A controversy is raging at our local chippie.
Should you put the salt on first or the vinegar?
My view is that the vinegar should go on first.
That way, the salt sticks to the moisture & remains in place. If you put the salt on first, the vinegar washes it down to the bottom of the bag.
Never mind Royal babies, this is important.
I put salt on, then vinegar, then salt again. Then maybe some more vinegar and then salt. But always finish with salt.
I agree, it's the only logical method. Freud and Jung had a lot to say about the salt-firsters.
Do not put either on.
Take them where you are going to eat them, then put them on in either order. That also allows choice of apple cider vinegar, wine vinegar, sea salt, pepper, or whatever else. Because that also avoids leaving the chips with vinegar on them for more than a brief time, sogginess is largely avoided.
Ah, that's why HB didn't manage to kill his weeds, he added the S&V in the wrong order!
Oh I like that technique!
I am a salt-first man: the vinegar carries the salt down to the lower chip-layers, which would otherwise be boringly bland.[1]
However I like Piers' version.
Mind you, oop ere, (which is even further North than F&C heaven, the West Riding), they often put the S&V on for you, so you don't get chance to exercise your preferences.
J.
[1] For the same reason: sugar on cornflakes first, milk to wash it down into the lower layers. Pier's Principle seems a good one to apply here, too.
That's south BWTH!
Ooo, I hate that. I don't like "vinegar"(*), just salt. Getting in with "Just salt, please" before they add the salt and vinegar simultaneously can really throw some servers. B-)
(*) Which is really nearly always non-brewed condiment, ie diluted industrial acetic acid with a bit of colour/flavouring.
Eschew vinegar - disgusting stuff.
Problem solved.
This is what you should have.
Tim
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Never mind that, what colour should they be?
JGH
They'll be Microsoft, then. I'll try and find me coat.
The Medway Handyman scribbled...
First - are the chips worth the effort ? Second - is the vinegar so watered down it tastes like gnats piss ? Third - too much salt isn't good.
Tim+ scribbled...
Nearly as bad as the Welsh, who either drown the chips in gravy or curry sauce. Philistines.
You are correct. No doubt about it.
It is not vinegar BTW. It is "Non brewed condiment"
Some concoction of acetic acid.
Real vinegar is expensive. Most of the supermarket s*it is not vinegar either.
jgh put finger to keyboard:
The chips or the royal babies?
+1
Colin Bignell
I was just about to say: Salt & Sauce?
Pakora and chilli sauce was a good alternative though. Can't get good pakora down here in Devon )-:
Gordon (from that part of the world, now displaced somewhat)
AYE but!!! Chip Shop vinegar is part of the Chip Shop experience! As is eating them out in the open air, as soon as you leave the shop.
However, all variations of the Chip Shop theme are acceptable treats (esp these days, when we can only afford to go once a month, if that)
Also Artic said:
Aye: we know. Hence the extra-specialness of the monthly Chip Shop treat :-)
J.
I agree, although I prefer Henderson's Relish to vinegar if it's available.
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