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Fish Sticks Make No Sense How a weird 1950s finger food made it big
theatlantic ^

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: birdseye; fishfingers; fishsticks
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To: cyclotic

dats a lot of fish sticks!!


21 posted on 04/25/2021 6:06:10 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Clutch Martin

https://www.tridentseafoods.com/browse/products/trident-seafoods-the-ultimate-fish-stick-4-lb/


22 posted on 04/25/2021 6:06:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: sushiman

well I hate lima beans but mom made them every thurs!


23 posted on 04/25/2021 6:07:46 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

I loke fish sticks. Pollock I think are best

I don’t eat them because my wife will not buy them


24 posted on 04/25/2021 6:08:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: mylife

I loke fish sticks. Pollock I think are best

I don’t eat them because my wife will not buy them


25 posted on 04/25/2021 6:08:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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“Give em Bird’s Eye Fish Fingers....
And watch em grow and grow”.


26 posted on 04/25/2021 6:09:06 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat (.)
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To: mylife

I used to make fish sandwiches with them...just fish sticks on a burger bun, nothing else.


27 posted on 04/25/2021 6:10:14 AM PDT by be-baw
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To: mylife

Fish stick wrap....maybe?

28 posted on 04/25/2021 6:10:41 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: be-baw

no vinegar? to tartar sauce? no pepperoncini peppers?


29 posted on 04/25/2021 6:12:29 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Liz

I would kill for a Rubios fish taco but that aint it


30 posted on 04/25/2021 6:14:21 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

It was amazing how high they were piled


31 posted on 04/25/2021 6:14:44 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mylife

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.


32 posted on 04/25/2021 6:14:50 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: Pigsley

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.


33 posted on 04/25/2021 6:15:34 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Jakarta ex-pat

anything was better than Michelle Obama’s lunches...


34 posted on 04/25/2021 6:16:06 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Fish sticks and tater tots every Friday.


35 posted on 04/25/2021 6:17:14 AM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: Irenic

you can have the beans, I’ll eat the rest.
Hand me my dunkin bread..


36 posted on 04/25/2021 6:17:44 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Oh, okay then :)


37 posted on 04/25/2021 6:20:30 AM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: Noumenon

tater tots is a whole different rabbit hole...

why Jesus? why?


38 posted on 04/25/2021 6:20:36 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
Wow, Brits are as dumb as Americans!
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.
39 posted on 04/25/2021 6:25:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Real happiness is one that you share)
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To: mylife
"When Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th birthday, in 2016, Birds Eye presented her with a sandwich that included blanched asparagus, saffron mayonnaise, edible flowers, caviar, and—most prominently—gold-leaf-encrusted fish sticks."

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.

40 posted on 04/25/2021 6:25:29 AM PDT by OKSooner (With Republicans like these we have no need for enemies.)
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