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Fish and meat gives us protein.

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Fish and meat give us protein.

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herisson
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Bojuan
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    Fish and meat isn't normally taken as a monolithic unit (this sentence notwithstanding), so pick plural agreement in your sentence. – Lawrence Oct 03 '17 at 15:28

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Fish and meat give us protein. [plural]

Jack and Jill go up the hill. [plural]

Jack and Jill is a nice story. [singular]

Fish and meat is sometimes called "surf and turf". [singular]

Conclusion: use plural with X and Y unless "X and Y" is a singular entity.

Note the last example considers the (ungodly) combination of fish & meat.

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