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We've already had the popcorn thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=466879) and the infamous Brie thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472611) and now me and Huw are back with our latest disagreement.

Apparantly (:rolleyes: :p ) having vinegar with the fish in fish and chips is weird. To me, it's perfectly normal and I really am puzzled at how Huw has never known anyone to have vinegar with fish.

So, NSers, is having vinegar with fish (specifically cod) weird?

I put vinegar on fish finger sandwiches, and I presume some most go on the fish when I put it on my chips, so I'd have to say no, it's not weird.

If it's battered cod, I'd consider it weird not to have it with vinegar ;)

I have a friend who drinks vinegar from the CUP!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:

Depends. Unbattered, bloody hell yes. Battered fish of any kind, a perfectly natural state of affairs.

I have a friend who drinks vinegar from the CUP!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:

That's the kind of thing that'll ruin his stomach, that's for sure.

Anyway, if it's battered cod (although I eat haddock, as to slightly delay the extinction of cod) then yeah, vinegar should go on it, just as it should go on chips.

Yes.

Vinegar has a lot of delicious uses. Putting it on fish and/or chips is decidedly not one of them. *shudder*

(Although, to be fair, I guess I wouldn't consider it weird if I were a fellow Brit - how can it be weird if practically anyone is doing it? Or are you telling me that most people only put the vinegar on their chips?)

I'm not a massive fan of vinegar, and I'm a vegetarian, so me posting in this thread probably isn't justified at all.

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Vinegar shouldn't go with fish. A little bit on chips is fine, but for the love of all that is and isn't holy, don't drown the poor fuckers.

Vinegar goes on fish and chips....thats why when you go and order it at the chippie they say 'salt and vinegar?' before they wrap it up......

BUT if you eat Cod Mornay....then thats a whole other thing...so it really is a cod in batter thing...

That's the kind of thing that'll ruin his stomach, that's for sure.


He doesn't do it ALL the time. But I can't remember.

Huw - You're all freaks.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Amy - I'm not a freak! Hurrah! I win!!!!

That's the kind of thing that'll ruin his stomach, that's for sure.

Anyway, if it's battered cod (although I eat haddock, as to slightly delay the extinction of cod) then yeah, vinegar should go on it, just as it should go on chips.
There is also this eco-sustainable-blabla foodstore that sells only cod caught on hooks, which means no trawls etc, which is like the cod-equivalent to those sustainably eco-trendly coffee shops....so there is a way to avoid that evil haddock, which is only fit as cod food.....All Hail the Cod!

There is also this eco-sustainable-blabla foodstore that sells only cod caught on hooks, which means no trawls etc, which is like the cod-equivalent to those sustainably eco-trendly coffee shops....so there is a way to avoid that evil haddock, which is only fit as cod food.....All Hail the Cod!

I don't care how it's caught, it's still an endangered species. Although eating a panda is appealing in its own way.

"This'll teach YOU to eat only one type of food and to never mate!"

Huw - You're all freaks.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Amy - I'm not a freak! Hurrah! I win!!!!
Nah, PM's right. Vinegar does not go with cod. I found that most fish had too delicate a flavour to be eaten with something as strong as vinegar. It doesn't complement the flavour of fish (cod specifically...or haddock) at all.

Just because most people here seem to like vinegar with cod, doesn't mean they're necessarily right. Since when has this forum been about majority rule?

if I'm eating fish (aside from the tuna in a tuna salad sandwich), two conditions will apply:

a) The fish will be breaded and fried

b) The fish will be served with loads of tartar sauce

I suppose tartar sauce probably has vinegar in it, but as for eating fish with only vinegar... i don't know if i could stomach it.

I don't care how it's caught, it's still an endangered species. Although eating a panda is appealing in its own way.

"This'll teach YOU to eat only one type of food and to never mate!"
The catchiness is what makes it endangered, in certain parts.

The catchiness is what makes it endangered, in certain parts.

It's more the public's demand for it that means it's still getting caught.

Just because most people here seem to like vinegar with cod, doesn't mean they're necessarily right. Since when has this forum been about majority rule?
It always has!!

And it's not about being "right" or "wrong"... it's about me winning!!
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Haha, okay, what I really mean is that he said that no-one else did this and it was totally weird to do it. I'm saying it's normal. Whether it's the right thing to do or not is not the issue - it's whether it's a normal thing to do *nods*

PS: PM says "good man!!"....

Battered fish without vinegar?

Well, he is a southerner, isn't he?
Next he'll be saying that battered black pudding's not an acceptable accompaniment to your (salted and vinegared) fish and chips :s

I am a 'Southerner' thank you very much, and I have vinegar on my fish and chips..:gundge:

I am a 'Southerner' thank you very much, and I have vinegar on my fish and chips..:gundge:
Same here!

We've already had the popcorn thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=466879) and the infamous Brie thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=472611) and now me and Huw are back with our latest disagreement.

Apparantly (:rolleyes: :p ) having vinegar with the fish in fish and chips is weird. To me, it's perfectly normal and I really am puzzled at how Huw has never known anyone to have vinegar with fish.

So, NSers, is having vinegar with fish (specifically cod) weird?
Fish and chips with malt vinegar, salt , and catsup on the side. Perfect!! :)

Battered fish without vinegar?

