On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:45:33 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Sunday, 10 July 2016 13:29:25 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
If you want healthy, don't eat chips at all.
Along similar lines, when buying a sandwich out we to try to go for
stuff on 'multigrain' or 'wholemeal' ...

Less fat in a portion of fish and chips than in a sandwich:

Yes, but it's no all about fat is it?

The total fat content of an average portion of fish and chips is estimated to be 48.2g. This compares favourably with a cheese and ham sandwich with mayonnaise which has 51.98g fat and a donner kebab in pitta bread with salad and chips, which has a total fat content of 57.74g.
http://www.greatbritishfishandchips.co.uk/page8.htm

So all pretty similar then. So, the next question would be what are
the benefits of each?

(FWIW I'm also trying to say away from 'processed meats' so would
rarely have ham. If I have a kebab it would generally be chicken and
rarely with chips (and I often don't eat all the pita)).

An average portion of fish, chips and peas contains only 7.3% fat of which 2.8% is saturated fat. This compares with 10.8% fat in a pork pie and 16.8 grams you will find in a tuna mayonnaise sandwich.
http://www.federationoffishfriers.co...igures-603.htm

Interesting, but again, rarely eat pork pies and prefer salad cream to
mayo (in case that makes any difference (either way)).

Beef dripping has less total calories than palm fat:
http://www.federationoffishfriers.co...l-info-605.htm

Again, is it just about the calories and fat?

I'm hungry now.

So am I. ;-)

Cheers, T i m