Peebles Fish Bar

The "chippie" is a fundamental part of Scottish life! Every town has at least one, to cater for the tastes of the Scots (and the English! They have them too!) quite often after the pub has closed and a "wee snack" will go down well!

I know you folks in the Netherlands at least, find the combination of fish and chips quite strange, but to us it's perfectly normal, and extremely enjoyable, given a good chippie. A portion of fish'n'chips is known as a Fish Supper here, though I know different regions in England have their own name for it, e.g. a fish paper in the northeast. However you are not restricted to Fish Suppers. The menu usually includes pie suppers (Scotch pies or flaky pastry mince pies), haggis suppers, black, and maybe white, pudding suppers ( blood puddings or meal puddings, like sausages)..... and these days a portion of curry sauce is an additional favourite! Not a curry fan myself!

You've ordered your preferred Supper, the fish and a scoop or two of chunky chips - not those skinny little fries for us - has been dished up in a polystyrene tray - it was newspaper in my young day - and the question shoots over the counter at you "Salt'n'sauce?" Salt you will understand, but the sauce in question is chippie sauce, brown sauce! Not for us your tomato ketchup! It's broon sauce! You do also have the choice of vinegar of course!

These days chippies have branched out into pizza making, which is a welcome addition, IMHO, to the menu, and one or two also sell baked potatoes with a variety of toppings! An attempt to get us to eat more healthily I suppose! However, don't get me wrong here, we don't eat fish'n'chips all the time! It's just a nice change now and again, quick and easy!