Good cod! A bitesize history of fish and chips | BBC Ideas

Food historian Annie Gray tells the story of that beloved British dish, fish and chips, and how the two came together.

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[toto]

The art style is simply phenomenal, kudos to whoever drew this stuff

[misshoney]

British: These are chips

Others: fries

[duttateyadalai]

Love these food history videos on BBC Ideas. Hope to watch more of them in the future ☺️

[simone]

Goodness, this my stomach squirm at almost midnight in my neck of the woods. But thank you as always BBC for your edifying and interesting content. Keep up the great work.

[plungr]

Watching this while fasting... Perfect

[penis__]

Wasn't expecting a Chip Spice shoutout, very well researched video!!

[juskahusk]

I'm really surprised the BBC hasn't turned this into a podcast yet. The Pastcod Podcast.

[vissarion]

I just made a fish and chips, from Arctic cisco (fish found in Arctic Russia, Canada and Alaska). It is delicious, hello from Yakutia, the coldest habitable place on Earth.

[stefannikola]

It’s my favorite meal, even here in the USA.

[anveenraphael]

Wow!! I didn't eat this in my life, but from that combination I can guess its delicacy.

[nigelnigel.]

I remember before the new normal, greed and government agenda, poor people could afford a chippy dinner😭

[milascave]

They are good, but they were better when served hot in newspapers. I think the printer's ink must have added something to the flavor. Or perhaps it just seemed more exotic to me, and American, because we didn't sell our food that way.

[belindappitman]

As a British I can say I have fish and chips every Friday cod is my favourite

[MontyQueues]

just had my first proper F n C from a proper F n C shop... and my goodness

the way the fries were done, the way the fish was done... fish was good but just the way the fries were so like air and crispy same time it was like

[brunotorres]

Is it really British always thought the cod fish was battered in the 15 century in Europe plus it is a national dish in Portugal and a known dish in Spain too

[canerokan]

“No cooking was allowed in jewish homes” ??? What???

[SimonEllwood]

That 1968 date is wrong. It was about 1980 I remember it being outlawed and it was definitely not when I was 4!

[andrewstrongman]

I've never liked vinegar on fish n chips - it makes the batter and chips soggy. Fish n chips have been extremely popular in Australia, probably from the time of the first Colonial potato crop. It helps that we have excellent fish varieties readily available.

[brunotorres]

It’s not a Jewish invention, it was brought by the Sephardic Jews from Iberian Spain and Portugal and the battering was exported early on by the Portuguese to whole world including Japan with the famous tempura.

There you go history explained

[charcharreid]

I thought fish and chips would be our national dish but it is not.