Out of the fryer and into the fire: my fish and chip hell — theguardian.com

I never thought I’d know what it feels like to be Katie Hopkins – I don’t really go out of my way to upset people. That changed when I made public my opinions about fish and chips earlier this year. I have since learned what it’s like for the internet to scream that you’re as popular as venereal disease. I think our national dish is overrated – I just don’t get what people love about it, and I wrote 600 words about how I was born and raised in Birmingham by a family of second-generation immigrants who left Cyprus for a better life serving oily cod to Brummies. And that I still didn’t get its appeal despite living a lifetime among deep-fat fryers.

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