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{{Short description|Hot dish of fried fish and fried potato}}
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{{British cuisine}}
'''Fish and chips''' is a [[Take-out|take-away]] food which consists of [[Batter (cooking)|battered]] fish and [[Deep frying|deep-fried]] [[French fries#United Kingdom|chips]], sometimes accompanied by [[mushy peas]]. The dish originated in Great Britain in the 19th century, where the fish served was commonly [[cod]] or [[haddock]].


'''Fish and chips''' is a hot dish consisting of [[batter (cooking)|battered]] and [[fried fish]], served with [[French fries|chips]]. Often considered the [[national dish]] of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Black |first1=Les |title=New Ethnicities and Urban Culture |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZn7AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 |publisher=Routledge |location=Oxford |isbn=1-85728-251-5 |access-date=14 February 2019 |page=15}}</ref><ref name="alexander">{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=James |date=18 December 2009 |title=The unlikely origin of fish and chips |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112111032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8419026.stm |archive-date=2013-11-12 |access-date=16 July 2013 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Today, the dish is a common [[Take-out|takeaway food]] in numerous other countries, particularly English-speaking and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Andrew F. |title=Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=258 |isbn=978-0-313-39393-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-WcKK01H1cC&pg=PA258 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>
== History ==
{{Main|British cuisine}}


[[Fish and chip shop]]s first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910 there were over 25,000 of them across the UK. This increased to over 35,000 by the 1930s, but eventually decreased to approximately 10,000 by 2009.<ref name="alexander" /> The British government safeguarded the supply of fish and chips during the [[First World War]] and again in the [[Second World War]]. It was one of the few foods in the UK [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|not subject to rationing]] during the wars, which further contributed to its popularity.<ref name="alexander" /><ref name="Northern Echo" />
Fish and chips became a stock meal among the [[working class]]es in Great Britain as a consequence of the rapid development of [[trawling|trawl fishing]] in the [[North Sea]], and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, which meant that fresh fish could be rapidly transported to the heavily populated areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niagara.co.uk/fish_and_chips.htm |title=Fish and chips - A great British tradition |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080116221706/http://www.niagara.co.uk/fish_and_chips.htm |archivedate = 16 January 2008}}</ref> In 1860, the first fish and chip shop was opened in London by Joseph Malin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/19/foodanddrink.restaurants|title=Enduring Love |publisher= |accessdate=2003-01-19 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Jay | last=Rayner | date=2005-11-03}}</ref>
[[File:Flickr adactio 164930387--Fish and chips.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Fish and chips in [[Brighton]], England]]


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Deep-fried chips (slices or pieces of potato) as a dish may have first appeared in Britain in about the same period: the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' notes as its earliest usage of "chips" in this sense the mention in [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]]' ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (published in 1859): "Husky chips of potatoes, fried with some reluctant drops of oil".


==History==
The modern fish-and-chip shop ("chippy" or "chipper" in modern British slang<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/6126476.stm |title=Chippy smells of chips complaint|publisher=BBC News |date=2006-11-07 |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref><ref name="Hegarty 2009 17">{{Cite news
{{Main|English cuisine}}
| last=Hegarty | first=Shane | title=How fish and chips enriched a nation | newspaper=The Irish Times | publication-place=Dublin, Ireland
| date=3 November 2009 | page=17
| url=http://www.irishtimes.com
| postscript=<!--None--> }}</ref>) originated in the United Kingdom, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. Early fish-and-chip shops had only very basic facilities. Usually these consisted principally of a large [[cauldron]] of cooking [[fat]], heated by a coal fire. During [[World War II]] fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to [[rationing in the United Kingdom|rationing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rls.org.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-467-L |title=Resources for Learning, Scotland: Rationing |publisher=Rls.org.uk |date=1998-01-05 |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>


The British tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil may have been introduced to the country by the [[Chuts]]: [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews]], who had lived in the Netherlands before settling in the UK. These immigrants arrived as early as the 16th century, the main immigration to London being during the 1850s.<ref name="alexander"/><ref name="Roden 1996">{{cite book|first1=Claudia|last1=Roden|title=The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIgrAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Knopf|date=1996 |isbn=0-394-53258-9|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hosking|first1=Richard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfP6jHmSLnMC&pg=PT183 |title=Eggs in Cookery:Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery 2006|date=2007|publisher=Prospect Books|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1-903018-54-5|page=183}}<!--|access-date=28 March 2016--></ref><ref name="marks">{{cite book | last = Marks | first = Gil | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ux2lGKCKVPYC&pg=PA82 |title = The world of Jewish cooking: more than 500 traditional recipes from Alsace to Yemen | publisher = Simon & Schuster | year = 1999 | isbn = 0-684-83559-2}}</ref> They prepared fried fish in a manner similar to ''[[pescado frito]]'', which is coated in [[flour]] then fried in oil.<ref name="marks"/> Fish fried for [[Shabbat]] for dinner on Friday evenings could be eaten cold the following afternoon for [[shalosh seudot]], palatable this way as liquid vegetable oil was used rather than a hard fat, such as butter.<ref name="marks"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Majumdar |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Majumdar |access-date=27 December 2019|title=The Good Companions: The True Story of Fish & Chips|url=https://www.eatmyglobe.com/fish-and-chips|website=Eat My Globe}}</ref> [[Charles Dickens]] mentions "fried fish warehouses" in ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' (1838),<ref name="alexander" /> and in 1845 [[Alexis Soyer]] in his first edition of ''A Shilling Cookery for the People'', gives a recipe for "fried fish, Jewish fashion", which is dipped in a batter mix of flour and water before frying.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chip-Shop Fried Fish |url=http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/chipshopfriedfish.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402103024/https://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/chipshopfriedfish.htm |archive-date=2023-04-02 |access-date=23 June 2016 |website=The Foods of England Project}}</ref> However, "fish the Jews' way" in most English cookery books usually refer not to plain fried fish, but to [[escabeche]], fish fried then pickled in vinegar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kirshenblatt-Gimblett |first=Barbara |date=2023-06-22 |title=No, British fish and chips is not a Jewish invention |url=https://forward.com/forverts-in-english/551553/no-british-fish-and-chips-is-not-a-jewish-invention/?fbclid=IwAR2-NSlAQSSCgUednkYy4w69uwhQIP0CI05ZgKdb4TcFXPSKEp-NptRk0MU |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref>
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Fish Labelling Regulations 2003<ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20030461.htm|publisher=The Stationery Office|year=2003|accessdate=2009-04-04|title=Fish Labelling Regulations (England) 2003|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}} (equivalent similarly-named legislation applies in other countries of the UK)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsai.ie/uploadedFiles/S.I_No_320_of_2003.pdf |title=European Communities (Fish Labelling) Regulations, 2003 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-10-16}}</ref> enact directive 2065/2001/EC and generally means that "fish" must be sold with the particular species named; so "cod and chips" now appears on menus rather than the more vague "fish and chips". In the United Kingdom the [[Food Standards Agency]] guidance excludes [[caterer]]s from this;<ref>{{Cite document
|url=http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fish_lab_reg2003gn.pdf|year=2003|accessdate=2009-04-04|publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]]|title=Guidance Notes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}} (Section A.2)</ref> but several local Trading Standards authorities and others do say it cannot be sold merely as "fish and chips".<ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9DA031F1-E2EA-4198-8CC6-23644A89D6B1/0/FOODLABELLINGFORCATERINGESTABLISHMENTS.pdf
|publisher=Blackpool Council|title=Food Labelling For Catering Establishments|accessdate=2009-04-04|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/NCC048357.pdf|accessdate=2009-04-04|title=Business Advice Fact Sheet|publisher=Norfolk County Council|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.ncass.org.uk/default.aspx?id=1039|publisher=Nationwide Caterers Association|accessdate=2009-04-04|date=|title=Labelling & Pricing|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>


[[File:BCLM fish+chips.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Fish and chips, served in a paper wrapper ([[greaseproof paper]] inner and ordinary paper outer), as a takeaway]]
=== England ===
The location of the first [[fish and chip shop]] is unclear. The earliest known shops were opened in London during the 1860s by Eastern European Jewish immigrant Joseph Malin,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jan/19/foodanddrink.restaurants|title=Enduring Love |access-date=19 January 2003 | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Jay | last=Rayner | date=3 November 2005 | quote=In 1860 a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe called Joseph Malin opened the first business in London's East End selling fried fish alongside chipped potatoes which, until then, had been found only in the Irish potato shops.}}</ref> and by John Lees in [[Mossley|Mossley, Lancashire]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10410058/Potted-histories-fish-and-chips.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10410058/Potted-histories-fish-and-chips.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Potted histories: fish and chips|last=Hyslop|first=Leah|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=30 October 2013|access-date=4 September 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/history--599.htm|title=Federation of Fish Friers - Serving the Fish and Chips Industry - History|website=www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> However, fried fish and chips had existed separately for at least 50 years prior to this, so the possibility that they had been combined at an earlier time cannot be ruled out.<ref name="Oxford Companion">{{cite book|first1=Alan|last1=Davidson|title=The Oxford Companion to Food|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIIeBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|publisher=OUP Oxford|date=21 August 2014|isbn=978-0-19-104072-6|via=Google Books}}</ref> Fish and chips became a stock meal among the working classes in England as a consequence of the rapid development of [[trawling|trawl fishing]] in the [[North Sea]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p039pr7c?intc_type=promo&intc_location=sport&intc_campaign=fishandchips&intc_linkname=radio4_fac_audioclip1|title=Did fish and chips come from the north of England?|date=30 November 2015 |publisher=BBC Radio 4}}</ref> and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, so that fresh fish could be rapidly transported to the heavily populated areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niagara.co.uk/fish_and_chips.htm |title=Fish and chips - A great English tradition |access-date=22 June 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080116221706/http://www.niagara.co.uk/fish_and_chips.htm |archive-date = 16 January 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Oldham - first chip shop in UK.jpg|thumb|left|upright|A [[blue plaque]] marking the first chip shop in Britain, in [[Oldham]]]]


Deep-fried chips (slices or pieces of potato) as a dish may have first appeared in England in about the same period: the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' notes as its earliest usage of "chips" in this sense the mention in Charles Dickens' ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1859): "husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/98/98-h/98-h.htm#link2H_4_0002|title=A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens|website=www.gutenberg.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16391511|title=The master of the snippet|first=Matthew|last=Davis|work=BBC News|date=4 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c54xAQAAMAAJ&q=tale+of+two+cities|title=A Tale of Two Cities|first=Charles|last=Dickens|date=24 January 1866|publisher=Chapman and Hall|via=Google Books}}</ref>
The dish became popular in wider circles in London and South East England in the middle of the 19th century ([[Charles Dickens]] mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', first published in 1838), while in the north of England a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed. The first chip shop stood on the present site of [[Oldham]]'s Tommyfield Market.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaloner|first1=W. H.|last2=Henderson|first2=W. O.|title=Industry and Innovation: Selected Essays|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1990|isbn=0-7146-3335-6}}</ref> It remains unclear exactly when and where these two trades combined to become the fish-and-chip shop industry we know. Joseph Malin opened the first recorded combined fish-and-chip shop in London in 1860 or in 1865; a Mr Lees pioneered the concept in the North of England, in [[Mossley]], in 1863.<ref>{{cite web|author=Historic uk - the heritage accommodation guide |url=http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/FishandChips.htm |title=Tradition Historic UK, Fish and Chips |publisher=Historic-uk.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>


