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We very rarely go to the fish and chip shop but tonight for tea I fancied some chips to go with my BBQ grills, any way I was shocked to find out that a bag of chips was £1.10! So I am wondering is that the going rate for them now?
How much do you pay?
£1.20 form the chippy in town for a big bag. £1 for a small bag.
zing_deleted
27-06-2006, 21:33
Normal price but I dont eat chips anymore I have 10p worth of rice instead lol :)
Normal price but I dont eat chips anymore I have 10p worth of rice instead lol :)How many grains do you get for that? :)
homealone
27-06-2006, 21:48
I'm not sure, it has been ages since I got some, usually if we have chips it is with fish, too & Mrs Gaz picks them up on the way home.
I remember a little while back, one place did a 'tea time special' of a small piece of fish & about as many chips as a small MacDonalds portion, for 99p :)
Not good for chippie chips at the moment - still new potatoes in many of them, which go soggy not crispy. I hate to think what the fat content is - & loads use beef dripping, for frying, round here - loads of saturates.
- Oven Chips are usually 'better for you' as they tend to have less than 5% fat (when done in the oven).
- you could have an occasional treat with some of them, Zingle :)
<edit> just checked with Mrs gaz - 'normal' bag of chips up to £1.10p, 'tea time special' more like £1.25- £1.50 , now :)
zing_deleted
27-06-2006, 21:55
Normal price but I dont eat chips anymore I have 10p worth of rice instead lol :)How many grains do you get for that? :)
about 40 grams dry lol
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- you could have an occasional treat with some of them, Zingle :)
had 3 treats since feburary 1 meal out where I left most of the chips but ate the steak though. 1 kfc no bone meal and that was awful and a small bbq where i made home made burgers with extra lean mince and a chicken kebab oh I had a sirloin too :) thats it no more till august lol
Skatoony
27-06-2006, 22:27
£1.25 for a large portion of chips. Not sure about small ones.
It's about a £1 for chips, small bag is between 80 and 90 and large is between £1 and £1.10.
chips should never cost more than a pound.
I remember when you could buy fish & chips, go to the cinema and still have change out of saaaxpence!
pedantic
27-06-2006, 22:41
I'm not sure, it has been ages since I got some, usually if we have chips it is with fish, too & Mrs Gaz picks them up on the way home.
I remember a little while back, one place did a 'tea time special' of a small piece of fish & about as many chips as a small MacDonalds portion, for 99p :)
Not good for chippie chips at the moment - still new potatoes in many of them, which go soggy not crispy. I hate to think what the fat content is - & loads use beef dripping, for frying, round here - loads of saturates.
- Oven Chips are usually 'better for you' as they tend to have less than 5% fat (when done in the oven).
- you could have an occasional treat with some of them, Zingle :)
<edit> just checked with Mrs gaz - 'normal' bag of chips up to £1.10p, 'tea time special' more like £1.25- £1.50 , now :)
I really wish you wouldn't post descriptions of my favourite food like that. :drool:
My belly sounds like Lester Pigott now. oops:
Wicked_and_Crazy
27-06-2006, 22:45
about 40 grams dry lol
Ripped off!! We buy Tilda basmati rice which comes in a 10Kg bag for just under £10
handyman
27-06-2006, 22:46
had 3 treats since feburary 1 meal out where I left most of the chips but ate the steak though. 1 kfc no bone meal and that was awful and a small bbq where i made home made burgers with extra lean mince and a chicken kebab oh I had a sirloin too :) thats it no more till august lol
Thats good thats almost all protein, the bbq will have took a lot of the fat out as well.
I just had a Griddled fillet steak sliced over an italian salad with rocket , corn on the cob to start... yum.
