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Halibut

I’m not a fan of seafood but don’t mind a tuna salad or fried fish with fries. In England, that’s called fish ‘n’ chips. I find the same name used on menus here. My eyes spy that title easily. I am awed. By a nice huge serving of fish ‘n’ chips. The fish is likely halibut or cod, but the one that passes through my lips most often is halibut (a flatfish). It’s firmer – more substantial – than cod is. However, it costs more than cod. I wish it wasn’t so dang expensive. Gee whiz! “Just for the halibut” I ask for it! But that's no whim; I like it quite a bit.

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Robert Warlov

Date: 7/26/2023 9:07:00 PM

The French or "julienne" cut fried potato is said to have originated in Belgium. If you order a burger and chips in America your liable to receive a bag of potato-chips with your ham-less beef ham-burger. Imagine then, the power of the "Kings English" disrupting the more perfect union of the colonists its provocations to insatiable, perpetual warfare, even without fried onions and a toasted bun.

Robert Warlov
Date: 7/29/2023 7:07:00 PM

I thought "fish and chips" originated with the Brits and "chips" avoided the historical animus shared by that other party.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/26/2023 9:51:00 PM

Strangely when we ask for fish n chips, we expect french fries and not actual potato chips!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/26/2023 9:50:00 PM

Hahaha

Constance La France

Date: 7/21/2023 2:13:00 PM

Andrea, wonderful poem, I like fish and chips too, and congratulations on your win in my Writing Challenge H Words !

Terrell Martin

Date: 7/9/2023 11:13:00 AM

I'm all for fish n chips or maybe even fish AND chips, as long it comes with a little dip! By that I mean, Andrea's poem is mighty keen): Well said, Ms. Poet Queen. So Pip, Pip, Tally Ho, Cheerio and away I go!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/9/2023 3:47:00 PM

thanks and tally ho, my friend

Tania Kitchin

Date: 7/8/2023 3:02:00 PM

Andrea, back to congratulate you on your winning placement.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/9/2023 3:48:00 PM

thanks, Tania

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 7/8/2023 11:25:00 AM

Don't batter me for loving Fish 'n' Chips - Or for the way I say it betwixt lips - An 'n' or an and - I don't understand - Why anyone would give this 'n' such quips.…… Belle

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/9/2023 3:47:00 PM

just for the "halibut" maybe?

David Kavanagh

Date: 7/8/2023 4:10:00 AM

Heya Andrea, What is it about these people that think they’re an absolute authority on the English language, have they ever heard the word (vernacular) before, probably not, they need to come down to sea level and live amongst the masses instead of saying “Let them eat fish cake” Fish ‘n’ Chips is the people’s choice, cheers David

Jan Allison
Date: 7/8/2023 5:19:00 PM

lol David, that comment is hilarious:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 7/8/2023 9:56:00 AM

Hey! I LOVE fish cakes more than fish 'n' chips! ;-) David.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/8/2023 8:57:00 AM

Thank YOU

Jack Horne

Date: 7/8/2023 1:37:00 AM

love this, my friend - I've definitely seen chip shops with "fish 'n' chips" over the door, on the menus etc & yes, we say that too.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/8/2023 8:58:00 AM

Thanks, Jack

Jan Allison
Date: 7/8/2023 2:44:00 AM

Woohooo I'm delighted to see another 'Brit' confirming Andrea is correct, so glad you say (and have seen f'ish n chips' over the door too). Write on Jack:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/7/2023 4:30:00 PM

For anyone reading the circus show here, a certain somebody had commented that fish 'n' chips is not how the English say it. My response was to say that many Americans say it as fish 'n' chips. Even how we pronounce it is Fish n chips. I elaborated that we often reduce "and" to the simple sound of "n". Go 'n get it, for example. She has deleted comments that people gave as rebuttals. But I don't think she can delete mine or the others here who have commented first. She is trying to make it look like I said that the ENGLISH say it the way Americans do. I never said any such thing, but my comment back to her was deleted. I have no idea how people on the British Isles usually say it. Even if my poem says it's CALLED fish 'n' chips in England, I was going by menus I read when I spent time in London for a few days years ago

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/8/2023 8:59:00 AM

Your last line to me was a hoot.

