Coming from the West of Scotland down to the Yorkshire Coast for a little break, and looking forward to a good fish supper… We all know what a fish supper is by now.
However a friend is there at the moment and relayed the disturbing news that of the two chippies he’s visited so far, one being Papa’s in Whitby, the skin is still on the fucking fish? What the fuck??
Is this the norm cause I don’t want to be removing the batter in order to peel the scaly jaiket aff.
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Yeah it’s normal in the north of England.
When I tuck into a fish supper, I expect a decent bit of fish, no bones (if possible), plenty of salt, and a nice pot of curry sauce. Who leaves the skin on? Lazy or inexperienced fish fryers? Do they leave the head intact too?
Just eat it all. Fish, skin, batter the whole lot.
I’m from London where no skin is the norm too. Puzzled me a bit when I found in Grimsby there was always skin. Also found that if you just ask for “fish and chips” you get haddock, whereas down south you normally get cod.
It’s usually places like Whitby and Grimsby where people who are local expect the skin on fish. I believe Whitby Papas is the only shop which serves skin on fish, the rest of the Papas don’t. You can always request skin off tho.
Wales checking in – used to be on in the 90s, now it’s off.
From Grimsby, wolf the lot down, delicious.
FML!! The other day I learnt about fish suppers, now I learn about no skin on battered fish!!
The skin has nutrients the flesh doesn’t
Grimsby here.. skin on, but I don’t eat it.. fish slides off it easy enough.. obviously that means eating slightly less batter, so I can understand why a Scottish person would find this unacceptable
The skin is the best bit, you blockheaded berk
You can ask them to remove the skin, this way you always ensure that they’re cooking the fish fresh.
Sometimes it comes with skin on, sometimes it doesn’t. Still nice either way. This is like getting all hissy cus someone didn’t take the skin off of your chicken or take the fat off of your chops. Weirdo.
Battered/breaded white fish is the only thing from the sea I’ll eat, but I’ll actually never frequent a chippy/restaurant again if they leave the skin on. Lazy reprobates.
Barely 20 miles down the coast from Whitby we don’t have batter on our fish in our chippies.
I’ve had the skin on though and it makes little difference, just eat it.
I read something the other day about chippies switching to skin on, or were they switching to skin off, to cut costs. Because nobody wants to pay 12 quid for fish and chips but that’s the way prices are going.
award given for the use of scaly jaiket!
East Anglia. I find it varies by chippy. I personally eat the skin, maybe I was a seal in a previous life.
Good flavour from the skin, and some crispiness if they do it right. What is wrong with the skin? The scales are removed. Some think it is the best bit – see also fried chicken, pork crackling etc.
I’m from the Yorkshire coast and it’s not unusual to have skin on in my experience. I prefer it as it’s extra crispy.