Posted on 04/25/2021 5:39:34 AM PDT by mylife
There are many curious facts about fish sticks. The invention of this frozen food warranted a U.S. patent number, for instance: US2724651A. The record number of them stacked into a tower is 74. And, every year, a factory in Germany reportedly produces enough fish sticks to circle Earth four times.
But the most peculiar thing about fish sticks may be their mere existence. They debuted on October 2, 1953, when General Foods released them under the Birds Eye label. The breaded curiosities were part of a lineup of newly introduced rectangular foods, which included chicken sticks, ham sticks, veal sticks, eggplant sticks, and dried-lima-bean sticks. Only the fish stick survived. More than that, it thrived. In a world in which many people are wary of seafood, the fish stick spread even behind the Cold War’s Iron Curtain.
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I remember having them for dinner on occasion growing up.
It was not a regular but a treat on occasion and we loved them.
Fish sticks and mac & cheese every Friday of every school week for 12 years.
Fish sticks are an excellent way to use up low quality, broken up fish leftovers that can’t be used any other way . . . except perhaps as cat food. As a kid, I loved fish stick Fridays in the school caf. I also loved that distinctive funky taste of canned spinach (the smell, not so much). These were things we never got at home.
Try Cioppino. Our local fresh fish shop and restaurant will sell bags of assorted fish too small to sell on their own. Very reasonable price
Have it your way, but you just lost me.
I went to a public school, but I clearly remember fish sticks were served in the cafeteria EVERY Friday. Good Friday was completely meatless.
Tator Tots were developed in the 50’s with a view toward making use of waste.
“Fish sticks...known in England as fish fingers.”
Thanks to several years of progressively making their product smaller and smaller both are what Captain D’s now calls fish.
I love um
I grew up eating fish sticks and fish cakes.
The sticks were much better..
Nowadays not only would i not eat either i HATE fish in general.
yuck
“Bitch, tell me again why you ain’t a hobbit?”
“In the United Kingdom, where fish sticks are known as fish fingers, a survey revealed that one in five young adults believes they are actually the fingers of fish”
ten years ago i would have been like whaa?
Now i can believe it..
The Doctor said that fish sticks are good with custard.
So fish is not a meat? OK, whatever. I went with it, even though I was raised a Baptist.
I loved those fish sticks as a child.
Later on, I would cook my own children those Gorton's fish sticks, caught from Gloucester. They would clamor for them. Children are so easy to please!
Not in Vegas.
I grew up with Gorton’s, every Friday night. In the early 70s my scout troop helped out at one of their fish fries at the opening of an Angelo’s supermarket, love it. I haven’t had too many fish sticks of late though.
Not sure if you have a Big Y near you but they have a pretty decent freshly prepared fish n chips for $10.
Big Y is right down the street from me. Will check out their fish and chips (usually grab the rotisserie chicken when I need something quick there).
That is a nice memory of your mother. Sometimes it’s the simplest of things that make people happy.
When I lived in Los Angeles I used to love Gelson’s and Ralphs, they had the best take out food...oh and their was a little place right out of the past in Sierra, I think it was called Howies. They had a ham sandwich that I would kill for today. Thick ham, a lot of real butter and shredded lettuce on a soft roll and homemade brownies with 1/2 inch of frosting. This thread really took me back.
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