A TRADITIONAL DISH/ CUSINE TOPIC

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Name: Bui Thi Ngoc Thuy Class: CD VNH K 31A Teacher: Vo Tu Phuong

Fish and chips

Fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) deep fried in flour batter with chips (fried potatoes) dressed in malt vinegar. This is England's traditional take-away food or as US would say "to go". Fish and chips are not normally home cooked but bought at a fish and chip shop ("chippie" ) to eat on premises or as a "take away"

No one knows precisely where or when fish and chips came together No one knows precisely where or when fish and chips came together. Chips (pommes frites) had arrived in Britain from France in the eighteenth century. The first mention in 1854 was when a leading chef included ” thin cut potatoes cooked in oil “ in his recipe book, Shilling Cookery. Around this time fish warehouses sold fried fish and bread, with mention of them in Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist published in 1830.

There are claims to the first ‘chippie’ (fish and chip shop) from Lancashire in the North and London in the South of England. Whoever it may have been, the trade grew to feed a rapidly expanding population, reaching a staggering 35,000 shops in the 1930’s, leveling to around 11,000 now.

The Federation of Fish Friers in the UK claim that in 1995 the British consumed 300 million servings of fish and chips equating to six servings for every man woman and child in the country. The record for the largest number of portions sold in one day by an independent fish and chip shop is over 4,000. Fish and chips helped feed the masses during the First World War and were one of only a few foods not rationed in the Second. Compared to other take-away foods Fish and chips have: 9.42 grams of fat per 100 grams. The average pizza has 11, Big Mac meal with medium fries has 12.1, Whopper meal with medium fries has 14.5, chicken korma 15.5 and doner kebab 16.2. Fish and chips have 595 calories in the average portion - an average pizza has 871, Big Mac meal with medium fries has 888, Whopper meal with medium fries has 892, chicken korma 910 and doner kebab 924.

Recipe: English Fish and Chips 4 large Potatoes 1 large Egg, lightly beaten 1 can Soda Water 2 Cod Fillets, halved 2 cups Flour 0,5 cup Rice Flour 1 table spoon Baking Powder freshly ground Black Pepper Salt Malt Vinegar

Heat oil in a deep fryer to 160 degrees Celsius Heat oil in a deep fryer to 160 degrees Celsius. Peel potatoes, cut them into chips, and put them in the oil. Fry the chips for 2-3 minutes; they should not be crisp or fully cooked at this point. Remove the chips to a paper towel-lined platter to drain

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, and egg. Pour in the soda water and whisk to a smooth batter. Spread the rice flour on a plate. Dredge the fish pieces in the rice flour and then dip them into the batter, letting the excess drip off. Put the chips in the bottom of the fryer basket and carefully submerge in the hot oil. Carefully wave the battered fish into the bubbling oil before dropping them in on top of the chips. Fry the fish and chips for 4-5 minutes until crispy and brown. Remove the basket and drain the fish and chips on paper towels; season lightly with salt. Serve with malt vinegar.

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