# Fish and chips in America **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329 "2015-06-24T05:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/41 "2015-06-27T00:45:38Z")
I love the fish, it’s the chips I stick at . . . those thick-sliced things . . . I’ve never been able to develop a taste for what Americans call “steak fries.” ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/42 "2015-06-27T01:38:11Z")
Here in my country, the best is surgeon fish. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/43 "2015-06-27T12:43:02Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > Interesting, in Australia, breaded, which we call crumbed is pretty much the de facto approach in most fish and chips shops. \*" It is now – and often that’s because they buy it in that way. In the 70’s in Melbourne it was always only battered. And they _peeled and sliced their potatoes too_. It was, by default, always flake, which is also much less common now, because flake is no longer the cheapest fish they’ve got. Two of the reasons flake got much more expensive is that they had to protect some species, and that they had to put in a maximum size limit because of mercury content. And a good piece of flake is softly “al dente”. You may like your fish falling apart in your mouth, but a good piece of flake held together (the batter helped), so you could eat it straight from the newsprint (butcher paper inside layer) without a knife fork and plate. ---
**Author:** ![Antene1941](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Antene1941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antene1941)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/44 "2015-07-15T19:06:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > When it comes to fish & chips, I prefer haddock. I definitely prefer cod, so long as it is done right. Always have to have fish and chips every so often - though having said that I am in the UK - where fish and chips is a traditional meal! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/45 "2015-07-15T19:43:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > In my old nabe the best place to get fish and chips was [The Chip Shop](http://www.chipshopnyc.com/index.php/locations/park-slope) run by English ex-pats. You can get mushy peas if you want and tons of other English stuffs. Stop by [Eamonn’s](http://www.eamonnsdublinchipper.com/) if you’re ever around DC. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/46 "2015-07-15T21:21:45Z")
Seriously, what **is** it with those big blocky chips?! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329/47 "2015-07-15T21:39:16Z")
I’ve always felt kind of blah about cod. Maybe I’ve only ever had long-frozen stuff, but it was always pretty tasteless and soft. But I _love_ halibut and chips, especially as served by Phil’s Fish Market in Moss Landing, California. They serve nice big, generous chunks of flaky white fresh halibut with a thin crisp coating of batter. It has spoiled me for fish ‘n’ chips, as it has way more flavor than cod. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-and-chips-in-america/723329.md?page=2)