Spanish Jews brought recipes to England in the 17th century to support the final development of fish and chips. Tattered fish with fried chips.
When was the fish first fried?
Originally, the Jews of Western Sephardim, who settled in England in the 17th century, cooked fried fish in the same way as the flour-coated "Pescadofleet". Tattered fish is coated with flour and soaked in a batter mixed with flour and liquid, usually water and sometimes beer.
When did humans start to fry food?
The process of deep-fried food is said to have occurred in the 5th millennium BC. The Egyptians who invented fried food during this period did not know how it would change the culinary industry. Fried cake was one of the first foods to be fried (think donuts). Other cultures have begun to follow suit.
Who invented the tattered fish and chips?
Many food historians say that a young Ashkenezi immigrant named Joseph Marin, a Jewish cook, opened his first chippy in London in 1860. The store was a huge success and remained open until the 1970s. And near Manchester, the fish and chips stand opened by John Leeds was in active business by 1863.
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