It turns out you’ve been eating fish and chips wrong this whole time!

Love batter and the scraps. Used to always have 'four penn'orth of chips and two 'cakes (fish cakes: fish in between two slices of potatoes and battered) - divine!

I meant yes, they're out
Or no, they are not ketogenic

Time for

No.

Just steamed cod then.

Steamed cod then!
Are mushy peas out too?

Not a lot of point you going to the chippie then, is there Shropshirelass?

I used to eat the batter as we have a fantastic fish and chip shop near us, but now I would just eat the fish and leave the batter. I follow the Ketogenic way of eating so wouldn't have the chips either.

Wish I hadn't read this thread today as it's one of the 2 days on the 5:2! I love the batter and could just go a sausage supper now - don't like the fish. Oh dear

I'm with you there Moggie57

If the batter is soggy it's because the temperature of the fat isn't high enough. I found this out to my cost when, after a Japanese friend showed me how to make tempura veg I tried at home. Me and my OH sat around groaning all afternoon because our liver had taken a beating with too much oil.

what a waste if you throw the batter away. think whoever made this up needs BATTERING .

My parents had a fish and chip shop when I was a child and we always had scraps. Dad would go to Hartlepool for the fish every day we were open and the shop was renowned locally for the best fish n chips - his batter was delicious and he used the same recipe years later when they had a hotel!

We now use the award winning fish shop in Brid mentioned above when we're there and although the fish is beautiful it wouldn't be the same without the batter!

My partner moved to Lancashire from the South and asked for a cod and chips. The lady behind the counter couldn't understand him and asked if he wanted a 'cone of chips' he said, 'no, cod and chips'. She then proceeded to show him what a cone was. Then he realised he should just have been asking for fish. He was also confused another time when he was asked if he wanted a 'lightly' - he just said no and asked me what it was - I had no idea either

Bathsheba the words pretentious prat come to mind.

I've been known to refuse to buy my fish and chips when told they had no batter bits to give me...
They're the best part of fish and chips (& scallops)..!!!

How ridiculous! Why in Heaven's name does this man respond the way he did, as if he's dumbfounded that anyone would eat the batter? Virtually everyone eats it! Hasn't he ever looked around when he's in a pub/restaurant that serves battered fish - or for that matter when at the seaside? Where has he been all his life?

Delicious BradfordLass?
In Yorkshire you don’t ask for a certain fish ( as in London) you just say ‘fish and chips twice please’ ( it’s always haddock, quite rightly.)
Scraps were delicious, it has to be said.
The best fish and chips I have had have been in Scarborough a couple of years ago, and in Appledore in Devon.Both meals were Heaven on a plate.

"Twice with scraps please and a Special" - that was always Mum's order if we had fish and chips for tea.

The Special was an extra large piece of fish - for my Dad. The scraps were for my sister and me. The chips were divided between us.

Home made bread, with butter, a pot of tea and sometimes Mum's home-pickled onions and mushy peas accompanied.

Tomato sauce was not allowed to darker our doors until Mum once decided to make some from a glut of tomatoes.

No one dared tell her it wasn't a patch on Heinz.

Potato slices in batter are fritters in the east of Scotland also, not all chippies do them here in Dundee. I prefer fritters to chips simply because of the batter. I love Grace Dent's reviews, and can well imagine the look on her face when she read that comment ?

Gilly1952 - Yup, I'm from Devon, now living in Nottingham!

Absolutely bonkers.......

We ( West of Scotland) call potato slices in batter fritters. I wouldn’t dream of throwing away the batter!

I remember being on holiday, as a child, and we got some chips to eat on the way back to the caravan. I found a piece of batter, and whined a bit to my dad. "Sh," he said. "Don't tell the others!" It made the batter like a special treat.

I love fish in crispy batter, and always ask for scraps,
When i make my own i also make scraps
Scarborough and Whitby fish and chips are the best
Potato slices in batter we call potato scallops

Bizzie Lizzie’s! ❤️ My daughters godmother lives near Skipton and we used to go to BL when we visited. Dd got stuck in the loo, once. . She joined their birthday club and received a card from them every year.

What a ridiculous idea! Lightly battered fish is delicious but I'm not keen on thick batter but only because it doesn't agree with me (or my diet).
When I was little my Dad used to get us chips and scraps on a Friday tea-time and give me a bit of his fish!
He also cooked us potato slices in batter and we called them "Specials". Lovely memories.