Ice, you have to have fish, chips and mushy peas when you come to the UK! We have cod normally up here Lewis, Haddock is usually a special order your shout across the counter and is the size of a small shark lol.

Also, you have to try the Middlesbrough speciality of a Parmesan. Very thin pork, sometimes chicken, covered in breadcrumbs with a layer of bechamel sauce (I think, would need a smoggy to clarify) in between the meat and breadcrumbs, very nice

The accent in the North East is definately hard to get used to. I came up here from Sheffield in Yorkshire (where they talk reet proper) and I could not understand people either, especially the Sunderland accent (called Maccums) which is very broad.

You will pick it up though

although living in Lowestoft down sarf at the moment I am originally from Grimsby so I know me fish and indeed Mace mushy peas, down here and further south they don't have anything moist with there fish and chips bloody barbarians!

...and dnt forget British Curry's!

Yeah, they are wierd them Southerners. I work with a lad from Essex (easy, easy!!) and Devon and they can't understand mushy peas. I tell them it's called Yorkshire Caviar but they won't go near them! They don't have gravy on there chips either!!! Just curry sauce...

British Curries are good too, after a few jars. Does this conversation move onto the ultimate drunk's food? The veritable kebab......

MIXED KEBAB! IS THE DON!

Why choose which kind of kebab meat when you can have them all with salad and onoins and chilli sauce in one FAT pitta with a couple chilles to bite on for starter, well I say starter I mean after the beers the shooters and the getting lost fromt he club to the kebab house.

Scots prefer Haddock & any decent chip shop only fries fish to order anyway ...

next job - introduce - Ice to real beer (dark stuff not pissy lager) - guess it'll be Nookie Broon (never been the same since they moved the brewery ) around Stockton?
& perhaps get him reading Viz

I love Newcastle Brown Ale!

> dark stuff not pissy lager

I like your style BUFF!

Newkie Brown is horrid. Lived on it at college (was cheap) and I think I OD'd lol and now can't stand the stuff.

In Stockton it would be White Lightning and Turps as the favourite lol....

meths & milk ?

..... And now I've got no idea where this thread is going... Care to clue me in guys?

Also, since I seem to be heading for a weird part of the UK, any terms/phrases/expressions I'd better be familiar with right away?