2. Both fish and “husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil” occur in Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities but are not served together.
3. The longest running fish and chip shop still in operation is based in Yeadon near Leeds.
4. That novel was published in 1859 and it was not until 1860 that fish and chips was served in the UK. Before that baked potatoes or bread was usual.
5. Fish and chips are not as unhealthy as you might think.
6. Fish fried in batter had arrived in the UK in the 17th century, so it took 200 years to add chips.
7. The word batter comes from the French word battre, which means to beat - in reference to whisking the flour and water together.
8. The world record for wrapping five 350g portions of chips, with added salt and vinegar, is 48.17 seconds set in Cardiff in 2017.
9. And they were excluded from rationing during WW1 and WW2.
10. At the D-Day landings British troops gave an identifying call of “fish” and replying “chips”.
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