afaik most 'fish and chips' fish around me tends to be Cod. much farther west and south fried catfish becomes more of a staple, although it's never really done with fries or chips... or anything other than hushpuppies from what I recall.
@stound We have a fish known as rock eel, and I was told it's supposed to be catfish. No real idea though. Tastes nice and only has one bone down the middle, but it's nothing to do with eels.
@Jemimapuddleduck interesting. back home they talk about flathead catfish that get big enough that you can pull an edible fillet from the top of their flat heads.
@Jemimapuddleduck It's dogfish, smooth hound, or huss, which are small sharks that can be fished more sustainably than cod and halibut. Really delicious.
