Plan B Forum

In the words of its famous adverts, this is not just any portion of fish and chips … this is Marks and Spencer fish and chips. And it comes in a pie – complete with a layer of mushy peas.



The extraordinary creation is made from chunks of cod, pea puree and tartar sauce, all held together in shortcrust pastry and topped off with a chip ‘lid’.

Designed to treat indecisive eaters to a mixture of two traditional favourites of British cuisine, the pie is due to hit the shelves later this month, priced at £3.49.

And for those fearing something of a calorie overload, a spokesman claimed they are slightly lower in calories than most pies, and have around half the amount found in a take-away fish and chip supper.

Each pie contains 581 calories – just over a quarter of a woman’s recommended daily intake, and a little more than a fifth of a man’s – and includes 31g of fat, 44 per cent of the daily allowance.

According to the M&S spokesman, the pies are nutritionally on a par with a typical BLT sandwich.
Ahead of the new creation hitting shelves on April 22, the company – which sells 21million pies a year – said: ‘Specially handcrafted in Yorkshire, each pie is lovingly created with top quality fillings made in small batches for a truly delicious taste of the seaside.’

M&S food developer Matt Dawson said: ‘Creating this pie has been the culmination of lots of love and hard work from our development team.’

TPFKA@W wrote:I hate tartar sauce.

We were presented with our menus at the start of the meal, they had a special one for me, as I’d requested “piscatarian” food. Yup, after thirty years of being a vegetarian, it only took Heston’s prices to get me to eat fish again. I was not prepared to, and thought it would be silly to, eat meat at the Fat Duck. My body may have reacted against it, and it would be silly, embarrassing and expensive to hurl the bloody lot up again. I told the waiter this, and he offered to change my tasting menu to fully vegetarian, I decided to stick with the fish adventure.

Gob wrote:Thirded!!

I make my own, can't beat homemade mushy peas.