Cheems@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agoI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1237
arrow-up1237imageI got togo food from a dive bar and the paper pattern soaked into the breadlemmy.worldCheems@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 years agoI remember when anything from a chippy came wrapped in newspaper. I don’t know why, but I really appreciated that as a kid.
minus-squareCuddlyCassowary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoFish and chips vendor. Basically wonderfully greasy fried British street food.
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoThere is nothing like a poke of chips. Somehow, something so simple truly has no analog in the US. I really don’t know what they do so differently.
minus-squareSwallowsDick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMore car oriented geography and more McDonald’s
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoCan someone translate for those of us on the other side of the pond…?
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoIt’s what British people call a drug dealer. It comes from the word chipper, meaning perked-up
minus-squareAirazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoFish and chips shop. Traditional and delicious British dish.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoChips here meaning french fries in the US, not potato chips, which themselves would be crisps in the UK.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoOr, in this context, a British fish & chips shop
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI suppose being wrapped in newspaper would make it feel more scruffy and home made
minus-squareNathanUp@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI don’t think it was that - the way they wrap it is very quick and professional looking. The texture was nice in particular - a warm parcel of newspaper. Idk.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThat reminds me of how they wrap burritos
I remember when anything from a chippy came wrapped in newspaper. I don’t know why, but I really appreciated that as a kid.
Fish and chips vendor. Basically wonderfully greasy fried British street food.
There is nothing like a poke of chips. Somehow, something so simple truly has no analog in the US. I really don’t know what they do so differently.
More car oriented geography and more McDonald’s
Can someone translate for those of us on the other side of the pond…?
It’s what British people call a drug dealer. It comes from the word chipper, meaning perked-up
Fish and chips shop. Traditional and delicious British dish.
Chips here meaning french fries in the US, not potato chips, which themselves would be crisps in the UK.
A “chippy”?
Carpenter
Or, in this context, a British fish & chips shop
I suppose being wrapped in newspaper would make it feel more scruffy and home made
I don’t think it was that - the way they wrap it is very quick and professional looking. The texture was nice in particular - a warm parcel of newspaper. Idk.
That reminds me of how they wrap burritos
Same energy