European regulation states it is mandatory to apply a freezing treatment of fish products intended to be eaten raw or undercooked but excludes farmed Atlantic salmon
Possibly lake and river fish that are not caught by giant commercial boats are not frozen but I do not know this for a fact.
Probably not a bad thing to ensure that they are free of parasites.
Yes that is the reason they give.
Our latitudes? The sea is fished (actually mostly overfished) at pretty well all latitudes excepting where the sea is frozen. DIstance from the sea is the issue here.
They don’t need to be frozen and restaurants often buy their fish fresh off the boat in coastal towns like Aldeburgh.
Flash freezing is essential if a boat is at sea for more than a day but in some places in the UK (less every year), the boats go out very early in the morning and are back mid morning with a fresh haul.
Fresh is when it has just come ashore and been gutted and it is in the pan ten minutes later!
That… is actually what I meant.
He can dine out now 
If he’s still in GB at the end of the year, we will know. (He did say he’s leaving in 4 weeks - that was 3 weeks ago.
Wouldn’t this qualify for fish and chips? (if you’re adding the chips of course :)) Kids love it.
I remember last time I had fish and chips was in Bristol, in a paper that imitated old newspapers and I found the idea almost as good as the fish and chips themselves.
There was a scare that newspaper ink was poisonous so they switched.
I really liked the idea. It made the food look more “authentic” if that makes any sense…
Yeah, but the fun was getting the last few soggy, vinegary and black chips out of the bag.
It was an era where the salt came in a little twist of blue paper.
That was crisps, not chips. Apparently they are still produced by Smiths but said brand seems to be hard to find
It was for both! I remember the salt in the crisps were in a small square sachet.
Yeah. Only it wasnt just the crisps that came with a twist of salt, the local chippies did it too…
And why am I now craving a crisp and banana buttie?
You mean a chip butty with lots of butter.
That too, but I mean a crisp and banana butty.
had to look that up. Not been offered that ever in England.
Buttered toastbread and banana bits on it?
You post what you like and I my preferences 
Obvioisly a Manchester “classic”. Pretty disgusting combo, but not even close to mushy peas.
Exact same website I found my answer.
Edit: Not true, it’s sold as Liverpool classic as well … and all sites use the same fotos!