The modern fish-and-chip shop ("chippy" in modern British slang)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/6126476.stm |title=Chippy smells of chips complaint|work=BBC News |date=7 November 2006 |access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref><ref name="Hegarty 2009 17">{{Cite news
The concept of a fish restaurant was introduced by Samuel Isaacs (born 1856 in [[Whitechapel]], London; died 1939 in [[Brighton]], Sussex) who ran a thriving wholesale and retail fish business throughout London and the South of England in the latter part of the 19th century. Isaacs' first restaurant opened in London in 1896 serving fish and chips, bread and butter, and tea for nine pence,<ref>England Eats Out by John Burnett - Published by Pearson Education, 2004 ISBN 0-582-47266-0</ref> and its popularity ensured a rapid expansion of the chain.
| last=Hegarty | first=Shane | title=How fish and chips enriched a nation | newspaper=The Irish Times | location=Dublin, Ireland
| date=3 November 2009 | page=17
| url=http://www.irishtimes.com
}}</ref> originated in the UK, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. Early fish-and-chip shops had only very basic facilities. Usually these consisted principally of a large cauldron of cooking fat, heated by a coal fire. The fish-and-chip shop later evolved into a fairly standard format, with the food served, in paper wrappings, to queuing customers, over a counter in front of the fryers. According to Professor John Walton, author of ''Fish and Chips and the British Working Class'', the British government made safeguarding supplies of fish and chips during the [[First World War]] a priority: "The cabinet knew it was vital to keep families on the home front in good heart, unlike the German regime that failed to keep its people well fed".<ref name="alexander"/>


[[File:Harry Ramsden's, Marine Parade, Brighton (July 2020).JPG|thumb|[[Harry Ramsden's]] in Brighton, one of its 35 outlets in the UK and Ireland]]
The restaurants were carpeted, had waited service, tablecloths, flowers, china and cutlery, and made the trappings of upmarket dining affordable to the working classes for the first time. They were located in [[Tottenham Court Road]], [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], [[Strand, London|The Strand]], [[Hoxton]], [[Shoreditch]], [[Brixton]] and other London districts, as well as [[Clacton]], [[Brighton]], [[Ramsgate]], [[Margate]] and other seaside resorts in southern England. Menus were expanded in the early 20th century to include meat dishes and other variations as their popularity grew to a total of thirty restaurants. Sam Isaacs' trademark was the phrase "This is the [[Plaice]]" combined with a picture of the punned-upon fish in question. A glimpse of the old Brighton restaurant at No.1 Marine Parade can be seen in the background of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s 1955 film ''One Good Turn'' just as Norman/Pitkin runs onto the seafront; this is now the site of a [[Harry Ramsden's]] fish and chips restaurant. A [[blue plaque]] at [[Oldham]]'s Tommyfield Market marks the first chips fried in Britain in 1860, and the origin of the fish and chip shop and fast food industries in Britain.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1275320/The-Portugese-gave-fried-fish-Belgians-invented-chips-150-years-ago-East-End-boy-united-create-The-Worlds-Greatest-Double-Act.html The Portuguese gave us fried fish, the Belgians invented chips but 150 years ago an East End boy united them to create The World's Greatest Double Act] Mail Online. Retrieved 21 September 2011</ref>
In 1928, [[Harry Ramsden's|Harry Ramsden]] opened his first fish and chip shop in [[Guiseley|Guiseley, West Yorkshire]]. On a single day in 1952, the shop served 10,000 portions of fish and chips, earning a place in the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]''.<ref name="Northern Echo">{{cite news |title=Having a Whaler of a time |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/latest/10213308.whaler-time/ |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=Northern Echo|quote = "Fish 'n' chips (the "sixpenny supper") sustained national morale through two world wars, helped turn fishing ports into holiday resorts and made Friday night suppers the culinary highlight of the week for generations. George Orwell reckoned they were essential for keeping the masses happy – and he was right. More than 150 years after Joseph Malin opened his first shop, fish and chips are a British institution."}}</ref> In [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[The Road to Wigan Pier]]'' (1937), which documents his experience of working-class life in the [[North of England]], the author considered fish and chips chief among the 'home comforts' which acted as a panacea to the working classes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dewey|first=Peter |date=2014|title=War and Progress: Britain 1914–1945|page= 325|publisher= Routledge|isbn=978-0-582-04586-6}}</ref>


During the [[Second World War]], fish and chips—a staple of the working class—remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|not subject to rationing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rls.org.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-467-L |title=Resources for Learning, Scotland: Rationing |publisher=Rls.org.uk |date=5 January 1998 |access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] referred to the combination of fish and chips as "the good companions".<ref name="alexander"/>
=== Scotland ===
[[File:Fish n chips.jpg|thumb|right|Fish and chips traditionally wrapped in white paper and newspaper, [[Stromness]], [[Orkney]]]]
{{Main|Scottish cuisine}}
[[Dundee]] City Council claims that "...in the 1870s, that glory of British gastronomy - the chip - was first sold by Belgian immigrant Edward De Gernier in the city’s Greenmarket."<ref name=dundee>{{cite web|title = Dundee Fact File|publisher = Dundee City Council|url = http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/departments/fact.htm|accessdate = 20 March 2007}}</ref>


British fish and chips were originally served in a wrapping of old newspapers but this practice has now largely ceased, with plain paper, cardboard, or plastic being used instead. In the UK, the Fish Labelling Regulations 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20030461.htm|publisher=The Stationery Office|year=2003|access-date=4 April 2009|title=Fish Labelling Regulations (England) 2003}} (equivalent similarly-named legislation applies in other countries of the UK)</ref> and in the Republic of Ireland the European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) Regulations 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsai.ie/uploadedFiles/S.I_No_320_of_2003.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705023219/http://www.fsai.ie/uploadedFiles/S.I_No_320_of_2003.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2010 |url-status=live |title=European Communities (Fish Labelling) Regulations, 2003 |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> respectively enact directive 2065/2001/EC, and generally mean that "fish" must be sold with the particular commercial name or species named; so, for example, "cod and chips" now appears on menus rather than the more vague "fish and chips". In the UK the [[Food Standards Agency]] guidance excludes [[caterer]]s from this;<ref>{{Cite web
In [[Edinburgh]], a combination of Gold Star [[brown sauce]] and water or malt vinegar, known as "sauce", or more specifically as "chippy sauce", has great popularity.<ref>{{cite web|author=SiteWise - Content Management System - www.pureenergymultimedia.com/sitewise/ |url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/81.htm |title=Did You Know? |publisher=Federation of Fish Friers |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>
|url=http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fish_lab_reg2003gn.pdf
|year=2003
|access-date=4 April 2009 |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]]
|title=Guidance Notes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019221532/http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/fish_lab_reg2003gn.pdf
|archive-date=19 October 2010 }} (Section A.2)</ref> but several local Trading Standards authorities and others do say it cannot be sold merely as "fish and chips".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9DA031F1-E2EA-4198-8CC6-23644A89D6B1/0/FOODLABELLINGFORCATERINGESTABLISHMENTS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141422/http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9DA031F1-E2EA-4198-8CC6-23644A89D6B1/0/FOODLABELLINGFORCATERINGESTABLISHMENTS.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live
|publisher=Blackpool Council|title=Food Labelling For Catering Establishments|access-date=4 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/NCC048357.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803162106/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/NCC048357.pdf |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=live|access-date=4 April 2009|title=Business Advice Fact Sheet|publisher=Norfolk County Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncass.org.uk/default.aspx?id=1039|publisher=Nationwide Caterers Association|access-date=4 April 2009|title=Labelling & Pricing}}</ref>


=== Ireland ===
===United Kingdom===
[[File:Fish and chips.jpg|thumb|Fish and chips on the seafront at [[Hunstanton]], Norfolk. In the UK, fish and chips are particularly associated with [[seaside resort]]s.<ref name="Northern Echo"/>]]
{{Main|Irish cuisine}}
[[File:The Rock & Sole Plaice.jpg|thumb|The Rock & Sole Plaice fish and chip shop in London, opened in 1871]]
In Ireland, the first fish and chips were sold by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Cervi, who mistakenly stepped off an America-bound ship at [[Cobh]] (then called Queenstown) in [[County Cork]] and walked all the way to Dublin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/national-fish-and-chips-day-thank-cod-for-giuseppe-2656484.html |title=National Fish and Chips Day: Thank cod for Giuseppe - Food & Drink, Lifestyle - Independent.ie |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> He started by selling fish and chips outside Dublin pubs from a handcart. He then found a permanent spot in Great Brunswick Street (now [[Pearse Street]]). His wife Palma would ask customers "Uno di questa, uno di quella?" This phrase (meaning "one of this, one of the other") entered the [[vernacular]] in Dublin as "one and one", which is still a way of referring to fish and chips in the city.<ref name="Hegarty 2009 17"/>
A prominent meal in British culture, fish and chips became popular in wider circles in London and South East England in the middle of the 19th century: [[Charles Dickens]] mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', first published in 1838, while in the north of England a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed.<ref name="BBC History"/> It remains unclear exactly when and where these two trades combined to become the modern [[fish and chip shop]] industry. A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin, opened the first recorded combined fish-and-chip shop in [[Bow, London|Bow]], East London, circa 1860; a Mr Lees pioneered the concept in the North of England, in [[Mossley]], in 1863.<ref name="BBC History">{{cite news |title=Chipping away at the history of fish and chips |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20130409-chipping-away-at-the-history-of-fish-and-chips |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Historic uk - the heritage accommodation guide |url=http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/FishandChips.htm |title=Tradition Historic UK, Fish and Chips |publisher=Historic-uk.com |access-date=22 June 2009}}</ref> A century later, the [[National Federation of Fish Friers]], which made Malin's its first member, presented a plaque to Malin's as being the world's first fish and chip shop.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fish & chips: Drinks & dishes you might not have realised were invented in London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/galleries/drinks-and-dishes-invented-in-london/fish-and-chips/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Telegraph|quote=It was, the Federation declared, one Joseph Malin, a Jewish émigré of Cleveland Way, Whitechapel, who opened the first chippie around 1860.}}</ref> A [[blue plaque]] is located at the other main contender for the first fish and chip shop, the present site of [[Oldham]]'s Tommyfield Market.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaloner|first1=W. H.|last2=Henderson|first2=W. O.|title=Industry and Innovation: Selected Essays|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1990|isbn=0-7146-3335-6}}</ref> Located in [[Covent Garden]], The Rock & Sole Plaice, dating from 1871, is London's oldest fish and chip shop still in operation.<ref name="BBC History"/>


