egg n chips

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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8223453.stm

For a lower-middle class boy from Liverpool, a plate of egg and chips at five o'clock was not the done thing, recalls Laurie Taylor

[aubrey]

Food of the Gods. (Except for the sweet tea.)

thought it completely natural to eat five o'clock in the afternoon. But even more, as members of the working class they took it for granted that everyone else ate at that time and would happily regard egg and chips and tea as the perfect meal for the occasion.

It is natural to eat at 5 in the afternoon. And egg and chips is a real "Tea" dish. Something with gravy would be dinner, something with chips is tea (you don't have gravy with chips, by the way).

I liked this comment:

I couldn't help but notice that the fried egg in the picture had been given a middle-class makeover. Rather than chips and brown sauce it is served on wholemeal bread, accompanied by mushrooms and sprinkled with black pepper. La-de-da.

Spot on. So middle class they couldn't even get a proper illustration.

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the illustration was a bad 'un i agree.
i dont mind chips with gravy now, to be qwuite honest. has to very thick gravy mind.

[stephan]

Laurie Taylor got famous for being on Radio 4 being a twat didn`t he? or was a socioligist?

What a load of pretentious bull shit.

Never mind egg an chips the chip van came soon after five very Friday

And a PS-Where I now live is just a wee bit above where I grew up and they still wait for the chip van-but in Beamers and 4*4s-"spot the incomer`?

[Patrick]

I think I came across that when there was a programme about it too. Taking analysis a little too far really.

Bacon, Egg and Fried Bread is indeed the most divine meal going. It tastes at it's best after a long holiday abroad when you may have been eating delicious local meals in far flung places. Or perhaps you've had guests to stay for the week and had nothing but sumptuous dishes all week in an attempt to show you can cook. The night they go home there is nothing better than a plate of Egg and chips.

[stephan]

Egg and chips? Heaven. A few years ago my youngest nephew got married, he had done well and even better had married a lovely lady from very rich parents.

But buckets loads of champagne and `nibbles` can lead to hunger.

The main course was so `Yuppy`

Two sausages(veg or meat) an a bit of mash as a decoration.

He is older and wiser now

[aubrey]

Surely the point of sausage and mash is the mash?

[Weyland]

Sept 25, 2010 16:41:02 GMT @costal said:

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8223453.stm

For a lower-middle class boy from Liverpool, a plate of egg and chips at five o'clock was not the done thing, recalls Laurie Taylor

Proof, if proof were needed, that I am working class and always will be. The only major difference is the mild beer, which is not drunk in the NE. And there was no mention of bread and dip. Still a favourite sandwich in Newcastle -- a saveloy-dip stotty with pease puddin'. Food of the Gods.

[riotgrrl]

I don't eat fried eggs. Or boiled or poached.

I'll just about manage a bit of scrambled with half a pound of cheese grated over it.

I have issues about eggs.

So, the idea of egg n chips makes me feel sick.

[stephan]

When I was growing up `dinner` was at `lunch time` served by `dinner ladies` unless one took one`s own and then it was a packed lunch.

Teatime was around 5-6 but the posh types took `high tea` around 3.30.

Class is often a matter of perception,my MIL and to some extent my wife`s Aunt considered me a `bit below`as I didn`t know about `nice things` and the git who spawned me was once a grocer-oh `trade`

A joke really as MIL married a bloke who got rich dealing in jute and was not 100% honest and the Aunt married a divorced bloke who owned a shoe factory

[Alpha Hooligan]

Egg & Chips

Sausage & Mash

Just two reasons why Britain is great.


AH

[Alpha Hooligan]

Sept 25, 2010 19:27:07 GMT aubrey said:

Surely the point of sausage and mash is the mash?

Indeed.


AH

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and the sausage. and the fried onions. and the onion gravy. hungry now....

[everso]

Sept 26, 2010 11:12:33 GMT @riotgrrl said:

I don't eat fried eggs. Or boiled or poached.

I'll just about manage a bit of scrambled with half a pound of cheese grated over it.

I have issues about eggs.

So, the idea of egg n chips makes me feel sick.

My daughter, who also doesn't eat eggs, calls them chicken's periods. Not nice, I know, but sort of true, I guess. Maybe you're the same?

[riotgrrl]

Oct 9, 2010 22:49:00 GMT everso said:

Sept 26, 2010 11:12:33 GMT @riotgrrl said:

I don't eat fried eggs. Or boiled or poached.

I'll just about manage a bit of scrambled with half a pound of cheese grated over it.

I have issues about eggs.

So, the idea of egg n chips makes me feel sick.

My daughter, who also doesn't eat eggs, calls them chicken's periods. Not nice, I know, but sort of true, I guess. Maybe you're the same?

That's one of the reasons. Definitely. Fo schizzle.

Plus the taste and texture.

[Patrick]

Best beloved will eat the white - but won't eat the yoke (of a fried egg) unless it's covered in tomato sauce. Scrambled egg - yes occasionally. Omelettes are fine, but a boiled egg (unless it's hard boiled, chopped in a salad or egg mayonnaise) is a no no too for her.

[housesparrow]

I love Laurie Taylor. Love egg and chips as well ...but only as a treat, and most definitely without gravy.

But then I dislike any gravy that isn't made with red wine.

[Weyland]

Oct 10, 2010 7:38:58 GMT housesparrow said:

I love Laurie Taylor.

Met him once at York University, long ago before he was very famous. (I was there for an OU Summer School.)

Liked him then. Boring old clart now. Up his own farce.

And another thing -- his diction is dreadful, and I'm not talking about accent.

Apart from that, wonderful fellow.