Are our chips too dear in Northern Ireland?

Indigo's_Mum

The best chippy in Larne is Alpha on Agnew Street......£2 for a bag of chips.

dmxdave

Pretani wrote: »

dmxdave what's the North English price in chips?

in chips?

of chips? That is what I was trying to find out

SnowyOwl_2

Pretani wrote: »

I doubt it. Only the english and west Orish mention pokes. at home we call them sliders

Us east Irish (not Oirish, that's spelt wrong) in Newry use the term poke when referring to an icecream on a cone.

Regards the price of spuds, I would be very surprised if chip shops ever saw a raw spud....as far as I can figure out they buy in ready sliced chips ready to be thrown in the fryer. Who knows where the actual potatoes were grown. I am sure the chippies shop around for the best price - money is the language of business of course - and then quality and taste are an after thought.

I do know that Tayto buys in local potatoes, so at least you are truly eating locally when you buy their crisps. Oh how I yearned for Tayto cheese and onion in all my years in exile away from this land!

Bigcammy

Living close to Captain Cod, mentioned earlier, I can assure you they get their potatoes delivered in large sacks and peel and chip them themselves. The lorry blocks the street sometimes when they are being delivered!

purt

The Sphinx in Stranmillis also buys in its own spuds

steveymp

£1.75 for a large chip here in the North west;) small chip is £1.30 or so;)

A large chip fills 3 plates for me and the wains:T thats good value:T

Spend a lot of my summer in Poole in the south of England, last year went in for 2 sausage and chips another portion of chips and a fish and chips to takeaway, handed them a twenty and they asked for the rest:eek:

Best Chippy up here is Bridies in Drumahoe:T

NAR

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

Hrm down here in Kent the prices range from £1-£1.50 I think for the small.

My wife lived in Folkestone before coming here. The chips were cheaper but were disgusting. Obviously no idea how to properly prepare the chips before frying them. I don't mind paying extra for our quality chips.

andrewmp

Pretani wrote: »

what's the price on fish?

Checked tonight at local chippy, special board said £4 for large fish and chips. Other chippy was £5 for large fish and chips.

andrewmp

SnowyOwl wrote: »

Us east Irish (not Oirish, that's spelt wrong) in Newry use the term poke when referring to an icecream on a cone.

Regards the price of spuds, I would be very surprised if chip shops ever saw a raw spud....as far as I can figure out they buy in ready sliced chips ready to be thrown in the fryer. Who knows where the actual potatoes were grown. I am sure the chippies shop around for the best price - money is the language of business of course - and then quality and taste are an after thought.

I do know that Tayto buys in local potatoes, so at least you are truly eating locally when you buy their crisps. Oh how I yearned for Tayto cheese and onion in all my years in exile away from this land!

I would say most chips shops cut their own chips, they certainly aren't bought in frozen chips. Pizza shops and burger vans tend to sell the frozen ones.

SnowyOwl_2

andrewmp wrote: »

I would say most chips shops cut their own chips, they certainly aren't bought in frozen chips. Pizza shops and burger vans tend to sell the frozen ones.

I stand corrected then.