Beef dripping

[JMN2]

Beef dripping and coal fired range maketh the best fish and chips...chips with gravy for dessert...

[redsturgeon]

Beef dripping and coal fired range maketh the best fish and chips...chips with gravy for dessert...

I have had fish and chips in beef dripping many times when I used to live in Yorkshire and I would agree with you that it makes great fish and chips. I have never to my knowledge had fish and chips from a coal fired range though. I have to admit to being a little sceptical on how it could make a difference though. Surely the heat source is merely heating the fat to a specified temperature and whether that is by gas, electricity or coal should not really matter...unlike say a wood fired pizza oven when you will be able to taste a difference.

John

[JMN2]

Beef dripping and coal fired range maketh the best fish and chips...chips with gravy for dessert...

I have had fish and chips in beef dripping many times when I used to live in Yorkshire and I would agree with you that it makes great fish and chips. I have never to my knowledge had fish and chips from a coal fired range though. I have to admit to being a little sceptical on how it could make a difference though. Surely the heat source is merely heating the fat to a specified temperature and whether that is by gas, electricity or coal should not really matter...unlike say a wood fired pizza oven when you will be able to taste a difference.

John

It's nostalgia and all in the mind and thus it matters. It's like non-selvedge post 1982-83 Levi's 501's and the 1970's selvedge ones...

[redsturgeon]

It's like non-selvedge post 1982-83 Levi's 501's and the 1970's selvedge ones...

Now you're talking!

John

[JMN2]

It's like non-selvedge post 1982-83 Levi's 501's and the 1970's selvedge ones...

Now you're talking!

John

John! You probably wore the 1947 or 1955 originals when they came out and didn't have to resort to the modern facsimilies by Levi's. I do clearly remember when denim was different, the smell in the denim shop, how cardboardy they felt, they would shrink in the wash and lose colour...mothers had to be very vigilant and patient - the guilt I felt I bought my parents a small bungalow when the business ran into troubles. Me whining and complaining about how the flares were not perfect.

[redsturgeon]

It's like non-selvedge post 1982-83 Levi's 501's and the 1970's selvedge ones...

Now you're talking!

John

John! You probably wore the 1947 or 1955 originals when they came out and didn't have to resort to the modern facsimilies by Levi's. I do clearly remember when denim was different, the smell in the denim shop, how cardboardy they felt, they would shrink in the wash and lose colour...mothers had to be very vigilant and patient - the guilt I felt I bought my parents a small bungalow when the business ran into troubles. Me whining and complaining about how the flares were not perfect.

I remember wearing my first pair in the bath* to get the fit better since they shrunk about 10% on the first wash, then my mother hanging them on the line and laughing as they were stiff as cardboard when dry.

But we are way off topic now and I take half the blame!

John

*It didn't take many days for the blue dye to fade from my legs