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 loved those things. 😆
Potato scrapple...
An insult to chippies and the queen!
Some food is simply too economical not to exist.
Today, people gobble up chicken wings. Tomorrow, it will be beaks & talons, with some kind of Asian sauce.
The fish stick sells fish that would otherwise have no market.
I expect that the Lima Bean stick was simply an attempt to move Lima Beans, which don’t really have much of a fan base.
Many moons ago, one of my sons decided he was hungry, went downstairs, put some frozen fish sticks in the microwave, put then on high for 10 minutes.
I came down because the smell of those burned up fish sticks was awful. Stinked up the house. They looked like scrawny black pieces of charcoal.
Tater tots and fishsticks still a Friday favorite for me!
We are fish sticks most Fridays. I also remember having Chinese food out of a large can, which was served over white rice. Of course there were TV dinners on Sat. Mom said kitchen was closed Saturdays.
looks better than the sangwich.
those la choy, chow mien dinners were pretty good if you added some meat.
SOOooo Good!
A recent thread that may be of interest:
Presenting The Takeout’s official Fast Food Fish Sandwich Power Ranking [Updated]
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3951691/posts
I love the Filet O Fish, but the chief problem is McDonald’s almost always puts a ton of tartar sauce on it which can wreck your shirt as you drive and eat. The McBites were effectively Filet O Fish morsels without the mess. I read they were a Lent item that didn’t catch on, but that doesn’t negate their awesomeness.
I’m still eating on Teenies fish dinner from fri, that piece of haddock is the size of my forearm and hand!
What about Lobster?
You remember? Especially when you didn’t know any better. Back then there were no Chinese restaurants where we lived.
When we had four young kids, fish sticks were our go-to meal when we were too exhausted to really cook but had to put dinner on the table. That, and a bag of frozen mixed vegetables. And of course a big dollop of ketchup on the plate to dip the sticks in.
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