To think that gravy on chips is illogical.. and working class...

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My heart sinks when I have a meal with fries and (it IS always) a working class server decides without asking that any liquid on the plate is there solely to turn something that is clearly cooked for crispyness into mush. Its the same with beans or anything.

Its double illogical (which I think is a class thing) because NOT doing that means you can have soggy and shit or crispy and lovely, whereas once a fry even remotely touches mush, its fucked.

I know about Iceland, but are all working class meals flavourless gullet swilling mush? Is that where it comes from?

RitaO the very subtle difference between scones and American biscuits:
www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/dining/biscuits-and-scones-share-tender-secrets.html?_r=0

My favourite biscuits gravy is sausage gravy.

I cant see the difference between an English plain scone and an American biscuit- its the same recipe but it looks like the American scone has been fiddled about with too much and too many things added from that article.
I do plain ( sour cream or buttermilk) cheese ( tangy cheddar and red Leicester ) fruit ( sultanas only).

I like the look of that sausage gravy- I might give it a go !

Oh dear

the idea of eating a scone-like things in a thick white sauce is disgusting. Same for putting sausages in the thick white sauce. YUK.

Awwwww, I flipping well want chips and gravy now .. tut ..

I find chips a bit dry without gravy, even with ketchup and stuff.

Grunt it does sound disgusting (like chips and gravy to some) but truly it's sublime :)

the idea of eating a scone-like things in a thick white sauce is disgusting. Same for putting sausages in the thick white sauce. YUK.

I'm sure many people find the idea of eating food which is perfectly normal in another culture disgusting - doesn't mean that the reality can't be delicious!

Chips and gravey are lush. And i'm posh, so there.

Chips and curry sauce, heaven! The curry sauce is more like a Chinese curry sauce, sauce.

I don't think the thread went quite the way that Op hoped it would: ie lots of people joyfully discussing chips.

I honestly had no idea there were areas of the UK where chips and gravy, or chips n cheese, or chips, gravy and cheese wasn't a much loved junk-food staple.

What did you chow down on at 3am when you were kicked out of the clubs if not cheesy chips?

I've never been to Canada, although I have relatives there, but based on today's discovery that they have given cheesy chips n gravy it's own special name they must surely be one of the greatest nations on earth.

"I've never been to Canada, although I have relatives there, but based on today's discovery that they have given cheesy chips n gravy it's own special name they must surely be one of the greatest nations on earth."

Agreed!

I'm going to have to have poutine for tea now

Thanks op now i want gravy and chips. Never had them together before but that sounds great. Love chips and, love gravy why not put them together and why has it taken me over 30 years....(wonders off to locate the gravy and chips)