Fish & Chips are one of my favourite treats! I love now that you can get really delicious fillets from your local supermarket and make your own fakeaway at home!

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So engrained in English culinary culture are fish and chips, that they were one of the few foods that were never rationed during World War II. The government believed that safeguarding this comfort meal during a time of distress was a key to keeping morale up. Today, fish and chips remain a staple in the modern English diet.

Although often associated with the seaside, the first chippy opened its doors in London, where the working class propelled the iconic dish into popular culinary culture. Credit was given to a young Joseph Malin, who hailed from a family of rug weavers and began frying chips in the family home to help supplement their income. Joseph was only 13 years old which he married said chips with fish that he got from a nearby fried fish shop. He sold these from a tray hung around his neck before opening his own shop around 1860.

For more than one hundred years the Malin family ran that pioneering chippy until closing it’s doors in the early 1970s.

However, 500km north of London in Lancashire, it is argued that a local entrepreneur named John Lees was the first to sell fish and chips in 1863 out of a wooden hut at a Markey in Mossley, a small town in the present day Greater Manchester.

More delicious recipes:

• Halloumi Caponata
• Pitta Pizza
• Tomato Soup
• Creamy Carbonara

If you decide to make this delicious recipe, be sure to take a snap and tag me on Instagram! @thesliceofjess I’d love to see what you think!

*Calorific values may change depending on brand of food used*

Last updated: 6th January 2022