The concept of a sit-down fish restaurant—as opposed to takeaway—was introduced by Samuel Isaacs, an entrepreneur from [[Whitechapel]], East London who ran a thriving wholesale and retail fish business.<ref name="Isaacs"/> Dubbed the 'Fish Restaurant King', Isaacs' first restaurant opened in [[Lambeth]], South London in 1896 serving fish and chips, bread and butter, and tea for nine pence.<ref>England Eats Out by John Burnett - Published by Pearson Education, 2004 {{ISBN|0-582-47266-0}}</ref> It became instantly popular and led to a [[Chain store|chain]] which comprised 22 restaurants.<ref name="Isaacs"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walton |first1=John K. |title=Fish and Chips, and the British Working Class, 1870-1940 |date=24 July 1998 |publisher=A&C Black |page=34 |isbn=0-7185-2120-X}}</ref> Isaacs' trademark was the phrase "This is the [[Plaice]]", combined with a picture of the punned-upon fish in question, which appeared in all of his restaurants.<ref name="Isaacs">{{cite book |last1=Jolles |first1=Michael A. |last2=Rubinstein |first2=W. |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-30466-6 |pages=457}}</ref> Isaacs' restaurants were carpeted, had table service, tablecloths, flowers, china and cutlery, and made the trappings of upmarket dining affordable to the working classes. They were located in [[Strand, London|the Strand]] and other London locations, as well as Brighton, [[Ramsgate]], [[Margate]] and other seaside resorts in southern England.<ref name="Isaacs"/> Menus were expanded in the early 20th century to include meat dishes and other variations. A glimpse of the old Brighton restaurant at No.1 Marine Parade can be seen in the background of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s 1955 film ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]'' just as Pitkin runs onto the seafront; this is now the site of a [[Harry Ramsden's]] fish and chips restaurant.
== Composition ==


From their first appearance on the British [[High Street]] in the early 1860s, fish and chip shops spread rapidly in order to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population.<ref>{{cite news |title=The History of Fish and Chips |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |access-date=17 June 2024 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608152727/https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Fish-Chips/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 1910, there were over 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, a figure that grew to over 35,000 shops by the 1930s.<ref name="alexander" /> Since then the trend has reversed, and in 2009 there were approximately 10,000 shops.<ref name="alexander" />
=== Cooking ===
[[File:Frying range.JPG|thumb|left|Frying range]]
Traditional frying uses [[tallow|beef dripping]] or [[lard]]; however, [[vegetable oil]]s, such as [[peanut oil]] (used because of its relatively high [[smoke point]]) {{As of|2007|alt= now}} predominate. A minority of vendors in the north of England and Scotland and the majority of vendors in Northern Ireland still use dripping or lard, as it imparts a different flavour to the dish, but it has the side effect of making the fried chips unsuitable for vegetarians and for adherents of certain faiths. Lard is used in some living industrial history museums, such as the [[Black Country Museum|Black Country Living Museum]].


=== Thickness ===
==== Scotland ====
[[Dundee]] City Council claims that chips were first sold by a Belgian immigrant, Edward De Gernier, in the city's Greenmarket in the 1870s.<ref name=dundee>{{cite web|title=Dundee Fact File |publisher=Dundee City Council |url=http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/departments/fact.htm |access-date=20 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408055244/http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/departments/fact.htm |archive-date=8 April 2007 }}</ref> In [[Edinburgh]] and the surrounding area, a combination of Gold Star [[brown sauce]] and water or malt vinegar, known as "sauce", or more specifically as "chippy sauce", has great popularity;<ref name="FFF">{{cite web |url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/81.htm |title=Did You Know? |publisher=Federation of Fish Friers |access-date=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923220940/http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/81.htm |archive-date=23 September 2008 }}</ref> [[salt and vinegar]] is preferred elsewhere in Scotland.<ref name="Independent 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/scotlands-sauce-wars-charge-for-ketchup-in-edinburgh-leaves-customer-from-glasgow-with-chip-on-8786768.html |title=Scotland's sauce wars: Charge for ketchup in Edinburgh leaves customer from Glasgow with chip on shoulder |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=27 August 2013 |access-date=22 March 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Daily Record 2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-chippies-get-ready-for-the-salt-and-sauce-1119494.amp|title=Glasgow chippies get ready for the 'salt and sauce' Scottish Cup Final|newspaper=Daily Record |date=18 April 2012|access-date=22 March 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Edinburgh News 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/salt-n-sauce-capital-chippy-sauce-export-bid-1-2880928/amp |title=Salt 'n' sauce? Capital chippy sauce export bid|newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News|date=6 April 2013|access-date=22 March 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Radio Times 2015">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-06-18/karen-gillan-wants-scottish-chip-sauce-so-what-is-it/amp/|title=Karen Gillan wants Scottish chip sauce – so, what is it? |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |date=18 June 2015|access-date=22 March 2019 }}</ref>
[[File:TillysTavernFish.JPG|thumb|Fish and sliced chips served with [[coleslaw]] in the United States]]
[[File:Fish and chips at Hesburger.jpg|thumb|left|Fish and chips at a [[Hesburger]] fast food restaurant in Finland, advertised as particularly British]]


==== Fish & Chips Awards ====
British chips are traditionally thicker than American-style [[French fries]] sold by major multinational [[fast food]] chains, resulting in a lower fat content per portion. In their homes or in non-chain restaurants, people in or from the United States may eat a thick type of chip, more similar to the British variant, sometimes referred to as [[steak fries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_31517,00.html |title=Online recipes |publisher=Foodnetwork.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_36305,00.html |title=More online recipes |publisher=Foodnetwork.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref>
The annual National Fish & Chips Awards were set up in the UK in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seafish.org/promoting-seafood/the-national-fish-chip-awards/|title=The National Fish & Chips Awards|access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> The 30th Annual Fish & Chips Awards ceremony was attended by Norwegian ambassador to the UK Mona Juul.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/chip-chip-hooray-the-national-fish-chip-awards-named-the-uks-best-chippy/|title=Chip Chip Hooray! The National Fish & Chip Awards Names The UK's Best Chippy|publisher=Ikon London Magazine| last2 = Alvarez | first2 = Joe| last1 = A Orlova | first1 = Tamara| date=25 January 2018|access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>


===Australia===
How much cooking fat soaks into the potato depends on the surface area and how long they are cooked. Chips have a smaller surface area per unit weight than French fries, which means absorbing less oil in a given time. On the other hand, chips, being thicker, take longer to cook than fries.
{{Main|Australian cuisine}}
[[File:Australian Hotel, St George, Queensland, 2021, 03.jpg|thumb|right|Fish and chips at the Australian Hotel, St George, Queensland]]
The first recorded owner of an Australian fish and chip shop is Greek migrant Athanasias Comino, who opened his shop in 1879 on Sydney's Oxford Street, though Comino's shop was inspired by an unknown Welshman's pre-existing fish and chip shop.<ref name="aus-frdc">{{cite web |title=The History of Fish and Chips |url=http://fishandchipsawards.com.au/Information/The-History-of-Fish-and-Chips |website=Australian Fish and Chips Awards |publisher=[[Fisheries Research and Development Corporation]] |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731155148/http://fishandchipsawards.com.au/Information/The-History-of-Fish-and-Chips |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Australia today, there are an estimated 4000 fish and chip shops, as well as fish and chips being an essential menu offering in many [[Australian pubs]] and restaurants.<ref name="aus-frdc" />


=== Batter ===
===Canada===
{{Main|Canadian cuisine}}
UK chippies traditionally use a simple water and flour batter, adding a little [[sodium bicarbonate]] (baking soda) and a little vinegar to create lightness, as they create bubbles in the batter. Other recipes may use [[Batter (cooking)|beer or milk batter]], where these liquids are often substitutes for water. The [[carbon dioxide]] in the beer lends a lighter texture to the batter. Beer also results in an orange-brown colour. A simple beer batter might consist of a 2:3 ratio of flour to beer by volume. The type of beer makes the batter taste different: some prefer [[lager]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/deepfriedfishinbeerb_67776.shtml|title=Deep fried fish in beer|date=|accessdate=2009-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/gurnard-in-beer-batter-772989.html|title=Gurnard in beer batter|date=2008-01-26|accessdate=2009-03-23 | work=The Independent | location=London | first=Mark | last=Hix}}</ref> whereas others use [[stout]] or [[bitter (beer)|bitter]].
Fish and chips is a widely popular dish in Canada, sometimes using [[haddock]] or local lake-caught fish like [[perch]] or [[walleye]]. Most shops also sell [[poutine]] and other fried items. In the province of [[Newfoundland & Labrador]], fish and chips made with cod are a staple food and the most common takeout meal.


===Ireland===
{{Main|Irish cuisine}}
In Ireland, the first fish and chips were sold by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Cervi, who mistakenly stepped off a North America-bound ship at Queenstown (now [[Cobh]]) in [[County Cork]] in the 1880s and walked all the way to [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/national-fish-and-chips-day-thank-cod-for-giuseppe-2656484.html |title=National Fish and Chips Day: Thank cod for Giuseppe |work=Irish Independent |access-date=23 August 2012 |archive-date=3 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703065529/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/national-fish-and-chips-day-thank-cod-for-giuseppe-2656484.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He started by selling fish and chips outside Dublin pubs from a handcart. He then found a permanent spot in Great Brunswick Street (now [[Pearse Street]]). His wife Palma would ask customers "Uno di questa, uno di quella?" This phrase (meaning "one of this, one of that") entered the [[vernacular]] in Dublin as "one and one", which is still a way of referring to fish and chips in the city.<ref name="Hegarty 2009 17"/>


===New Zealand===
{{Main|New Zealand cuisine}}
Fish and chips is the most popular takeaway food in New Zealand. Food historians have not been able to pinpoint exactly when the meal became an established part of New Zealand cuisine, but all recognise that the first fish and chips shops were introduced by British settlers before [[World War I]].<ref name="Wassilieff">{{cite web|last1=Wassilieff|first1=Maggy|title=Seafood - Favourite Kiwi fare|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/seafood/page-2|publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=15 December 2017|date=12 June 2006}}</ref> During the 20th century, nearly every small town and suburb in New Zealand had at least one fish-and-chip shop. As in Britain, Friday night has been the traditional night to eat fish.<ref name="Wassilieff"/>


Traditionally, fish and chips were served in wrappings of greaseproof paper and then newspaper as insulation. With the decline of the newspaper industry, this has become less common although plain, unprinted paper is still popular.
==Roles of the cooks==
#'''The deep fryer'''. The deep frying station will normally be operated by two people. These people have the job of battering the food (if required), then placing it into a basket where it will remain for the duration of the cook time. These cooks also have the job of removing the food from the fryer when they deem it to be ready.
[[File:Deepfryer.jpg|right|thumb|200x200px]]


In 1980, four up-and-coming [[New Zealand Labour Party]] politicians, including [[David Lange]], were nicknamed the "[[Fish and Chip Brigade]]" due to a picture published at the time with the group eating fish and chips.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seafood - Favourite Kiwi fare: The Fish and Chip Brigade|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5099/the-fish-and-chip-brigade|publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>


===United States===
{{Main|American cuisine}}
In the United States, the dish is most commonly sold as ''fish and chips'', except in [[Upstate New York]] and [[Wisconsin]] and other parts of the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] and [[Upper Midwest]], where this dish would be called a ''[[fish fry]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shore Lunch: More Than the World's Finest Fish and Chips – New West|url=https://newwest.net/topic/article/shore_lunch_more_than_the_worlds_finest_fish_and_chips/C41/L41/|website=newwest.net|publisher=New West Publications|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> While in the United States ''chips'' refers to [[potato chips]] ("crisps" in British English), the dish retains its native name.<ref name="Independent"/> In the [[Southern United States]], a common form of cuisine is fried [[catfish]] with French fries, accompanied by [[coleslaw]], pickles, raw onion slices and lemon slices.


