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Old 14-11-2012, 19:07   #1
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Just finished a lesson where I was asked what 'a dab hand' meant . This wasn't difficult to explain, but then I began thinking about the word 'dabs' and remembered that we used to buy them at the Chippie. For the life in me I can't remember what they were exactly. Looking in an old dictionary, I found "flat-fish of genus Limanda.." Is this what they were, fish??
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Old 14-11-2012, 19:26   #2
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A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.
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Old 14-11-2012, 19:51   #3
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A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.
That's what came to my mind, Margaret - but aren't they also called scallops?
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Old 14-11-2012, 20:02   #4
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That's what came to my mind, Margaret - but aren't they also called scallops?
i thought scallops were sclices of spud fried no batter
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Old 14-11-2012, 20:07   #5
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i thought scallops were sclices of spud fried no batter
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Old 14-11-2012, 20:29   #6
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The term scallops and dabs seems interchangeable.
Incidentally, years ago we used to go to the chippy for something that was called a fishcake......it wasn't like the fish cakes that you get now...it was two slices of potato with a thin sliver of fish between them, battered and fried...you could also get something similar with a slice of corned beef in the middle...that was a John Bull.
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Old 14-11-2012, 20:31   #7
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mmmm that fishcake sounds much better than the ones they do now
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Old 14-11-2012, 20:33   #8
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i thought scallops were sclices of spud fried no batter
Most of the recipes on the internet have them done in batter

Potato Scallops in Beer Batter

Or just to confuse the issue even further there's always scalloped potatoes...

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Old 14-11-2012, 20:52   #9
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Dabs were awesome from Barnes square chippy. About 4p each on my way home from all saints late 70's. Sometimes a bag o scraps too.
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corned beef fritter
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A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.
Thats what the chippys called em anyway.
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The term scallops and dabs seems interchangeable.
Incidentally, years ago we used to go to the chippy for something that was called a fishcake......it wasn't like the fish cakes that you get now...it was two slices of potato with a thin sliver of fish between them, battered and fried...you could also get something similar with a slice of corned beef in the middle...that was a John Bull.
Scallops in our chippy, when I were a young un was onion rings sandwiched between two potato slices, dipped in batter & fried.

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Old 14-11-2012, 22:02   #13
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Yes, I remember those too....but the sliced potato had to be thin or the onion would be only partly cooked.
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The term scallops and dabs seems interchangeable.
Incidentally, years ago we used to go to the chippy for something that was called a fishcake......it wasn't like the fish cakes that you get now...it was two slices of potato with a thin sliver of fish between them, battered and fried...
Aww I got good memories brought back now-my late Grandmother used to take me after school to a 'chippy' on her lane that sold those.
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Old 14-11-2012, 23:28   #15
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That's how I remember it. And they were a penny
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