What’s really in your scampi?

Slightly off-topic, but still worth sharing – my mother apparently prefers haddock, so has always insisted on haddock and chips from the fish and chip shop. However, my dad has always ordered cod for my mother (haddock is usually more expensive) and asked the fish and chip shop to write a big ‘H’ on the wrapper!

I think she knows 🙂

We also (mrs r and I) prefer haddock which is not really any more expensive here. An advantage also is that it is almost always cooked to order, so it has not been standing in the hot cabinet for an unknown length of time – does the batter no good.

Back to scampi. It is a regular favourite with decent chips and tartar sauce. We never buy reformed scampi – or chicken for that matter. We buy ours from M&S, and there is a generous amount of meat in the batter. A couple of weeks ago we had scampi and chips at a pub, and the scampi occupied very little of the meal, most was batter.

Fish is always cooked to order round here and the skin is removed, as is normal in Scottish fish & chip shops. I don’t know if they sell scampi, but as Siobhan has pointed out in her introduction, there is the possibility of not getting what you expect.

I don’t own a deep-fat frier and my chip pan has only ever been used for soup. I decided to visit my old local pub this evening and will probably go for the fish & chips – but might look at scampi.

Explains the obesity levels in the USA, duncan Why some are obsessed with eating huge portions that do them no good I really do not know. A feature of an over-affluent society perhaps. Having said that, our haddock are always large, as are portions of chips. One large haddock and chips would feed both of us adequately ( perhaps a small pudding to follow 🙂 ).

If, when in the USA, you choose your restaurants carefully, you’ll get sensibly sized portions – and some really nice steaks too 🙂 🙂 🙂

That works in the UK too, but there is no doubt that large portions are a big selling point. That’s not a problem for those who eat out infrequently but eating scampi & chips etc. every day is best avoided.

Most people dont care Bishbut if it says “processed ” and much food is made up of compressed fragments/chemicals /hormones instead of the real deal but its usually cheaper , you become more choosy the more money you have . I learned long ago spend your money on good food if you can afford it rather than the luxuries in life as what use are those luxuries if you are not alive to enjoy them ?

Phil you can only sue in circumstances like in a restaurant /cafe/etc where you are served food published on the menu as made up of a certain type of food that is legally recognised as a whole food -IE- it is not made up of various types of food even of the same gender -fish should be fish and not contain meat etc . Even there there is also a legal onus on you to inform the restaurant that you suffer from an allergy. In the case of you buying a packet of processed food from a shop/supermarket the onus is on the customer to check the ingredients of the supplied food packet and amounts to a disclaimer if you take ill because you have not checked what it contains . If the restaurant insists its product is 100 % pure and still serves you a type of food that contains other materials that are know to cause you to become seriously ill then you have a cast-iron case , hold onto the food as evidence/get a witness. : http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article-food-allergy-lawsuites.html shellfish are crustaceans a totally different type of food than fish.