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I'm 90% sure that's a myth made up for the usual "did you know you have refugees to thank for everything?" propaganda. (I'm not kidding, they literally had a pro-refugee ad with a talking plate of fish and chips lecturing someone about the jews)
Historically if you lived in Derbyshire you probably weren't eating much fish, but anyone on the coast had it as a major part of their diet. Herring, sole, mackerel, river eel, etc. usually smoked, salted, or jellied unless you were getting it right off the boat.
Shellfish weren't as popular among the rich as in France, iirc, but steamed mussels and cockles were very common.
Portuguese traders spread fried fish and fried foods generally to most of the world at the same time, and my suspicion is that the explosion of trade just coincided with oils and fats becoming cheap enough to cook food in (and the growth of restaurants where it's more practical)
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