Harters
(John Hartley - a culinary patriot eating & cooking in Northwest England)
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Yes. Although you need the chips for a balanced meal.
By the by, the story of fish & chips goes something like this. The battered fish came from East Europeans Jews immigrating to England. Originally, the batter was there just to protect the fish while it was cooking and wasnt eaten. Meanwhile, the concept of frying potatoes was reasonably well established in the north of England. The first properly documented sale of them both today was by a guy called Lees, in 1863, in the northwestern town of Mossley (about 20 miles from where I live). There is a London claim that they invented âfish & chipsâ in 1860 but it isnt fully documented. Still our most popular takeaway, by far.
{{ pulls curtain open, walks in closing the curtain behind me. Kneeling in front of the screen I say;}}
Me; Forgive me father for I have sinned, it has been 23 years since my last confession.
Voice from other side of screen; _please proceed and speak now confessing your sins before God
Me; _Dear lord forgive me, but itâs VodkaâŚitâs Vodka it is my secret indulgence, well itâs nor really a secret everyone knows I love vodkaâŚbut there you have it, I LOVE VODKA
Voice from other side of screen; _. I absolve you from your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit._Before the Lord I give you the following penance for your sins, go now and have 5 Hail!! Bloody Maryâs.
Me; (looking through the screen suspiciously) Yes Father!!! My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to good, I have sinned against You, whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.Our Savior, Jesus Christ, suffered and died for us. In His name, my
In my younger (and wetter) days, chocolate milk and a Kit Kat bar were must-haves for the day after. I canât recall the last time I had chocolate milk though.
I once worked with a fellow (a heavy drinker, by anyoneâs standards) who would buy a carton of chocolate milk and a cup of vending machine Pepsi, down half the Pepsi and fill the cup with the chocolate milk and drink the mixture slowly. He swore by this as a great hangover cure.
McDonaldâs double cheeseburger.
Scotch egg and Heinz salad cream.
Ham cheese and pickled onion wrap. °
° This is when Iâm too lazy to make a sandwich. Cut a bit of cheese, take a pickled onion and then wrap in a slice of ham. See also chunk of cheese dipped in hummus.
Pogos (corn dogs), Fancy instant ramen from the Asian supermarket, Russel Stover chocolates when theyâre on sale, a McDouble and a Junior Chicken Sandwich put together to make a McGangbang, Vachon snack cakes, supermarket fried chicken with Frankâs Red Hot, any kind of meat pie, anything made with flaky pastry or croissant dough, onion rings, Kraft peanut butter straight out of the jar, Turkish candy bars, fried plantain with crema and frijoles, almost any kind of potato chipâŚ
A man made of good old junk food. Brothers in Arms we are. Kraft peanut butter? Is there a certain terroir involved? Canât be Jif or Peter Pan?
Creamy or crunchy?
It doesnât have to be Kraft, but thatâs what I grew up with. Since I buy maybe one jar a year, I donât really have the opportunity to try other brands. Iâve only had Jif and Peter Pan when travelling in the US with my family. We donât have those brands up here in Quebec. And itâs always creamy.
As i recalled while inhaling my mini packet this afternoon from a generous coworker (part of my so called lunch today) these easter cadbury mini eggs are an annual weakness of mine. The odds of me not purchasing more in the next 24hrs are slim to none. https://m.hersheys.com/celebrate/easter/productdetail.aspx?id=316
