Snooze Button Dreams: Newsflash! Fish and Chips not British!

January 09, 2004

Newsflash! Fish and Chips not British!

LONDON (Reuters) - The reputation of fish and chips as Britain's national dish has taken a battering after a historian said the classic meal originated elsewhere.

Ye gads! If not from the fair island nation then where, pray tell, where? Please don't say France.

Panikos Panayi, history professor at Leicester's De Montfort University, said his studies had shown deep-fried battered fish and potatoes were a mixture of French "pommes frites"...

I said NOT to say France! Bloody nubber!

...and fried fish dishes brought by Jewish immigrants.

Ah ha! I am so going to hold this over everybody who ever told me they didn't like kosher food.

"Over time it has become anglicised," he told Reuters. "It has almost become part of Britain."

It's certainly become part of the blood vessels of Britain.

Panayi, who is studying how immigration and globalisation have affected the British diet, said food brought in by immigrants often evolved once it reached the country's shores.

So there you have it. Brit culture is really just a combination of Frog and Hebrew. Might as well put down that pint and grab up a bottle of wine, mates.

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TO make a long story short:
Brits-Fench...what the hell is the difference?
We don't need either one of them.:-)

Posted by: LW at January 9, 2004 03:13 PM

Awww LW, that's not quite fair... The Brits aren't nearly as spineless as the french. Despite the whiney voice perpetrated by the BBC of late, they will actually stand up like real men and face the world when the poop hits the fan (as evidenced by Iraq). And I've heard many stories of their soldiersâ€™ bravery.

Plus, they make a good pint of ale.

Posted by: Clancy at January 9, 2004 04:28 PM

Guess you got a point there.Yes you are right in those areas.
MY excuse is,I am German.Growing up I was tought that noone needs those Island Monkeys (who never wanted to be part of Europe).
Is that a valid excuse?:-)
And at least...we are able to understand the Brits.I learned english and french in school and guess which of the two stuck with me?

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