Editing Fish and chips (section)

{{Short description|British fried fish and fried potato dish}}
{{Redirect|Fish 'n' chips|other topics|Fish 'n' Chips (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Fish and chips
| image = Fish and chips blackpool.jpg
| image_size = 275px
| caption = A serving of fish and chips with a wedge of lemon and garnish of [[parsley]]
| alternate_name = Fish supper / Fish 'n' chips
| country = United Kingdom
| region = England
| creator = 
| course = Main dish
| served = Hot
| main_ingredient = Battered and [[fried fish]] with [[French fries#United Kingdom|deep-fried chips]]
| variations = 
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| other = 
}}
{{British cuisine}}

'''Fish and chips''' is a hot dish consisting of [[batter (cooking)|battered]] and [[fried fish]], served with [[French fries|chips]]. Often considered the [[national dish]] of the United Kingdom, fish and chips originated in England in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Black |first1=Les |title=New Ethnicities and Urban Culture |date=1996 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZn7AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15 |publisher=Routledge |location=Oxford |isbn=1-85728-251-5 |access-date=14 February 2019 |page=15}}</ref><ref name="alexander">{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=James |date=18 December 2009 |title=The unlikely origin of fish and chips |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112111032/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8419026.stm |archive-date=2013-11-12 |access-date=16 July 2013 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Today, the dish is a common [[Take-out|takeaway food]] in numerous other countries, particularly English-speaking and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Andrew F. |title=Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=258 |isbn=978-0-313-39393-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-WcKK01H1cC&pg=PA258 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>

[[Fish and chip shop]]s first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910 there were over 25,000 of them across the UK. This increased to over 35,000 by the 1930s, but eventually decreased to approximately 10,000 by 2009.<ref name="alexander" /> The British government safeguarded the supply of fish and chips during the [[First World War]] and again in the [[Second World War]]. It was one of the few foods in the UK [[Rationing in the United Kingdom|not subject to rationing]] during the wars, which further contributed to its popularity.<ref name="alexander" /><ref name="Northern Echo" />

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