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What is your name for these?

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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?

boheminan Sun 28-Sept-25 09:59:27

London...crackling

Babs03 Sun 28-Sept-25 09:54:43

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.

jusnoneed Sun 28-Sept-25 08:23:55

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.

BlueBelle Sun 28-Sept-25 07:46:06

I ve never paid for scraps You’re all being done

Greyduster Sun 28-Sept-25 07:25:06

A penn’orth of scraps here in South Yorkshire.

Beechnut Sat 27-Sept-25 23:35:39

Scrumps….and free 😃

Charleygirl5 Sat 27-Sept-25 23:04:13

I have never heard of them. I lived in Scotland and now London.

henetha Sat 27-Sept-25 22:29:24

Scriggles, to me and my friends when we were young. Gorgeous weren't they.

Redrobin51 Sat 27-Sept-25 21:56:00

Batters. Oh the joy if we found a piece of fish in any of them.

25Avalon Sat 27-Sept-25 21:44:04

Should say one old d a bag

25Avalon Sat 27-Sept-25 21:43:41

1p a bag. Loved them. Can’t remember exactly name but began with S.

Allira Sat 27-Sept-25 21:43:20

Scraps.

Cholesterol bombs!

Allsorts Sat 27-Sept-25 21:15:45

Scraps

Georgesgran Sat 27-Sept-25 21:02:59

Just ‘batter’ here in the NE.

BlueBelle Sat 27-Sept-25 20:25:24

East Anglia …Scraps always free and I love them so do my seagulls I don’t eat fish or meat so they are the closest I get

Casdon Sat 27-Sept-25 19:51:51

Yes, scrumps in mid Wales too.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sat 27-Sept-25 19:48:32

Scratchings - Manchester.

Nanato3 Sat 27-Sept-25 19:45:42

In the midlands they are scratchings and given free if you want them. I don't like them .

Maggymay Sat 27-Sept-25 18:37:27

Scrumps Bristol

Granmarderby10 Sat 27-Sept-25 18:35:48

👍Marmin batter bits it is! Scratching are from roast meat usually pork but I remember roast beef ones after Sunday dinner😋

Marmin Sat 27-Sept-25 18:30:47

Batter bits

Moth62 Sat 27-Sept-25 18:30:39

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.

Blossoming Sat 27-Sept-25 18:29:11

Scraps,

Oldnproud Sat 27-Sept-25 18:16:32

'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 😂

jusnoneed Sat 27-Sept-25 18:16:05

We always called them Scrumps, I'm Somerset born.