===Other countries===
The western Norwegian town of [[Kristiansund]] has had a tradition with fish and chips as street food since the 1940s. It is known locally as ''fishan''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kristiansund |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/fjord-norway/northwest/kristiansund/ |access-date=2 September 2023 |agency=Visit Norway}}</ref>


==Composition==


===Choice of fish===
In Britain and Ireland, [[cod]] and [[haddock]] appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips,<ref name=onplate>{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Masterson|url=http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp |title="Seafish. On Plate. Fish & chips" (UK Sea Fish Industry Authority website) |publisher=Seafish.org |access-date=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050658/http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}</ref> but vendors also sell many other kinds of fish, especially other [[whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]], such as [[pollock]], [[hake]] or [[coley (fish)|coley]], [[European plaice|plaice]], [[Skate (fish)|skate]], [[Batoidea|ray]], and huss or [[rock salmon]] (a term covering several species of [[spiny dogfish|dogfish]] and similar fish). In traditional fish and chip shops several varieties of fish are offered by name ("haddock and chips"), but in some restaurants and stalls "fish and chips", unspecified, is offered; it is increasingly likely to be the much cheaper [[Basa (fish)|basa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3348646/It-s-basa-and-chips-as-shoppers-choose-sustainable-fish.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthnews/3348646/It-s-basa-and-chips-as-shoppers-choose-sustainable-fish.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=It-s basa-and-chips as shoppers choose sustainable fish |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date= 3 August 2008 |first=Jasper|last=Copping |access-date= 18 May 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In Northern Ireland, cod, plaice or [[whiting (fish)|whiting]] appear most commonly in 'fish suppers'—'supper' being Scottish and Northern Irish terminology for a food item accompanied by chips.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/aug/19/stonehaven-bay-best-fish-and-chips-food-award "Yes, this really is the best fish supper money can buy"]. ''The Guardian''. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019</ref> Suppliers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] often offer pollock and coley as cheap alternatives to haddock.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nunn|first1=Ian|title=My Family's Other Recipes: I Didn't Wanna Do It|date=2011|publisher=Author House|isbn=978-1-4670-0232-5|page=121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbGsCgVTFhAC&pg=PA121|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Fish-and-chips-horseshoe-bay.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cod]] and chips, served with a lemon wedge and [[tartar sauce]]]]


In Australia, reef cod and [[rock cod]] (a variety different from that used in the United Kingdom), [[barramundi]] or [[flathead (fish)|flathead]] (more expensive options), [[flake (fish)|flake]] (a type of [[shark meat]]), [[King George whiting]] (little more expensive than other fish, but cheaper than barramundi or flathead) or [[Australasian snapper|snapper]] (cheaper options), are commonly used. From the early 21st century, farmed [[Basa fish|basa]] imported from Vietnam and [[Blue grenadier|hoki]] have become common in Australian fish and chip shops. Other types of fish are also used based on regional availability.


In New Zealand, [[Australasian snapper|snapper]] or [[Triglidae|gurnard]] was originally the preferred species for battered fillets in the North Island. As catches of this fish declined, it was replaced by hoki, shark (particularly [[spotted estuary smooth-hound|rig]]) – marketed as lemon fish – and [[tarakihi]]. [[Bluefin gurnard]] and [[blue cod]] predominate in South Island fish and chips.<ref name="Wassilieff"/>


In the United States, the type of fish used depends on availability in a given region. Some common types are cod, [[halibut]], [[flounder]], [[tilapia]] or, in [[New England]], [[Atlantic cod]] or haddock.<ref>{{cite news |title=Goodbye, fish and chips? New England haddock imperiled by overfishing |url=https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2023-05-17/goodbye-fish-and-chips-new-england-haddock-imperiled-by-overfishing |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=Connecticut Public}}</ref>


In India, the dish is usually based on [[pomfret]] fish and uses chilli paste, and more pepper than would be used in Britain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food/food-reviews/Fish-n-chips-a-great-Indian-delicacy/articleshow/10065191.cms|title=Fish n' chips, a great Indian delicacy|date=9 February 2012|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>


In South Africa, [[Merlucciidae|hake]] and [[Thyrsites|snoek]] are common choices.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-30-hooked-on-hake-and-slap-chips|title=Hooked on hake and slap chips|date=30 July 2021|newspaper=Daily Maverick}}</ref>


===Cooking===
[[File:Frying range.JPG|thumb|Frying range at a Portland Street establishment in [[Manchester]] in 2007]]
Traditional frying uses [[tallow|beef dripping]] or [[lard]]; however, [[vegetable oil]]s, such as [[palm oil]], [[rapeseed]] or [[peanut oil]] (used because of its relatively high [[smoke point]]) {{As of|2007|alt= now}} predominate, in part because it makes fried chips suitable for vegetarians and for adherents of certain faiths.<ref name="Grant2022">{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Katie |title=Fish and chips is a beloved national dish, but Britain can't agree on the best way to cook it |url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/fish-chips-beloved-national-dish-britain-best-way-cook-1599166 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=I |date=28 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fort |first1=Matthew |title=The best fish and chips |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/jan/22/best-fish-and-chip-shop |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=22 January 2009}}</ref>


A minority of vendors in the [[North of England]] and Scotland, and the majority of vendors in Northern Ireland,{{cn|date=September 2024}} still use dripping or lard, as it imparts a different flavour to the dish.<ref name="Grant2022" /> These fats are also used in some living industrial history museums, such as the [[Black Country Museum|Black Country]] and [[Beamish Museum|Beamish]] Living Museums.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vukmirovic |first1=James |title=Landmark former chip shop rebuilt at museum is a nod to the culinary past of the Black Country |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/2024/07/12/a-popular-part-of-heritage-museum-and-a-nod-to-the-culinary-past-of-black-country/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Express and Star |date=12 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Would you queue over an hour for these fish and chips? |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/davys-fried-fish-shop-beamish-16203687 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Chronicle Live |date=3 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


The fish part of the dish is filleted, and no bones should be found in the fish.<ref>{{cite news |title='Posh' fish and chips recipe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/posh_fish_and_chips_17532 |access-date=2 September 2023 |agency=BBC}}</ref>
[[File:Fish n chips.jpg|right|thumb|200x200px]]
<nowiki> 2. </nowiki>'''The wrapper. '''"The wrapper" is someone whose job it is to wrap the food in newspaper. In smaller businesses, this responsibility will be shared amoung the other cooks. This role when done exclusively, is considered to be easy, and is frowned upon by the other members of staff.


===Batter===
In Britain and Ireland, fish and chip shops traditionally use a simple water and flour [[Batter (cooking)|batter]], adding a little [[sodium bicarbonate]] (baking soda) and a little vinegar to create lightness, as they react to create bubbles in the batter. Other recipes may use beer or milk batter, where these liquids are often substitutes for water. The [[carbon dioxide]] in the beer lends a lighter texture to the batter. Beer also results in an orange-brown colour. A simple beer batter might consist of a 2:3 ratio of flour to beer by volume. The type of beer alters the taste of the batter; some prefer [[lager]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/deepfriedfishinbeerb_67776.shtml|title=Deep fried fish in beer|access-date=23 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/gurnard-in-beer-batter-772989.html|title=Gurnard in beer batter|date=26 January 2008|access-date=23 March 2009 | work=The Independent | location=London | first=Mark | last=Hix}}</ref> whereas others use [[stout]] or [[bitter (beer)|bitter]].


===Chips===
British chips are usually considerably thicker than American-style French fries.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news |title=Chips, fries or crisps? The internet is divided over potato snack names |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/chips-fries-crisps-debate-twitter-potato-snacks-names-worldwide-a8523486.html |access-date=23 March 2019 |work=The Independent|quote=In line with British terminology, the chunky, thick, fried and floury variety should be called chips. Meanwhile, the slimmer and crispier options - a staple in fast food restaurants and American diners - are fries.}}</ref> Some U.S. restaurants and some people in their home cooking may use a thick type of chip, similar to the British variant, sometimes referred to as ''steak fries''. In 2016, British chef [[Gordon Ramsay]] opened a British-themed fish-and-chip restaurant in the [[Las Vegas Strip]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gordon Ramsay's fourth Las Vegas Strip eatery: a fish-and-chips shop |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-las-vegas-gordon-ramsay-fish-chips-20161012-snap-story.html |access-date=22 October 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>


===Accompaniments===
[[File:Fish and Chips 2.jpg|thumb|Fish and chips served with a lemon wedge, [[coleslaw]] and tartar sauce in an iron bowl]]
In chip shops in most parts of Britain and Ireland, [[edible salt|salt]] and [[vinegar]] are traditionally sprinkled over fish and chips at the time it is served.<ref name=onplate/> Suppliers use [[malt vinegar]], onion vinegar (used for pickling onions), or the cheaper [[non-brewed condiment]]. In a few places, notably Edinburgh, 'sauce' (as in 'salt and sauce') is more traditional than vinegar—with 'sauce' meaning a brown sauce.<ref name="Independent 2013"/><ref name="Daily Record 2012"/><ref name="Edinburgh News 2013"/><ref name="Radio Times 2015"/> In England, a portion of [[mushy peas]] is a popular side dish,<ref>{{cite web|work=BBC |url=http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3411/crispy-fish-and-chips-with-mushy-peas |title=Crispy fish & chips with mushy peas recipe |access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref> as are a range of pickles that typically include [[gherkin]]s, [[Pickled onion|onions]] and [[pickled egg|eggs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britishfoodhistory.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/pickled-eggs/ |title=British Food: A History |publisher=Britishfoodhistory.wordpress.com |date=23 September 2012 |access-date=16 July 2013}}</ref> In table-service restaurants and [[Public house|pubs]], the dish is usually served with a slice of lemon for squeezing over the fish and without any sauces or [[condiment]]s, with salt, vinegar and sauces available at the customer's leisure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voices.yahoo.com/how-eat-fish-chips-like-british-1640767.html |title=How to Eat Fish and Chips like the British |publisher=voices.yahoo.com |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615163952/http://voices.yahoo.com/how-eat-fish-chips-like-british-1640767.html |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref> [[Ketchup]] is also a popular addition (a 2020 [[YouGov]] poll in the UK saw ketchup, curry sauce and mushy peas as the top three toppings after salt and vinegar).<ref name="YouGov">{{cite news |title=What do Britons like most on their chips? |url=https://yougov.co.uk/topics/consumer/articles-reports/2020/08/14/what-do-britons-most-their-chips |access-date=12 May 2022 |agency=YouGov}}</ref>


In Ireland, Wales and England, many takeaways serve warm side portions of sauces such as [[curry]] sauce or [[gravy]], if requested and normally for a small extra fee (curry sauce topped the poll in Wales with one in three using it as a topping).<ref name="YouGov"/> The sauces are usually poured over the chips. In the Midlands especially, chips with mushy peas or [[baked beans]] are known as a "pea mix" or a "bean mix". Other fried products include '[[Scraps (batter)|scraps]]' (also known as 'bits' in Southern England and "scrumps" in South Wales), originally a by-product of fish frying. Still popular in Northern England, they were given as treats to the children of customers. Portions prepared and sold today consist of loose blobs of batter, deep-fried to a crunchy golden crisp in the cooking fat. The potato scallop or potato cake consists of slices of potato dipped in fish batter and deep-fried until golden brown. These are often accompanied for dipping by the warm sauces listed above.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2007/jul/13/doyouknowwhatscrapsarean |title=Do you know what scraps are? And why they should be free |date=13 July 2007 |access-date=24 November 2010 |location=London |work=The Guardian}}</ref>


===Nutrition information===
An average serving of fish and chips consisting of {{convert|6|oz|g|order=flip}} of fried fish with {{convert|10|oz|g|order=flip}} of fried chips has approximately {{cvt|1000|kcal}} calories and contains approximately {{convert|52|g|oz|frac=5}} of fat.<ref>{{cite web | title=Serving the Fish and Chips Industry - Nutritional info | publisher=[[National Federation of Fish Friers]] | date=29 March 2018 | url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/nutritional-info-605.htm | access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> The use of tartar sauce as a condiment adds more calories and fat to the dish.


