Cheems@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agoI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down120
arrow-up1217arrow-down1imageI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.worldCheems@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·11 months 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-squareCuddlyCassowary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 months agoFish and chips vendor. Basically wonderfully greasy fried British street food.
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months 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-squareSwallowsDick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoMore car oriented geography and more McDonald's
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·11 months agoCan someone translate for those of us on the other side of the pond…?
minus-squareAirazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoFish and chips shop. Traditional and delicious British dish.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoChips here meaning french fries in the US, not potato chips, which themselves would be crisps in the UK.
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·11 months agoIt's what British people call a drug dealer. It comes from the word chipper, meaning perked-up
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·11 months agoOr, in this context, a British fish & chips shop
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI suppose being wrapped in newspaper would make it feel more scruffy and home made
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months 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.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThat reminds me of how they wrap burritos
I remember when anything from a chippy came wrapped in newspaper. I don't know why, but I really appreciated that as a kid.
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
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
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