Doesn’t happen anywhere else in the UK as far as I have seen although someone will prove me wrong.

So what’s it all about.? Are the assistants that useless?

do it yersen you get the reet amount on em…………….. 😉

This has happened to me in the North East and also Manchester, so Leeds isn’t as strange as you may think.

They do it in several places in Cardiff. It’s so that you can put on as much as you require without needing a lengthy conversation 🙂

What ton said. Not a hard concept to grasp. Or is it?

War in Afghanistan, unrest in North Africa, USA/Russia/Chinese arms race, global financial meltdown and now this!

Stop the planet I want to get off.

i like vinegar firs then salt. I also like vinegar on my fish, but not salt. Thats why i moved to Leeds, to allow my specialist tastes to be supported!

Harry the spider.

Let’s get real here, chips and more importantly the customs of the Chippy are waaaay more important.

are you that useless that you need an assistant to salt and vinegar your chips?

i like to salt, then vinegar then salt again. but none on the fish.
officially leeds is the gastronomic capital of the world. but only in the sense of the world as yorkshire people see it.

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It isn’t vinegar (usually) it is a ‘non-brewed condiment’. Basically it is water, acetic acid, flavourings and caramel colour.
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Er, depends on what you’ve asked for doesn’t it?

Wrapped (to take home – which, by the way, makes your car really stink for weeks) – here the S&V should be put on by the spotty, greasy haired oik serving you.

Open (to scoff in the street, so looking like you’re either unemployed, from Stevenage, or both) – here the S&V should be applied by yourself.

It is always salt first, vinegar second whichever of the above scenario is being played out.

Vinegar must also be put onto mushy peas.

End of discussion.

I always put salt and non-brewed condiment on myself – allowing time for it all to soak in nicely then, on getting home, usually apply additional vinegar.

And yes – vinegar is a must on mushy peas but I have never asked a shop to put non-brewed condiment on a pot before wrapping them up. I must try that soon.

Surely all good chip shops will let you put your own salt and vinegar on?

There’s a one around the corner from me that has a non-brewed condiment spray. It fascinates me every time I get to use it.

It’s dead posh.

Mmmmm. I do like a chip barm (muffin/breadcake/stottie/) where the non-brewed condiment has soaked into the bread. It’s filthy but gorgeous.

There’s a one around the corner from me that has a non-brewed condiment spray

You could use that for a DIY spray tan

Surely all good chip shops will let you put your own salt and vinegar on?

And the ones in Leeds as well, apparently.

What! They want you to put salt & vinegar yourself? How dare they! We must start a revolution by overthrowing the govt propaganda chip shop.

The only time i went to a fish and chips shop they asked if I wanted it open

I had no idea what that meant but thought it might mean ‘without batter’ so said no. They then proceeded to wrap it up in newspaper so I couldn’y open it to eat the stuff.

Never happens in restaurants

I hate it when the person behind the counter says, ‘salt & vinegar?’, then proceeds to do it for me! How the hell do they know how much or how little I want on.
I’ll do my own thanks.

There’s a nice cafe in the centre of Bradford; they asked if I wanted salt and vinegar, and done it for me.

Maybe it’s just a Leeds thing. It is quite uncivilised compared to Bradford tbh. 🙁

Leeds has the best fish n dirks in the country. Try Coes in cross gates for a real treat. Skyliner in Colton is nice too (just off M1 near thorpe park hotel).

Always do my own salt n vinegar, scraps on first mind!

Always prefer to do my own. Plenty of times I’ve been asked ‘salt and vinegar?’, I’ve said yes please, not too much salt, and ended up with it looking like a bloody snowdrift all over my chips, making them almost inedible. I assume that, if the OP sneezes, he requires the person saying ‘bless you’ to then blow his nose for him.

I’m defo with the ‘put it on yersel’ camp.

Especially if ‘Pickled Onion’ Vinegar is on offer, not seen that for a year or two mind….. really sharp and tangy…. oooh lovely.

I wouldn’t dream of letting a chip shop monkey put my salt & vinegar on.

If I have them wrapped, then I don’t even put any on myself – it has to be done at home.

I’ve bought chips in Bristol and had them wrapped up by the staff, then had to walk over to the table by the door where the salt & vinegar is kept to unwrap them and add the S&V myself.
The whole world’s gone mad. Or at least Bristol and Leeds have.

wherever in the country, i’ve never had the pleasure of doing it myself – is there a special handshake i need to learn? instead, my polite request for “a heart-attack’s worth of salt please” invariably ends up with it mainly on the non-chip part of the guilt-snack. you’d think it’d be obvious where the salt’s needed (though maybe i’ve learned the whole concept of chips wrongly).

incidentally, my chemistry teacher at school was guaranteed a massive cob-on if anyone pronounced vinegar ‘vinnygar’ – “you don’t pronounce vine as viney do you? it’s vine-gar you stupid boy!” (i presume the CRB checks are slowly weeding such characterful teachers out of the education system – the kids’ll never know what they’re missing)

Grew up 50 yards from the skyliner used to ask for a bag of scraps as i couldn’t afford chips except on Fridays after the a team when i’d get a bag of chips and put on my own salt and vinegar.

Bizarre that your chemistry teacher could attain such a position without grasping the basic concept that the English language is far more complex than it need be, yet is complex nontheless.

Oh, and just for the record……

Scone is pronounced like stone, not scon!

Scone is pronounced like stone, not scon!

No it’s not! 👿

Chippys in the midlands are too tight to let you do it yourself

Oh and Scone is pronounced like stone round here in the NW Alps ghetto

And I suppose those are bones in your skeleton? 😉

in fairness, that was a condensed version of the 5 minute, latin referencing original. I agree with you, mind. (aside from scone – it’s got two enns and no ees in my vocab)I’d say it was more bizarre that he retained his position for decades amidst all the pederastic undertones knocking around.. (plus the occasional (rumoured) “boot down the stairs” approach to discipline)

to totally hijack the thread, i’ve seen a couple of adverts for the new series on (possibly) sky atlantic – Treme. it’s been pronounced differently both times, which one’s the winner; Treem or TrayMay?

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And I suppose those are bones in your skeleton?

they certainly aye Boneys in my skellington

woe betide the chip shop assistant who dares to put mi salt and vinegar on.
It’s a scon round ‘ere and WTF is a chip barm????………………………………………………………………….. shirley ya mean a chip butty.

When I started work I had to do the chip run on a friday and my boss when asked about salt and vinegar used to say ” drown it” which I did of course rather enthusiastically. Another friend of mine had the same task where he worked put for a lot of guys so he used one of those old lady shopping trollys on wheels and one friday he was running late, anyone knows that late f&c is just unacceptable and can be punished with a broom handle through your overalls for the rest of the day or worse. Anyway as he was running back to work with the trolly loaded he got chased and stopped by the police they thought he had just mugged some old lady.

Leeds has the best fish n dirks in the country

Apart from 3 much better ones in Whitby.

Nowt wrong with Leeds
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for my own tastes:

lots of salt, followed by lots of vinegar to wash the salt down into the bag, followed by more salt on top.

i prefer it when i’m allowed to do my own seasoning.

Never been impressed with Whitby fish n dirks. The place over the bridge on the abbey side is meant to be nice.
You can’t compare the Magpie as thats a fortune. The other chippies near the magpie I don’t get excited about.