Fishsticks

[JenniferL]

Neither fish, nor stick.

 

Discuss.

[Jorality Algaranna]

It's a carb-protein-fat compound designed to save parents from taking their kids out for filet'o'fish burgers from McDonalds....which, interestingly enough, are not filetted.

[Zardi]

I used to like those, usually with macaroni and cheese. Now I think they taste like styrofoam, only squishier. And breaded. Little smokies or tuna go better with mac and cheese anyway. :P

 

...filet'o'fish burgers from McDonalds....which, interestingly enough, are not filetted.

And probably also not fish, either.

[Silver]

i eat em. of course i eat almost anything

[JenniferL]

I'm pretty sure they are made from people.

[Harmony]

My Spanish teacher asked the person working at McDonalds what kind of fish they used...they didn't know.

[JenniferL]

"Its...fish?"

[Harmony]

Hehe...I'll just quote his blog...

 

"I shared this pet peeve with the youth at my church and we decided, while on our rafting trip, to put McDonalds and Burger King to the test. When we asked the cashier at McDonalds what was in the mysterious Filet-O-Fish, I got a blank stare followed by an annoyed “I don’t know.” Excuse me, if anyone should be annoyed, it should be me. The Burger King people were a bit kinder. After being asked, a nice gentleman named Cory disappeared into the background to ask his boss. He returned with the answer “Alaskan Fish.”"

[Demandred Valerius]

AH see thats their code for guts and scales.

[Chang]

How do fish become sticks? Do the fish that they use to make fishsticks come from some sort of stick?

 

I've always been curious about these questions, and many other questions of course. I just figured I'd start with two, so I wouldn't overwhelm everyone. ;)

 

But I remember eating fishsticks with ketchup when I was younger. Good stuff. :)

[Corki]

And having worked in a supermarket, I know fishsticks are extremely popular as they always sell.

[Niamh Sedai]

Maybe they should be more acurately termed as "Fishy-sticks" Or "Not really fish but we don't think you'd like to know what we really makes these things from so we thought saying it was fish would be the best bet" sticks. :D

[MsDanya]

¨mm, I love fishsticks

 

 

 

it really is very very good!!!

[Niamh Sedai]

They are Fishsticks? I would call them Fishfingers. They actually contain fish *looks shifty*

[Alarwyn Liande]

*cheers for kalapuikot* :lol:

 

People actually eat at school on days when we have fish sticks. :P

[Raena]

I love fishsticks too. The same ones that Danya eat. :P

[Alarwyn Liande]

I eat those too. :D

[Talya]

Danya, Niamh is right we call them fish fingers and the have fillets of cod in them.

 

I eat those too :D

[Corki]

Yeah, those are fishfingers!

 

This is what I would call a fish stick:

 

*IMAGE removed as I am an idiot* :lol:

[JenniferL]

We call that "krab" here in the US. Its marketed as a cheaper, not quite as good alternative to crab meat. What you silly Euros call fish fingers is what we call fish sticks. A piece of fish bits pressed into a stick, then breaded.

[Corki]

*mutters about silly Americans*

 

*adds that to the list that includes pavement/sidewalk, trousers/pants and so on*

[KellySedai]

Man... Danya just can't keep out of trouble can she. :P

 

Fishsticks are probably made just like chicken patties and tenders are made. We take a bunch of chicken breasts, add spices and ground chicken skin, water, and blend. Then they are press formed through a machine, battered and breaded. Its not a pretty process, but it is all breast meat.

 

Now the contents of fish sticks probably varies depending on the quality and who makes them.

[MsDanya]

lol kells :P

 

and thats crabsticks Corks

[Talya]

Kelly i think you're right I've seen fish fingers (fish sticks) over here and the fish looks a greyish mush :shock: , but other brands (birds eye for example) make then with proper pieces of filleted fish and they are nice...hmmmm...

 

Corki they are crab sticks :lol:

[Corki]

Meh. Even though it is made from crab, I would consider that as a fish stick. But that is me. Plus, in Somerfield, they are sold as "Seafood Sticks", which adds to the confusion.