A Poke Of Chips

[albaqwerty]

(bag of chips for those who are not in the 'know')

Inspired by Cazz's dinner thread and Carrust's reply.

What on earth happened to the brown paper and newspaper? It's all blooming polystyrene type stuff which isn't as romantic.

I miss buying a 'poke', anyone else miss anything?

[mccfluff]

Regional Note: A pig in a poke is concealed in a sack from the buyer. The noun pokemeaning a bag or sackdates from the 14th century in English. In many parts of Scotland poke means a little paper bag for carrying purchases or a cone-shaped piece of paper for an ice-cream cone. The Oxford English Dictionary gives similar forms in other languages: Icelandic poki, Gaelic poc or poca, and French poche.

i love google

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/poke

[MadMen]

Well its only romantic if you're walking along a promenade with someone, arms linked and sharing that bag of newspaper-wrapped chips.

Its not romantic if you're just sat in front of the telly, eating them on your own, in your grundies!

[wolf63]

I love white puddings

[B00]

"sharing"

No sorry, that word's not computing...

[erin-x]

I want a white pudding supper now, Wolf! :-)

[Mags22]

Poke is Scots for paper bag as far as I know!! Wonderful, especially eaten outdoors

[albaqwerty]

it's now about £2 for a bag of chips. (dreadful)

One of the young alba's loves a black pudding supper.

[cazzz1975]

whoever shares my chips had better enjoy an eyewatering amount of salt and vinegar or get their own

[wolf63]

When I moved into my first flat I used to take the dog a walk through town to the park. He would walk past the Butcher's shop and sniff around the doorway. When we got to the chip shop down the road from that he would go totally ballistic - trying to ram his way into the shop. It was funny at the time - he was the size of a horse and looked like Scooby Doo.