Fish and chips thread! With erect poll!

[HAL9000]

Roast Potatoes

Hash Browns

They very different to me.

Excellent, so once again we've established things in America are different from things in England, shall we talk for an hour about Biscuit vs Scones now?... move on. We're different, live with it.

 

[Locut0s]

Excellent, so once again we've established things in America are different from things in England, shall we talk for an hour about Biscuit vs Scones now?... move on. We're different, live with it.

Curious what would you call the top ones in the UK?

 

[HAL9000]

Curious what would you call the top ones in the UK?

Roast potatoes, there's no difference with those two, it's the chips vs fries thing was referring to. The point I was getting at is that those look different to him so it's OK to call them different things, but the chips / fries images don't look different enough to him so he's not prepared to accept that people call them a different name in some paces.

 

[Mike Gayner]

The only place you'll see anything called "fries" in NZ is at Burger King / McDonalds.

 

[HAL9000]

The only place you'll see anything called "fries" in NZ is at Burger King / McDonalds.

Yup, that's what I was getting at with the previous posts.

 

[Locut0s]

The only place you'll see anything called "fries" in NZ is at Burger King / McDonalds.

I wonder if we ever called them chips here in Canada? Though we are more English than the US, we hold onto many English spellings for words, the US does have a huge influence on many aspects of our language and culture. Most people from the UK would just consider us American in many ways.

 

[HAL9000]

I wonder if we ever called them chips here in Canada? Though we are more English than the US, we hold onto many English spellings for words, the US does have a huge influence on many aspects of our language and culture. Most people from the UK would just consider us American in many ways.

Hmm I reckon you might have, that being said with the french influence it may have been a "french fry"... Although I'm not 100% sure that that saying came from france, as people don't normally name something after themselves like that.

 

[QueBert]

Catfish + Cajun Fries

 

[Locut0s]

Catfish + Cajun Fries

What does catfish taste like? Is it white meat? Does it have a distinctive flavour or is it like most other white meat fish?

 

[ahenkel]

If I make fish and chips I'll use halibut or catfish both are nice and dense meaty fish with good flavor. I don't like haddock or cod its too meh.

 

[KMFJD]

In Canada i usually get Halibut, been eating a lot of fish and chips in NZ and they are awesome (blue cod)

/food in NZ is soo much better than in NA btw

 

[Mike Gayner]

Food's also a lot more expensive here ><

 

[Born2bwire]

Excellent, so once again we've established things in America are different from things in England, shall we talk for an hour about Biscuit vs Scones now?... move on. We're different, live with it.

You're not different. You're wrong.

 

[sdifox]

Halibut for me. 2 pieces of Halibut + chips.

 

[sdifox]

I wonder if we ever called them chips here in Canada? Though we are more English than the US, we hold onto many English spellings for words, the US does have a huge influence on many aspects of our language and culture. Most people from the UK would just consider us American in many ways.

Well, they are called fries in most places, except in Fish and Chips shop.

 

[Fingolfin269]

So you guy still call it fish and chips? Not fries and fish or something?

This is a good point. I went to Bonefish Grill after returning from the UK a couple of months ago and noticed they had fish & chips on the menu. Further down the menu I noticed you could order something else and it said it was served with chips. I asked the server if chips were fries and she said no... oh but on the fish & chips meal they are! But this one no, the chips are just chips.

/confused (though I was probably only confused because I had just spent a few weeks in the UK )

 

[Fingolfin269]

What does catfish taste like? Is it white meat? Does it have a distinctive flavour or is it like most other white meat fish?

Catfish has a very distinct taste imho but there is no way I can really describe it to you unless 'awesome' is a taste description that translates from person to person?

 

[pcgeek11]

When you buy Fish and Chips do you get Cod or Haddock fillets?
I get Haddock.

I thought you were more of a Cod kinda guy!

 

[Born2bwire]

What does catfish taste like? Is it white meat? Does it have a distinctive flavour or is it like most other white meat fish?

You've NEVER had catfish! D: D: D: D: D: D:

Blasphemy!

Yeah... I don't know how to describe it either. It has a distinctive taste, a little stronger than a mild taste and it has a flaky meat. Whole fried catfish with a basket of fries and hushpuppies is where it's at. Damn... it would be nice to be in the South again and hit up a restaurant I love down there called Ezel's.

 

[tommo123]

for me, chips and fries are different things. if i went to a chippy and were given fries like at mcdonalds then i'd think they were on crack

a chip balm but with fries in there? evil. evil thought. as sick as putting mayo on fries. only the sick and twisted do that

 

[dank69]

Excellent, so once again we've established things in America are different from things in England, shall we talk for an hour about Biscuit vs Scones now?... move on. We do things wrong in England, live with it.

:thumbsup:

 

[Rifter]

Halibut

 

[Scotteq]

OP - The traditional answer is "Cod", though my understanding is Cod has been overfish'd, heavily regulated now, and therefore rare~er and more expensive than it used to be.


In light of the reality here in the USA being "Whatever The Flakey White Meat Inside The Batter Happens To Be", I don't think a lot of us could say for sure.


And why have we (yet again) decended into a Fries versus Chips argument!?!?



>>>> And for the record <<<<<

In this part of the USA:

(1) They're only "Steak Fries" when they're cut as large as (or larger than) a man's thumb. Not a whole lot of places do that any more.


(2) Hash Browns are made in a frying pan or griddle (stovetop), unless you eat at McDonalds


(3) Roasted Potatos are done in the oven - preferably serving as a bed for a whole chicken. And preferably both lavished with fresh rosemary

 

[LookBehindYou]

Had fish and chips on a trip to seattle last year, they used halibut, and it was the best i've ever had. Too bad I can't get'em in kentucky...

 

[DivideBYZero]

From an Englishmen: The answer is Cod generally.

Er, Haddock tastes much better.