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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dats a lot of fish sticks!!
well I hate lima beans but mom made them every thurs!
I loke fish sticks. Pollock I think are best
I don’t eat them because my wife will not buy them
I loke fish sticks. Pollock I think are best
I don’t eat them because my wife will not buy them
“Give em Bird’s Eye Fish Fingers....
And watch em grow and grow”.
I used to make fish sandwiches with them...just fish sticks on a burger bun, nothing else.
Fish stick wrap....maybe?
no vinegar? to tartar sauce? no pepperoncini peppers?
I would kill for a Rubios fish taco but that aint it
It was amazing how high they were piled
Nope, don’t want my lima beans in a stick, I want it in a bowl, after being cooked with a nice hambone.
Oh and cornbread, must have cornbread with lots of butter. :)
You’re always picking on my lima beans- you beanist.
When my mother was on hospice last year, she could hardly eat - but would eat a MacDonald’s Filet o Fish sandwich and fries, which I faithfully brought her every day until the end. She got to the point where she couldn’t eat it but just wanted to smell it. It brought her great joy to take it out of the bag and unwrap it.
My local Ralphs in So Cal sometimes puts out a fish sandwich with their rotisserie chickens on Fridays. Beats the heck out of the McD’s one - much thicker, better quality fish and high quality American cheese. Unfortunately, I don’t see it every Friday - and I check. Can’t be beat if you like fish sandwiches.
anything was better than Michelle Obama’s lunches...
Fish sticks and tater tots every Friday.
you can have the beans, I’ll eat the rest.
Hand me my dunkin bread..
Oh, okay then :)
tater tots is a whole different rabbit hole...
why Jesus? why?
But not everyone seems confident about what exactly they’re eating when they consume the breaded fish. 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.The USA must have exported its educational system.
Well that's just pretty d**n rude.
Take some perfectly good fish sticks and ruin them like that and then give it to the Queen just to insult her. One would be sure that it had a gracious trip to the dumpster.
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