==Vendors==
{{Main|Fish and chip shop}}
[[File:Mobile Fish and Chips.JPG|thumb|A mobile fish and chip vendor]]
[[File:Fish & Chip Routemaster (2).jpg|thumb|[[AEC Routemaster]] (classic London double-decker bus) converted into a mobile "[[Mobile catering|chip van]]". Conventional vans are often used to sell fish and chips.]]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, fish and chips are usually sold by independent restaurants and [[take-away]]s known as [[fish and chip shop]]s. Outlets range from small affairs to chain restaurants. Locally owned seafood restaurants are also popular in many places, as are mobile "[[Mobile catering|chip van]]s".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobilecateringuk.co.uk/how-to-start-up-mobile-catering-business.htm |title=Starting a Mobile Catering Business in UK |publisher=Mobilecateringuk.co.uk |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014516/http://www.mobilecateringuk.co.uk/how-to-start-up-mobile-catering-business.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Canada, the outlets may be referred to as "chip wagons".


In Ireland, the majority of traditional vendors are migrants or the descendants of migrants from southern Italy. A trade organisation exists to represent this tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itica.ie/ |title=ITICA - Irish Traditional Italian Chipper Association, chippers in Ireland, Irish chippers, Fish and Chip Day — ITICA |publisher=Itica.ie |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> In New Zealand and Australia, fish-and-chip vendors are a popular business and source of income among the Asian community, particularly Chinese migrants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Swillingham|first=Guy|title=Shop Horror|publisher=Fourth Estate|location=London|year=2005|isbn=0-00-719813-2}}</ref> In [[Indonesia]], fish and chips are commonly found in western and seafood restaurants in large cities, as well as chain restaurants like The Manhattan Fish Market, Fish & Chips, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jakarta Eats: Fish n Chips Shop |publisher=Diplomatic wife |url=http://thediplomaticwife.com/blog/2010/11/02/fish-chips-shop-kemang/ |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415000519/http://thediplomaticwife.com/blog/2010/11/02/fish-chips-shop-kemang/ |archive-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref>


Many British establishments have humorous or [[pun]]-based names, such as, "A Salt and Battery", "The Codfather", "The Frying Scotsman", "Oh My Cod", "Frying Nemo", "Rock and Sole" and "Jack the Chipper".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/jan/15/chip-shop-names-my-cod |title=Chip shops: oh my cod, the plaices I've seen |work=The Guardian |date=15 January 2012 |access-date=2 June 2013 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A 'traditional' fish and chip shop is opening in Swansea's Wind Street |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/jack-murphys-gaming-bar-chippy-23265358 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=Wales Online}}</ref> The numerous competitions and awards for "best fish-and-chip shop"<ref name="seafish1">{{Cite web|url=https://seafish.org/promoting-seafood|title=Promoting Seafood|website=Seafish}}</ref> testify to the recognised status of this type of outlet in [[popular culture]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4670504.stm|title=Couple scoop best chip shop award|access-date=4 January 2007|work=BBC News| date=1 February 2006}}</ref>


[[File:Yaiza Playa Blanca - Avenida Papagayo 07 ies.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Establishment abroad catering to holiday-makers (sign in [[Lanzarote]], Spain)]]
Fish and chips is a popular lunch meal eaten by families travelling to seaside resorts for day trips who do not bring their own [[picnic]] meals.


Fish-and-chip outlets sell roughly 25% of all the [[Whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]] consumed in the United Kingdom, and 10% of all [[potatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bartonsfishandchips.co.uk/FishAndChipFacts.aspx |title=Fish and Chip Facts |access-date=30 January 2012 |website=Barton's Fish and Chips |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130032436/http://bartonsfishandchips.co.uk/FishAndChipFacts.aspx |archive-date=30 January 2012 }}</ref>


Fish-and-chip shops traditionally wrapped their product in newspaper, or with an inner layer of white paper (for hygiene) and an outer layer of newspaper or blank [[newsprint]] (for insulation and to absorb grease), though the use of newspaper for wrapping has almost ceased on grounds of hygiene. {{As of|2007|alt= Nowadays}}, establishments usually use food-quality wrapping paper, or recyclable cardboard boxes.


The British [[National Federation of Fish Friers]] was founded in 1913. It promotes fish and chips and offers training courses. It has about 8,500 members from around the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/|title=NFFF home page|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>


A previous world record for the "largest serving of fish and chips" was held by Gadaleto's Seafood Market in New Paltz, New York.<ref>Guinness World Record Claim ID# 45775</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gadaletos.com |title=Hudson Valleys Freshest Seafood and Lobster, retail market, restaurant |publisher=Gadaletos.com |date=16 April 2013 |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> This 2004 record was broken by [[Yorkshire]] [[pub]] Wensleydale Heifer in July 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14003627 |title=Giant fish and chip supper breaks world record |work=BBC News |date=2 July 2011 |access-date=16 July 2013}}</ref> An attempt to break this record was made by [[Doncaster]] fish and chip shop Scawsby Fisheries in August 2012, which served {{cvt|33|lb|kg|order=flip}} of battered cod alongside {{cvt|64|lb|kg|order=flip}} of chips.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19412343|title=Cod and chips world record battered in Doncaster|access-date=29 August 2012|work=BBC News| date=29 August 2012}}</ref> Current record is held by Resorts World Birmingham which served a fish and chips weighing {{cvt|54.99|kg|lboz}} from a {{convert|27.83|kg|lboz|adj=on}} raw filet of halibut on 9 February 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-serving-of-fish-and-chips|title=Largest serving of fish and chips|website=Guinness World Records|date=9 February 2018|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>


==Cultural impact==
[[File:Umami Burger.jpg|right|thumb|225x225px]]


The long-standing [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] tradition of [[Friday Fast|not eating meat on Fridays]], especially during [[Lent]], and of substituting fish for meat on that day continues to influence habits even in predominantly Protestant, semi-[[secularism|secular]] and secular societies. Friday night remains a traditional occasion for eating fish and chips; many [[cafeteria]]s and similar establishments, while varying their menus on other days of the week, habitually offer fish and chips every Friday.<ref>{{cite book | title = Frying tonight: the saga of fish & chips | first= Gerald |last=Priestland |publisher = Gentry Books |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=VsDfAAAAMAAJ | year = 1972 | isbn = 0-85614-014-7 | page = 28 }}</ref>


In 1967, inspired by the use of salt and vinegar as condiments for fish and chips in the UK, the [[The Smith's Snackfood Company|Smiths Potato Crisps Company]] created Salt & Vinegar flavour [[Potato chip|crisps]].<ref name="saltandvinegar">{{cite news |title=Channel 4 documentary tells dramatic story of how Corby's huge crisp factory changed the world of snacks - and how it exploded|url=https://www.northantslive.news/whats-on/channel-4-documentary-tells-dramatic-5771498 |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=Northampton Chronicle|quote=This is when Smith's hit back with their own revolutionary flavour — salt and vinegar, inspired by the country's love for fish & chips.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=From salt and vinegar crisps to the offside rule: 12 gifts the North East gave the world |newspaper=Evening Chronicle |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/salt-vinegar-crisps-offside-rule-12380648 |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>
<nowiki> 3. </nowiki>'''The burger boy. '''The burger boy, in most cases, is an over-worked member of staff. Their main role is to cook burgers, but will often be found doing dishes, washing the floors, washing the windows, cleaning all the cooking equipment, packing away the dishes, wrapping the food, cooking on the fryer, serving the food, re-stocking the supplies and all other tasks required for a fish and chip shop to function. The burger boy will normally be the lowest paid member of staff.


In Australia and New Zealand, the words "fish and chips" are often used as a [[shibboleth]] to highlight the difference in each country's short-i vowel sound {{IPA|/ɪ/}}. Australian English has a higher forward sound {{IPAblink|i}}, close to the ''ee'' in ''see'' (but shorter), while New Zealand English has a lower backward sound {{IPAblink|ɘ}} akin to the ''a'' in ''Rosa's'' (but not in ''Rosa'', which is typically lower {{IPAblink|ɐ}}). Thus, New Zealanders hear Australians say "feesh and cheeps," while Australians hear New Zealanders say "fush and chups."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10441472 |title=I'll just have me fush and chups and then I'm off to bid |work=NZ Herald |date=24 May 2007 |access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>






=== Choice of fish ===
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[[File:Fish and Chips Ocean Foods Drummoyne.jpg|thumb|right|Fish and chips, photographed in [[New South Wales]], Australia]]
In Britain and Ireland, [[cod]] and [[haddock]] appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips,<ref name=onplate>{{cite web|author=Alan Masterson, tictoc design |url=http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp |title="Seafish. On Plate. Fish & chips" (UK Sea Fish Industry Authority website) |publisher=Seafish.org |date= |accessdate=2009-06-22}}{{Dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref> but vendors also sell many other kinds of fish, especially other [[whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]], such as [[pollock]] or [[coley (fish)|coley]], [[European plaice|plaice]], [[skate]], and [[Batoidea|ray]] (particularly popular in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]); and huss or [[rock salmon]] (a term covering several species of [[spiny dogfish|dogfish]] and similar fish). In [[Northern Ireland]], cod, plaice or [[whiting (fish)|whiting]] appear most commonly in 'fish suppers'—'supper' being Scottish & Northern Irish chip-shop slang for a food item accompanied by chips. Suppliers in [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]] regularly offer pollock and coley as cheap alternatives to haddock due to their regular availability in a common catch. As a cheap, nutritious, savoury and common alternative to a whole piece of fish, fish-and-chips shops around the UK supply small battered rissoles of compressed cod [[roe]].

In Australia, reef cod and [[rock cod]] (a different variety from that used in the United Kingdom), [[barramundi]] or [[flake (fish)|flake]] (a type of [[shark]] meat) are commonly used. From the early 21st century, farmed [[Basa fish|basa]] imported from Vietnam and [[Blue grenadier|hoki]] have become common in Australian fish and chip shops. Other types of fish are also used based on regional availability.

