Originally Posted by jayeff

No... no... no... cream together butter and golden syrup and let it melt on the pudding. A little custard too is okay, but the syrup/butter mix is a must.

As to mushy peas, well of course the canned variety is only a distant relation of what the fish and chip "oyles" in Lancashire sold when I was a kid. Still my family over here get very upset if I serve fish and chips without them.