OT Now there is a customer who knows how to ask an intelligent question.

[Clive George]

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Or haggis, pizza, mutton pie. Yum.

[John Williamson]

If I'm introducing someone to haggis, I tell them to try it *before* I tell 'em what's in it. Then they oten like it.

Deep fried in batter with decent chips is best. There's this chippy not far from Johnston Terrace in Edinburgh...

[D.M.Chapman]

Ah, McDonalds. I used to rather like the chicken nuggets (I know, but we all have guilty secrets :-)).

A few years ago they suddenly changed to "Low salt, 100% chicken breast meat"

No taste at all now. Still unhealthy, but now complety pointless :-(

Darren

[Bob Eager]

We like haggis, but my wife decided to get some deep fried haggis one night while walking back over South Bridge.

It stayed down about an hour.

[Halmyre]

How does it go again...

Junk food - the packaging is more nutritious than the food. Health food - the packaging is tastier than the food.

-- Halmyre

[Lobster]

Yes I always offer tradesmen a nice green salad; easy on the low-fat dressing. And of course only ever skimmed milk in their tea, if they insist on drinking that dreadful Typhoo stuff rather than a nice raspberry and calomine infusion. They're always ever so grateful.

David

[Tim Lamb]

Why do brikkies/labourers prefer putting the milk and tea bag in the cup before the hot water?

regards

[Bob Eager]

Calamine is horrible in tea.

[The Medway Handyman]

:-)

[Mike Barnes]

Lobster :

I was once offered calamine tea, from a CrossCountry train trolley. I declined.

[Owain]

I was rather shocked when a tradesman expressed a preference for

*coffee*.

I blame continental holidays.

Next they'll be wanting two hour lunch breaks and garlic mayonnaise on their cheese butties.

Owain

[John Williamson]

Got it in one. :-)

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Yes; it's odd, that.

I like chippy haggis, but...

... you never know what you're getting. Best to find a good one and stick with it.

[Bob Eager]

I know nice places to eat in Edinburgh, but this was very late....

Best chippy I know, by far, is in Canterbury of all places. However, I avoid going there much (although I only live about 7 miles away) so I don't get to use it much these days.

[mike]

Which one?

Twenty years ago (!) the best chippy was over in Wincheap: the woman behind the counter had a nose that looked like Karl Malden's. Another good one was the one near the King's School gate. The chap there had an amazing comb over, and sold rock eel, pee fritters and banana- flavoured pop. The most popular touristy one though was the one near The Canterbury Tales (St Margaret's Street?).

Are any of the three still going? Canterbury certainly did seem to have a good supply of fine chippies back then.

[Bob Eager]

Yes, I used to live near there. Haven't been that way for years except in heavy traffic, and certainly not tried it.

Borough Fish Bar? Yes, used that quite a bit. Changed hands. I'm told it's not what it was.

That's the good one now...St Margaret's Street, opposite Waterstones. They do a roaring trade so always freshly cooked, and very good. Even the bloke who ran our local (very good) chippy used to use it! City Fish Bar.

[mike]

You've got me wanting fish 'n' chips now!

[PeterC]

On a cross-desert caravan one might be offered camelmile tea - has foam on top.

[John Rumm]

Depends on if you drink it or rub it in!