Mackie's

There are three places I know of where you can get excellent chips. The first place is the UK, the second is Belgium, and the third is Southwestern Ontario. The best chips in Southwestern Ontario are sold from chip wagons. They are fried in beef fat, and every chip wagon sports the sign of quality -- the 2-litre spray bottle of malt vinegar. They're also great unseasoned.

Mackie's is an institution in Port Stanley (its blue building in the back has since been significantly extended). I'm so old I used to go with the family to Port Stanley before Mackie's was using the fancy shmancy tubs shown here for its chips. Back then (the 50s) they came in a heavy cardboard boat with a stick to eat the chips. Afterward you could make a toy boat out of them. A plate of chips and a cup of Mackie's orange was an outstanding culinary treat.

And it has a Gault-Millau rating of...30! Well, it should have.

Will S., J. Gafarot, William Sutherland, Alan Mays and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Ulrich John ^club

!!!

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Ulrich John ^club

Indeed, Ulrich.

7 years ago.

Gerard Perin

super

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Gerard Perin

Thanks, Gerard.

7 years ago.

rdhinmn ^club

And what, pray tell, is it's cholesterol level? Of course, everything that tastes good is bad for us.

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to rdhinmn ^club

Free Lipitor with each order, Bob.

7 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Terrific image!

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to William Sutherland ^club

Thanks, William.

7 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

I'm with mixpix on this subject (except I don't eat fish). Chips out of newspaper smothered in vinegar..!!

An evocative image John.

(What is Gandhi doing in the advert)?

7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Keith Burton ^club

Too bad you don't eat fish, Keith -- you won't be sampling Mackie's lake perch. That is one excellent species of fish.

Gandhi? Everybody likes them chips.

7 years ago.

J. Gafarot ^club

Most fine things should, John, it seems our time is full of memories...
Thanks for the note, indeed an homage.

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to J. Gafarot ^club

Thanks, Jose. Luckily, Mackie's is still around. The other tradition I associate with Port Stanley -- scooping smelt out of the water during their annual run -- is long gone. My chief memories of that, though, are of gutting smelt, so I don't really miss it. And the decline in smelt numbers may be due to an increase in lake trout. If true, that's all to the good. The lake was stocked with salmon, too, which may have contributed.

7 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

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7 years ago.

Jean

This is Scotland so chippies are not in short supply though I've still to find one that does the notorious deep fried Mars bar. The go to chippy in Fife is in Anstruther. The gulls used to queue up upside until people feared for their lives not just their fish and chips.

7 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Jean

I must confess, Jean, that I think the best preparation for potatoes is simply to boil them. However, a good chip is culinary art.

7 years ago.

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