Getting chippy...

So today’s great culinary question relates to one of life’s issues that can divide friends and destroy families...what should you have with chips?

Now let me explain what I mean by this. Imagine that fish and chips have gone through a messy divorce and that we are looking for a suitable partner for something quick and dirty (possibly also involving a buttered bap). The great debate really centres around whether or not it is reasonable to smother chips with gravy, as appears to be popular in my home town or is it that chips partnered with gravy is a bit like the culinary equivalent of a divorcee with very low self esteem taking up with the first warm body that they come into contact with, the result being a sloppy mess.

The culinary delights of the local chippy allow for the addition of beans, curry sauce or mushy peas to the equation.  One of the early warning signs that someone may eventually develop tendency towards mass murder or an obsession with creating crocheted miniature animals is that they would have a chip and mushy pea sandwich. This has been recognised as a key indicator by Europol and the FBI for decades and it is rumoured that this reference was specifically removed from the original script of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ after protestations from Quantico.

So kids next time you have this debate remember that Ted Bundy liked mushy peas...