what a feast the ultimate fish and chips
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you're going to want to watch this one
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people well that is incredible
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for me they had a perfect chip i mean
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the fish is crunchy on the outside
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flaky on the inside just do a double
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triple check on the chips yeah
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fish and chips my national dish listen i
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couldn't do it justice before but now
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i'm gonna smash it out the park because
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we're gonna pay a lot of attention
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to the finer details of getting this
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right first up the perfect
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chip you make your chips we're mary's
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you got me don't choose another maris
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peel them i don't stress about getting
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all the peel off you could actually make
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these chips with leaving the peel on
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next up get them sliced up and dropped
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into some cold water
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now i don't worry about getting
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perfectly same sized chips
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but on the whole they're the same so
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there is a little bit of trim
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now put the bowl under a running tap and
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let it run for three or four minutes
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just to get rid of all the starch get
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the water nice and clear again
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now get the chips into salted boiling
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okay so you want your chips on a gentle
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tickle yeah you don't want them boiling
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you just want them on a little tickle
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because we're going to boil them until
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they're almost falling apart and they're
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i'm going to pull them out these look
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pretty gnarly right and they're actually
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straight out the hot water but they're
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perfect because those
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gnarly bits when they go into the high
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oil will become so crunchy and so crispy
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they will be the perfect chip so
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on to your tray let them cool down and
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then we're going to whack them in the
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so i did these yesterday and now they
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are absolutely perfect
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you want to have some time you want them
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to sit in that fridge for as long as
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possible so they become really quite
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like that was a delicate chip when it
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went in yesterday but now it's holding
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we're gonna fry these in beef dripping
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okay so uh the lovely people at
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farm sent me some beautiful
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beef dripping which is what we're gonna
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and your fish in so let's get it into
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our fryer and then we can start frying
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okay so i'm going to fry a couple off
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just to do a test fry
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to check that i've got the oil right
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okay now just come and have a look at
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what they've got is they're nice and
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fluffy and soft on the inside
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but they're really crunchy on the
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oh mate oh can't stop eating them
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okay they are perfect let's get the rest
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and then we can crack on with a fish
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so those chips have now been in the beef
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dripping for about six minutes they got
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nice and golden at 150.
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i'm going to let them sit there and calm
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down i'm going to turn the oil up
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to 180 and then i'm going to drop them
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in for a second fry
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right now fish and chips it's a white
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coley cod pollock halibut whatever you
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really like i'm using classic cod
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one of the key things that you need to
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lightly salt it and you do that for two
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to season the fish but you do it an hour
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before to bring out some of that
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to firm the fish up so let's set that
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and crack on with the batter we're going
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for the fish now getting the batter
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right makes or breaks this dish
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i'm going to use an ipa from one of my
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and that flavour is going to really help
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the batter we're also making a beer
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batter we're not making a tempura batter
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it's quite a heavy batter
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so let's get this right by starting off
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one third of rice flour to two-thirds
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and we sift it to get air into the
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yeah that's beer it's beer okay so now
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we're going to gradually add
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okay now this is a piston tip but we
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want some vodka in there it's got a high
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alcohol level so when it hits the hot
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oil it evaporates immediately
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and makes the batter super crunchy so
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25 mils of vodka into the batter
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okay so it's really
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all right um you want to have double
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cream consistency where it's ribboning
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that's perfect now let's get the fish
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okay so the fish now has firmed up
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really nice you can feel that it's more
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so what i'm going to do now is i'm just
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take the skin off this card with
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a filleting knife so there we go
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no meat left on the skin now brim this
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then just with your finger run it
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through the fish and you'll notice that
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there's some little pin bones tiny
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little bones in there
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just grab them tweezers works best but i
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and just pull them out and just
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getting those out of the cod
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so i'm now going to portion this into
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two i want nice big fillets
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so i'm just going to cut them on the
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season some plain flour with a little
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just mix that in and then i'm going to
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the cod dip it in the flour so that it
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the batter to take to it
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right moment of truth so get your cod
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dip it into our batter let it drain any
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and then when it starts dripping hold it
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to your beef dripping just let it start
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and then let it in and bombs away and
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we've got that at 150.
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two quintessential accompaniments were
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tartar sauce and mushy peas now tartar
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follow this so i've got three anchovy
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phillips that are finely diced up
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i've got four nice sized gherkins
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and the same amount of capers and
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they've all been put into the bowl
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now i'm gonna add a good chunk of diced
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banana shallots a load of
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flat leaf parsley that's been finely
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chopped add those in and then i've got
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these um boiled eggs that are just gooey
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dice those through and get that in it's
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a bit messy but that's absolutely fine
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i'm just going to put about four good
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in there zest a lemon you just want
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half of that lemon in there and then i'm
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just going to slice it up
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and squeeze a little bit of that in then
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pepper and then we're just going to
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bring all those ingredients together
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and there you've got super chunky super
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tartar sauce now let's crack on with the
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next up mushy peas now not everybody
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will know about mushy peas because it is
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the british accompaniment it's delicious
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and we're going to do it with some
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beautiful mint which is best mates with
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so first off i've got some banana
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shallots which i've diced i'm going to
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fry those in some butter drop some
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frozen peas into boiling water
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bring it back up to the boil and then
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drop a good bunch of mint in there
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cook until the peas are cooked then
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let's get the peas in with the shallots
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okay so you've got your butter your
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sweet shallots your sweet
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beautiful peas now we're gonna get some
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sea salted salty happiness yes that is a
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uh we're gonna get some freshly cracked
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pepper in there and then
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you want about two tablespoons of double
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cream and we're gonna mush that in
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you don't have to put the double cream
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in i do to make it just really indulgent
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that's a great side order anyway to go
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okay now i'm gonna mush everything down
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okay so get yesterday's paper get that
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in the uk fish and chips is
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traditionally served
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in yesterday's newspaper and then we're
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gonna go and get the chips to drop on
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okay now i've dropped it onto some
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kitchen roll just to get rid of the
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excess fat and then let's get it onto
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how amazing is that bloody feast i can't
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wait to get stuck into it
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oh how much how much come on come on how
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listen i reckon it's 650 all flipping
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go for it go for it go through it
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get involved i'm just gonna
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just do a double triple check on the
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chips yeah like for me
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right the chips you've got all this like
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gnarliness there but then
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they just snap in your hands and then
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crunch as hell in your garb right
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so first off what's it saying to you
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oh crispy beautiful fluffy inside
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but crunch on the outside i mean the
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fish it's crunchy on the outside
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flaky on the inside chips are really
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crispy could we say these are the best
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chips you've ever had they're like
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crispy you think they're
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too oily a little bit yeah
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not for me i'm not sure you know what
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you're going on about if i'm honest
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perfect cheers there you go there you go
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okay and what and what are you saying
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well that's good right so what would you
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pay for whole fish and chips
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i would pay pay 10 pounds 10 pounds
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10 pounds good and strong i think 10
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from how good the fish is
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boom boom loving it how much would you
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pay six i knew it was going to be lower
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i knew it and just something told me
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okay guys thank you so much thanks for
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hanging around good on you
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pleasure now if you're going to cook on
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the street you're going to meet the odd
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2-1 it's just the way it is but listen
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people they really are the ultimate
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fish and chips check it out come down
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and have some chips
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