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British Fish and Chips Recipe This homemade British fish and chips recipe has been a long time coming. Though I lived in England for several years it wasn’t until our two most recent trips to the UK that I was able to finally perfect the batter and technique. And so the time has come to share with you Britains most iconic dish: Fish and Chips! WHERE DID FISH AND CHIPS ORIGINATE? What we know as fish and chips today originated in England but its origins go back further. And as for the chips, the credit goes to Belgium.
Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant, in London in the 1860’s. Originally a dish of the working classes, fish and chips have remained a cultural icon in the UK for going on two centuries. Fish and chips were two of the few foods not subject to rationing because the government feared the dish was so embedded in the nation’s culture that any limit would damage morale. British soldiers identified one another during the D-Day landings by calling the word fish. The response was chips, signifying an ally.