Fish-n-Chips

Ingredients:

• as many potatoes you wish, chipped
• 1 lb cod fillets
• 1 beaten egg
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 6 tbsp beer (or so)

Directions:

Hot olive oil, two pots, one for potatoes, one for the fish.  Start the fried potatoes.  Lay out a sheet of wax paper for the battered fish.  For the batter:  beat the egg. Add milk, juice, oil, salt and pepper.  Add the flour, mix into a gooey mess.  Pat dry the fish.  Cut the fish into 12 pieces.  Coat the fish with the gooey batter, place on the waxed paper.  I use a spatula to slip six pieces of fish into the oil, five minutes.  Do the last six pieces.

Cheap and easy -- about $2.50 per person.