Catfish and chips
Discussion
This has been happening for a while for sure as the price of fish keeps going up and up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0337n0y1o
How prevelant do you think it is in your area? I guess the kind of place that does a “fish and chip dinner” for £6 type place is the more likely catch.
If they sold it openly on the menu at a cheaper price would you buy it instead of your usual?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0337n0y1o
How prevelant do you think it is in your area? I guess the kind of place that does a “fish and chip dinner” for £6 type place is the more likely catch.
If they sold it openly on the menu at a cheaper price would you buy it instead of your usual?
I think if something is advertised as Cod/ Haddock then that's what you expect. I would be confident in saying my local is supplying that.
I think if you go somewhere where the product is only advertised as "fish and chips" then there is a lot more question over what the fish is and I would almost expect it is a cheaper product. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the cheaper pub meals are doing this as well as cheap chip shops.
I think if you go somewhere where the product is only advertised as "fish and chips" then there is a lot more question over what the fish is and I would almost expect it is a cheaper product. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the cheaper pub meals are doing this as well as cheap chip shops.
Jamescrs said:
I think if something is advertised as Cod/ Haddock then that's what you expect. I would be confident in saying my local is supplying that.
I think if you go somewhere where the product is only advertised as "fish and chips" then there is a lot more question over what the fish is and I would almost expect it is a cheaper product. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the cheaper pub meals are doing this as well as cheap chip shops.
I think that's reasonable.I think if you go somewhere where the product is only advertised as "fish and chips" then there is a lot more question over what the fish is and I would almost expect it is a cheaper product. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the cheaper pub meals are doing this as well as cheap chip shops.
My local chippy does a "mini Cod" and a "large Cod" so I assume it's Cod.
If they did a "mini fish" and a "large fish" I'm not sure it would bother me too much but I would tend to assume it wasn't Cod or Haddock.
Ironically, over in Virginia, they're actively trying to get people to eat them.
Introduced decades ago for sport fishing, and now they're got a surfeit of the buggers.
But anyway, yeah, if something just says "fish" on the menu as opposed to a named fish, I assume that all you can be sure of is that it is indeed a fish or parts thereof.
Introduced decades ago for sport fishing, and now they're got a surfeit of the buggers.
But anyway, yeah, if something just says "fish" on the menu as opposed to a named fish, I assume that all you can be sure of is that it is indeed a fish or parts thereof.
craigjm said:
This has been happening for a while for sure as the price of fish keeps going up and up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0337n0y1o
How prevelant do you think it is in your area? I guess the kind of place that does a fish and chip dinner for £6 type place is the more likely catch.
If they sold it openly on the menu at a cheaper price would you buy it instead of your usual?
Meh, if it's just being sold as fish I'd have no right to be upset. But if it were just cat and chips I would actively seek out their hot food emporium. I really don't like cats.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0337n0y1o
How prevelant do you think it is in your area? I guess the kind of place that does a fish and chip dinner for £6 type place is the more likely catch.
If they sold it openly on the menu at a cheaper price would you buy it instead of your usual?
Furbo said:
Meh, if it's just being sold as fish I'd have no right to be upset. But if it were just cat and chips I would actively seek out their hot food emporium. I really don't like cats.
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/environm...Sheepshanks said:
Interesting that no-one can tell the difference without it being DNA tested.
I mean most people could by taste, but scientifically proving it so that trading standards have a case, is why they will DNA test it.Been going on for years in certain chip shops round my way.
Similar to the scandal where lots of Indian takeaways were using beef instead of lamb.
I'm all for it. Cod and Haddock are getting overfished to extinction, while perfectly palatable fish that could be eaten instead are ignored because the name isn't familiar.
Seems a shame that the general public is so unadventurous that chip shops feel forced to just put "fish" on the menu rather than stating what species it is. I guess it'll become normalised in a few years and no one will care. It's not all that long ago that Monkfish was thrown away because no one would eat it!
Seems a shame that the general public is so unadventurous that chip shops feel forced to just put "fish" on the menu rather than stating what species it is. I guess it'll become normalised in a few years and no one will care. It's not all that long ago that Monkfish was thrown away because no one would eat it!
InitialDave said:
Ironically, over in Virginia, they're actively trying to get people to eat them.
Introduced decades ago for sport fishing, and now they're got a surfeit of the buggers.
But anyway, yeah, if something just says "fish" on the menu as opposed to a named fish, I assume that all you can be sure of is that it is indeed a fish or parts thereof.
Who's actively not trying to get people to eat them here?Introduced decades ago for sport fishing, and now they're got a surfeit of the buggers.
But anyway, yeah, if something just says "fish" on the menu as opposed to a named fish, I assume that all you can be sure of is that it is indeed a fish or parts thereof.
theplayingmantis said:
Who's actively not trying to get people to eat them here?
It's not that anyone's trying to stop people eating them, but they're being added to menus through general pressure on availability/pricing of the fish people are more familiar with.Whereas in Virginia, the state is actively promoting their consumption.
I just found it an amusing comparison with the way it's being framed as some kind of underhanded thing in that news report.
They should just list them no one would care apart from a few Karens
But I guess the issue is it's the boss man type places that just sell fish and chips (and certain ones in the north and Scotland and the rougher ones down south). If they listed it as tilapia those who go there wouldn't order it for there 6 quid f&c supper. It would put them off and those places probably would t bother to offer 2 different options of fish for those who don't want tilapia. so would just lose their F&c business .
Those that already list the species and have options it no issue. Many would probably try it. Imo it's more common in the north and Scotland to see just 'fish' listed, excluding bossman places.
Where it's actively being passed off as another species is a completely different issue and trading standards
But I guess the issue is it's the boss man type places that just sell fish and chips (and certain ones in the north and Scotland and the rougher ones down south). If they listed it as tilapia those who go there wouldn't order it for there 6 quid f&c supper. It would put them off and those places probably would t bother to offer 2 different options of fish for those who don't want tilapia. so would just lose their F&c business .
Those that already list the species and have options it no issue. Many would probably try it. Imo it's more common in the north and Scotland to see just 'fish' listed, excluding bossman places.
Where it's actively being passed off as another species is a completely different issue and trading standards
Nico Adie said:
Tilapia has already been used for fish n chips for years, I'm all for different species being offered as long as they aren't sold as something that they're not.
Agree 100%. If the place I go locally had catfish, tilapia or others on the menu im sure at the right price people will buy it. When i used to live in south africa Kingklip was a favourite of mine and in a lot of indian places you get stuff like kingfish. Its the deception thats not right. Ive always preferred haddock to cod.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff