Can I eat fish and chips on a Sunday?

[Emmastone123]

I really fancy fish and chips for dinner tonight from the chippy. It's a really good quality place and open on Sunday. DH says fish isn't fresh on a Sunday and we shouldn't get it.

Is he right ? I'm 38 weeks preggo and need fish and chips!

[MynameisJune]

Chances are it’s frozen unless you live close to a coastal town. Even so frozen fish like Haddock or Cod won’t harm you. It just doesn’t taste as good as fresh fish.

[RNBrie]

It's probably all frozen anyway. I wouldn't be concerned.

[PinkHeart5914]

I doubt many chip shops have “fresh” fish as such, reckon most places use frozen anyway

[BillywigSting]

Op they can't sell you out of date fish.

It is perfectly safe


Yes fresh fish often is Friday's catch on a Sunday but that is two days, still perfectly edible

[amymel2016]

It's all frozen at sea anyway

[SingaSong12]

It should be as safe as at any other time.

[Emmastone123]

We are in London so must be frozen?

[MynameisJune]

Yeah definitely frozen

[bigbluebus]

I was always told you don't get fresh fish on a Monday because the fishing boats don't go out on a Sunday. I expect that advice is years out of date now though.

[LolitaLempicka]

That’s what I heard too bigbluebus

[BikeRunSki]

Non of the fish and chips shops round my way are open on Sunday because of what bigblue said. Whether they use frozen fish, and Sunday closing has now become habitual, I don’t know. I certainly see the fresh fish man delivering to the best one in the mornings.

[pippitysqueakity]

Our local fishmonger is always closed on a Monday for this reason.

[Buglife]

No. Everyone who gets a chippy tea on a Sunday dies.

Yes I’m sure it’s fine. Wouldn’t get far selling people rancid fish would they?!

[Weedsnseeds1]

Fish frying was classed as a "noxious trade" along with tanning, dying, lard rendering and the like, so it was illegal to fry fish on a Sunday.

[foodiefil]

Frozen at sea isn't bad @PinkHeart5914 but our chippy is wet fish

Fresh off the boat, delivered, filleted on site and fried to order.

Chips in beef dripping too.

[foodiefil]

It isn't all frozen at sea massive eye roll

[Bluntness100]

Bloody hell, it won't be frozen, my family had fish and chip shops, they get regular deliveries throughout the week and the fish is stored appropriately, it is no different getting it on a Sunday as it is a Friday because you don't know when the deliveries are.

Yes, deliveries may have been Friday, but do you only eat fish at home the day it's delivered, trust me it's in date and fine. Some folks are talking like they'd only have a fish supper if it came straight from thr friggen sea stopping briefly to be cooked before it hit their plates.

Honestly, frozen 🤣🤣🤣

[foodiefil]

Thank you! @Bluntness100