Pay Up for Every Last Scrap!

On a clear day the cries of indignation can still be heard across Leeds as word spreads about the local eaterie that has dared to put ‘Batter Scraps’ on the menu, for £2 per portion. Fryers waste, also known as ‘Bits, Shoddy & Nips’ are the leftover fragments of batter sieved from the beef dripping in the deep pan and have been beloved as a free extra to takeaway fish and chips since as far back as 1863. Ah well, Times they are a changing! The reaction from Fish & Chip aficionados has been one of utter disgust. “ £2 for Batter Scraps? Tell me I'm hallucinating on mushy peas." However upon investigation, these are not just your everyday batter scraps. The £2 bowls come in 3 different variations so far. Zested and juiced with lemon, sprinkled with chilli flakes and mixed with rock pepper or nutmeg. So although not exactly ground breaking stuff, TECHNICALLY we are no longer talking fryers waste. How do you think we ever came up with crispy potato skins and the like? 10 points for thinking outside the fryer I say!