Editing Fish and chips (section)

===Cooking===
[[File:Frying range.JPG|thumb|Frying range at a Portland Street establishment in [[Manchester]] in 2007]]
Traditional frying uses [[tallow|beef dripping]] or [[lard]]; however, [[vegetable oil]]s, such as [[palm oil]], [[rapeseed]] or [[peanut oil]] (used because of its relatively high [[smoke point]]) {{As of|2007|alt= now}} predominate, in part because it makes fried chips suitable for vegetarians and for adherents of certain faiths.<ref name="Grant2022">{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Katie |title=Fish and chips is a beloved national dish, but Britain can't agree on the best way to cook it |url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/fish-chips-beloved-national-dish-britain-best-way-cook-1599166 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=I |date=28 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fort |first1=Matthew |title=The best fish and chips |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/jan/22/best-fish-and-chip-shop |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 January 2009}}</ref>

There is a longstanding debate among vendors in the UK on whether beef dripping or vegetable oil is the best way to fry fish and chips.<ref name="Grant2022" /> The traditional method of dripping or lard are used in some living industrial history museums, such as the [[Black Country Museum|Black Country]] and [[Beamish Museum|Beamish]] Living Museums in England.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vukmirovic |first1=James |title=Landmark former chip shop rebuilt at museum is a nod to the culinary past of the Black Country |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/2024/07/12/a-popular-part-of-heritage-museum-and-a-nod-to-the-culinary-past-of-black-country/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Express and Star |date=12 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Would you queue over an hour for these fish and chips? |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/davys-fried-fish-shop-beamish-16203687 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Chronicle Live |date=3 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 

The fish part of the dish is filleted, and no bones should be found in the fish.<ref>{{cite news |title='Posh' fish and chips recipe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/posh_fish_and_chips_17532 |access-date=2 September 2023 |agency=BBC}}</ref>