Why are fish and chip portions so big?

[OutingHobby]

If the price of fish and chips is going up couldn't they just start to make the portions smaller? One large cod and chips is enough to feed 3 of us for dinner round here!

@marjayy

I can easily polish off large fish and chips with curry sauce. Then finish what DH leaves.

That's more like it! Can't be doing with the competitive underrating and penis portions on threads like this "Oh DH and strapping 6ft tall DS will have a large each whilst me and DD couldn't possibly manage more than half a fishcake to share"

The bloody chippy is wasted on them!

It varies. All the ones near us are absolutely gigantic. Yes if we travel just a few miles to the coast, all the portions are absolutely tiny and cost more. Guess they know people will pay more to sit and have chips on the beach.

Our local chippie’s portions are huge and we share, but our favourite seaside place has more sensible portion sizes.

@ParkheadParadise

When we go to the chippy everyone gets a Supper. I wouldn't think about buying a fish supper and sharing it with dh & dd 😂😂😂

A special fish supper???

Chips doubled in price near me sometime around the first year of covid (I don't know when exactly because I didn't go there), they've never come down.

@MrOllivander

This is a small chips from my local (battered sausage, scraps and Irish curry sauce) Costs about £3

Ooh now that looks gooood

I eat half for dinner and save half for lunch the next day . Heated in the oven though, not the microwave. Portions round here are huge though!

@Vanderpump
DH sometimes gets a special fish supper. I prefer a sausage supper 😂

I'm only here for the competitive under eating!!!

One portion between THREE?

I'm in Yorkshire where we do proper portions and it's a standard each for dh and I and pensioners portion each for my primary aged girls.

We have that maybe twice a month so you'd want to do it properly surely?!

I also love the term "penis portions", surely women are allowed to enjoy their food too?!

Me and DS both need gluten free fish and chips. There's only one shop locally that does them and large is the only option. We share because they're huge. No more cheap specials though 😫

'Surely it depends on the shop and the persons appetite
Is this a bit like the mumsnet chicken?'

🤣 I think it is! A standard fish and chips feeds a family of 7; one can only eat half a chip and a morsel of fish.

One portion of chips from our local is gigantic. You've never seen so many chips, it's ridiculous. I think they do it because they are gradually making the fish portions slightly smaller, and they think we won't notice if the plate has a chip Everest on it.

[quote ParkheadParadise]**@Vanderpump
DH sometimes gets a special fish supper. I prefer a sausage supper 😂[/quote]
Cannae beat it

One portion between THREE? thats what I'm saying though. I know it sounds like thats not enough but it really is the portions are massive.

There should be a standard "small" "medium" and "large" portion.

Mini fish and chips 99p
Regular fish and chips £4.75
Large £6.59

I don’t think they could produce it any cheaper, the portions are about right where I live, regular fish and chips is just enough.

I want chippy now!
I have fish, chips, peas and scraps and eat the lot.im not sharing! Oh And a can of dandelion.

In other news I made chicken curry for 4 of us tonight with only 2 breasts (the chickens not mine) go me!

@daisychainsandrainbows Yep I'll scoff the lot.

I also order a couple battered sausages for later in the evening

To be fair we have gousto most of the times so I'm restricted to sensible portion sizes. Hence making the most of a chippy tea.

In some areas “fish and chips” is called a “fish supper”. It confused us when we moved house. We thought it was like a meal with a drink etc. It wasn’t.

When I get a fish supper it lasts me for the whole week.

We feed the whole street with one large fish and chips and have leftovers.

@Christmas1988

Mini fish and chips 99p Regular fish and chips £4.75 Large £6.59

I don’t think they could produce it any cheaper, the portions are about right where I live, regular fish and chips is just enough.

Mini fish and chips sounds great for the little ones

@Savingpeoplehuntingthings

I want chippy now! I have fish, chips, peas and scraps and eat the lot.im not sharing! Oh And a can of dandelion.

In other news I made chicken curry for 4 of us tonight with only 2 breasts (the chickens not mine) go me!

There was a bloke on the news earlier in the week saying the price of peas has gone up too.

@OutingHobby

If the price of fish and chips is going up couldn't they just start to make the portions smaller? One large cod and chips is enough to feed 3 of us for dinner round here!

I’m in my fifties. My very Best friend remember vividly as a child her parents (who were abusive alcoholics in years ago come) buying two fish one chips for the four of them and always being hungry.

I get that you sometimes get too many chips but surely one fish isnt too much per person. I do order small chips for us, which is a child’s portion and ample but I am not sharing my fish with anyone.

I live in a coastal Yorkshire town. It has to be Haddock, cod are vile bottom-feeding beasts. Most friends wouldn’t eat cod either. We do share a large haddock between two. I don’t eat chips but half of that with mushy peas is perfect.