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Original poster

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

364 replies

vinegarandbrownpaper · 14/03/2015 14:48

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?

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msgrinch · 14/03/2015 15:01

Is this actually happening?! wtf.

queeneileen · 14/03/2015 15:02

Chips, cheese, and gravy from my local chippy is outstanding. My mate puts mushy peas with it too "for health. it's a vegetable, innit?!"

Mind you, chips, cheese, and curry sauce is becoming quite the thing round these parts now, too.

SaucyJack · 14/03/2015 15:02

I am WC ghosty, but I also couldn't live any further South if I tried- which is possibly the real issue here when we get down to the nitty-gritty.

diddl · 14/03/2015 15:02

Fries (as in mcDonalds) & gravy not good.

Chips from a chippy, aren't as crispy so it's surely just potato & chips?

Chips or fries with mayo is the best1

RJnomore · 14/03/2015 15:02

Aren't chips in general a bit working class?
Wink

kbbeanie · 14/03/2015 15:02

I am one of those so called 'working class servers'
As a matter of fact i dont consider myself to be working class. I do the job because i enjoy it, it gets me into adult company and the hours work really well around childcare as well as earning a pretty decent wage for part time work. I have a good education and I may well go on in the future to use my education for a professional job or i may well enjoy my comfortable lifestyle and part time working hours and just continue on at it for the rest of my life !

I actually like to grin at some of those who look down on us 'working class servers' as they appear in from work looking miserable as hell and with the attitude that they are above the rest of society with their high flying jobs. Ive got a great work/life balance and no need to feel miserable in life !

Oh and YABU Gravy chips are a very popular choice now. Some even opting for beans, gravy and cheese together

squoosh · 14/03/2015 15:03

Oooh what's a parmo?

diddl · 14/03/2015 15:03

Potato & gravy, not potato & chips!Blush

CupidStuntSurvivor · 14/03/2015 15:03

I like your friend's logic queen

Where's the OP? I need a definitive list of working class meals so I can assess them like she's asked.

PS...is she new? Can't check on the app.

Original poster
vinegarandbrownpaper · 14/03/2015 15:03

I think its Swan and Golden Virginia for you dear.

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KatieKaye · 14/03/2015 15:04

Chips and gravy is delicious.
As is roast potatoes and gravy. Roasties being a bigger, chunkier chip. Roast dinners need gravy.
therefore, on pure logic alone YABVU. And illogical.

As for making silly assumptions about "class" based on whether you like two foods together, how very silly.

catgirl1976 · 14/03/2015 15:04

squoosh apparantly its a breaded chicken breast served with a creamy sauce and melted cheese on top.

Google image it - it looks sooooo good

ouryve · 14/03/2015 15:05

You need to start going to middle class chippies.

Expect your chips to be served in a wanky basket, though.

Chillyegg · 14/03/2015 15:05

Catgirl1976i live in the land of the parmo, id offer to post you one but it wouldn't travel well!
Also a delightful food and you can jazz it up with chilly and garlic sauce, chips and if your too posh like the op then you can have salad aswell.Wink

QueenFuri · 14/03/2015 15:05

Chips and gravy from the chippy is gorgeous as it chips and curry sauce or chips cheese and coleslaw. Mmm chips.

TheFairyCaravan · 14/03/2015 15:05

I used to work in a chippy, as a teen, down south. We never sold gravy, but sold copious amounts of curry sauce. Then I met DH, who is from the East Midlands, and he introduced me to chips and gravy. I can't believe I missed out for 20 odd years.

When I'm having a cba day, I shove a chicken in the oven and DH picks up chips and gravy on his way home. It's bloody lovely.

CupidStuntSurvivor · 14/03/2015 15:06

Making parmo yourself is fairly easy if you have a fryer. Which I don't Sad

FuckItBucket · 14/03/2015 15:06

Up my ends you can get chips, cheese and gravy together!

I thought it was a northern thing

queeneileen · 14/03/2015 15:06

I do have a friend at work who told us all we were chavvy as we extolled the virtues of a good fish finger butty.

I'm all Northern class.

MetallicBeige · 14/03/2015 15:06

Parmos are the king of after pub feasts.
They even serve them in naice restaurants all poshed up now. I could never eat one sober. A 'ladies'* parmo (1/2 size) out of a pizza box with creamed cabbage and chips is superb!

*Yes, they really are referred to as ladies parmos.

catgirl1976 · 14/03/2015 15:07

I'm so jealous Chilly :)

Can I come and visit? I will bring wine to dirnk with the Parmo (Blue Nun obvs just to keep within out class guidelines) Grin

AliceLidlLovesWindlePoons · 14/03/2015 15:07

TheHobbit - are you my DS? Cuckoo is his standard response to such bizarreness as this thread.

As a child I quite liked my chips in a bowl of tinned vegetable soup.

pointythings · 14/03/2015 15:07

Chips and gravy with chicken. Mmmmm...

If I'm just having chips they have to be crispy and come with mayo, unless I'm in Holland and then they have to come with satay (peanut) sauce.

Common as shit, me... Grin

finnbarrcar · 14/03/2015 15:07

Make it Lambrusco..don't get above yourself now.

squoosh · 14/03/2015 15:07

Oh yes, a parmo looks like it could be just the ticket when the sherry has got the better of you.