Fish and Chips

The Great British Fish and Chips only came into being in the late nineteenth century after the dreaded French had invented the fried chip potato. Previously, battered and deep-fried fish was served with mushy peas, chiefly by street vendors. Curiously, the French, normally so disparaging about our food, adore the fish and the chips which they regard as uniquely British. No doubt many books have been written on the subject and even the editor of The Good Food Guide