Fish and chips is a popular hot dish consisting of fried fish in crispy batter, served with chips. Fish and chip shops first appeared in the UK in the 1860s, and by 1910, there were over 25,000 fish and chip shops across the UK. By the 1930s there were over 35,000 shops, fish batter no beer the trend reversed, and by 2009 there were only approximately 10,000. The UK tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil was introduced to the country by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants, who spent time in the Netherlands before settling in the UK as early as the 16th century.
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