In New Zealand, snapper was originally the preferred species for battered fillets in the North Island. As catches for this fish declined, it was replaced by [[Blue grenadier|hoki]], shark (marketed as lemon fish) and [[tarakihi]]. [[Bluefin gurnard]] and [[blue cod]] predominate in South Island fish and chips.

In the United States, the type of fish used depends on availability in a given region. Some common types are cod, [[halibut]], [[flounder]], [[tilapia]] or, in [[New England]], [[Atlantic cod]] or [[haddock]]. Salmon is growing common on the West Coast, while freshwater [[catfish]] is most commonly used in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]].

=== Accompaniments ===

[[File:Fish-and-chips-horseshoe-bay.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cod]] and chips in [[Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver|Horseshoe Bay]], Canada, served with a lemon wedge and [[tartar sauce]]]]

In chip shops in the United Kingdom and Ireland, [[edible salt|salt]] and [[vinegar]] is traditionally sprinkled over fish and chips at the time it is served.<ref name=onplate/> Suppliers use [[malt vinegar]], onion vinegar (used for pickling onions), or the cheaper [[non-brewed condiment]]. In Britain a portion of [[mushy peas]] is a popular side dish <ref>{{cite web|author=BBC |url=http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3411/crispy-fish-and-chips-with-mushy-peas |title=Crispy fish & chips with mushy peas recipe - Recipes - BBC Good Food |date= |accessdate=2010-03-07}}</ref> as are a range of pickles that typically include [[gherkins]], [[Pickled onions|onions]] and [[pickled eggs|eggs]].<ref>http://britishfoodhistory.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/pickled-eggs/</ref> In table-service restaurants and [[Public house|pubs]], the dish is usually served with a slice of lemon for squeezing over the fish and without any sauces or [[condiment]]s, with salt, vinegar and sauces available at the customer's leisure.<ref>http://voices.yahoo.com/how-eat-fish-chips-like-british-1640767.html</ref>

In Ireland, Wales and Northern England, most takeaways serve warm portions of side-sauces such as curry sauce, [[gravy]] or [[mushy peas]]. The sauces are usually poured over the chips. In some areas, this dish without fish is referred to as 'wet chips'. Other fried products include '[[Scraps (batter)|scraps]]' (also known as 'bits' in Southern England or 'batter' in North-East England), originally a by-product of fish frying. Still popular in Northern England, they were given as treats to the children of customers. Portions prepared and sold today consist of loose blobs of batter, deep fried to a crunchy golden crisp in the cooking-fat. The very popular potato scallop or potato cake consists of slices of potato dipped in fish batter and deep fried until golden brown. These are often accompanied for dipping by the warm sauces listed above.<ref>{{cite news|author=guardian.co.uk |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2007/jul/13/doyouknowwhatscrapsarean |title=Do you know what scraps are? And why they should be free |date=2007-07-13 |accessdate=2010-11-24 |location=London |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

In Edinburgh and the Lothians salt and sauce (or ''saut an sauce'') is the normal accompaniment traditionally sprinkled over fish and chips or almost anything else bought from the fish-and-chips shops. The watery "sauce" is a mixture of malt vinegar or non-brewed condiment and/or water and Rowat's or Gold Star brand brown sauce, and it is mixed and bottled—often in an old glass fizzy drink bottle with a hole pierced in the [[screw cap]]—by each fish-and-chip shop to their own secret recipe.

In Australia and New Zealand, [[seasoned salt]] or "chicken salt" is often sprinkled over fish and chips just before serving. Many customers now choose to salt food themselves, given current public health concerns about salt intake. Another popular condiment is [[ketchup|tomato sauce]]. [[Tartar sauce]] is also very popular for the fish. Both tomato and tartar sauce are usually sold in small plastic tubs on the shop counter. Complementary slices of lemon are generally served with the dish or take-away pack. In the best British and Irish tradition, malt vinegar is often the condiment of choice of many Australasian fish and chip lovers.

In Canada, fish and chips may be served with the traditional salt and vinegar, but a lemon wedge and tartar sauce is often the accompaniment found in table service restaurants. Coleslaw of both the vinegared or creamy variety is often interchangeably served as a side.

In the United States, most restaurants serve fish and chips with tartar sauce, ketchup, and coleslaw, although malt vinegar also is sometimes offered, especially at UK-themed pubs.

== Vendors ==
{{see also|Category:Fish and chip restaurants}}
[[File:West Bay, Dorset 2.jpg|thumb|Fish and chip stalls in [[West Bay, Dorset]], England]]
[[File:Mobile Fish and Chips.JPG|thumb|A mobile Fish and chip vendor in [[Bathgate]], Scotland]]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, fish and chips usually sell through independent restaurants and [[take-away]]s. Outlets range from small affairs to chain restaurants. Locally-owned seafood restaurants are also popular in many local markets. Mobile "[[chip van]]s" serve to cater for temporary occasions. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilecateringuk.co.uk/how-to-start-up-mobile-catering-business.htm |title=Starting a Mobile Catering Business in UK |publisher=Mobilecateringuk.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-10-16}}</ref> In Canada, the outlets may be referred to as ''chip wagons''. In the United Kingdom some shops have amusing names, such as "A Salt and Battery", "The Codfather","The Frying Scotsman","Oh My Cod", and "[[ Finding Nemo| Frying Nemo]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/jan/15/chip-shop-names-my-cod |title=Chip shops: oh my cod, the plaices I've seen &#124; Life and style |publisher=The Guardian |date=2012-01-15 |accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> In countries such as New Zealand and Australia, fish-and-chip vendors are a popular business and source of income among the Asian community, particularly Chinese migrants.<ref>{{cite book|author=Swillingham, Guy|title=Shop Horror|publisher=Fourth Estate|location=London|year=2005|isbn=0-00-719813-2}}</ref>

In Ireland, the majority of traditional vendors are migrants or the descendants of migrants from southern Italy. A trade organisation exists to represent this tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itica.ie/ |title=ITICA - Irish Traditional Italian Chipper Association, chippers in Ireland, Irish chippers, Fish and Chip Day — ITICA |publisher=Itica.ie |date= |accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref>

Fish and chips is a popular lunch meal eaten by families travelling to seaside resorts for day trips who do not bring their own [[picnic]] meals.

Fish-and-chip outlets sell roughly 25% of all the [[Whitefish (fisheries term)|white fish]] consumed in the United Kingdom, and 10% of all [[potatoes]].

The existence of numerous competitions and awards for "best fish-and-chip shop"<ref name="seafish1">{{cite web|url=http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp?p=gf182|title=The Fish & Chip Shop of the Year Competition|accessdate=2007-01-04|publisher=Seafish}}{{Dead link|date=June 2013}}</ref> testifies to the recognised status of this type of outlet in [[popular culture]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4670504.stm|title=Couple scoop best chip shop award|accessdate=2007-01-04|publisher=BBC News| date=2006-02-01}}</ref>

Fish-and-chip shops traditionally wrapped their product in newspaper, or with an inner layer of white paper (for hygiene) and an outer layer of newspaper or blank [[newsprint]] (for insulation and to absorb grease), though the use of newspaper for wrapping has almost ceased on grounds of hygiene. {{As of|2007|alt= Nowadays}} establishments usually use food-quality wrapping paper, occasionally printed on the outside to emulate newspaper.

The British [[National Federation of Fish Friers]] was founded in 1913. It promotes fish and chips and offers training courses.

A previous world record for the "largest serving of fish and chips" was held by Gadaleto's Seafood Market in New Paltz, NY.<ref>Guinnes World Record Claim ID# 45775</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gadaletos.com |title=Hudson Valleys Freshest Seafood and Lobster, retail market, restaurant |publisher=Gadaletos.com |date=2013-04-16 |accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref> This 2004 record was broken by [[Yorkshire]] pub ''Wensleydale Heifer'' in July 2011.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14003627 Giant fish and chip supper breaks world record]</ref> An attempt to break this record was made by [[Doncaster]] fish and chip shop Scawsby Fisheries in August 2012, which served 33&nbsp;lb (13.6&nbsp;kg) of battered cod alongside 64&nbsp;lb (27.2&nbsp;kg) of chips.<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19412343|title=Cod and chips world record battered in Doncaster|accessdate=2012-08-29|publisher=BBC News| date=2012-08-29}}</ref>

== Cultural impact ==
[[File:London England Victor Grigas 2011-37.jpg|thumb|A [[Neon]] sign for Fish and Chips in London]]
The long-standing [[Roman Catholic]] tradition of not eating meat on [[Friday#Religious observances|Fridays]] - especially during [[Lent]] - and of substituting fish for other types of meat on that day - continues to influence habits even in predominantly Protestant, semi-[[secularism|secular]] and secular societies. Friday night remains a traditional occasion for eating fish-and-chips; and many [[cafeteria]]s and similar establishments, while varying their menus on other days of the week, habitually offer fish and chips every Friday.<ref>{{cite book | title = Frying tonight: the saga of fish & chips | author = Gerald Priestland |publisher = Gentry Books |url =http://books.google.com/books?id=VsDfAAAAMAAJ | year = 1972 | pages = | isbn = 0-85614-014-7 | page = 28 }}</ref>

In Australia and New Zealand, the words "fish and chips" are often used to highlight the difference in each country's short-i vowel sound {{IPA|[ɪ]}}. Australian English has a higher forward sound {{IPA|[i]}}, not indifferent to the ''y'' in ''happy'' and ''city'', while New Zealand English has a lower backward sound {{IPA|[ɘ]}}, a slightly higher version of the ''a'' in ''about'' and ''comma''. Hence many people from other dialects hear an Australian say "feesh and cheeps" and a New Zealander say "fush and chups" for fish and chips.<ref>{{citation |last=Crystal |first=David |year=2003 |title=The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language |edition=2nd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page= 354}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Trudgill |first1=Peter |last2=Hannah |first2=Jean |year=2002 |title=International English: A Guide to the Varieties of Standard English |edition=4th |publication-place=London |publisher=Arnold |pages = 23–24}}</ref>


==Environment==
==Environment==
In the UK, waste fat from fish and chip shops has become a useful source of [[biodiesel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47581/story.htm |title=German Biodiesel Firm To Use Chip Fat |publisher=Planetark.com |date=2008-03-19 |accessdate=2009-06-22}}</ref> German biodiesel company Petrotec have outlined plans to produce biodiesel in the UK from waste fat from the British fish-and-chip industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47581/story.htm |title=German Biodiesel Firm To Use Chip Fat In UK, US |author=Michael Hogan |date=19 March 2008 |publisher=planetark.com |accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref>
In the UK, waste oil from fish and chip shops has become a useful source of [[biodiesel]].<ref name="planetark-petrotec" /> The German biodiesel company Petrotec has outlined plans to produce biodiesel in the UK using waste oil from the British fish-and-chip industry.<ref name="planetark-petrotec">{{cite web |url=http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47581/story.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320134445/http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47581/story.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 March 2008 |title=German Biodiesel Firm To Use Chip Fat In UK, US |first=Michael |last=Hogan |date=19 March 2008 |website=planetark.com |access-date=1 October 2010}}</ref>


