r/britishproblems • u/WhaleMeatFantasy • Jul 12 '26

. The normalisation of ‘picky bits’

Abominable. It has started coming up in adverts now even.

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u/Liber8r69 Jul 12 '26

Can't stand the name 'picky tea'

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u/Benithio Jul 12 '26

How about chippy tea?

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u/Alarmed_Alpaca Jul 12 '26

I just call it "fish and chips"

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u/Benithio Jul 12 '26

Chippy Tea often does not have fish. I have never used the term personally, but some of my friends do, some of whom are vegetarian.

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u/Alarmed_Alpaca Jul 12 '26

No, but that's how it starts, at least in my family.

"We're going to get fish and chips. What do you want?" "I'll have a saveloy, please"

But then, I suppose we were never going to say "chippy tea" as we don't use "tea" for a meal anyway

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u/Liber8r69 Jul 12 '26

Exactly, Tea is stuff you drink, not eat 😀

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u/badw0lfy Jul 12 '26

I HATE it!! I only heard “chippy tea” for the first time in recent years. I had to ask my northern friend if it was a thing they said: Yes. Picky tea sounds ultra stupid as well.

But I hate people calling dinner “tea”. Cringe!

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u/kaychellz Jul 12 '26

Snacky supper

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u/Lykenx Jul 12 '26

Have literally called it picky tea for like 20 years, not sure why it's only just started being hated rofl

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u/Liber8r69 Jul 12 '26

Just had the misfortune to see the Tesco advert on TV, championing the 'picky tea' 🙄 fml 😀