The Riff-Raff Element Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I have been told that there is a British run F&C van doing therounds in the Vendée. My informant (a normally reliable source) tellsme that they import all their ingredients from the UK. Can this betrue? Even the fish? I am intrigued..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Jon!You need to visit your birthplace - and quick. It always happens to me as well about this time of the year. Tuck in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I have to say that does nothing for me. But a chicken tikka bhuna with mushroom rice, oh what I'd give for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 That is the roughest looking Fish and chips i've ever seen....................Now compare to these.......[img]http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/collection/fish-and-chips/image_large[/img][img]http://www.almostsmart.com/forums/images/smilies/other/drool.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 That looks far too posh.......... in a tray. Nothing wrong with a fish supper wrapped in newspaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 OK so who else prefers Twinkles manky offerings over mine! Humph. Hers are a lot greasier.............and overdone!Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Louise, Wher's the mushy peas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 [img]http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/albums/userpics/10001/mushypeas.jpg[/img][+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Lovely, that should keep the wind blowing through The Trossachs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Sorry John D to hijack your thread but this may be of helphttp://www.codandcurry.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezShells Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Jon D wrote - I have been told that there is a British run F&C van doing therounds in the Vendée. My informant (a normally reliable source) tellsme that they import all their ingredients from the UK. Can this betrue? Even the fish? I am intrigued.....the one listed above serves the Deux Sevresthe one in the Vendee is on www.inthevendee.comThey do get their gear from the UK but I doubt the fish comes from there.I dont crave for it anymore.I'm sure its all good stuff tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 That's not fair. I want a van to come over this way!! [:(]Louise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 louweezel wrote the following post at 26/10/2006 22:13: Is this the after or the before?[+o(]Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 Thanks for the replies, chaps....except for the peas: that made me feel quite ill. I do, occasionally, make F&C at home. I always use ling for this -much cheaper than cod and I think gives a better result, but I digress. I shall look out for them on my travels (the "inthevendee" linkwas helpful) and shall question them closely about this at the earliestopportunity. Perhaps they really do haul haddock all the way fromBillingsgate in search of authanticity. I need to find out. I wonder ifthey will think that I am either a looney or taking the p i s s? Winter is quiet around here, and I take any avenue of stimulation open to me, however trivial and banal it might first appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 [quote user="Jon D"] Perhaps they really do haul haddock all the way fromBillingsgate in search of authanticity. I need to find out. I wonder ifthey will think that I am either a looney or taking the p i s s? [/quote]Sounds barmy - surely not. They come out of the sea, they aren't raised in Billingsgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzy h Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Ive heard there is one doing the rounds in Le Dorat Limousin can any one confirm if it is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"][quote user="Jon D"] Perhaps they really do haul haddock all the way fromBillingsgate in search of authanticity. I need to find out. I wonder ifthey will think that I am either a looney or taking the p i s s? [/quote]Sounds barmy - surely not. They come out of the sea, they aren't raised in Billingsgate.[/quote]Just watch it, sausage features, or I might arrange for you to be battered and deep fried...Apparently they are called La Vendée Chippy. I don't want to seemrotten, but isn't that really terrible French? Surely La FriterieAnglaise Vendéene would be more appropriate? "Chipie" used in thefeminine would translate as "minx" as in Minnie the, I think. Thebadly-behaved little girl from the Vendée....doesn't do it for me,though it could be an accurate description of my daughters, I suppose.Still, this is all completely irrelevent if the product is any good. Inotice that in what can only be described as an act of marketing geniusthey sell the cod & chips outside bars with whom they have seating(and, therefore, drinking) arrangements. Surely someone must have eatenfrom them? Are they worth a detour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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