Di11y Da11y
Date: 7/8/2023 5:31:00 AM

I'm English and I say fish n chips, I'd always write 'and'. 'And' is said as 'n' frequently without realising. Certainly in the North anyway. This n that, to n fro, left n right, right n wrong. Fish n chips is spoken that way so much that the shops put it on signage. I'm presuming it's not Latin or old English. I'm just glad you didn't put 'ye olde fish n chip shoppe' :)

Jan Allison

Date: 7/7/2023 4:15:00 PM

Dropping back with many congrats on your win Andrea, Perhaps YOU should contact admin and complain about the negative comments that are being left, and the fact she has removed YOUR comments to her. it really isn't appropriate for her to spoil your poem and be nasty to others - I for one am British and stand by Fish N chips being correct. write on and don't let her get you down !

Jan Allison
Date: 7/7/2023 4:41:00 PM

I say it both ways Andrea and also call it chish and fips lol and fish and chip shops can be Fish and chips or Fish N chips:-) If anyone has the right to complain to admin it is YOU. she is acting like the playground bully and then going running to the teacher when someone fights back, the fact she removed your comments is totally unacceptable.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/7/2023 4:32:00 PM

Thanks, Jan. Do you actually SAY the word AND when you speak of fish "and" chips? Or do you reduce to "n" as I do? Just curious how your pronunciation differs from Americans'.

Lin Lane

Date: 7/7/2023 1:53:00 PM

I feel like I've been standing outside the monkey exhibit at a zoo, trying to feed peanuts to a monkey but he keeps throwing them back at me. Maybe I should hit him between the eyes with a bunch of bananas.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/7/2023 4:32:00 PM

LOL

Lin Lane

Date: 7/7/2023 12:32:00 PM

Tell me this... if Julia thinks she's right about everything she's commented, why doesn't she allow our rebuttals to stand instead of deleting them? She can't delete this. So, tell us, Julia...why don't you have the courage to allow our opinions to show?

Jan Allison

Date: 7/7/2023 11:22:00 AM

btw Andrea as you know I am from England and we DO have shops that are 'fish n chips' so just ignore her, she's removed mine and lins comments, always likes to have the last word

Lin Lane
Date: 7/7/2023 1:15:00 PM

You're right, Tania. I agree with everything you've written. Good thing you didn't write it on one of her original comments or she'd delete it. You can't catch halibut without good bait... worms work!

Tania Kitchin
Date: 7/7/2023 1:09:00 PM

Jan, to go along with your puns, I think I opened a can of worms for the halibut! Ha ha ha.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 7/7/2023 1:07:00 PM

She removed my comments as well. I don't know why she insists on self-righteous comments, not positive or encouraging ones and then can't handle any response from others. She should leave positive comments but does not.

Lin Lane
Date: 7/7/2023 12:45:00 PM

Yes, Jan, you are, and I put credence in your word. She's been deleting almost everything we've responded to her original comments.

J. Summers

Date: 7/7/2023 11:02:00 AM

The last time I saw so much squabbling over fish I’d been watching the gulls on Topsail Island going after a shrimp boat. Andrea, I enjoyed both the poem and the comments very much. John

Tania Kitchin
Date: 7/7/2023 4:52:00 PM

Ha ha, yes I opened this can of worms for the halibut! Ha ha, Andrea, seriously you wrote a wonderful poem and do not need negative nellies leaving obnoxious comments. For miss prim and proper she did not learn that if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/7/2023 4:33:00 PM

haha. It's all "for the halibut!!"

