Monday is often fish and chips night. I wavey-chipped some small pots, par-boiled 10 mins and covered them in salt, olive oil and a little paprika, then air-fried 20 min. They came out crispy outside compared to so often when they are just cooked but soft.
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Sounds nice, but mine was a last minute decision formed to achieve the absolute minimum of preparation, and I was surprised with the result. With spuds I usually just slice large, cover in oil, herb and set on roast in the deep drawer, so this was much less fussy.
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In my case, I needed chips quickly and there were none in the freezer, so this was a go at the 'manual methodās. 40 years ago we had a deep fat fryer, but thatās long gone. 
Just tried a new arrival at our village epicerie - irish cheddar with guiness. Id never heard of it before so if anyone else hasnāt either, it looks like this -
I donāt like guiness but this was lovely. Weāve had some gorgeous artisan cheddarsfrom the epicerie recently 
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Luckily they move quite slowly so you will have time to catch each one and poke it up the bottom to get it on the skewer.
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Fish and chips from a chip shop is something I miss from the UK. Had some ātraditional styleā fish and chips not long ago on Ć®le dāOleron and it wasnāt cod nor was it batteredā¦ so disappointing!
Saw something on TF1 a while back about a British couple opening a chip shop in Confolens and am very tempted to go when next visiting Limoges.
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Me too.
However, if you go to the morning market at Chateau you can buy superb pre sale lamb at a really decent price.
I bought some wonderful Barnsley chops there.
We have now worked out how to make at home. Not something we do often, and just use a pan and digital thermometer rather than a deep fat fryer. But hits the spot.
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We were back in the UK late June/early July and had a day trip to Largs on the Firth of Clyde where, I swear, we had the best fish and chips of my life, certainly in recent years. I was tempted to remigrate.
Thereās a fish and chip van in Civray on a Tuesday night, which isnāt bad at all, and they have a deal with a local pub that you can take it in there to eat it while you have a pint (or a white wine for the lady).
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I was in Las Vegas during my two month recent visit and Gordon Ramsay is everywhere now, however $22 for battered piece of fish and $6 for few chips was way beyond our pocket and we got a bigger meal for less in many places most evenings. On wed night I was in the UK before getting back to France yesterday and we had fish and chips in a local village pub, it cost Ā£15 including sauce tartare and mushy peas and I could not finish it all, the local chip shop was charging Ā£20 for tiny portion of fish and chips only!
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Good to have you back Shiba
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Welcome back @Shiba
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Yep, good to see you back again. 
Cheerful Newsā¦ Friday, Happy Friday.
Got up late, went out for lunch (moules-frĆ®tes) at a palās resto then stumbled home for a brief snoozeā¦ 
Sun is now shining on the righteous, so weāve wandered to the bins to get rid of our sac-jaune stuff and are contemplating what to have for our tea.
Fresh croissants are beckoning and OH has located some blackcurrant jelly from the year dot. (Donāt worry, Iāll check itā¦ )
Our neighbours canāt quite come to terms with us eating croissants at any old time of the dayā¦ 
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Maybe not croissants, but I remember many years ago, I was on a netball tour in Sri Lanka and our hotel served us cold curry and hot roast potatoes for breakfast. Needless to say, none of us ate it - well Janice did but sheād eat anything at any time of the day or night !
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Now then, whereās your sense of adventure. 
I have always loved places that offer a full buffet breakfast, especially if theyāre catering for a wide-ranging foreign clienteleā¦ 
and itās generally best if I donāt know what Iām chewing on until Iāve decided whether or not I like itā¦
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Who hasnāt had curry leftovers for breakfast?
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I may have had some many years ago when I didnāt know any better! But this was a full blown really hot Sri Lankan curry. Iām building up a sweat just recalling it!
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Me actually, but I was never a university student.
I did have curry for breakfast in Thailand a few times, and that was ok.
Not gonna lie, I am now contemplating what croissants and curry will taste like. Hot for both not cold though. Im suspecting it would be pretty amazing actually, or maybe Iām just so delirious by Friday evening that any food would sound goodā¦
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