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The Jews Left Their Mark on English Cuisine—but Didn’t Invent Fish and Chips
Cold fried fish was and still is a beloved Sabbath dish.
While Jewish contributions to Western culture have indeed been impressive, from time to time overzealous Jewish writers succumb to the temptation to take credit where none is in fact due. Thus one occasionally finds the claim—based ultimately on an essay written by the great Anglo-Jewish historian Cecil Roth in the 1950s—that Portuguese descendants of converted Jews brought fish and chips, that quintessential English staple, to Britain in the 16th century. The distinguished anthropologist Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett debunks this claim, but notes other piscatory delights that are indeed of Jewish origin:
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The Jews Left Their Mark on English Cuisine—but Didn’t Invent Fish and Chips
Cold fried fish was and still is a beloved Sabbath dish.