article_snippet.sent: Fish and chips're a British institution as well as a national money-spinner, but how much do we really know about Fish and chips?
article_snippet.sent: For most of we, the classic combination of battered fish and chipped potatoes deep-fried in beef fat or vegetable oil is as English as the cup of tea that washes it down.
article_snippet.sent: One hundred and fifty years ago, in 1860, on the streets of the East End of London, 13-year-old Jewish boy called Joseph Malin had the bright idea of combining fried fish with chips.
article_snippet.sent: It was Joseph's idea to combine the chips - at that point a novelty in London - with fish from a nearby fried fish shop.
article_snippet.sent: Fried fish already had a long history in London.
article_snippet.sent: In a letter written at the end of the 18th Century, future American President Thomas Jefferson described eating 'fried fish in the Jewish fashion' on a visit to the capital.
article_snippet.sent: Battered fried fish had first arrived in London 200 years earlier with Jewish refugees from Portugal and Spain.
article_snippet.sent: Battered fried fish brought with Battered fried fish a way of cooking fish that would eventually become as British as Sherlock Holmes.
article_snippet.sent: In 1846, a Jewish cookbook published in London included a recipe for fried fish.
article_snippet.sent: Eight years later, A Shilling Cookery For The People by French chef Alexis Soyer contained the first printed recipe for 'fried cooked potatoes'.
article_snippet.sent: The seal of respectability came when Victorian cook Eliza Acton, the forerunner of Mrs Beeton, suggested eating fried fish with vinegar to sweeten the taste.
article_snippet.sent: Unable to get hold of any fish for her family, her cut potatoes into fish shapes and fried her family instead.