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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fish and Chips is Jewish food, and became popular in Britain in the Victorian era with the coincidence of a large wave of Dutch Jews arriving in the country and the development of a rail network sufficient to deliver fresh fish anywhere in the country.

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like I said, Britain didn't function in a vacuum. Fish and chips is still a uniquely British thing however.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 0 points 1 week ago

But it isn’t. Its portuguese.