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[Diana Duncan <dianaduncan AT contentdb.net>]

On Tuesday, Mar 2, 2004, at 15:58 US/Eastern, zzd wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 March 2004 14:55, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> > I try the fish and chips in every pub; for some reason I'm a glutton
> > for punishment, as most of the time you get a tasteless piece of 
> > frozen
> > fish deep fried until it falls apart thrown in a basket next to some
> > fries.  Maybe that's authentic-- I have no way of knowing,
> > unfortunately.
>
> Stella, are you reading this? Can you pop out to the local chippy and 
> sample
> some fare for a near-time INW report?
>
> --
> Z

All I know is, I've never had fish & chips here like they do it in 
Scotland.  I avoided pub food in England, as it is uniformly tortuous 
(see quote below).  In Scotland, there is "special" fish, which uses 
bread crumbs rather than batter.  Craig makes it here at home and even 
just shallow-fries it, and it is delicious!  I have a feeling Caelan 
will never understand fish sticks at anyone else's house.

I do like it at the Hibernian, Cary or Raleigh.  Avoid RiRa, their f&c 
are terrible.  The Fox & Hound was pretty good, but they have closed.  
Hibernian does have a fabulous deep-fried Snickers bar dessert, which 
is worth it in and of itself.  :)

<quote>
There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich 
interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something 
sinful that only foreigners do.

"Make 'em dry" is the instruction buried somewhere in the collective 
national consciousness, "make 'em rubbery.  If you have to keep the 
buggers fresh, do it by washing 'em once a week."

It is by eating sandwiches in pubs at Saturday lunchtime that the 
British seek to atone for whatever their national sins have been.  
They're not altogether clear what those sins are, and don't want to 
know either.  Sins are not the sort of things one wants to know about.  
But whatever sins there are are amply atoned for by the sandwiches they 
make themselves eat.
</quote>

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