


I love the distinctive taste of plaice. Don’t you think that God scored a bit of an evolutionary own-goal when he designed a fish that was the same shape as a frying pan?


A couple of nice plaice fillets, a couple of nice spuds, some mushy peas and one or two other things


Peel & slice the spuds....

....then fry in vegetable oil. This is a fine balance between browning the spuds and spraying the whole of the inside of your Bongo with oil


Whisk some seasoned flour, cornflour and sparkling water together

Meanwhile, warm some mushy peas. No artificial colours here


Once the spuds are done, put to one side and fry the coated plaice....

....and serve with lashings of bread & butter


A double-whammy on the evolutionary own-goal score, it’s also a perfect fit on Warburton’s Toastie sliced bread

Now you could argue that this should be disqualified for becoming a buttie of sorts, but isn’t it so much more appealing than a cheese salad sandwich from the local Texaco garage

TIP: Don’t drop the camera mid-cooking. It’s difficult enough doing some of these things single-handedly and in a bit of a rush without trying to take photos as well. But if you’re going to drop the camera, don’t drop it into the mushy peas whilst manipulating a plaice fillet in the batter and therefore clearly incapacitated. Mushy peas on the lens is difficult to clean off and meanwhile the food is at risk of burning
