Gordon Mcconnell Poet Rhyme

My Classic Tasty Dish

I have loved this dish all my life
my mum made it so ever new
but always best at chippy shop
wrapped in newspaper after a queue

Always loved splashing my chips
with vinegar, pepper and salt
haddock or cod my favourite fish
cover with tartar sauce without fault

Loved to have after the match
soccer my fab game, go every week
get my fish supper before go home
real tangy taste so to speak

Remember holidays in my twenties
Blackpool on the west coast yearly
last thing at night fish supper a must
diet forgotten weight high I did fear!

In Scotland, we called it a fish supper
if in England fish and chips was its name
over the years price has changed too high
but even so, its never lost its fishy fame

(I am writing a poem about the classic British dish... fish and chips!)

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Tom Cunningham November 6, 2020 at 1:01 AM How true Gordon, the classic dish, That took me back when they used newspaper to wrap them. Don't forget to throw in a couple of pickled onions. Hope you're well Tom Gordon Mcconnell November 6, 2020 at 7:56 AM Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it and especially when wrapped in newspaper, I was never a pickled onion fan! Hope all well with you, we are well but waiting to see if we'll go into full lockdown like England. Blessings always,Gordon

Lindsay Laurie November 5, 2020 at 3:30 PM G’day Gordon … you brought back great memories in your poem. I my youth, after the pictures on Saturday nights, we always brought fish and chips, and they tasted nothing better than when wrapped in newspaper - a mouth watering verse Gordon - Lindsay Gordon Mcconnell November 5, 2020 at 3:40 PM Thanks Lindsay, glad my piece brought back your memories and you enjoyed it too. Yes so true they always tasted better when wrapped in a newspaper. Take care and stay safe, Gordon