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Chips and gravy.

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Pippyls67 · 03/04/2025 07:34

Had this for the first time ever yesterday. Well! My oh my! What a revelation! Beats ketchup and Eve mayo any day of the week. Try it and see if I’m being unreasonable 😋. Also - any more fabulous foody wonders out there I might be missing? What do you knock up when you just want a once in a blue moon self indulgent treat?

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mrsfeatherbottom · 03/04/2025 12:01

BigDahliaFan · 03/04/2025 11:07

I'd never heard of chips and gravy till I moved to the north from the midlands. And I'm not keen - the gravy makes the chips soggy - though I will countenance gravy with a pie and chips. Though I'd never buy a pie from a chip shop.

Get the gravy on the side and dip the chips in, so no sogginess!

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 03/04/2025 12:01

the idea of something that is meant to be crispy like a chip, covered in wet sauce makes my tummy turn.
Like the awful thing Canadians eat...

MaltipooMama · 03/04/2025 12:00

Chips and gravy is the BEST (from a West Midlander!) followed by…

Chips and curry sauce
Chips and mayo
Chips and ketchup

And now my pregnant self wants all of the above! 😭

HundredMilesAnHour · 03/04/2025 11:53

We go out for fish, chips and gravy on Boxing Day every year. I love it so much! (Northerner now living in London so my Northern family humour me every Christmas).

I had chips and gravy sitting overlooking the beach in Lytham this past weekend. (Southern friend who was with me refused gravy and looked horrified when I ordered it in the chippy).

For Northerners living ‘darn sarf’, and any Southerners who’ve seen the light, you can get chips and gravy (even fish, chips and gravy!) at Poppies in London. They have a branch in Spitalfields (that I go to - or Deliveroo from) and a branch in Camden. It’s an extortionate £3.99 for a little tub of gravy (unlike the 75p I paid in Lytham at the weekend) but it helps with the withdrawal until you can get back to a proper Northern chippy.

eleanorwish · 03/04/2025 11:42

Now I'm feeling nostalgic for my gran's steak and kidney pie, chips and gravy! I had that every Saturday growing up. Followed by her apple pie with Carnation evaporated milk.

BashfulClam · 03/04/2025 11:35

Chips and gravy is amazing our local Chinese used to do them and they were great. Peppercorn sauce with chips is also one of the best combos out there!

jellyfishperiwinkle · 03/04/2025 11:28

the gravy is some packet-based crap not made with meat juices.

That's the point. God I love Bisto gravy you can stand your spoon up in.

I also like and can make proper gravy when we have fresh meat but always have Bisto with sausages or chips.

I can't eat chip shop chips dry, they get stuck in my oesophagus and prefer them on the soggy side. Has tha nowt moist?

jellyfishperiwinkle · 03/04/2025 11:25

DH is a southerner and after 20 years of marriage I finally converted him re chips and gravy. He's an honorary northerner now.

IVFmumoftwo · 03/04/2025 11:12

BitOutOfPractice · 03/04/2025 07:41

I'm a northerner living in the south but regularly drove up the M1 to a client in Hull. I can confirm that the North starts at Leicester Forest East as that is the first service station going north where gravy is offered as standard with chips.

Food of the gods. I feel sorry for you OP that you've had such a deprived life up until now.

Don't forget the chip spice then.

ClemmyTine · 03/04/2025 11:10

Even better with a Hollands steak and kidney pudding....a

BigDahliaFan · 03/04/2025 11:07

I'd never heard of chips and gravy till I moved to the north from the midlands. And I'm not keen - the gravy makes the chips soggy - though I will countenance gravy with a pie and chips. Though I'd never buy a pie from a chip shop.

FeministUnderTheCatriarchy · 03/04/2025 11:05

Chips, a good rich gravy and a healthy handful of grated cheese on top made all melty.

Food of the gods, especially after a little drink 😍

BritishFoodFan · 03/04/2025 11:04

Filler44 · 03/04/2025 10:58

Another long term chips and gravy advocate here and I’m a Southerner.

But I will add Tartare sauce in beans to the mix, quite literally.

You've gone wrong.

Ifailed · 03/04/2025 11:02

Mash and gravy - yes
Boiled spuds and gravy - yes
Roasted spuds and gravy - yes. The thick crusts stops the gravy seeping in.
Chips and gravy - a soggy mess, and the gravy is some packet-based crap not made with meat juices.

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 03/04/2025 10:59

Bloody love chips and gravy, has to be thick gravy! Non of this watery nonsense.
Also, chips and curry sauce from the chip shop

Filler44 · 03/04/2025 10:58

Another long term chips and gravy advocate here and I’m a Southerner.

But I will add Tartare sauce in beans to the mix, quite literally.

x2boys · 03/04/2025 10:56

ginasevern · 03/04/2025 10:35

Chips and gravy I get but fish and gravy. Really?

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Yes i love fish and gravy when it soaks into the batter😋

Coffeeishot · 03/04/2025 10:54

baileys6904 · 03/04/2025 10:49

Chips, gravy, bit of ketchup and add a rag pudding. You'll not look back ;)

A whatnow?

baileys6904 · 03/04/2025 10:49

Chips, gravy, bit of ketchup and add a rag pudding. You'll not look back ;)

RaininSummer · 03/04/2025 10:49

Doesn't it make the chips go soggy though. Never fancied it for this reason.

Brefugee · 03/04/2025 10:49

have not RTFT. I am possibly the sole northerner who loathes chips & gravy. Chips and any type of hot sauce, in fact. Urgh.

CloudPop · 03/04/2025 10:48

Chips with Worcestershire sauce. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

ginasevern · 03/04/2025 10:45

The first time I encountered chips and gravy was on a holiday "up north" in the mid 80's. I'm from the West Country and at that time chip shops down here didn't sell gravy and nobody I knew would've dreamt of puting chips and gravy together. I'm pretty sure it was the first time I encountered mushy peas too. Anyway, we went into a chip shop in Lancaster (I think) and the server asked if I wanted gravy with my chips. I laughed because I thought he was joking. He really wasn't.

MaleficentQueen · 03/04/2025 10:44

Has to be Chip Shop Chips & Gravy.
It’s not as good with Oven Chips.

edwinbear · 03/04/2025 10:39

Poutine takes it to another level. Unfortunately I have never been able to find poutine as good as the stuff in Canadian ski resorts - and since we had DC, we can no longer afford to go to Canadian ski resorts.