== See also ==
==See also==
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{{Portal|Food|United Kingdom}}
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* [[Chicken and chips]] - another take-away dish often sold in the same establishments.
* [[Chicken and chips]] – another take-away dish often sold in the same establishments.
* [[Fish fry]]
* [[Fried fish]]
* [[Fried potatoes]]
* [[List of deep fried foods]]
* [[French fries|Fried potatoes]]
* [[List of fish and chip restaurants]]
* [[Pescado frito]]
* [[List of fish dishes]]
* [[Kibbeling]]
* [[Lekkerbekje]]
* [[Moules-frites]]
* [[Scampi]]
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book | title = Frying tonight: the saga of fish & chips | author = Gerald Priestland |publisher = Gentry Books |url =http://books.google.com/books?id=VsDfAAAAMAAJ | year = 1972 | pages = | isbn = 0-85614-014-7 | accessdate = 11 April 2012 }}
* {{cite book|last1=Priestland|first1=Gerald|title=Frying tonight: the saga of fish & chips.|date=1972|publisher=Gentry Books|location=London|isbn=0-85614-014-7}}
* {{cite journal|last=Walton|first=John K.|title=Fish and Chips and the British Working Class, 1870–1930|journal=Journal of Social History|date=1989|volume=23|issue=2|pages=243–266|doi=10.1353/jsh/23.2.243|jstor=3787879}}
* Walton, John K (2000) [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=r6d7nY7SyC0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Fish+%26+Chips+%26+the+British+Working+Class,+1870-1940%27&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2Om2T_SwI-itiAeJ5pThCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Fish%20%26%20Chips%20%26%20the%20British%20Working%20Class%2C%201870-1940%27&f=false ''Fish & Chips & the British Working Class, 1870-1940] Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 9780718521202.
* {{cite book|last=Walton|first=John K.|title=Fish and Chips, and the British Working Class, 1870–1940|date=1994|publisher=Leicester University Press|location=Leicester|isbn=0-567-21232-7|edition=1}}


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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3380151.stm "Top UK dish 'hooked French first'"]: BBC News: Fish and chips invented in France? Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3380151.stm "Top UK dish 'hooked French first'"]: BBC News: Fish and chips invented in France? Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,492211,00.html "My plaice or yours?"] - article from ''[[The Guardian]]'' detailing some chippy terminology. Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,492211,00.html "My plaice or yours?"] - article from ''[[The Guardian]]'' detailing some chippy terminology. Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=52 Far Flung Fish and Chips] - historical article
* [http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=52 Far Flung Fish and Chips] - historical article
* [http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp "Fish and chips"]: the (UK) Sea Fish Industry Authority's views. Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050658/http://www.seafish.org/plate/fishandchips.asp "Fish and chips"]: the (UK) Sea Fish Industry Authority's views. Retrieved 2008-05-27
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/chinesefoodmadeeasy/recipes/episode_3.shtml?fishandchips BBC TWO [[Ching He Huang]]-style fish and chips]
* [http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/ National Federation of Fish Friers], the UK industry body for fish and chip shops.


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Fish and chips
A serving of fish and chips with a wedge of lemon and garnish of parsley
Alternative namesFish supper / Fish 'n' chips
CourseMain dish
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Region or stateEngland
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsBattered and fried fish with deep-fried chips

Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of battered and fried fish, served with chips. Often considered the national dish of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century.[1][2] Today, the dish is a common takeaway food in numerous other countries, particularly English-speaking and Commonwealth nations.[3]

Fish and chip shops first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910 there were over 25,000 of them across the UK. This increased to over 35,000 by the 1930s, but eventually decreased to approximately 10,000 by 2009.[2] The British government safeguarded the supply of fish and chips during the First World War and again in the Second World War. It was one of the few foods in the UK not subject to rationing during the wars, which further contributed to its popularity.[2][4]

History

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The British tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil may have been introduced to the country by the Chuts: Spanish and Portuguese Jews, who had lived in the Netherlands before settling in the UK. These immigrants arrived as early as the 16th century, the main immigration to London being during the 1850s.[2][5][6][7] They prepared fried fish in a manner similar to pescado frito, which is coated in flour then fried in oil.[7] Fish fried for Shabbat for dinner on Friday evenings could be eaten cold the following afternoon for shalosh seudot, palatable this way as liquid vegetable oil was used rather than a hard fat, such as butter.[7][8] Charles Dickens mentions "fried fish warehouses" in Oliver Twist (1838),[2] and in 1845 Alexis Soyer in his first edition of A Shilling Cookery for the People, gives a recipe for "fried fish, Jewish fashion", which is dipped in a batter mix of flour and water before frying.[9] However, "fish the Jews' way" in most English cookery books usually refer not to plain fried fish, but to escabeche, fish fried then pickled in vinegar.[10]

Fish and chips, served in a paper wrapper (greaseproof paper inner and ordinary paper outer), as a takeaway

The location of the first fish and chip shop is unclear. The earliest known shops were opened in London during the 1860s by Eastern European Jewish immigrant Joseph Malin,[11] and by John Lees in Mossley, Lancashire.[12][13] However, fried fish and chips had existed separately for at least 50 years prior to this, so the possibility that they had been combined at an earlier time cannot be ruled out.[14] Fish and chips became a stock meal among the working classes in England as a consequence of the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea,[15] and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, so that fresh fish could be rapidly transported to the heavily populated areas.[16]

Deep-fried chips (slices or pieces of potato) as a dish may have first appeared in England in about the same period: the Oxford English Dictionary notes as its earliest usage of "chips" in this sense the mention in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (1859): "husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil".[17][18][19]

The modern fish-and-chip shop ("chippy" in modern British slang)[20][21] originated in the UK, although outlets selling fried food occurred commonly throughout Europe. Early fish-and-chip shops had only very basic facilities. Usually these consisted principally of a large cauldron of cooking fat, heated by a coal fire. The fish-and-chip shop later evolved into a fairly standard format, with the food served, in paper wrappings, to queuing customers, over a counter in front of the fryers. According to Professor John Walton, author of Fish and Chips and the British Working Class, the British government made safeguarding supplies of fish and chips during the First World War a priority: "The cabinet knew it was vital to keep families on the home front in good heart, unlike the German regime that failed to keep its people well fed".[2]

Harry Ramsden's in Brighton, one of its 35 outlets in the UK and Ireland

In 1928, Harry Ramsden opened his first fish and chip shop in Guiseley, West Yorkshire. On a single day in 1952, the shop served 10,000 portions of fish and chips, earning a place in the Guinness Book of Records.[4] In George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), which documents his experience of working-class life in the North of England, the author considered fish and chips chief among the 'home comforts' which acted as a panacea to the working classes.[22]

During the Second World War, fish and chips—a staple of the working class—remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing.[23] Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to the combination of fish and chips as "the good companions".[2]

British fish and chips were originally served in a wrapping of old newspapers but this practice has now largely ceased, with plain paper, cardboard, or plastic being used instead. In the UK, the Fish Labelling Regulations 2003,[24] and in the Republic of Ireland the European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) Regulations 2003,[25] respectively enact directive 2065/2001/EC, and generally mean that "fish" must be sold with the particular commercial name or species named; so, for example, "cod and chips" now appears on menus rather than the more vague "fish and chips". In the UK the Food Standards Agency guidance excludes caterers from this;[26] but several local Trading Standards authorities and others do say it cannot be sold merely as "fish and chips".[27][28][29]

United Kingdom

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Fish and chips on the seafront at Hunstanton, Norfolk. In the UK, fish and chips are particularly associated with seaside resorts.[4]
The Rock & Sole Plaice fish and chip shop in London, opened in 1871

A prominent meal in British culture, fish and chips became popular in wider circles in London and South East England in the middle of the 19th century: Charles Dickens mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in Oliver Twist, first published in 1838, while in the north of England a trade in deep-fried chipped potatoes developed.[30] It remains unclear exactly when and where these two trades combined to become the modern fish and chip shop industry. A Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin, opened the first recorded combined fish-and-chip shop in Bow, East London, circa 1860; a Mr Lees pioneered the concept in the North of England, in Mossley, in 1863.[30][31] A century later, the National Federation of Fish Friers, which made Malin's its first member, presented a plaque to Malin's as being the world's first fish and chip shop.[32] A blue plaque is located at the other main contender for the first fish and chip shop, the present site of Oldham's Tommyfield Market.[33] Located in Covent Garden, The Rock & Sole Plaice, dating from 1871, is London's oldest fish and chip shop still in operation.[30]

The concept of a sit-down fish restaurant—as opposed to takeaway—was introduced by Samuel Isaacs, an entrepreneur from Whitechapel, East London who ran a thriving wholesale and retail fish business.[34] Dubbed the 'Fish Restaurant King', Isaacs' first restaurant opened in Lambeth, South London in 1896 serving fish and chips, bread and butter, and tea for nine pence.[35] It became instantly popular and led to a chain which comprised 22 restaurants.[34][36] Isaacs' trademark was the phrase "This is the Plaice", combined with a picture of the punned-upon fish in question, which appeared in all of his restaurants.[34] Isaacs' restaurants were carpeted, had table service, tablecloths, flowers, china and cutlery, and made the trappings of upmarket dining affordable to the working classes. They were located in the Strand and other London locations, as well as Brighton, Ramsgate, Margate and other seaside resorts in southern England.[34] Menus were expanded in the early 20th century to include meat dishes and other variations. A glimpse of the old Brighton restaurant at No.1 Marine Parade can be seen in the background of Norman Wisdom's 1955 film One Good Turn just as Pitkin runs onto the seafront; this is now the site of a Harry Ramsden's fish and chips restaurant.

From their first appearance on the British High Street in the early 1860s, fish and chip shops spread rapidly in order to satisfy the needs of the growing industrial population.[37] By 1910, there were over 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK, a figure that grew to over 35,000 shops by the 1930s.[2] Since then the trend has reversed, and in 2009 there were approximately 10,000 shops.[2]

Scotland

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Dundee City Council claims that chips were first sold by a Belgian immigrant, Edward De Gernier, in the city's Greenmarket in the 1870s.[38] In Edinburgh and the surrounding area, a combination of Gold Star brown sauce and water or malt vinegar, known as "sauce", or more specifically as "chippy sauce", has great popularity;[39] salt and vinegar is preferred elsewhere in Scotland.[40][41][42][43]

Fish & Chips Awards

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The annual National Fish & Chips Awards were set up in the UK in 1988.[44] The 30th Annual Fish & Chips Awards ceremony was attended by Norwegian ambassador to the UK Mona Juul.[45]

Australia

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Fish and chips at the Australian Hotel, St George, Queensland

The first recorded owner of an Australian fish and chip shop is Greek migrant Athanasias Comino, who opened his shop in 1879 on Sydney's Oxford Street, though Comino's shop was inspired by an unknown Welshman's pre-existing fish and chip shop.[46] In Australia today, there are an estimated 4000 fish and chip shops, as well as fish and chips being an essential menu offering in many Australian pubs and restaurants.[46]

Canada

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Fish and chips is a widely popular dish in Canada, sometimes using haddock or local lake-caught fish like perch or walleye. Most shops also sell poutine and other fried items. In the province of Newfoundland & Labrador, fish and chips made with cod are a staple food and the most common takeout meal.

