Talk:Egg and chips

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This article was nominated for deletion on 14 June 2009. The result of the discussion was Keep.

A fact from Egg and chips appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that egg and chips (pictured) was John Lennon's favourite food?

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Celebrity's pointless opinion?

Not sure of the relevance or usefulness of including a celebrity's opinion on health "Despite associations with poor health, celebrity Denise van Outen advocates eating egg and chips as part of a healthy diet"? Tartanperil (talk) 11:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

...shameful food to eat for the middle class

"Egg and chips is associated with the working class, and even as a shameful food to eat for the middle class."

Is this correct or verifiable? Would anyone really feel shameful if they ate egg and chips? Also, the criteria for someone to be categorised as in the "middle class" varies widely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by James Mead (talk • contribs) 18:29, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's cited to 1996 book by an Australian academic sociologist. She seems to write a lot about health issues, and about the social impact of digital technology. She has a blog, but doesn't seem to be notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. I'm not sure what qualifies her to attribute 'shame' to British middle-class people who favour egg and chips. After all, it's not half as shameful as eating black puddn'! -:)

In general, the entire article appears to be directed towards emphasising the opinion that egg and chips is a working-class dish. For goodness sake, I was introduced to egg and chips at a strictly upper-middle-class establishment. Of course, egg and chips is served at transport cafes and greasy spoons - because these are places that have chip friers. But oven chips have been available now for many years, and the pleasures of egg and chips are no longer a privilege reserved to the less-privileged.

I don't know how to improve the tone of the article without cutting it down to a stub, explaining that it consists of a fried egg with chips. But how's that worthy of an article? and why is 'Egg and chips' more notable than 'Ham, egg and chips' or 'Sausage, egg, chips and beans'? MrDemeanour (talk) 12:35, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article cites Heston Blumenthal on egg and chips. Heston is about as far from working-class cuisine as you can get; his restaurant at Bray is one of the most exclusive (and expensive) in the country. I think that citation more-or-less proves that egg and chips has cut loose from what may have been working-class origins, and is nowadays (and for at least the last 20 years) food for everyman to eat without shame. MrDemeanour (talk) 12:44, 28 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

better pic

Can somebody please put a better pic of the dish in here? That one is too much of a closeup. YellowAries2010 (talk) 17:04, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

why put nonsense up ?

It's bad enough this exists here at all. Do we have a page for every combination of food ? Did we find a beans & chips page, or a ham & tomato sandwich page ? Even passing over that who on earth thinks it ok to malign this particular food combination with suggestions that it is unhealthy and commonly eaten by the low paid ? Can we remove all this sort of nonsense from the wiki please ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.68.251 (talk) 10:29, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Popularity and stereotype

With no reference given (and perhaps not givable) for the notion that egg and chips is a stereotypical food for British people to order in movies, I find it dubious. The generally accepted canonical stereotypical British food is fish and chips. Specifically, whitefish / scrod as the fish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.171.190.11 (talk) 22:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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