In a basket

Food served in a basket, a basket platter or a basket with fries is a sandwich or other main dish that is served on top of a basket of an accompanying foodstuff, usually french fries. The "basket" is usually either made of plastic and lined with paper, or is simply a disposable paperboard box or tray. Sometimes the basket contains other side dishes as well, such as a container of coleslaw or a pickle. This term is common in the Midwestern U.S.

A burger and french fries served in a basket

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom chicken in a basket, fried chicken on a bed of chips, was a popular dish in pubs and modest restaurants from the late 1960s through the 1970s.[1][2]

In the 1970s the dish became so ubiquitous in UK venues offering evening entertainment that the locations became known to musicians and entertainers as the "chicken-in-a-basket circuit".[3][4][5]

Slade guitarist Dave Hill recalled in 2021 how, during a fall in the band's popularity towards the late 1970s, they "played the difficult gigs, the gigs where people have chicken in a basket and then go on the dancefloor."[6]

References
  1. Castelow, Ellen. "Food in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s". Historic UK. Historic UK Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. "Chicken In A Basket is back on the menu". Bristol Post. Local World Limited. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. Brewster, Bill. "Working Man's Soul". DJhistory. DJ History Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. Kinsley, Billy. "The Merseys". Triumph PC Group. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. "Golden Garter night club". Wythenshawe's History and Heritage. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. Hattenstone, Simon (2021-03-08). "Slade guitarist Dave Hill: 'I'd come out of work, put on my costume and suddenly I'd be Superman!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
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