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Something else to blame the Jews for
Posted: December 29, 2009, 4:30 PM by NP Editor
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Fish and chips.

According to the BBC, Britain's greatest contribution to culinary history is about to celebrate its 150th birthday. Which means fish 'n chips have been around seven years longer than Canada.

The BBC puts its usual investigative zeal into tracking down the origins of the dish, and is especially keen on figuring out who first had the brainwave of putting them together in one spectacular taste delight.

Some credit a northern entrepreneur called John Lees. As early as 1863, it is believed he was selling fish and chips out of a wooden hut at Mossley market in industrial Lancashire. Others claim the first combined fish 'n' chip shop was actually opened by a Jewish immigrant, Joseph Malin, within the sound of Bow Bells in East London around 1860.

The Brits take this seriously, folks. There is apparently even a professional organization for purveyors of fish 'n chips, the National Federation of Fish Friers, which has its headquarters in Leeds and offers a three-day course in the proper combining of fried fish with greasy chips. Or not greasy -- your choice. Yum.

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by RickB
Dec 29 2009
5:12 PM


Plaice with the skin on and -- yes -- greasy chips. I for one am not going to get nostalgic about that version.
by ian_in_langley
Dec 29 2009
5:31 PM


Talk about using a headline to mislead readers...

And FYI Fish & Chips is serious business.. if you live along the water its an integral part of your summer..

Your Torontonians wouldn't understand.. as pollution fed great lakes toilet trout don't make for very good dining..

Its funny that Canadian news paper would knock the BBC for investigating a story.. they spend more time investigating the origins of Fish & Chips than most Canadian media outlets spend investigating any story combined I suspect.

But lets be honest the real motivation for the snarly edge towards the BBC has to do with it not adopting the "Israel can do no harm" stance that Can West has been ordered to follow.
by not_psyco_bob
Dec 29 2009
6:24 PM


Not Jews, Zionists. We blame the Zionists. And Tartars. Evil Zionist Tartars.
by JFJ
Dec 29 2009
7:15 PM


I'm surprised that fish'n chips is Jewish dish, I thought the Fish Friers were members of an obscure Newfoundland monastery.
by jimshort19
Dec 29 2009
7:17 PM


I happen to like fish and chips. So the Jews are to blame for the collapse of the cod fishery. Where will they hit next? I asked the China man at the cash in a Chinese restaurant if there were any Chinese Jews. He said, "No, but we got appoo jews."
by welldoneson
Dec 29 2009
7:26 PM


Are fish and chips kosher?

hmmmm... salt, pepper, ketchup, tartar sauce, and noisy seagulls.

I think I'll eat by the beach tommorrow.
by welldoneson
Dec 29 2009
7:26 PM


... and vinegar. Don't forget the vinegar.
by Sassylassie
Dec 29 2009
8:15 PM


LOL the anti-semites shall never eat fish and chips again, more for the rest of us.
by Sparky28
Dec 29 2009
8:19 PM


not_psyco_bob -- nice one!

And yes, provided the fish is kosher and the oil in which it's fried is kosher (and the cooking utensils have been kashered), fish and chips are kosher.
by Sparky28
Dec 29 2009
8:20 PM


... MALT vinegar!
by ian_in_langley
Dec 29 2009
8:31 PM


Is that what the shroud of turin was? .. What Jews used to wrap their fisn & chips in?

Now its all making sense..
by Rectificatif
Dec 29 2009
9:20 PM


The 100-year-old decline of the British: what else can you blame it on, if not English cooking?

If fish & chips were indeed invented by a Jew, it was only to provide clients for Jewish doctors.

Bon appétit!
by andersm
Dec 29 2009
9:21 PM


@jimshort19: good one! Thanks for the laugh.
by Smokey4531
Dec 29 2009
9:43 PM


Fish and chips could only be invented by one nation China. They had been cooking fish in their woks for about five thousand years, give or take; the potatoes came with their wars with Russia. Heck barbarians like to eat Causac food if it tastes good. As for England discovering such a dish like this on their own, I doubt it. Anti Semitic has very little to do with this, it’s more like anti Asian doctrine, but who really cares? Fish and Chips taste pretty good, they are just really bad for your health. They are a real heart stopper, no matter where you came from. It is the lard in conjunction with the starch that is evil.
by commentaddict
Dec 30 2009
2:54 AM


Jewish doctors - well of course! It's in the intelligence, you know. No, I guess you wouldn't know:):):):):)


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