End Of An Era

[Bazile]

My local Chippy is about to change hands .
There has only been two owners in the last 37+ years .

People use to travel from miles around to go there , even though the food costs a bit more because it's location is not on a main road

Since the current owner took over the quality of the chips has not been as good as with the previous owner - however it's still been good so people have continued to go there

Unlike many chippies , ( where you have to take what's already cooked ) you could go in at any time and have your food cook to order .

I hope the new owners offer the same service and quality of food or else i will be going eslewhere for my supper on a Friday night .

Have you a similiar story , with respect to any type of business ?

[retrocop]

You must tell me how your diet works?

[marval]

Yes our local fish and chip shop was good, the lady who ran it would always cook it fresh. Unfortunately I came back from holiday and found it was closed. It is now a pizza/kebab place, not as good.

[Baldric]

Can't remember the last time we had anything from a Chippy, we eat a lot of fish but not cooked like that.

[Bazile]

retrocop

:-)

[EDDIE51]

I have yet to find a chip shop that serves acceptable chips. Warm wet and soggy is the norm.If I have to eat chip shop chips I refry them in my deep fat fryer.
I make my own ( triple cooked) chips which are a world away from chip shop chips. The final fry has to be HOT at least 185 deg C . I think chip shops cook them at about 130 deg which means they are more steamed than fried.

[gness]

Hi, Baz......we had a fantastic Chinese Takeaway til it changed hands early last year......the food became quite gloopy and just not nice really....

Gave it a try again a few weeks ago and they have really pulled up their socks......in fact even better than before....x

[Bazile]

retrocop

The plan is to be strict for 5 days and ' relax a bit on Friday Or sat Or Sun .

I have done it in the past ( a few years ago now ) and it was very succesful

[jennyjoan]

difficult to get a good chippie. last time I was at my local chippie (and it is my last) they served me a fish and it was one of the monsters from sea. It frightened the *** out of me. No, thon wasn't normal.

[Bazile]

jennyjoan - Did it still have it's eyes , and squinting at you ?

[EDDIE51]

How is it that you get perfect chips everywhere in Belgium but very rarely in the UK ? Do our health and safety laws make them use too low a cooking temperature ?

[viv41]

Same here in my town, we had a fabulous chippie in my street, always full and always great food and wonderful chips, but they became old and wanted to retire and sold to a Chinese family and it went right down until after a year or so it closed, never to open again. They were sadly missed.

[Eve]

My nearest chippie closed down a while back, now does kebabs and such.

The next nearest doesn't even have a sign up outside, took me a while to realise it actually is a chippie! Never been in though.