[thechat] hijack - central scotland munchies (was: Re: 2nd hard drive - jumper switches question)

[seb potter]

> > Pie Supper (with accompanying bottle of Irn Bru)
>
> (Decoded: a round mutton pie and chips)
>
> Pie has to be warm and not excessively crunchy (e.g. it's sat under the heat
> lamps of the chippy for too long), Irn Bru has to be from glass bottle
> (means bottled in Central Scotland, not in England like some of the plastic
> bottles are) and straight from being in the fridge for a week.

Mmmmmm... pie. If you're a nancy veggie like myself, then there's a few
chippies round Brighton that do great Quorn pies, though they do have to
be cooked in exactly the style described above or they're not worth
eating. Cheese and onion pasties are a suitable alternative, but must be
piping hot, and covered in gravy.

> Other great chippie delicacies include smoked sausage supper, special fish
> supper, and my local chippie does a good jumbo haggis supper.  Their
> 'proper' pizzas suck tho.  I still drive up past my folks to my 'old' local,
> which does a stunning fried mushroom pizza (the pizza is fried, not the
> mushrooms, just to put the fear of Atkins into those of you into healthy
> eating)

Yeah, fried pizza is a bit rare dahn sath, but I there are a few places
to get it.

> > Deep fried Mars Bar (US equivalent=Milky Way)
>
> I still refuse to try this, and I'm usually open minded about such things.

A lot better than it sounds. I had one years ago, and was more impressed
than I expected to be. Of course, I kinda expected to be violently ill
with all the Voddy I'd been drinking.

> Mixed Calzone is to die for - fried pizza base, folded with slices doner
> meat, chunks of spicy chicken breast, spicy onions and melted cheese inside,
> with melted cheese on top of the folded product - if you can finish one,
> you're doing well - it's about 3/4 of a foot wide and is tasty as hell.
> It's also probably really bad for you, but c'est la vie.

Mmm. Calzone. I fell in love with them when I was living in France. Of
course, they didn't do a 90cm calzone, so we would all stay late in the
office, get a few beers in, and all order these enormous pizzas. (just
under 3 feet in old money) Then it was a case of folding them over
straight out of the box, and waiting for the melted cheese to form a
seal at the edges. After that, they stay hot for several hours, which is
lucky because that's how long they took to eat.

The tiny little 9 inch Calzones that they sell in Waitrose here just
aren't the same.

> [1] I can count around a dozen takeaways within just a couple of miles of
> me,

On my walk home:

Nandos, BK, Maccy D's, KFC, 11 bab houses, 4 chippies, 3 indians, a
chinese, 2 thai, 2 pizza the huts, a dominos, a famous moe, a
dial-a-pizza, a pizza plus, and about 2 dozen real restaurants.

Of course, that's only the 10 minute walk. Along the seafront, there's
more than that. Something about the sea air gives you a big appetite.

- seb

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