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JamesandJon33 Sat 27-Sept-25 17:57:59

We had fish and chips for supper today. Not a regular occurrence. DH tried to remember the name for the bags of batter pieces one used to be able to buy.
He said scraps but I am sure when I lived in South Wales there was a different name. Perhaps scrumps ?
Do you have any others?

LindaPat Mon 29-Sept-25 14:14:49

Agree with OldnProud, it's 'bits' here in West Yorkshire. I remember asking for 'a bag of chips with bits on please'
xx

Lupatria Mon 29-Sept-25 14:23:44

we called them scribbles in devon and i still call them that.

Gogo84 Mon 29-Sept-25 14:31:47

I'm a Devon exile. I remember them as gribbles in Exeter. I'll check with my sister.

Mirren Mon 29-Sept-25 15:16:19

My family, in Co Durham, always calls these Scranchings but I think that was probably their own version of scratchings

knspol Mon 29-Sept-25 15:19:08

Scraps in East Yorkshire, 3 old pence for a bag.

MagSt Mon 29-Sept-25 15:21:27

Screeds in cornwall

SueDoku Mon 29-Sept-25 15:22:49

Scribbles

My dad was from the Furness area of Lancashire and he always called them scollops. Mom, from Birmingham, called them scraps.

Scallops are slices of potato, battered and fried. I'm from the Black Country and we love them here - along with what I always knew as 'batters' - but in Worcestershire, where I live now, they're called 'batter bits'.
My London DIL had never heard of scallops - but now adores them, and has one or two every time she visits me...😁

Geordiegirl1 Mon 29-Sept-25 16:22:53

Scramptions in Geordieland.

jenpax Mon 29-Sept-25 16:24:23

I am a Sussex girl and its scraps to me

sankev Mon 29-Sept-25 16:29:51

Batter bits.

Cossy Mon 29-Sept-25 16:41:22

Scraps (Essex)

Ilovedogs22 Mon 29-Sept-25 16:54:58

Allira

Scraps.

Cholesterol bombs!

😆 Yes indeed!
Yet once in a blue moon is ok for a scrumptious little treat.
We called them batter bits in the West mids.

Dearknees1 Mon 29-Sept-25 16:56:50

Fish bits - living in hope!

pugfacepowell Mon 29-Sept-25 16:58:50

Yes, crackling in London

Jaycee19 Mon 29-Sept-25 17:15:48

I am one of the minority who dislike chips so I always had fish and scratchings. I live in Essex.

LaTroisette Mon 29-Sept-25 18:47:50

'john shuttleworth fish and chips' share.google/Q2vXgriNNT0S7szdy

madeleine45 Mon 29-Sept-25 19:46:03

well we had a mix, so Scraps, Scrumps, and bits, were all used when I was a child in east yorkshire and great was the glee when you got the occasional bit of fish in the batter.

Yertiz Mon 29-Sept-25 20:17:51

I live in Devon and we used to call them gribbles.

Scribbles Mon 29-Sept-25 20:38:06

SueDoku
Scallops are slices of potato, battered and fried. I'm from the Black Country and we love them here - along with what I always knew as 'batters' - but in Worcestershire, where I live now, they're called 'batter bits'.

I've always understood scallops are a kind of shellfish. Dad's word was scollops, (rhymes with trollops).

lizzypopbottle Mon 29-Sept-25 21:33:51

My father-in-law (Northumberland) called them scramptions. The mobile chippy here just calls them scraps.

Casdon Mon 29-Sept-25 21:39:07

Scribbles

SueDoku
Scallops are slices of potato, battered and fried. I'm from the Black Country and we love them here - along with what I always knew as 'batters' - but in Worcestershire, where I live now, they're called 'batter bits'.

I've always understood scallops are a kind of shellfish. Dad's word was scollops, (rhymes with trollops).

They are both called scallops, but I’ve never seen the shellfish scallops served in a fish and chip shop, whereas potato scallops often are, and are nice.

rowyn Mon 29-Sept-25 22:09:39

SCRAPS

123kitty Mon 29-Sept-25 23:45:52

Scratchings in Oxfordshire (they were free)

Mt61 Tue 30-Sept-25 00:03:16

I always ask for scraps (to be placed under my fish so hubby doesn’t see them) 😂

peli Tue 30-Sept-25 03:29:46

Scribble (Devon)