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They'll be claiming fish & chips isn't an English dish next!
by dspillett 5y ago
They'll be claiming fish & chips isn't an English dish next!
- rat87 5y agoFried fish was originally Spanish/Portuguese possibly brought by Jewish immigrants to the UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescado_frito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescado_frito
- dspillett 5y agoAye, very few things we think as traditionally of one place actually originated there. Turns out I'd have liked the past Spanish fort as much as the more modern one works for me! (Specifically in the post above I was referring to the chip, on the basis that the potatoe "came" to England in a similar timeframe to the quote of the tomato beginning commonplace in Italy from.)
- niij 5y agoOr Curry!