Needed the feast after swimming :)
homealone
27-06-2006, 22:48
I really wish you wouldn't post descriptions of my favourite food like that. :drool:
My belly sounds like Lester Pigott now. oops:
:LOL: - that is the point, though, for me, I am biased, but it is quite possible to have food like 'fish & chips', without it clogging your arteries. :)
zing_deleted
27-06-2006, 22:52
about 40 grams dry lol
Ripped off!! We buy Tilda basmati rice which comes in a 10Kg back for just under £10
I was actually only joking ;)
homealone
27-06-2006, 22:54
about 40 grams dry lol
Ripped off!! We buy Tilda basmati rice which comes in a 10Kg back for just under £10
The Tilda factory is near where Paul & Chimaera live, I've audited it - their basmati is very good :)
sarahlouise45
27-06-2006, 23:06
It costs £2.50 for cod and chips at my chippy! Although I know a larger chippy in centre of town was charging £4.50 for just the cod and chips were £2.00 again on top!!! But, average price for chips is usually £1.00 - £1.50 I find... :)
Wicked_and_Crazy
27-06-2006, 23:07
I was actually only joking ;)
really!! :rolleyes:
I can get a small fish and chips which is usually haddock or cod for £1.30 in Cleethorpes but here its about £2.50. On average its usually around £2.
Recently I have been living on fish and chips, can't go wrong with them.
budwieser
27-06-2006, 23:16
Come on, Get a Decent curry inside you.
Not the pap that they sell in Chinese takeaways but good wholesome desi style food.:)
This is one of them threads that give me the munchies! now what can i make out of the meagre contens of the fridge :scratch:
I went the other night and it cost me £1.00
I thought that was pretty good and that it had not increased much in recent years.
Wicked_and_Crazy
27-06-2006, 23:24
Come on, Get a Decent curry inside you.
Not the pap that they sell in Chinese takeaways but good wholesome desi style food.:)
agreed, but worse than fish and chips for clogging the veins
greencreeper
27-06-2006, 23:35
I prefer a battered sausage - with chips and scraps. Usually pay about £2-£3
Wicked_and_Crazy
27-06-2006, 23:36
I prefer a battered sausage
:sick:
homealone
27-06-2006, 23:46
I prefer a battered sausage - with chips and scraps. Usually pay about £2-£3
why am I not surprised ;)
- I'll still pimp my message that some oven chips done in the oven are 'healthier' than any chippy bought chips - and I do not work for anyone involved in oven chip production.
MovedGoalPosts
28-06-2006, 00:11
Quite a few chippies around here. However the one that I prefer, which oddly despite the wide choice, gets queues of up to 20 minutes on a Friday evening when others are empty, charges nearly a fiver for large cod and large chips (yep I need to feed my aquired large stomach).
greencreeper
28-06-2006, 00:42
why am I not surprised ;)
:rofl:
There's a chippy near me that does a proper sausage, battered - not that suspicious bright pink textureless "meat".
Mate's girlfriend loves a battered pineapple ring :erm:
homealone
28-06-2006, 00:46
why am I not surprised ;)
:rofl:
There's a chippy near me that does a proper sausage, battered - not that suspicious bright pink textureless "meat".
Mate's girlfriend loves a battered pineapple ring :erm:
not mango? ;)
I get takeout from a chinese chippie,
Fish chips & 2 cans of cola plus delivery comes to £6.50
Graham M
28-06-2006, 03:09
Bargain :)
zing_deleted
28-06-2006, 09:20
Chips are bland horrible tasteless things full of fat disgusting ( well I have to kid myself this threads made me want chips you gits )
Skatoony
28-06-2006, 09:49
( well I have to kid myself this threads made me want chips you gits ):LOL:
Sorry Zingle for giving you the munchies
I am still amazed that chips seem to cost over a pound a bag :(
They're £1 a bag in my local Chinese chippie but what annoys me is that they're trying to 'Americanise" the place - according to the menu they don't do "takeaways", it's "carryouts" :grind:
I have to admit that annoys me as well, I have no idea why but it does lol
I think it is the drinks that cost the most in chip shops.
A can of coke should be about 60p realistically.
But I've seen some places charging £1.50 for a standard small can.
liamboyle06
28-06-2006, 10:35
chips cost £1.40, with fish £2.40 - worst about it, neither taste very nice.
however If i drive for 15 mins, theres a small chippy, that do the most tasty food and costs half as Cheap.
I think it is the drinks that cost the most in chip shops.
A can of coke should be about 60p realistically.
But I've seen some places charging £1.50 for a standard small can.
Dont you mean they should be about 40p realistically? especially since every chippie I have ever been to is selling multipack cans (even with the multipack resale warning all over the side).
The chippie right at the top of my road charges 80p for a decent portion of chips and £1.05 for a large portion.
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