Fish & Chips

• Fish and chips is a take-away food that consists of battered fish and deep-fried chips, sometimes accompanied by mushy peas. The dish originated in Great Britain in the 19th century, where the fish served is commonly cod or haddock.
• Fish and chips became a stock meal among the working classes in Great Britain as a consequence of the rapid development of 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
• Deep-fried fish was first introduced into Britain during the 17th century by Jewish refugees from Portugal and Spain,^[2][3] and is derived from pescado frito. In 1860, the first fish and chip shop was opened in London by Joseph Malin.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Fish Labelling Regulations 2003^[8][9] 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".