the british classic - (sustainable) cod and chips

we have an american friend, jeff, staying over at our house at present and he wanted to do lots of english things before he moved onto scotland (he has been playing in europe, see). so we took him for a drive on the wrong side of the road, we took him for a warm beer in a pub seemingly made mostly out of dark, oak beams, he visited a good handful of london landmarks and finally, we decided he should have some good old fish and chips. luckily, we live near a really good fish bar, the cowley fish bar, which has not only held a seafish quality award for the past lots of years, but is also featured in the top 100 fish and chip shops in the country.for our £5.30 we get a massive cod, though they do sell haddock, plaice, rock and skate too. i figured cod was the way forward, especially after they let me know these boys are from sustainable stock. chips cooked to perfection were found hiding underneath, bathing in just the right amount of salt and vinegar. newspaper wrapping was unfortunately not in tow.

the fish itself was beautiful - light, fluffy, moist and tasty. the batter was even tastier and i can see why this fish bar has so many accolades! the chips worked wonders, especially with a good dollop of ketchup by their side, a formidable comestible army of flavour. this is my saltwater, white fish done, and now i do not have many other seafood options left!

must sign off here, dissertation due in next wednesday, i'm upto 10755 words but i still have more to write and plenty of editing! watch this space after next week for some, even if i do say so myself, awesome additions to the beast feaster - both edible and feature-ible.