WIBU to ask for more chips?

[KatyaZamolodchikova]

We were supposed to be having salad tonight for tea but I —accidentally— ate most of the baby plum tomatoes this morning, so my penance was to pick up a chippy tea on the way home. It wasn’t busy, only one person in being detected when I got there. I ordered a fish butty for DP and a chip butty for me (no kids). I paid £6 all together (live in Yorkshire) and this is all I got!!

The chippy is local, and usually much more generous than this.

Was I being unreasonable to drive back to the chippy, via the bloody temporary traffic lights to ask where the rest of my chips were?

I've never had a chip butty cos I'm not weird or a northerner. But it looks like a fairly decent amount to put in a sandwich, to me. Not as much as a full portion of chips, but why would it be?

About 98% percent of this thread have eaten one, but sure, you're not the weirdo...

Surely the sauce was tartar sauce not parsley?

Anyone familiar with the fritter roll? They are fucking amazing with broon sauce. Not sure if we only have them in Scotland.

I absolutely hate the word "portion" and you keep writing it!

What's wrong with the word portion?

About 98% percent of this thread have eaten one, but sure, you're not the weirdo

I'm sure it's more like 93%

That is appalling

I'd expect at least double that amount in a standard chip roll, for maybe £2.

Butter looks a bit stingy too.

I do, however, live in Glasgow - Land of Heart Disease....

I go to Halifax quite a lot and have always been impressed with the quality of chippy teas there, definitely go to that side of the border next time!

luckycat007
Absolutely joyful thing, a fritter roll. That and the white pudding.

It's not a fritter roll. It's a roll and fritter. Could also be a fritter supper

@TinoTheArtisticMouse I will try The Singing Fryer on your recommendation. It’s not really on the way home, but I’ll make a detour. I’ll try convince DP we need a chippy tea next week too

I’ll also try a Halifax chippy soon.

I have never been called a legend before, but I am very pleased with being a chip & bread legend!

In salad news, I bought more tomatoes today and have only eaten some of them this time, so looking good for salad tomorrow!

It's definitely a fritter roll.

You deserve the accolade Katya 'chippy tea' legend

I haven't RTFT but it is never unreasonable to ask for more chips

A bit stingy. I’d have taken it back as well. Not enough to feed a sparrow!!!

Roll? bread cake? round here we call them baps!!!

What's a fritter roll? No idea why but I'm liking the sound of it.

I made a bacon butty for my Irish farmer pal a couple of weeks ago when he popped round to do a small job on our farm gate. He’d never heard of a bacon butty!!!

Irish farmers would be pretty weaned on bacon, so the only confusing bit might be the word "butty" as that is not a word many Irish would have heard of.

Spent the first 30 years of my life in Yorkshire - have been down south for 22 years and when I see posts like this it makes me realise how I miss being up North and the friendly folk up there.

Frangipani, you Wigan by chance? Thought it was a pie barm?

Katya I’m West Yorkshire also (near Wakey) and round our way, any chipping serving that up would close in no time. That said, there generally is a shortage of chips in a butty compared to a normal portion IMO so if fling down this route, I’d get a bag of chips and a tea cake - that’s right folks, another name for a bread cake/roll or whatever you wanna call it!!

dairy take it you’re a bit posh then or a southerner? Tea is most definite an evening meal. Dinner is served around midday and supper is what you have just before bed. Chippy tea is what it is, it’s your evening meal bought from the chippy

I'd sell my soul for one of these just now. No wonder I'm a fat bastard.

Those chips look very pale to me! We like a sausage roll in a buttered bap here in Belfast. Maximum combo of fat and carbs!

Just to let you all know, on the basis of this thread I sent my OH to the chip shop to procure me a chip roll.
However they told him they were all out of rolls. He told them it's for his pregnant wife and asked if they have anything else e.g. normal bread and the chip shop man was so apologetic he ran upstairs to his flat above the chip shop to get one of his own rolls.
They've gained a customer for life!

I just can’t get over the people saying that is reasonable! She paid £3 per chip butty! It’s about 50p max for the bun so you obviously get a full portion of chips, eat the majority then close the remainder into your ‘butty’!!!

If you wanted lots of chips you should have asked for a portion of chips and not a chip butty? Or am I missing something! Next time ask for a portion of chips and a roll to make your own butty. I really want chips now!

I just can’t get over the people saying that is reasonable! She paid £3 per chip butty

No she didn't.

I think there is a difference between a chip butty (fewer chips) and a portion of chips with a buttered roll on the side, which is probably what you wanted. Which would have been cheaper? Or same price?