A poll found, perhaps unsurprisingly, salt and vinegar are the nation's favourite toppings, with 80% choosing salt and 69% opting for vinegar. When it comes to sauces though, the nation is divided.
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00:00 It's National Fish and Chip Day this week and we certainly don't need an excuse for
00:06 a chippy tea. YouGov says fish and chips is the number one most popular British dish but
00:11 opinion can be divided on what goes with the UK staple. A poll found perhaps unsurprisingly
00:17 salt and vinegar are the nation's favourite toppings with 80% having salt and 69% vinegar.
00:23 When it comes to sauces though the nation is divided. While overall we prefer, shockingly,
00:28 mayonnaise on our chips. The sauce is tied with ketchup here in Leeds and across Yorkshire
00:32 and the Humber with 15% each favouring the sauces followed by gravy with 6%. While usually
00:39 National Fish and Chip Day is celebrated on a Friday as per tradition it's being brought
00:43 forward a day to coincide with the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Chippies have been in the news recently
00:49 as prices soared by a fifth amid rising costs for the industry. A plate will now set you
00:53 back on average around £9 per meal. This year to mark the special occasion we're being
00:58 asked to show our local chippies and chip shop owners that we appreciate all they do
01:02 to provide us with one of the nation's favourite takeaways.