Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Fri May 26, 2017 7:51 pm

Is it becaue fish don't have fingers and they don't want to confuse people? That's probably a good reason actually.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Fri May 26, 2017 9:44 pm

It's because they look like sticks.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat May 27, 2017 2:22 am

And yet we say chicken fingers, even though chicken have no fingers either.

I think 'fish sticks' might have been a branding idea from the first American company to market them, and it just caught on in common usage, like saying band-aid instead of plastic bandage.

(Post-Google) Yup, I was right:

History: The term "fish fingers" is first referenced in a recipe given in a British popular magazine in 1900,[1] and the dish is often considered emblematic of the United Kingdom.[2]

The commercialization of fish fingers may be traced to 1953 when the American company Gorton-Pew Fisheries, now known as Gorton's, was the first company to introduce a frozen ready-to-cook fish finger; the product, named Gorton’s Fish Sticks, won the Parents magazine Seal of Approval in 1956.[3]

There was an abundance of herring in the United Kingdom after World War II. Clarence Birdseye test-marketed herring fish fingers, a product he had discovered in the US,[4][5] under the name "herring savouries". These were tested in Southampton and South Wales against "cod sticks", a comparably bland product used as a control. Shoppers, however, confounded expectations by showing an overwhelming preference for the cod.[6]

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat May 27, 2017 2:23 am

ONCE AGAIN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO CORPORATE GREED AND POWER.

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Sat May 27, 2017 10:41 am

THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MY FINGERS.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat May 27, 2017 5:20 pm

Actually mine too. :zoidberg:

Post by **Cassie** » Sat May 27, 2017 5:57 pm

[video]

TRUST THE GORTON'S FISHERMAN!

Or else he will cut your fingers off and make fish sticks out of them.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue May 30, 2017 3:18 pm

Eggs Loki wrote: ONCE AGAIN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO CORPORATE GREED AND POWER.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:52 am

If you can slice something down to stick/finger/tender size, and then bread it and deep fry it, I will probably try it.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:58 am

Good man!

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 12:33 pm

WHY Do AMEricANS calL Trump MR PREsIDENT?

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:56 pm

Some of us don't!

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:37 pm

More like Mister Iwanttokickyouinthenoseyoubustard!

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:54 pm

I call him "Remember that clown who pretended to be President until they threw his ass in jail?"

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:27 pm

I love fish fingers and chicken sticks and the sauces that they get dipped in!

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:21 pm

What about pig toes?

Mirah · Post by **Mirah** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:15 pm

Is this a real thing? Something breaded? It doesn't sound like something very appetizing at all.

Post by **Eggs Loki** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:12 pm

Pig EARS are a thing.

CaptainWacky · Post by **CaptainWacky** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:01 pm

PIG KIDNEYS.