Ireland

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In Ireland, the first fish and chips were sold by an Italian immigrant, Giuseppe Cervi, who mistakenly stepped off a North America-bound ship at Queenstown (now Cobh) in County Cork in the 1880s and walked all the way to Dublin.[47] He started by selling fish and chips outside Dublin pubs from a handcart. He then found a permanent spot in Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street). His wife Palma would ask customers "Uno di questa, uno di quella?" This phrase (meaning "one of this, one of that") entered the vernacular in Dublin as "one and one", which is still a way of referring to fish and chips in the city.[21]

New Zealand

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Fish and chips is the most popular takeaway food in New Zealand. Food historians have not been able to pinpoint exactly when the meal became an established part of New Zealand cuisine, but all recognise that the first fish and chips shops were introduced by British settlers before World War I.[48] During the 20th century, nearly every small town and suburb in New Zealand had at least one fish-and-chip shop. As in Britain, Friday night has been the traditional night to eat fish.[48]

Traditionally, fish and chips were served in wrappings of greaseproof paper and then newspaper as insulation. With the decline of the newspaper industry, this has become less common although plain, unprinted paper is still popular.

In 1980, four up-and-coming New Zealand Labour Party politicians, including David Lange, were nicknamed the "Fish and Chip Brigade" due to a picture published at the time with the group eating fish and chips.[49]

United States

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In the United States, the dish is most commonly sold as fish and chips, except in Upstate New York and Wisconsin and other parts of the Northeast and Upper Midwest, where this dish would be called a fish fry.[50] While in the United States chips refers to potato chips ("crisps" in British English), the dish retains its native name.[51] In the Southern United States, a common form of cuisine is fried catfish with French fries, accompanied by coleslaw, pickles, raw onion slices and lemon slices.

Other countries

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The western Norwegian town of Kristiansund has had a tradition with fish and chips as street food since the 1940s. It is known locally as fishan.[52]

Composition

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Choice of fish

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In Britain and Ireland, cod and haddock appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips,[53] but vendors also sell many other kinds of fish, especially other white fish, such as pollock, hake or coley, plaice, skate, ray, and huss or rock salmon (a term covering several species of dogfish and similar fish). In traditional fish and chip shops several varieties of fish are offered by name ("haddock and chips"), but in some restaurants and stalls "fish and chips", unspecified, is offered; it is increasingly likely to be the much cheaper basa.[54] In Northern Ireland, cod, plaice or whiting appear most commonly in 'fish suppers'—'supper' being Scottish and Northern Irish terminology for a food item accompanied by chips.[55] Suppliers in Devon and Cornwall often offer pollock and coley as cheap alternatives to haddock.[56]

Cod and chips, served with a lemon wedge and tartar sauce

In Australia, reef cod and rock cod (a variety different from that used in the United Kingdom), barramundi or flathead (more expensive options), flake (a type of shark meat), King George whiting (little more expensive than other fish, but cheaper than barramundi or flathead) or snapper (cheaper options), are commonly used. From the early 21st century, farmed basa imported from Vietnam and hoki have become common in Australian fish and chip shops. Other types of fish are also used based on regional availability.

In New Zealand, snapper or gurnard was originally the preferred species for battered fillets in the North Island. As catches of this fish declined, it was replaced by hoki, shark (particularly rig) – marketed as lemon fish – and tarakihi. Bluefin gurnard and blue cod predominate in South Island fish and chips.[48]

In the United States, the type of fish used depends on availability in a given region. Some common types are cod, halibut, flounder, tilapia or, in New England, Atlantic cod or haddock.[57]

In India, the dish is usually based on pomfret fish and uses chilli paste, and more pepper than would be used in Britain.[58]

In South Africa, hake and snoek are common choices.[59]

Cooking

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Frying range at a Portland Street establishment in Manchester in 2007

Traditional frying uses beef dripping or lard; however, vegetable oils, such as palm oil, rapeseed or peanut oil (used because of its relatively high smoke point) now predominate, in part because it makes fried chips suitable for vegetarians and for adherents of certain faiths.[60][61]

A minority of vendors in the North of England and Scotland, and the majority of vendors in Northern Ireland,[citation needed] still use dripping or lard, as it imparts a different flavour to the dish.[60] These fats are also used in some living industrial history museums, such as the Black Country and Beamish Living Museums.[62][63]

The fish part of the dish is filleted, and no bones should be found in the fish.[64]

Batter

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In Britain and Ireland, fish and chip shops traditionally use a simple water and flour batter, adding a little sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and a little vinegar to create lightness, as they react to create bubbles in the batter. Other recipes may use beer or milk batter, where these liquids are often substitutes for water. The carbon dioxide in the beer lends a lighter texture to the batter. Beer also results in an orange-brown colour. A simple beer batter might consist of a 2:3 ratio of flour to beer by volume. The type of beer alters the taste of the batter; some prefer lager[65][66] whereas others use stout or bitter.

Chips

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British chips are usually considerably thicker than American-style French fries.[51] Some U.S. restaurants and some people in their home cooking may use a thick type of chip, similar to the British variant, sometimes referred to as steak fries. In 2016, British chef Gordon Ramsay opened a British-themed fish-and-chip restaurant in the Las Vegas Strip.[67]

Accompaniments

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Fish and chips served with a lemon wedge, coleslaw and tartar sauce in an iron bowl

In chip shops in most parts of Britain and Ireland, salt and vinegar are traditionally sprinkled over fish and chips at the time it is served.[53] Suppliers use malt vinegar, onion vinegar (used for pickling onions), or the cheaper non-brewed condiment. In a few places, notably Edinburgh, 'sauce' (as in 'salt and sauce') is more traditional than vinegar—with 'sauce' meaning a brown sauce.[40][41][42][43] In England, a portion of mushy peas is a popular side dish,[68] as are a range of pickles that typically include gherkins, onions and eggs.[69] In table-service restaurants and pubs, the dish is usually served with a slice of lemon for squeezing over the fish and without any sauces or condiments, with salt, vinegar and sauces available at the customer's leisure.[70] Ketchup is also a popular addition (a 2020 YouGov poll in the UK saw ketchup, curry sauce and mushy peas as the top three toppings after salt and vinegar).[71]

In Ireland, Wales and England, many takeaways serve warm side portions of sauces such as curry sauce or gravy, if requested and normally for a small extra fee (curry sauce topped the poll in Wales with one in three using it as a topping).[71] The sauces are usually poured over the chips. In the Midlands especially, chips with mushy peas or baked beans are known as a "pea mix" or a "bean mix". Other fried products include 'scraps' (also known as 'bits' in Southern England and "scrumps" in South Wales), originally a by-product of fish frying. Still popular in Northern England, they were given as treats to the children of customers. Portions prepared and sold today consist of loose blobs of batter, deep-fried to a crunchy golden crisp in the cooking fat. The potato scallop or potato cake consists of slices of potato dipped in fish batter and deep-fried until golden brown. These are often accompanied for dipping by the warm sauces listed above.[72]

Nutrition information

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An average serving of fish and chips consisting of 170 grams (6 oz) of fried fish with 280 grams (10 oz) of fried chips has approximately 1,000 kcal (4,200 kJ) calories and contains approximately 52 grams (1+45 oz) of fat.[73] The use of tartar sauce as a condiment adds more calories and fat to the dish.

Vendors

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A mobile fish and chip vendor
AEC Routemaster (classic London double-decker bus) converted into a mobile "chip van". Conventional vans are often used to sell fish and chips.

In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, fish and chips are usually sold by independent restaurants and take-aways known as fish and chip shops. Outlets range from small affairs to chain restaurants. Locally owned seafood restaurants are also popular in many places, as are mobile "chip vans".[74] In Canada, the outlets may be referred to as "chip wagons".

In Ireland, the majority of traditional vendors are migrants or the descendants of migrants from southern Italy. A trade organisation exists to represent this tradition.[75] In New Zealand and Australia, fish-and-chip vendors are a popular business and source of income among the Asian community, particularly Chinese migrants.[76] In Indonesia, fish and chips are commonly found in western and seafood restaurants in large cities, as well as chain restaurants like The Manhattan Fish Market, Fish & Chips, etc.[77]

Many British establishments have humorous or pun-based names, such as, "A Salt and Battery", "The Codfather", "The Frying Scotsman", "Oh My Cod", "Frying Nemo", "Rock and Sole" and "Jack the Chipper".[78][79] The numerous competitions and awards for "best fish-and-chip shop"[80] testify to the recognised status of this type of outlet in popular culture.[81]

Establishment abroad catering to holiday-makers (sign in Lanzarote, Spain)

Fish and chips is a popular lunch meal eaten by families travelling to seaside resorts for day trips who do not bring their own picnic meals.

Fish-and-chip outlets sell roughly 25% of all the white fish consumed in the United Kingdom, and 10% of all potatoes.[82]

Fish-and-chip shops traditionally wrapped their product in newspaper, or with an inner layer of white paper (for hygiene) and an outer layer of newspaper or blank newsprint (for insulation and to absorb grease), though the use of newspaper for wrapping has almost ceased on grounds of hygiene. Nowadays, establishments usually use food-quality wrapping paper, or recyclable cardboard boxes.

The British National Federation of Fish Friers was founded in 1913. It promotes fish and chips and offers training courses. It has about 8,500 members from around the UK.[83]

A previous world record for the "largest serving of fish and chips" was held by Gadaleto's Seafood Market in New Paltz, New York.[84][85] This 2004 record was broken by Yorkshire pub Wensleydale Heifer in July 2011.[86] An attempt to break this record was made by Doncaster fish and chip shop Scawsby Fisheries in August 2012, which served 15 kg (33 lb) of battered cod alongside 29 kg (64 lb) of chips.[87] Current record is held by Resorts World Birmingham which served a fish and chips weighing 54.99 kg (121 lb 4 oz) from a 27.83-kilogram (61 lb 6 oz) raw filet of halibut on 9 February 2018.[88]

Cultural impact

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The long-standing Roman Catholic tradition of not eating meat on Fridays, especially during Lent, and of substituting fish for meat on that day continues to influence habits even in predominantly Protestant, semi-secular and secular societies. Friday night remains a traditional occasion for eating fish and chips; many cafeterias and similar establishments, while varying their menus on other days of the week, habitually offer fish and chips every Friday.[89]

In 1967, inspired by the use of salt and vinegar as condiments for fish and chips in the UK, the Smiths Potato Crisps Company created Salt & Vinegar flavour crisps.[90][91]

In Australia and New Zealand, the words "fish and chips" are often used as a shibboleth to highlight the difference in each country's short-i vowel sound /ɪ/. Australian English has a higher forward sound [i], close to the ee in see (but shorter), while New Zealand English has a lower backward sound [ɘ] akin to the a in Rosa's (but not in Rosa, which is typically lower [ɐ]). Thus, New Zealanders hear Australians say "feesh and cheeps," while Australians hear New Zealanders say "fush and chups."[92]

Environment

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In the UK, waste oil from fish and chip shops has become a useful source of biodiesel.[93] The German biodiesel company Petrotec has outlined plans to produce biodiesel in the UK using waste oil from the British fish-and-chip industry.[93]

See also

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