Fish and chips is the classic English take-away food and is the traditional national food of England. It became popular in the 1860 “s when railways began to bring fresh fish straight from the east coast overnight.
The fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) is deep fried in flour batter and is eaten with chips. Traditionally, the fish and chips are covered with salt and malt vinegar and, using your fingers, eaten straight out of the newspaper which they were wrapped in. Nowadays small wooden forks are provided and the fish and chips are wrapped in more hygienic paper.
