As part of my research for the Book of Loyalists, I recently reviewed the various accounts of American Officers from the Battle of Camden in Jim Piecuch's Documentary History of the Battle of Camden:





Fascinating book which I highly recommend. Anyway, I have attached briefs...

It is thought that the potato was first brought to Britain by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1600's, but it is believed by some that the Belgians were the first to fry the potato to produce the chip and by others that it was the French.
Chips were a cheap food for the industrial north of England, and fried fish in batter was popular in London, although originally the batter was just used to protect the fish during frying, and was discarded before the fish was eaten.
The first Fish and Chip...