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Shrewsbury v W Ham & other ties.

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Jan 7, 2018.

  1. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    Haddock was always the fish I associated Hull with, and Cod GY. I worked in both Hull and GY in the fish business most of my life, so was sort of close to it so to speak. I lived in Cleethorpes for a few years, and go to watch Grimsby if City didn't have a game, and I always referred to them as that.
     
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    In the early to mid seventies it was always cod first - that's why Hull trawlers got involved in the Cod Wars with Iceland, and that's not the shop - I'm sure there was never a haddock war - the Cod used to be really thick and fresh not like the ****e today
     
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    In all of the Fish & Chips in Hull that I knew going back to the very early 50's you were always served Haddock, you had to ask for Cod. Very few people in Hull chose Cod due to them having worms. Hull was Haddock, Gt Grimsby was Cod.
     
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    Stayed at my sister’s in London last night, brother in law is a Leeds fan, nephew is an Arsenal fan (and it was his birthday), I tried not to laugh too much.
     
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    I can tell from the fish chat that you're all desperate to know the answer to my City/Arsenal question. It was 1989.
     
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    I'm with Yardley on this one. I worked on the fish dock on and off in the 60/70's and there was always much more cod than haddock and it was cheaper. Haddock wasn't exactly a luxury but cod was definitely the staple.

    I can't remember exactly when cod started becoming scarcer because of quota etc but that may have heralded an increase in the use of haddock.

    However there was nothing to stop individual chipshops selling whatever they wanted as their 'standard' fish.
     
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  7. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    The term Cod war was purely a word the media liked, trawlers in the company I work for, and I was on the fish market every morning there was a sale, caught various types of fish in Icelandic waters, Cod, Haddock, Plaice etc, and all were affected by this so call Cod war.
     
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  9. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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    Why can't they defend like this again us?<laugh>
     
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    Once and a while I get given cod and it's ok, most of the time it's arse.

    Haddock is the fish of champions.

    **** Arsenal.
     
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    A poem by Sir Cheshire Ben.
     
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    We owned a chip shop from 1962 - 1988. Haddock was more expensive to buy from the merchants. That made it more expensive to sell. Therefore most people wanted cod. In our shop Fish and chips meant cod and chips. Customers specifically asked for haddock. We sold a lot more patties than fish though. They were much cheaper and, seeing as I made them, they were high quality.

    I preferred haddock although nowadays I don't eat fish at all. The Queen Mother and a fish bone in her throat put me off completely.
     
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    Fish and chips from Cleethorpes is the best I've ever had. Although not been to Pappa's in Willerby.
     
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    Best round here nowadays are Whiteheads in Hornsea. There is a good one open on beach on North side in Brid in summer and some weekends depending on weather.

    Best take away fish and chips I have ever had were in the 1960s in Brid. Second best were in Headingley in Leeds late 1960s. I think that shop is still there. Best restaurant ones not long ago in a riverside pub in Devon.
     
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    The FA Cup is still brilliant.
     
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    Why no talk of curry sauce?

    Heathens arl ov yous.:steam:
     
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  17. Steven Toast

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    I've never had a curry that tastes like curry sauce. Or curry sauce that tastes like any curry I've ever had. So what is it supposed to be?
     
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    I've read that 4 times and all I can say is take all the solids out of a curry and you're left with curry sauce...I think.
     
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  19. The greengrocer

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    Fish fritters from the chippy near silver cod! Greasy with loads of S&V and I mean loads! Beautiful!!
     
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  20. Steven Toast

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    Which sort though? I couldn't eat a curry where the sauce was made out of chip shop curry sauce.
     
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