I have a friend who lives in Hull (someone has to), he sent me a picture of a Hull delicacy, with the caption "Fancy a scrap butty?" Fearing a fainting spell at the word "butty" I rummaged through my reticule for the hartshorn, thankfully the feeling had passed by the time I had fished it out. What are scraps? I hear you ask. They are the batter bits left over from all that fish frying in fish and chip shops, they are usually free of charge.
Ooh, I used to love the scraps when I was much, much younger! But never in a butty - only ever eaten like crisps.
ReplyDeleteGive that to a starving dog and it would curl it's lip at it.
DeleteWe used to get a scattering of them on our chip butties when I was in school - never on their own... Scrummy! Jx
ReplyDeleteI was given money to spend at the school canteen and everyday I would get the same thing from the mobile shop, 10 cigs and a packet of monster munch.
DeleteDarling Mitzi,
ReplyDeleteWe have to confess that we have never been to Hull and so have missed the opportunity and delight of bumping into your friend [it is so reassuring to know that you have one in the North of England]. However, joy upon joy of not going to Hull is that we have avoided the 'scrap butty'.
From the picture, it seems to resemble a Vesuvius of a creation, with a molten lava of 'scraps' flowing from a ubiquitous white 'bap' [as the Midlanders would say].And, does the hapless customer who has the misfortune to live in Hull have the double whammy of this cholesterol fuelled 'butty' added to their miseries?
Go further North....a deep fried Mars bar is surely preferable....
He hails from Coventry originally, he studied at Hull university and never returned home.
DeleteYour description of a scrap butty is mouth watering.
The further North you go, the more savage the locals.
I'm sure it tastes wonderful but it looks like a mess.
ReplyDeleteThere are SOME things I hesitate to put in my mouth.
Canada's national dish is poutine. Surely the definition of "food mess"... Jx
DeleteJon has beaten me to it.
DeletePoutine? Point taken.
DeleteThis "stuff" seems well suited to confirm any prejuduce about English "cuisine", just ad mint sauce and a warm ale. The foam packaging ensures the final touch, that certain je ne sais quoi.
ReplyDeleteMilbenkase anyone?
DeleteI remember asking the bloke in the fish'n'chip van for some scraps and he told me to bugger off because they'd give me diarrhea.
ReplyDeleteSurely that butty is missing some sauce?
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I don't think I could ever eat chip shop curry sauce again after that diarrhoea reference.
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