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?
We never paid for scratchings, but find that here in the SE they don’t give you any, when I first asked a chip shop worker he just stared at me blankly and is the same when I have asked others. In my home town in Lancs they would they would ask ‘scratchings?’ and when I nodded they would be added free of charge.
We never paid for them either, just had a portion of chips with scrumps on top. From one of the best chippies in the country, they've won multiple awards over many years.
In south Yorkshire they were fish bits, I think. I’m sure I can remember asking for “a penn’orth of fish bits please missis” but I don’t know why I would have paid for them. As oldnproud said, I think they were just scattered over if requested.
'Bits' in my part of West Yorkshire - though I don't remember ever buying a bag of them, or even having to pay for them - ' we asked for bits and they were scattered on top of our order of chips / fish and chips. Recollections may vary, though 😂