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Well......its been a long time since we last logged on here......but now we are removing conditions and felt the need to come onto Visa Journey to make sure we were doing what we should be.

Its been as equally long since we were last in England....... :(

Really missing some good ole English Fish N Chips.........(by the way....Im the USC....lol) not sure hubby is bothered so much about it and he is the one from England lol.

Oh well.......We live in southern Illinois and I am willing to travel for some English Fish N Chips.

Anyone who is neighboring the state of Illinois that knows any good places to get some Fish N Chips......I would greatly appreciate the name of the place if at all possible......lol :P

Thanks ahead of time

Sharri

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Well......its been a long time since we last logged on here......but now we are removing conditions and felt the need to come onto Visa Journey to make sure we were doing what we should be.

Its been as equally long since we were last in England....... :(

Really missing some good ole English Fish N Chips.........(by the way....Im the USC....lol) not sure hubby is bothered so much about it and he is the one from England lol.

Oh well.......We live in southern Illinois and I am willing to travel for some English Fish N Chips.

Anyone who is neighboring the state of Illinois that knows any good places to get some Fish N Chips......I would greatly appreciate the name of the place if at all possible......lol :P

Thanks ahead of time

Sharri

Hey! I remember you!

Only place I know of in Illinois that does fish n chips is in Chicago on the north side. sorry.

Have you tried making it yourself? From what my Jonny tells me it's just beer with self raising flour, then you use the same oil you fried the fish in to fry the chips. I haven't tried it myself, my traditional first meal after arriving in England is always fish n chips from the local shop by the house so I'm saving myself for that :D

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Plenty of Fish n' Chips in New England. I get them all the time. So if you're willing to drive...

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I miss fish n chips too. Can't find any around here to save my life, and its usually one of the first things I do when I get home for a visit. I have a long list of foods I have to pig out on when I go home because I can't get them here :lol:

Sorry, no idea where in or around Illinois you'd find 'em. Unless you want to to drive up to Canada.

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If ur ever in Victoria Canada, check out Barbs fish n chips on the waterfront, YummY!! Hope you enjoy standing in line,it's a pretty popular place

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mmmmmmmmm fish and chips!

Congrats on removing your conditions! Must feel great to be at this point!

Not sure where you can buy some good fish in chips as I am in NC. But we make ours a couple times a year.

Like someone else mentioned I use flour and beer only ohh and cod of course! Recently I've see some very nice frozen peices of cod in our grocery store. Smaller then a chippy fish but not bad.

I hate to admit it but I did use frozen chips the last time I made them. Steak fries they were called. They were decent enough.

Hey we are going back to England at the beginning of Dec. We'll send some to you! :):star:

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G & I had some great fish & chips at the Elephant & Castle in Chicago. He said they were as good as the ones from home. They do have a website, so if you google it, you can find them! Not sure how much of a drive that is, but not only will you get some pretty authentic English food, you get the great city that is Chicago too!!! I hope you are successful in your quest!!!

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Yeah, come up to Chicago.... :dance:

Elephant & Castle is pretty good, but we go to a great pub owned and run by some Brit expats and ALL of their Brit traditional fare is authentic...bangers (real English bangers) & mash, English/Irish bacon, shepherd's pie, steak & ale pie, chips (real chips) with curry sauce, AND fish n' chips.... GOOD STUFF!

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Yeah, come up to Chicago.... :dance:

Elephant & Castle is pretty good, but we go to a great pub owned and run by some Brit expats and ALL of their Brit traditional fare is authentic...bangers (real English bangers) & mash, English/Irish bacon, shepherd's pie, steak & ale pie, chips (real chips) with curry sauce, AND fish n' chips.... GOOD STUFF!

Oh my flippin' gawd, REAL sausages? REAL chips and curry sauce? I'm only three hours away I think I'll have to pay a visit to Chicago myself! :lol:

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Yeah, come up to Chicago.... :dance:

Elephant & Castle is pretty good, but we go to a great pub owned and run by some Brit expats and ALL of their Brit traditional fare is authentic...bangers (real English bangers) & mash, English/Irish bacon, shepherd's pie, steak & ale pie, chips (real chips) with curry sauce, AND fish n' chips.... GOOD STUFF!

Oh my flippin' gawd, REAL sausages? REAL chips and curry sauce? I'm only three hours away I think I'll have to pay a visit to Chicago myself! :lol:

wayhey! a Chicago VJ meetup maybe???????????????????????? mmmm, sausage rolls, cornish pasties.... Heinz beans and HP sauce. FAB!

I remember the Duke of Perth on clark St in chicago being pretty darn good - they used to have all-you-can eat fish Fridays. Maybe they still do.

:yes: for about a tenner

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Ohhhh my gosh!! I recognize some of your names LOL...........it's great to see and speak to all again........ :P

Actually, I am closer to St Louis MO. I only live about 70 miles southeast of there. Chicago would be about a 5 hour drive for us.......but hey.....if we find some really good fish n chips then it would be worth the drive!! :P

Hey Frances.........what is the name of the place you were talking about.........perhaps we can check it out as well.......looks like we may be heading up to Chicago on a weekend and go to Elephant & Castle's..........sounds like the place to be.

I was talking to one of my British friends last nigh on yahoo and can you believe he said to me.......guess what I had for dinner last night? I said what?

His reply: Fish n Chips........mmmmm mmmmm.......lol. I was like you cheeky little &*$# LOL..... :lol:

Then he sent me this pic:

Ohhhhh it made my mouth water horribly LOL.

Thanks for replying everyone......Ill definitly have to drive to Chicago for some Fish N Chips if I cannot find any around St Louis LOL.... :yes:

Sharri

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12/03/04....Married.....finally

01/11/05....Got SS card in Mail :)

02/12/05....Sent out AOS, EAD & AP Certified Mail Finally !!!

02/18/05....Return Receipt Signed from Chicago Lockbox

(They have our AOS)

03/10/05....AOS NOA 1 for AOS, & AP received in Mail

03/10/05....Appt date for Biometrics & Fingerprinting St Louis

on March 23, 05 :)

04/07/05....Approval for EAD & AP via On Line :)

05/20/05....Finally Got Green card after having to contact

State Representative's Office.

Big mess with INS losing paperwork :-(

10/18/05 I N T E R V I E W in St Louis

Got RFE for W2's have 90 days to resubmit them

11/10/05....Found out there is another person in the USA with

the same name as my husbands :o !! Spelled the

same way and he's from ENGLAND TOO :-O

10/31/07....Sent I-751 to Remove Conditions (in the system yet again....ugh)

12/07.........10 yr Green Card Granted....Yipee!!

12/07.........Conditions Lifted.......Permanent Resident in the US of A......hooray!!!

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Yay...come to Chicago!!!! Hubster and I would gladly meetup with anyone at the Elephant & Castle, Duke of Perth OR hubster's favorite place... The Globe Pub http://www.theglobepub.com/food_drink.shtml. Check out their menu...look for the "traditional fare" section of the menu for all the GOOD STUFF!

mmmmmmmmm, fish n' chips....!!!

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