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Fish and chips

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since my last HBa1c (47...down from 130 three months previoIslay) I have been experimenting with carbs and testing. I have a cold at the moment so couldn‘t be bothered cooking so ordered fish and chips. 2 hrs later and 9.3. I know that’s high but is it ok once in a while do you think, lovely forumers?
 
Once in a while is fine, as there's a load of fat in F&C you need to check about 4 hours after your meal though.
 
Yes! Once in a while ain't going to kill you. It's when it becomes more regular it starts to become a problem.

We don't go there very often - think it was September though may have been October last time we invested in them.
 
My husband goes to the fish and chip shop every Friday, brings me back a lightly battered large cod and I take off most of the batter, just have a few bites of the crispest part. I always used to have just a fish, so this is my normal.
 
I would risk it for some good fish n chips, thank god for carb counting and insulin!!
 
We had homemade fish and chips last night. Delicious and a treat, go for it.
 
Hello Largesse1 - I also had fish and chips on Friday night, but a far smaller order than I would have had pre-diagnosis. A small cod and about ten small chips 'donated' by my husband from his portion, with a couple of spoonfuls of mushy peas. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and felt fine about having it as I'd not had any carbs earlier in the day. I also felt really comfortably full after eating, and certainly couldn't have eaten any more. Yesterday I had a very low carb day as well, as a counter balance, but that was fine too as I was still sustained mentally by my fish supper 'treat'. Your Hba1c drop is really great, so you've obviousy been doing lots of things right.
 
I occasionally have fish or rather cod roe and some chips. I too thank god for carb counting and insulin.
 
I've trained my local chippie and they now understand that I go to them for quality and not quantity. Lightly battered fish and a mini portion of chips, separately wrapped in a paper (not plastic) bag is what I want because I don't want a soggy mess when I get home and it keeps my BG in bounds. My regular Friday tea and well worth the effort involved in the training.
 
Carb heavy fat heavy calorific heavy, would never touch stuff.

Only joking of course, cant beat good quality fish n chips, thought Yorkshire did best until stumbled on chippy in centre of Durham, man best ever tasted.
 
Ours sometimes is over enthusiastic with the batter causing the fish to steam and it's Yuk if they do that, steam not being able to escape anywhere whilst cooking. Hate it when they do that. They do what they call mini fish at ours - just the right size for me thanks. And we do the same with the chips and peas, cos their ruddy portions would feed a family.
 
I have no trouble at all with fish and chips in fact just returned from out to lunch with fish in batter chips and garden peas and no spike at all in fact reading 5.8 2 hours later which is lower than before. I do only eat about 1/2 the batter and maybe 10-12 chips but thats plenty for me to satisfy my craving 🙂
 
I treat myself to fish and chips every few months.

Regards to portions though, one serving of chips would feed 4.
 
Mark - our chippy do a cone of chips which they put in the sort of triangular bag sweet shops used to put sherbet in, when you bought a licorice stick and some sherbet to dip it in! Anyway - it's absolutely enough chips for me.
 
I am trying to train our chippy who now deliver, that a quarter portion of their children’s chips is Just right for the two of us, I honestly think they think we are half starved lol.

Their batter is to die for, it’s light and bubbly.
 
Our local chippy is the same. Huge portions, for years now we have just shared a portion between us. Our girls laugh and call them pensioners portions.
 
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eggyg said:
Our local chippy is the same. Huge portions, for years now we have just shared a portion between us. Our girls laugh and call them pensioners portions.
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Our preffered chippy which closed last year and they used to do pensioner fish and chips which was still on the large side.
 
grovesy said:
Our preffered chippy which closed last year and they used to do pensioner fish and chips which was still on the large side.
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We go to chippy in Keswich to sit in, they do pensioner f&c with tea & bread for £6.50. Not pensioners yet but they dont mind, still get good portion, fish looks same as standard size, cant go wrong at price.
 
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