Cold fish

Trug said:
My dad used to eat cold fish. I thought it tasted nice. He also ate tripe in vinegar, brawn, cowheels and pigs trotters.
Stuff you don't see very much of today, although I have seen pigs trotters in Morrisons and tripe in one of the butchers in Stockton.
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My dad is the same. He'll eat anything. I'm a bit more selective myself. Can't stand seafood. Used to buy a crabstick from that bloke in the pub just to support his business but then I'd take it home and give it to the dog.
 
bumface said:
My dad is the same. He'll eat anything. I'm a bit more selective myself. Can't stand seafood. Used to buy a crabstick from that bloke in the pub just to support his business but then I'd take it home and give it to the dog.
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PMSL 😁 bumface.
Is the dog still alive may I ask?
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I get them now and then from parly Rd, they are nice, if you go Friday 10-11 still warm , very nice.
Used to be a big thing , dying out now.
They get some great stuff in there, try his own smoked salmon its excellent
 
Cold fish stems back to when fish was substantially cheaper than meat. The same for tripe and pigs trotters. Working class staples dating back to before the 1st World War. Fish and chips, warm by the way were also cheap alternatives, you would not have found a chippy in posher areas.
 
I remember my folks used to buy and eat cold battered cod when I was a lad eons ago. In fact I think there was a "cold fish shop" in the centre of Middlesbrough on Marton Road. It tasted similar to ordinary fish bought at a chippy except it was cold. I don't remember having cold chips with it though.
 
I lived above a shop in Rotterdam years ago there was a couple living above. She worked in the fish shop at the end of the street. She'd bring back the cold fish they couldn't sell and would drop me a few off. I quite enjoyed them after a beer or two.

A few months back I bought some from Catch if the Day but threw them in the bin after a couple of bites.

Perhaps my taste has changed over the years 😁
 
bumface said:
He's assisting me in organising a global all species leftist revolution. My mate Bev and her cat are involved too. We haven't got very far yet though.
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My dog Gizmo could join them- he's always on strike over something or other.
 
Lottowyn said:
I remember my folks used to buy and eat cold battered cod when I was a lad eons ago. In fact I think there was a "cold fish shop" in the centre of Middlesbrough on Marton Road. It tasted similar to ordinary fish bought at a chippy except it was cold. I don't remember having cold chips with it though.
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You're right Lotto, it was opposite what was then the Borough Hotel and just up from the Chinese Laundry.
 
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