On 5/19/2021 3:32 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article <J9WoI.554394$nn2.352853@fx48.iad>, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 5/18/2021 4:21 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
Sootie does not like most human food but one thing she does like is
the fish from the fish and chip shop. I don't know if you have this
food in the USA but it's deep fried battered cod with chips (not what
we call crisps or fries but thicker and usually not crisp from the
chip shop). We also have battered tinned roe. She'll eat the fish and
roe taken out of the batter and mushed up and quite enjoys it. Due to
the pandemic and all the bother with going into shops we found out
that a local fish and chip shop would deliver. So we had our meal
delivered for a few weeks. Sootie was a bit hit and miss whether she
would eat much of it. However, when we found out that our favourite
shop had started deliveries we had them form there. the difference in
Sootie's enthusiasm was surprising. The first week she was upstairs in
bed when the delivery came, she must have smelled it because she came
running downstairs meowing in the hall while we dished up. I couldn't
get to the sitting room where she normally eats because of her round
my feet and had to put it down in the doorway for her. the last two
weeks she's been in the garden and has come inside at the time the
delivery comes and sat in the middle of the room obviously waiting.
When the door bell went and we had the food inside she was rubbing
around our legs then sat in the hall until she got hers. She knows too
much this cat. Does she know the man comes every Friday at about
6.10pm? It'll upset her this week as we're having a Saturday delivery.
:)
Judith
We do indeed have fish & chip shops (delicious!) although they aren't
nearly as common as they are in the UK. Are you familiar with an old
English character actor, Arthur Treacher? He usually portrayed a butler
or valet in old 1930's and 40's films. He opened a string of fish &
chips shops (Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips) in North America. Sadly,
only a few locations remain and none of them are near me. There are
still many other chain restaurants that primarily sell fish & chips,
though.
I recall as a child going to visit a Scottish relative of my maternal
grandmother in Ontario province in Canada just across the US border.
This would have been around 1971. We went to a fish & chips shop. They
served the fish and the not-crispy chips wrapped in newsprint paper. :)
The Saturday delivery will likely throw Sootie off. I'm convinced cats
can tell time and they also have a little calendar tucked away
someplace. LOL I'd love to hear if Sootie is sitting there waiting for
HER delivery on Friday!
Jill
That's very interesting about you having Fish and chips shops over there.
There have been a lot of immigrants from the UK (indeed, from all over)
dating back to the 17th century. My father's side of the family is also Scottish and father and son were transported to the "Virginia Colonies"
in 1679 after being caught at the Battle of Bothwell bridge...
fighting on the "wrong side" (according to King Charles II). My
ancestors chose to fight on the side of the Catholics. Got caught and
from there my paternal line begins in what is now the USA. :)
At any rate, traditions (and food) do have a way of crossing the ocean.
Only the location changes. ;)
They always used to be wrapped in newspapers then greaseproof paper until
the late 1960/70s. it is a tradition too to have fish and chips on a
friday as Catholics shouldn't eat meat on a friday and it caught on with everyone else and so the queues are at there worse on Fridays even now.
it's one of my favourite meals.
Sadly, I have a hard time finding it where I live now. This is very
much a Southern seafood area but what is caught locally is heavy on the
shrimp (prawns) and crab. The water isn't cold enough for cod. Those chain-type restaurants that sell fish & chips are not at all common.
Some local restaurants do sell fish & chips (using Pollock, not cod)
along with the aforementioned shrimp and crab cakes and all sorts of
other seafood on the menu. They have not been doing any sort of
delivery, not that I could afford to go out to eat.
I could make fish & chips at home, absolutely. I can buy cod, although
it's been "previously frozen" (according to the sign at the fish/seafood counter in the supermarket). Thing is, I don't deep fry anything at
home anymore. It's too messy, then there is the bother of storing the
oil, disposing of the oil. Shouldn't use the same oil for the fish and
the chips! Lots of bother. I prefer to let someone else deal with it.
For now, I'll do without.
The Sootie test has been scuppered. We're going to the dentist on Friday
(we both have three broken teeth which we haven't got fixed in the lock lockdown as they weren't hurting)
At least they weren't hurting. <whew> I'd have put that off, too unless
I was in extreme pain.
so we weren't sure if our mouths would
have feeling back enough to eat them. However, as the appointments (mine first then Bob's) start at 11.10am and he should be finished at about
12.30pm we should be ok by a delivery slot of 7-8pm an hour later than
normal so we'll see how she reacts to that. :)
Judith
Hopefully you'll not have numb mouths and not sore mouths so you can
enjoy the fish & chips! Throws Sootie's calculations off but just a
bit, though. ;)
Jill
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