Yes Foxylady, we always have a portion of chip shop chips between us these days & halve the fish too! I don't eat the batter, partly as on low gluten diet, partly as chip shops don't seem to be able to cook it properly these days. Hate that thick, gummy, uncooked flour-water paste inside. Cooking batter-covered fish properly is one of the things our local chippies did so much better when I was a kid.
Waffles & croquettes never featured in my childhood - I think they probably only came in later. Love hash browns though. OH doesn't like them, which I find strange as he is a carb eating machine & seems to like all other forms of potato! Including the dreaded potato soup! A Scots "delicacy" he introduced me to. Like dish water with pepper. Once was enough!