Well, he is a southerner, isn't he?
Next he'll be saying that battered black pudding's not an acceptable accompaniment to your (salted and vinegared) fish and chips :s
He does say that... but then so do I....

*cough*

He says that everyone's wrong... especially... everyone!!

He keeps trying to change his argument too... He so knows he's wrong...

I am a 'Southerner' thank you very much, and I have vinegar on my fish and chips..:gundge:
Sorry, I tar all southerners with the same brush (although I shouldn't); my girlfriend is one of the weird ones who doesn't like brown sauce, black pudding, worcestershire sauce, fish and chips from a chippy (!)...
The joke being, of course, that Northamptonshire's hardly bordering Scotland ;)

He says that everyone's wrong... especially... everyone!!

He keeps trying to change his argument too... He so knows he's wrong...
He definitely is this time; my great-grandparents owned a fish and chip shop at some point around the middle of the last century, so I obviously know!

Nah, PM's right. Vinegar does not go with cod. I found that most fish had too delicate a flavour to be eaten with something as strong as vinegar. It doesn't complement the flavour of fish (cod specifically...or haddock) at all.
What you said above is invalid because of what you said earlier:
I'm not a massive fan of vinegar, and I'm a vegetarian, so me posting in this thread probably isn't justified at all.
I like my fish, raw, pickled, and stinky! Which probably has at least something to do with vinegar...at some point...
Fresh out of the water and thrown on the pan's good, too. Only in a different, much less refined way.

Now I really want to get some fish and chips for dinner. And I will put malt vinegar all over it.

And being an American, I will have tartar sauce as well...

mmmm,mmmm, good!

Vinegar goes on fish and chips....thats why when you go and order it at the chippie they say 'salt and vinegar?' before they wrap it up......

BUT if you eat Cod Mornay....then thats a whole other thing...so it really is a cod in batter thing...

is that cod with Rebecca De Mornay (sp?) on the side?

hehe

Now I really want to get some fish and chips for dinner. And I will put malt vinegar all over it.

And being an American, I will have tartar sauce as well...

mmmm,mmmm, good!

that does sound like a feast

What you said above is invalid because of what you said earlier:

I like my fish, raw, pickled, and stinky! Which probably has at least something to do with vinegar...at some point...
Fresh out of the water and thrown on the pan's good, too. Only in a different, much less refined way.
Nah, nothing on this forum is ever invalid. Personal opinions are never wrong, even if they're about meat and coming from a vegetarian.

Nah, nothing on this forum is ever invalid. Personal opinions are never wrong, even if they're about meat and coming from a vegetarian.
I'm certain meat has never touched your tongue. Or, has it?

My vegetarian friend asked me, "Do you have anything against eating vegetarian?" once. I thought that was rather funny. Anyhow, we ate some kind of mushroom that looks like minced meat. Happen to know what that's called?

If it's battered cod, I'd consider it weird not to have it with vinegar ;)
Seconded. Mmm... battered cod.
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He says that everyone's wrong... especially... everyone!!

i stand by this :p

i've never known anyone IRL (friends/relatives) to put vinegar on fish before. the flavour of fish is, as has been said, too delicate to ruin by drenching it in vinegar imho

i stand by this :p

i've never known anyone IRL (friends/relatives) to put vinegar on fish before. the flavour of fish is, as has been said, too delicate to ruin by drenching it in vinegar imho
I'll support you 100% in this. Though whether Glitziness would listen to me if she doesn't listen to you is debateable. Not to mention my veggie-ness.

Fish and chips with vinegar issa thumbsee uppa !

Though I must say I sprinkle most of the vinegar over the fries instead of the fish.

I have a friend who drinks vinegar from the CUP!!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek:

Yuck !

Yuck !
indeed. i had a friend who would soak slices of cucumber in vinegar for an hour and then scoff em down like they were the tastiest thing on earth...
he also used to drink tobasco sauce

i swear the man has no taste-buds :p

I thought it said "Vinegar with God" :D

... methinks I need to get my eyes checked

Yes.

Vinegar has a lot of delicious uses. Putting it on fish and/or chips is decidedly not one of them. *shudder*

(Although, to be fair, I guess I wouldn't consider it weird if I were a fellow Brit - how can it be weird if practically anyone is doing it? Or are you telling me that most people only put the vinegar on their chips?)

I'm not a Brit, I'm American, and I think malt vinegar on fish and chips is wonderful.

This whole thread is irrelevent, Cod doesn't exist anyway.

I put vinegar on my fish and chips. It;s something my mother taught me to do at a young age.
Malt vinegar is also good with boardwalk fries and Old Bay. That's how you're supposed to eat them in Maryland.

I had vinegar on some grilled lake perch the other day. So yeah, it's great sometimes.

I like my fish, raw, pickled, and stinky! Which probably has at least something to do with vinegar...at some point...
Fresh out of the water and thrown on the pan's good, too. Only in a different, much less refined way.

That reminds me, I'm going fishing in the UP near the Soo in June. Damn, I can't wait.

I thought it said "Vinegar with God" :D

... methinks I need to get my eyes checked


:-D At first I also thought it said so.

When I first saw this, I thought the title said "vinegar with god". :p Anyway, no, I've never put vinegar on my fish. I put vinegar on french fries, but I would think vinegar would overpower the flavour of most fish.