salt and vinegar

poisonated

When you go to a chipper do you get salt and vinegar,if so why is it that when the chipper put on the salt and vinegar it tastes so much better than if you were to put it on yourself??(maybe its just me i dunno)

giggsy664

Because its still warm / it's all sloshed into the big bag and not on your smaller meal specifically?

Fad

poisonated wrote: »

When you go to a chipper do you get salt and vinegar,if so why is it that when the chipper put on the salt and vinegar it tastes so much better than if you were to put it on yourself??(maybe its just me i dunno)

Billy for once you are correct.


I'm sure its a trade secret............

monkeyfudge

Most chippers put far too much salt on if you ask me.... reminds me of adding lots of salt to popcorn in Theme Park so people would buy more drinks.

Wurly

It's a different type of vinegar that they use in the chipper. The bottles you buy in the shops just don't cut it - pure titz.

Buy your vinegar from the chipper. Its teh sex.

And you do an even better job with it than they can in the chipper.;)

samhail

i was told that i needed to cut down on salt so i ask them just to put a small bit of salt and vinegear.
its kinda silly like they only put it on the top of the chips but still. its the thought that counts.

allthedoyles

What I hate is when the guy puts on the vinegar and then the salt.............

I really prefer Salt and then Vinegar

It makes such a difference

Wurly

allthedoyles wrote: »

What I hate is when the guy puts on the vinegar and then the salt.............

I really prefer Salt and then Vinegar

It makes such a difference

Noooo!!!! It simply MUST be the other way around... If you put the vinegar on first, then the salt sticks to the chips.

if you put vinegar on after salt, the salt has gone all over the bleedin bag and fallen off d'chips.

Dammit. I want chips!:(

Oswald Osbourne

poisonated wrote: »

When you go to a chipper do you get salt and vinegar,if so why is it that when the chipper put on the salt and vinegar it tastes so much better than if you were to put it on yourself??(maybe its just me i dunno)

Scheesh! it's because they're professionals that's why! Why do you think Ronaldo is a better footballer than you? It's because he spends up to (and sometimes even including) 2 hours a day kicking that soccerball around the field - before retiring to his mansion for a day of relaxation.

Beerlao

eugh no, i never let them put the salt on my chips cos they always put tons of the stuff on.

and vinegar?? seriously why would you pour acid on your food like that?

White_Feather

Beerlao wrote: »

eugh no, i never let them put the salt on my chips cos they always put tons of the stuff on.

and vinegar?? seriously why would you pour acid on your food like that?

dont play it so safe..mr. safety guy!!!! :rolleyes:

giggsy664

Beerlao wrote: »

eugh no, i never let them put the salt on my chips cos they always put tons of the stuff on.

and vinegar?? seriously why would you pour acid on your food like that?

You had to drag the pH scale into this, didn't you?

Steve

Tri wrote: »

Noooo!!!! It simply MUST be the other way around... If you put the vinegar on first, then the salt sticks to the chips.

if you put vinegar on after salt, the salt has gone all over the bleedin bag and fallen off d'chips.

Dammit. I want chips!:(

WRONG!!!

Salt on first, then the vinegar.. that washes the salt down to the lower chips. Otherwise you end up with a lovely top layer and the rest of them are tasteless...

InkSlinger67

We were warned by a bunch of paranoid adults years ago not to use vinegar out of our local chipper because junkies used to reach under the counter and clean their syringes with the container.

Paranoid bullsiht I know but I'm not too keen on take-away food since. Not for fear of catching something, just food dumped in grease for 15 minutes is just pure bad for ye!

Instead I like to eat a tonne of pizza with my favourite toppings - jalepeno peppers, syringes, onions, medical gauze and extra cheese from St. James' Pizza

Beerlao

White_Feather wrote: »

dont play it so safe..mr. safety guy!!!! :rolleyes:

it's not about safety... the smell of it alone makes me wanna puke (this has happened in the past!)

Wurly

SteveC wrote: »

WRONG!!!

Salt on first, then the vinegar.. that washes the salt down to the lower chips. Otherwise you end up with a lovely top layer and the rest of them are tasteless...

you gotta shake it about though. You don't just pour. No siree bob.

I still think my order is better.;)

Orion

I get neither on it in the chipper. But I do have a bottle of chipper vinegar in the house always. It's the best vinegar evah!

Holsten

I ask for Vinegar and NO salt every time.

I HATE salt yet EVERY time they lamp a ****load of salt on.

Bastards!

Preset No.3

Beerlao wrote: »

it's not about safety... the smell of it alone makes me wanna puke (this has happened in the past!)

