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Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic British Dish
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Fish & Chips: Uncovering the Forgotten Jewish and Belgian Origins of the Iconic British Dish
FromGastropod
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Fish & chips: a golden hunk of battered cod, accompanied by thick-cut French fries, lightly sprinkled with malt vinegar, and wrapped up in a newspaper.... It's as British as cricket, cream teas, the class system, and colonialism, but it's actually the relatively recent marriage of a Jewish fish-frying tradition and a Franco-Belgian potato snack. What's more, in something of a twist, the fish itself—cod, a burly bottom-feeder with tender, flaky white flesh—ended up helping fuel U.S. independence. This episode, we're telling the peculiar story of how two non-British foods became such a quintessentially British dish—and how our appetites transformed international relations, as well as an entire ocean ecosystem.
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Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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