S2E27: Poor Diet To National Dish: Changing fortunes of Fish and Chips in Britain

Fish and chips would be usually described as the staple food of the labouring poor in the nineteenth century. Writers such as Dickens and contemporary newspapers and commentators connected it with poverty, lack of hygiene and a strong odour.

In short, the middle classes in England pretty much disapproved of it until the early twentieth century. Since the 1950s, however, Fish and Chips underwent an image makeover in popular perception and gained a great deal of respect. It was now repackaged as the national dish of Great Britain.

Interestingly, foreigners such as Americans, Italians, Chinese and Indians had a major role to play in this transformation.

This episode of HistoryChatter tracks this shift in the fortunes of the humble Fish and Chips.

 

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