The Codfather

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Fish and chips are a big favourite for family takeaway meals. £1.2 billion a year is spent in fish and chip shops nationally. They outsell Indian takeaways on a meal basis by four to one - and fish suppers outsell them by two to one. In 2008 over 250 million fish and chip shop meals (featuring fish) were sold throughout the UK, proving that UK's fish and chip shops are still the nation's favourite hot takeaway outlet. Cod is the most popular fish sold in fish and chip shops, accounting for 61.5% of fish sold, followed by Haddock at 25%. Other white fish such as Plaice are also popular. Some shops offer locally landed fish depending on what is available in the market place, but the vast majority of the cod and haddock sold in fish and chip shops come from the sustainable waters of the Barents Sea and Iceland. More than one in six of us can't resist going to the fish and chip shop at least once a week and nearly 70% of us choose to take our fish and chips home to eat. Those from Yorkshire prove to have the biggest cravings! Nearly 70% of us take our fish and chips home to eat. Fish and chips have 9.42 grams of fat per 100 grams. Beating all other takeaways - the average pizza has 11, Big Mac meal with Medium fries has 12.1, Whopper meal with medium fries has 14.5, chicken korma 15.5 and doner kebab 16.2. The same goes for calories - 595 in the average portion - where the average pizza has 871, Big Mac meal with medium fries 888, Whopper meal with medium fries 892, chicken...