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Mackie's

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
Ulrich John club
!!!
7 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Indeed, Ulrich.
7 years ago.
 rdhinmn
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
William Sutherland club
Terrific image!
7 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
7 years ago.
 Keith Burton
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
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.

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