Fish and chips

I think I was only curious to see what would happen, though I must have known what might. I d been at the university for a year, after all. And why with him, whom I ll have to think of as Nigel There s something about the remembered smell of the gas fire and the sofa—soot and old fish-and-chip papers—that tells me my reasons weren t romantic ones. 

Acetic acid is used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products including adhesives, polyester fibres, plastics, paints, resins and solvents. About 40% of the acetic acid made industrially is used in the manufacture of vinyl acetate monomer for the plastics industry other large uses are to make cellulose acetate, a variety of acetate esters that are used as solvents, as well as monochloracetic acid, a pesticide. Acetic acid is also used as a solvent for the oxidation of p-xylene to terephthalic acid, a precursor to the important polyester, polyethylene terephthalate (PET). A minor, but important use is as non-brewed condiment, a vinegar substitute widely used in British fish and chip shops this is made using food-grade industrial acetic acid and is less expensive than fermentation vinegar. 

FIGURE 8-29 This pub is actually in Savannah, Georgia, but they serve a great fish and chips ... 

Fish and chips Grease-proof paper Expanded polystyrene tray Paper bag... 

SUSTENANCE Outside Vic-Hum sits Miss Sandra s 10-by-10-foot snack shack called Conch Town. Her conch fritters and fish and chips can soak up enough rum to keep your blood-alcohol levels under a semblance of control. 

Harriet doesn t/does nt like fish and chips. 

Cooking oil contains molecules with high molecular masses and therefore many electrons. The London forces between the molecules are so large that the oil has a higher boiling point than water. Battered fish and chips get their distinctive taste because vaporized water makes holes in the batter and potatoes. If oil did not have a much higher boiling point than water, then battered fish and chips would not have such a crispy texture. 

As was mentioned earlier the market for shortening is a very diverse one. Not only is there the household portion to consider but there is the larger, more specialized, commercial and industrial segment. The latter includes such customers as small bakers, and fish and chip friers, large bakeries, potato chip producers, and prepared cake mix manufacturers. 

Passivity and expectancy were the dominant moods, and the context - the ritual Bank Holiday weekend by the sea — was one of leisure and entertainment. Brighton, Clacton, Margate, Southend - whatever the differences between them — share common characteristics on these occasions a certain shabbiness, the overstrained and overpriced commercial facilities, a strange sensation of crowds moving almost randomly around you, and the all-pervasive smell of onions, hot dogs and fish and chips, the sense of cheapness and somehow having been cheated. ... 

The life-style of the American consumer beginning in the 1950s, with more time at work and play and less time at home, gave rise to a fast-food industry peculiar to America, dedicated to eating as quickly as possible for as little money as possible. The most common fast-foods hamburgers, french fries, and shakes pizza and cola fried chicken and slaw fish and chips roast beef sandwiches tacos and hot dogs—all very American. 

The most common fast foods are hamburgers, french fries, and shakes pizza and cola fried chicken and slaw fish and chips roast beef sandwiches tacos hot dogs and other mass-produced and mass-served quickie meals. 

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