This is a chip lovers thread! Take ur nasty opinions and stories bout puking and go somewhere else! Its ok folks, the bad man has gone away.
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Hank Scorpio

can i get a double cheese burger, really deep fried chips, onion rings and a coke?

question "Salt and Vinegar"

"Eh no love. No salt only vinegar, im on a diet"

Pace2008

Chipper vinegar is Non-Brewed Condimement; a vinegar substitute. Much tastier, but worse for you or so I've been told.

Azureus

non brewed condiment? why dont they just sell this stuff-its mega yummy.
the brown paper has something to do with it tasting better too-chipper on a plate just doesnt cut the mustard!

luckat

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

We were warned by a bunch of paranoid adults years ago not to use vinegar out of our local chipper because junkies used to reach under the counter and clean their syringes with the container.

What clean fiends you have in your area.

NSFW ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNIe1m8IOLI

Right. I really need to stop procrastinating and do some college work

Toto Wolfcastle

FFS every time I come on here there's a thread about chips. And now I'm hungry.

I never have vinegar, just salt, but if you put it on yourself at home it's awful. When they put it on in the chipper and cover it all in paper it's able to sort of melt together in salty-greasy-chippy goodness.

Awayindahils

Oh I'd love chips right now. Stupid no chippers near Trinity/stupid cold.

I'm coming round to vinegar on chips, but only on chipper chips.

samhail

Awayindahils wrote: »

Oh I'd love chips right now. Stupid no chippers near Trinity/stupid cold.

I'm coming round to vinegar on chips, but only on chipper chips.

is grafton streen like not right beside trinity, which has about twenty fifteen takeaways (not real ones)

BaconZombie

Burdocks is less then 5mins up the road on Lord Edwards ST.

Awayindahils wrote: »

Oh I'd love chips right now. Stupid no chippers near Trinity/stupid cold.

I'm coming round to vinegar on chips, but only on chipper chips.

I prefer BurgerKing Chips but they must be covered in lots of that fake salt they give you.
And yes I know they are made from corn not potato.

DominoDub

Awayindahils wrote: »

Oh I'd love chips right now. Stupid no chippers near Trinity/stupid cold.

I'm coming round to vinegar on chips, but only on chipper chips.

Get out and on down Pearse Street to "Lido" just follow the blue neon light!

ShaneU

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Most chippers put far too much salt on if you ask me.... reminds me of adding lots of salt to popcorn in Theme Park so people would buy more drinks.

King pub crisps have way more salt in them

Flesh Gorden

Mmmmmm Chipper Vinegar, perfection at no extra cost



Don't forget though - the best chippers never change the oil either

You haven't tasted chips till they've been thru a vintage 1994 Crisp 'n Dry



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OPENROAD

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

Don't forget though - the best chippers never change the oil either


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Do Irish chippers use oil?

KnifeWRENCH

No vinegar, just salt.

Flesh Gorden

OPENROAD wrote: »

Do Irish chippers use oil?

I hope

but, I'm normally not in a sober state when im in one so.....

OPENROAD

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

I hope

Do they use lard? if not wonder what type of oil they use.

Hermy

A good chipper will place the cooked chips on a flat sheet of [news]paper instead of a bag, thus ensuring that all chips get a uniform coating of salt and vinegar.

rubadub

OPENROAD wrote: »

Do they use lard? if not wonder what type of oil they use.[/QUOTE
Most use veg oil. People see blocks of hydrogenated veg oil and presume it is lard. Lard might still be used in some, also lard is probably a better nutritional choice to fry foods in anyway. I fry in butter rather than veg oil for health & taste reasons.

Hermy wrote: »

A good chipper will place the cooked chips on a flat sheet of [news]paper instead of a bag, thus ensuring that all chips get a uniform coating of salt and vinegar.

A good one lets you do it yourself. burdocks have them in paper like that, and have a dousing table in some of their places. They also sell vinegar which is very nice.

stek

When you buy the chips in the chipper, they put vinegar on and close up the bag. With the bag closed and the heat of the chips the vinegar has time to soak into the chips.

How to do this at home-
-Buy a bottle of chipper vinegar.
-Make chips at home as per normal(with fresh potatoes preferably!)
-when cooked, put them on a plate while still hot
-pour on the vinegar liberally
-THEN- cover and seal them with tin foil leave for 3/4 mins!
-remove foil and eat..simple

This will allow the vinegar to soak into the chips and will give them the authentic chipper taste!

georgem25

Salt and vinegar - I let the professionals put them on and sometimes add a dash more if needed.

I am now starving after reading this!!