No worries, when i was a kid all i knew was Salt n Sauce, it was just a thing that we had, nothing to compare it with, even though lot of family across NW England (and even more Glasgow) so I guess I must have been aware that Salt n Vinegar was a thing in the rest of the known world.
As a pure radge Weegie, I've only been to a chippie in Edinburgh twice. Any time the question "salt and sauce?" has been asked in that lovely sing-song accent, I've been reminded that things are different in Edinburgh. Salt and sauce is really good, and I wish we had it here.
Ah it was a compliment, nice one, i thought you were teasing.
Dad was a Govan Boy, Mum was from Leith so it's a family thing to get stuck in about respective accents.
Wish it was easier to buy non brewed condiment only one I can find in small bottles is made up to taste like malt and is rank. Only real non brewed I can find is the concentrate at my local Chinese supermarket and its on 5l litre bottles. I like Non brewed condiment but I don't need 20 litres of it.
Not by me you can't I always ask in each chippy I visit only one I found selling it was actually selling the crap "chip shop vinegar" one that tastes nothing like it and the chippy admitted it wasn't what they use themselves.
Go on amazon, search for non brewed condiment, sort by customer rating and there is one that clearly stands out as the most popular. Its not rocket science. Also a little further down is a Morrisons one so they probably sell it as well.
I've tried pretty much all of the small bottle ones on Amazon. They are all either rebrands of the "fish and chip style " one there few that aren't, like the Morrisons one, are over diluted like 4 parts to 1 rather than 3 to 1.
I know what you mean. Malt vinegar is o e thing, chippie vinegar is something else.
I live in New Zealand now. Ive not found a chippie that serves vinegar or non-brewed condiment. Kiwi "vinegar" is made from whey. It doesn't taste the same. And I suspect the malt vinegar is whey vinegar coloured with malt. Either way, it doesn't taste right.
People from Edinburgh have salt and sauce (a particular type of vinegar/brown sauce concoction which is actually very nice)
They seem to think that’s the norm and everyone else is weird for having salt and vinegar as the default.
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Mate, have I got a tip for you. Picked it up in a chip shop on the west coast of Scotland.
Decant your vinegar in to a spray bottle. Even coating of vinegar all over the chips, and it's a fine mist so keeps the salt very much in situ. Plus it has the huge advantages that all the chips get an even coating of vinegar AND they can take \*a lot\* of spray vinegar without getting soggy. You can have those badboys making your mouth squirm and they're \*still\* lovely and crisp.
Game changer.
Yes, obviously. Salt & vinegar. But I generally refuse chip shop "vinegar" if I'm in my hometown. I'll just take them home and use malt vinegar, cos it's much nicer.
I'd suggest decanting the vinegar in to a spray bottle. Had some chips from a chip shop on the West Coast of Scotland that used a spray bottle of vinegar. Changed my outlook - that was some next level stuff. Gets the chips nice and vinegary BUT they stay lovely and crisp, rather than getting soggy. And you get an even amount of vinegar on all the chips. It's lifechanging.
Chips outside of a fish based dish, I'll quite often use "American Chip Spice" & Dutch Mayo. Again, next level combo that.
It’s mandatory to add it in the chippy. Then if taking home, add more at home before eating.
And I will die on this hill that if having a fish butty with ketchup on and chips, BBQ sauce is immense addition to the chips.
If no butty, only ketchup is allowed
Erm me.
But only when sharing them with one of the kids who's a fussy little bugger and I'm not sure is even ours. The tipping point was when they put ketchup on Christmas dinner.
Apart from adoption I don't know what else we can do with them as we've very much failed as parents. The other kids are normal though.
My South African housemate bought an own brand Marmite the other month. Today she was using the real one I bought and I said I see you have decided the impure fake Marmite is evil as well, she goes yah I thought it would taste the same but it doesn't.
Me making random British noises. It's been triggering me just seeing it in the cupboard, fake Marmite is up there with Lipton tea as a deportable offence.
I have discovered through Reddit that Scottish people are far less British than I had thought. Deep fried Mars Bars, Macaroni pies, salt and sauce?
It's time for another referendum, let these strange people go!
Who doesn't have vinegar with fish and chips...? OP, your question genuinely threw me haha
If I'm feeling fancy, either curry sauce or mushy peas too (not together, I'm not a maniac)
I am the only one in my household who wants vinegar on chippy. I do not understand it (they all enjoy salt and vinegar crisps, for example).
One chooses ketchup; the others have curry sauce.Â
Heathens, the lot of them.Â
Chips doused in vinegar. Tartar sauce and squeeze of lemon on the battered fish. Cracked black pepper over the lot. I do not add salt. I usually have some strong pickled onions on the side.
We live in Eastern Europe. Our one treasured bottle of malt vinegar is running low, just after I cracked how to make good chips in the air fryer. Send help!
lol. I know that pain. When I lived in south/west France, we had a company make regular (ish) visits with British foods. I think they were called “Trading post” not sure if there is anything like that over there? But it was a godsend.
I used to have to run back to the chippy for another wrap of paper because the vinegar would leak out the bottom as soon as I left the shop. My favorite part is the soft chips soaked in vinegar at the very bottom 🤤
No, I don't like it. I don't really get it either, chips are hot and crisp. I don't want damp juice that smells like old socks being splashed all over it. Lemon on the fish specifically to complement it - that works, and I can see why therefore vinegar on *fish* works, but not chips. Do other countries do this?
Of course!!, but oddly enough only when I'm in the UK at a proper chippy.
when I'm home or in the US and have their version of Fish and chips its usually served with tartar sauce, and thats fine.
1) I know people who used to drink the stuff, I'd rather be on your side of the fence, away from those maniacs
2) how come...? Is it the type, like french fries vs chunky chips, what about sweet potato? Do you like potatoes in other forms?
3) Valid
Polish wife didn’t get fish and chips til I told her to put it with malt vinegar. Polish family came over once and refused to eat with vinegar- too weird for them and they left loads of it. Definitely needs something abit tart. With it.
I remember as kids getting bags of chips and putting the vinegar (the nasty non- brewed condiment vinegar from the chip shop) in until the chips floated.
“Practically no chip shop has any” vinegar? In my 40 years, I have never seen a chippy without vinegar. But right about putting vinegar on the fish when at the chippy, as it’ll be soggy by the time you get home. But when home I do
Yup. Vinegar is brewed, which is more expensive than just mixing some chemicals which is why chippy vinegar has its own taste.. it’s not technically vinegar.. it’s not that far off but it is different and if you find a bottle of chip shop vinegar in the shop’s, it won’t actually claim to be vinegar, just non-brewed condiment…
It does annoy me though when they put the chips in the box, put the fish on top and then put the salt and “vinegar” on the fish… no, it’s for the chips, putting it on the fish will make the batter soggy…
Vinegar yes, salt no otherwise I’m mainlining water for the nest three hours.
Also -whenever I get to go to Europe, I try and pick up a bottle or two of Heinz Frites Mayonnaise. Great stuff with FnC.
Small amount of salt on first then loads of vinegar. I am from, and grew up in N Yorkshire where chippies used to (at least - not sure about nowadays) hold up your fish and chips for you to put your own salt and vinegar on before wrapping them up. I moved to Scotland 20+ years ago and they put it on for you. Does my head in still to this day. Always too much salt and never ever enough vinegar.
There are very few things I really don’t like to eat, but vinegar is one of them. There are very few flavours that would make it difficult for me to eat a meal, even if they’re not my favourite, but vinegar on chips means I won’t eat the chips. Never understood how people do.
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