And what’s wrong with that?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:30:01 GMT
How on earth do you make your own fish.. An Irishman beat you to it. Imagine that
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 14, 2024 21:32:51 GMT
You make your own fish! Do you have some kind of aquatic lab above Retro where you create Cod ? And what’s wrong with that? You could be in breach of your rental agreement. Creating aquatic lifeforms in batter above an 80s theme pub is possibly not permitted
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 14, 2024 21:33:31 GMT
And what’s wrong with that? You could be in breach of your rental agreement. Creating aquatic lifeforms in batter above an 80s theme pub is possibly not permitted It’s Crewe, nuff said
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 14, 2024 21:34:08 GMT
You could be in breach of your rental agreement. Creating aquatic lifeforms in batter above an 80s theme pub is possibly not permitted It’s Crewe, nuff said Very true. Bizarre lifeforms are created hourly.
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Post by Mendicant on Jun 14, 2024 21:35:10 GMT
You make your own fish! Do you have some kind of aquatic lab above Retro where you create Cod ? Sounds like a load of pollocks to me.
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Post by Gods on Jun 14, 2024 21:35:47 GMT
Too many people.
In this country, in the world, everywhere.
There are just way too many of us human f*ckers!
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Post by RF10 on Jun 14, 2024 21:45:16 GMT
Too many people. In this country, in the world, everywhere. There are just way too many of us human f*ckers! True big were also a declining population. Granted it will take a long time before it has an impact but declining nevertheless.
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Post by elystokie on Jun 14, 2024 23:30:20 GMT
Our local one is £5 for small fish and chips with mushy peas, curry sauce or gravy or large for £10 with a free can of pop.
I couldn't eat the large one tbh unless it was for a bet 🙂
Chips are good, large fish is huge, small isn't quite big enough imo but you do get loads of chips.
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Post by milton58 on Jun 15, 2024 3:09:16 GMT
Not often I start a thread these days but I was reading a piece about the price of fish these days being so high that what was once a part of the working class staple diet has now become unaffordable and has now become a treat rather than a basic meal. My local chippie at Florence has stopped selling large fish because they're too expensive. A 'medium' piece of cod or haddock is now £6. How and why has this happened? What price is fish and chips where you live? It also applies to eating out. Last weekend I was out at The Wharf at Stone with part of my family and my youngest grandson who was on a weekend leave before he was posted abroad. I ordered a smaller portion meal of fish, chips and mushy peas. The fish was nice but to bulk it out they'd covered it in thick batter, which made the 'fish' about 70% batter and 30% fish. Any comments? OS. yea os pisces is cack go catch of the day instead
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Post by mtrstudent on Jun 15, 2024 4:50:39 GMT
You make your own fish! Do you have some kind of aquatic lab above Retro where you create Cod ? Sounds like a load of pollocks to me. This isn't the plaice for shit puns mate.
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