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Fiona Beckett's avatar

Scampi fries dust genius. Pickled onions ENTIRELY wrong. But yes to Birds Eye every time.

Tim Hayward's avatar

I do love me a brow-straddler!

Ruth Watson's avatar

With such precision in everything you make/construct/cook, the question has to be, do you also iron your socks and underpants?

Tim Hayward's avatar

LOL. Of course not! They just arrive in my drawer, clean and neatly folded. I've found it best never to question how this happens.

Amanda David's avatar

Definitely trying the Scampi Fries thing - they are god-tier snacks so may have to buy several bags/that pub display pack from Am*zon

Mark Williamson's avatar

Little better than a fishfinger sandwich - most memorable one I had was at the Orchard Tearoom as it felt so incongruous with the setting.

Matthew Clapham's avatar

Yeah, a fishfinger sandwich with a touch of posh is the perfect brow-straddling TV snack. I like to finely shred the lettuce for that McFillet-o-Fish effect too. There's something deliciously perverse about combining 'Iceland' fishfingers with 'Waitrose' capers and cornichons.

These Four Walls's avatar

Excellent work. Food of the gods.

Fish finger sandwiches used to be a staff lunch sometimes, cooked on a pie tray in the Tom Chandley. I used to pimp mine with a smear of Tracklements Chilli jam, which we had in quantity for chilli pork pies. Very enjoyable.

These days, as a home lunch, I use the candied chilli that my friend Lucie makes - similar hit of sweetness but much pokier. I find the airfryer cooks the FFs very nicely.

Josh Butler's avatar

Top nosh that! Do try a Bermudian fish sandwich - it’s like this on crack…

Peter Hanley's avatar

I'm afraid the God line is under serious consideration for Academy use.

Tim Hayward's avatar

Honoured!

Clare Heal's avatar

Scampi dust is inspired. Haven’t had a fish finger in years but that might be about to change…

Ruth Watson's avatar

Likewise; none for some 50 years but tried again last year. Underwhelmed but suspect they’d be a lot better if given the Hayward treatment.

Clare Heal's avatar

I got some of Captain Birdeye’s finest and had them for dinner yesterday in tacos. Pretty good, and certainly much easier than making your own, but TH is right that you need a little extra crunch.

Max Brearley's avatar

Away for six weeks, gets home, buys fish fingers. That's dinner in eight days time sorted.