Lin Lane
Date: 7/7/2023 12:29:00 PM

We're like seagulls, John, protecting one of our flock.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/7/2023 11:15:00 AM

hahaha , all the comments lin and I made to her have mysteriously vanished John x

Julia Ward

Date: 7/7/2023 10:17:00 AM

To Lin Lane, I never mentioned what Americans call it as that was irrelevant against AD's disputed line of "In England, that's called 'fish 'n' chips." If you think it's a triviality, which it becomes when you answer me back and expend lots of lines so far, why do YOU continue?

Jan Allison

Date: 7/7/2023 8:04:00 AM

Excellent ink Andrea, congrats on your win. I have written a poem for you, hope you like it. Ignore her ladyship despite her high opinion of herself she is NOT always right:-) hugs Jan

Julia Ward

Date: 7/6/2023 11:41:00 PM

To Lin Lane - In her poem, she said "fish 'n' chips " was said by English people. We don't say that, actually. Andrea then compounded it to you by calling my pointed out fact about her poem, an opinion. A fact is never an opinion.

Lin Lane

Date: 7/6/2023 5:44:00 PM

Andrea, halibut is my favorite fish. I love the buttery white texture of its flesh. I hope you don't mind that the feisty side of me made a reply on Julia's comment below.

Lin Lane
Date: 7/7/2023 1:56:00 PM

It wouldn't be the first time admin believes the wrong doer, Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/7/2023 1:52:00 PM

I hope admin don't just take her word for it Lin, removing comments and throwing the dummy out of the pram and then complaining is so childish, but at least others can see her behaviour

Lin Lane
Date: 7/7/2023 4:28:00 AM

Clearly, she can't stand having her word questioned. My comment to her below was removed but I stand by the fact that everyone has an opinion. Some should not be given if it's offensive. *I've just reposted it. If she's removing my responses, that's pretty cowardly.

Tania Kitchin
Date: 7/7/2023 3:55:00 AM

Clearly, she loves to make comments but cannot stand any rebuttals.

Lin Lane
Date: 7/6/2023 8:31:00 PM

Yes, so I thought I’d give Her mine.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/6/2023 7:50:00 PM

Thanks, Lin. Some can dish it out but can't take another person's opinion.

Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 7/4/2023 12:40:00 PM

Coincidentally, had Halibut for supper last night. It is a cousin of the flounder only much bigger. Am not a cod eater so like you Halibut is my choice. Excellent poem

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 7/4/2023 11:03:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your creative write about "Halibut." I also like tuna salad or fried cod/fries. Have a blessed/great day.................

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/4/2023 6:32:00 AM

- Seafood is delicacy ... but terribly expensive meals, Andrea - Congratulations on your win :) - hugs

Tania Kitchin

Date: 7/4/2023 4:49:00 AM

Andrea, I enjoyed your poem, love the "fish 'n' chips", a very popular dish along the coast where I live.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/4/2023 1:03:00 AM

I don't think I have ever tried halibut but we are not close to the north nor the ocean. I do like cod though best to me if grilled so not so much fat. Thanks for sharing this work with us and for dropping by my page. Sara

Julia Ward

Date: 7/3/2023 11:19:00 PM

"In England, that's called fish 'n' chips" says your poem. It's only called "Fish 'n' chips" on signs, not in its pronunciation there.

Jay Narain

Date: 7/3/2023 11:01:00 AM

I used t love H, Salt squire fish and chips. They only survived few years in American landscape. Nice poem. Feel hungry again.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/2/2023 10:07:00 PM

Entertaining poem though I evade fish and chips, as too greasy. I never tasted halibut and hate cod. But I love Mediterranean fish like bream, simmered in foil with a little white wine and some light spices. But then everyone has his taste. I love such fish. I believe you can get bream in the USA. Anyway, may you have a tasty meal. Hugs, my friend.

Julia Ward
Date: 7/5/2023 10:51:00 PM

A good restaurant will ensure it is not greasy.