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Haha I'm from Liverpool and I've not seen people getting a fried egg on their chips? Maybe more New Brighton/the Wirral thing?
I can confirm the other things though; it is a Lolly Ice and The Asda!
It's a slippery slop though.. you start finding yourself putting a "the" in front of a lot of shops/places! 
I honestly thought the whole country would has mash on a roast dinner.
Allthatglitters666
Chatty Member
What about chicken parmo?
ChloChlo
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Other things I've noticed as a Londoner living up North.
- Virtually no one knows what a Savaloy is.
- They have scallops up here. I thought it was a sea creature - its slices of potato, battered.
- Many Northern Chinese take aways serve a chow mein completely different to what I'm accustomed to, its all WET!
- Calzones are popular.
- Mash is served on a roast dinner.
- Northerners think pie, mash and liquor looks revolting.
- Chips are always ordered alongside an Indian.
- Bin lids.
- Pea wet.
- Chicken shops arent for hanging out in.
- breakfast, dinner, tea as opposed to breakfast, lunch, dinner.
- Red sauce for Ketchup.
- Virtually no one knows what a Savaloy is.
- They have scallops up here. I thought it was a sea creature - its slices of potato, battered.
- Many Northern Chinese take aways serve a chow mein completely different to what I'm accustomed to, its all WET!
- Calzones are popular.
- Mash is served on a roast dinner.
- Northerners think pie, mash and liquor looks revolting.
- Chips are always ordered alongside an Indian.
- Bin lids.
- Pea wet.
- Chicken shops arent for hanging out in.
- breakfast, dinner, tea as opposed to breakfast, lunch, dinner.
- Red sauce for Ketchup.
ChloChlo
VIP Member
Londoner who has been living in the North for 7 years. I've always eaten scotch eggs all my life.
Northern food is so comforting. They eat gravy on their chips, I thought it was so bizarre at first but it works. I asked a London chip shop when visiting home for gravy and chips. I may as well have asked the lady for her liver.
I was a bit disappointed to find out a barm cake was just a bread roll.
Northern food is so comforting. They eat gravy on their chips, I thought it was so bizarre at first but it works. I asked a London chip shop when visiting home for gravy and chips. I may as well have asked the lady for her liver.
I was a bit disappointed to find out a barm cake was just a bread roll.
I_mean_reaaaalllly
Chatty Member
A parmo is a Teesside ‘delicacy’ also known as a heart attack on a plate.What is a parmo?
Imagine the following... breaded chicken breast (or pork fillet
) flattened and deep fried. The crusty fillet is then smothered in white sauce (bechamel for the cultured amongst us) and a very liberal application of the orangest cheese possible. The calorie laden object is then grilled to melt the cheese... seriously it sounds horrendous but dear god, it tastes amazing!
kev1974
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It's found occasionally but not common in London though.
Whenever I'm back home in Newcastle visiting my parents I have to go and get my fix on chips and gravy, because I miss it in London.
Had lunch in a pub in North London with some work colleagues some time last year, and I'd asked for some gravy with my fish and chips (it comes with various other meals so I knew it was no trouble for them). Was happily tucking in when the waitress came over and started laughing? She explained that the other waitress had said I wanted gravy for my chips and she didn't believe it so had to come over to see it for herself? Rude cows
no tips were left for them that day.I love a good cheese stottie when in Newcastle as well, another thing that doesn't exist outside of Tyneside
Readread
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I’m sure chippy sauce is an Edinburgh thing. Don’t think Glaswegians have it as much? It’s basically brown sauce with vinegar in it.I’ve been to a Scottish chippy in the past and instead of salt and vinegar on chips it’s salt and sauce?? I can’t even describe what the sauce is I just know it’s incredible and some chippies sell containers of it
Chippies in Scotland are a different kettle of fish to chippies in England too. Can’t beat a pizza crunch covered in chippy sauce
Gym&Tonic
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The other week I was in New Brighton and noticed that people were going into the chippy and coming out with a fried egg on top of their chips. A new one on me and presumably a Liverpool/Merseyside thing? They also call ice lollies lolly iceds and refer to Asda as ‘The Asda’.
Gym&Tonic
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I live in Wales and remember the pop van. It was like a milk man but he delivered fizzy pop in a bottle and would leave it on the step, then you’d put out the used bottles. They had the obvious stuff like lemonade, fizzy orange and cola, but also quirky stuff like limeade and pineappleade. but my personal favourite cherryade, just thinking about cherryade reminds me of my Nana. It was amazing!
cholulamare
Chatty Member
Never describe Henderson's as this to anyone from Yorkshire, I'm not sure you'd live.
It’s called a chip butty up northI really want chips and curry sauce now on a breadcake
Raininvain
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When I went to school everyone used to spend their lunch money on Regal King Size.I’m from up north and everyone at my secondary school had chips cheese and gravy for lunch
malolo
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It's a pie case filled with macaroni cheese.
Gym&Tonic
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My Mum lived in Liverpool as a teenager and still talks about how much she loved ‘Scouse’ which is like a stew I believe? Someone told her Irish stew was the same thing and she tried it once and said it was nothing like it at all.Haha I'm from Liverpool and I've not seen people getting a fried egg on their chips? Maybe more New Brighton/the Wirral thing?
I can confirm the other things though; it is a Lolly Ice and The Asda!