Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: 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.
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Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
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Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:44 pm
It's because they look like sticks.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: 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:
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]
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 2:23 am
ONCE AGAIN IT ALL COMES DOWN TO CORPORATE GREED AND POWER.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 10:41 am
THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE MY FINGERS.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 5:20 pm
Actually mine too. 
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 5:57 pm
TRUST THE GORTON'S FISHERMAN!
Or else he will cut your fingers off and make fish sticks out of them.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:18 pm
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: 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.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:58 am
Good man!
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 12:33 pm
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Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:56 pm
Some of us don't!
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:37 pm
More like Mister Iwanttokickyouinthenoseyoubustard!
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: 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?"
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:27 pm
I love fish fingers and chicken sticks and the sauces that they get dipped in!
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:21 pm
What about pig toes?
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:15 pm
Is this a real thing? Something breaded? It doesn't sound like something very appetizing at all.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:12 pm
Pig EARS are a thing.
Why do Americans call fish fingers "fish sticks"?
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:01 pm
PIG KIDNEYS.