New here, W.Yorks. Newish to bass too!

[Chipps]

Did you have extra coffee today?

[tonybassplayer]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='344184' date='Dec 3 2008, 02:44 PM']I've lived here since I was born in 1842 , so to explain the major differences , and the only ones worth mentioning........

Here in West Yorks we fry fish and chips properly in beef dripping - a fishcake is scraps of fish between 2 large slices of spud fried in batter. Fish is defined as cod or haddock.

In South Yorks - if you ask for a fishcake you get a poncy mashed potato thing the size of a 10p piece. You have to ask for a patty which sounds stupid , you musn't say please or thankyou , and you have to have a fight with somebody while you wait.

In North Yorks - you may be asked if you want plaice , the chips are ordered by the 'packet' rather than the 'bag' and cost £83 per portion , it's traditional to set your dog on a fox before eating your meal in any 4x4 vehicle that's 'not foreign'.

Over to the east is Humberside , where nobody admits to living , insisting instead that it's East Yorks. Or East Riding if you're over the age of 70 - which nobody is - mostly because they eat fish and chips 17 times per day - and the dozy sods leave the skin on. Euugh. There are some really pretty towns around here where fresh fish used to be landed until the Spanish stole them all. Neither of these towns are Hull or Grimsby. Don't ever go to either.

Going through passport control at Todmorden you enter Lancashire , though I can't recall why you'd want to. Here you must tell the folk in the fish shop that you actually find Peter Kaye funny. Mimic his accent if you must , it's easy - simply form everything into a question. ie. 'it's cold outside, is it not?'
The fish is caught off the west coast - a tad too close to Sellafield for me - possibly the reason your portion has more than one tail and still burns your lips when it's cold.

Hope this clears up any confusion.

Next Week...............Lahndahn town - and how the fish and chips were so much nicer in the old days when the 'twins' were around 'the manor' and the Queen Mahm fried them all personally - 'gawd bless 'er'[/quote]


If only all geography lessons were this informative I might have passed my eleven plus !!

[ziggenpuss]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='344184' date='Dec 3 2008, 02:44 PM']In South Yorks - if you ask for a fishcake you get a poncy mashed potato thing the size of a 10p piece. You have to ask for a patty which sounds stupid , you musn't say please or thankyou , and you have to have a fight with somebody while you wait.[/quote]

Don't know what they serve for fish cakes in Barnsley & Doncaster but these sound like 'Rissoles' to me. Sheffield & Rotherham are same as West Yorks fishcakes.

Some fine select places even serve 'Scallops', one slice of 'tater and covered in batter just so folks think your rich enough to eat real fish cakes

Edited December 3, 2008 by ziggenpuss

[Monz]

[quote name='ziggenpuss' post='344797' date='Dec 3 2008, 09:30 PM']Some fine select places even serve 'Scallops', one slice of 'tater and covered in batter just so folks think your rich enough to eat real fish cakes[/quote]

Eyup s'thee... that's a tatie scallop, a fish scallop has two bits o'tatie wi a bit o fish in't middle... bloody furriners

[Toasted]

The only time I went to Birmingham they gave me orange chips. What the hell happenned there?

[Adrenochrome]

[quote name='Chipps' post='343352' date='Dec 2 2008, 06:44 PM']And to add to the geographic craziness, I'm three miles inside Yorkshire, but I have a Lancashire postcode. Winds everyone up no end...

Seeing as we have a good selection of 'locals' on here, can we have a roundup of good live music venues? That's probably needing a new topic, but let me know if there's been anything similar on here...[/quote]

It'd be quite a long round up, as there are many venues and many bands have varying experiences at them all.

We played Big D's in Todmorden earlier this year and had an 'interesting' time. The bar manageress made us set up in a stone tunnel out of site of the bar and away from the rest of the punters who were seated. The drums were deafening and the sound was awful. Our soundman had to set up where the punters were so he couldn't see or hear us [apart from the sound he was putting through the PA speakers]. Other people like the venue so I don't know if it was just a quirk that we had to set up where we did?

[yorks5stringer]

Don't get me started on flat cap etiquette...

[Dr.Dave]

[quote name='Toasted' post='346245' date='Dec 5 2008, 10:58 AM']The only time I went to Birmingham they gave me orange chips. What the hell happenned there?[/quote]

Outbreak of Winton's Syndrome.