Fish finger
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Fish fingers (
History
The term "fish finger" is first referenced in a recipe given in a popular British magazine in 1900,[1] and the dish is often considered symbolic of the United Kingdom.[2]
The food restrictions during and after WWII expanded the consumption of fish fingers, but companies struggled to maintain decent quality.[3][4] 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.[5][6] The developer of those fish sticks was Aaron L. Brody.
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 United States,[7][8] under the name "herring savouries". These were tested in Southampton and South Wales against "cod fingers", a comparatively bland product used as a control. Shoppers, however, confounded expectations by showing an overwhelming preference for the cod.[9] The snack was nearly called Battered Cod Pieces, until a poll of Birds Eye workers opted for the snappier Fish Fingers.[10][11]
Varieties
Minced fish comes in industry standard 7.5 kg frozen blocks for further slicing and battering.
In addition to white fish, fish fingers are sometimes made with salmon.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "History of Fish Fingers". Foods of England. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Cloake, Felicity (2015-09-15). "Fish fingers at 60: how Britain fell for the not-very-fishy frozen sticks". the Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ISBN 978-1421417844. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Novak, Matt (12 August 2016). "How Fish Sticks Became the Food of the Future That Nobody Asked For". Paleofuture. Gizmodo.
- ^ Pacific Fisherman 54 (1956) p. 55.
- S2CID 110903114.
- ^ Cyril Dixon, "The facts of fish fingers", The Independent, 21 August 1994 (online)
- ISBN 9781566490009
- ^ "Teatime staple marks half century ", BBC News, 26 September 2005.
- ^ "Fish fingers 'surprisingly sustainable'". BBC News. 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Clayton, Hugh: "Constancy of fish fingers a symbol of calm in a trade of frequent change" in The Times, 9 May 1980, p 17.
- ^ "7.5kg fish block production" (PDF). May 2009.
- WHO. 2017.
- ^ "10 fish sticks zalm" Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, IGLO 27 Juli 2014.
Bibliography
- "How in the World? A Fascinating Journey Through the World of Human Ingenuity", ISBN 978-0-89577-353-1
External links
- Media related to Fish fingers at Wikimedia Commons