Dabs

[sm_counsell]

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??
Help all you experts !!

 

[MargaretR]

A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.

 

[susie123]

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?

 

[churchfcrules]

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

 

[Restless]

i thought scallops were sclices of spud fried no batter

me too

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

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.

 

[Restless]

mmmm that fishcake sounds much better than the ones they do now

 

[susie123]

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...

Jamie Oliver | Member Recipes | Risotto | Creamy Scalloped Potatoes

 

[smobile]

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.

 

[churchfcrules]

corned beef fritter

 

[cashman]

A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.

Thats what the chippys called em anyway.

 

[Retlaw]

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.

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, I remember those too....but the sliced potato had to be thin or the onion would be only partly cooked.

 

[Sunflower49]

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.

 

[Eric]

A thick slice of potato dipped in batter and fried.

That's how I remember it. And they were a penny

 

[Eric]

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.

That was a good chippy ... 4p sounds pretty steep

 

[Less]

That was a good chippy ... 4p sounds pretty steep

Probably £4 now Eric.

 

[Eric]

Probably £4 now Eric.

And probably halal ....

 

[churchfcrules]

halal spuds! no way

 

[Eric]

halal spuds! no way

Yes way ... everything is going halal ... soon there will be halal beer, halal football and halal sex

But, back to dabs and chips and things ... does anyone else remember chips going up from a tanner to 8 pence when the new spuds came in?