@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 2 years agoI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1233
arrow-up1233imageI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•2 years agoI remember when anything from a chippy came wrapped in newspaper. I don’t know why, but I really appreciated that as a kid.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 years agoCan someone translate for those of us on the other side of the pond…?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoFish and chips shop. Traditional and delicious British dish.
minus-squareJokeDeitylinkfedilink5•2 years agoChips here meaning french fries in the US, not potato chips, which themselves would be crisps in the UK.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoIt’s what British people call a drug dealer. It comes from the word chipper, meaning perked-up
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•2 years agoOr, in this context, a British fish & chips shop
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years agoFish and chips vendor. Basically wonderfully greasy fried British street food.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 years agoThere is nothing like a poke of chips. Somehow, something so simple truly has no analog in the US. I really don’t know what they do so differently.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoMore car oriented geography and more McDonald’s
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoI suppose being wrapped in newspaper would make it feel more scruffy and home made
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoI don’t think it was that - the way they wrap it is very quick and professional looking. The texture was nice in particular - a warm parcel of newspaper. Idk.
I remember when anything from a chippy came wrapped in newspaper. I don’t know why, but I really appreciated that as a kid.
Can someone translate for those of us on the other side of the pond…?
Fish and chips shop. Traditional and delicious British dish.
Chips here meaning french fries in the US, not potato chips, which themselves would be crisps in the UK.
It’s what British people call a drug dealer. It comes from the word chipper, meaning perked-up
A “chippy”?
Carpenter
Or, in this context, a British fish & chips shop
Fish and chips vendor. Basically wonderfully greasy fried British street food.
There is nothing like a poke of chips. Somehow, something so simple truly has no analog in the US. I really don’t know what they do so differently.
More car oriented geography and more McDonald’s
I suppose being wrapped in newspaper would make it feel more scruffy and home made
I don’t think it was that - the way they wrap it is very quick and professional looking. The texture was nice in particular - a warm parcel of newspaper. Idk.
That reminds me of how they wrap burritos
Same energy