Fish Fingers?

this reminded me, when we were moving from Portugal to Belguim, DD aged 10 went to a local Scottish Primary for a few weeks, she wanted to have school dinners as she had never had them,,,,,,. Fish Fingers,,, call from school, she was being disruptive and could we attend please, she had never had Fish Fingers and was pointing out loudly and clearly in more than one language, that fish do not have fingers and where was its head and tail.
Before moving to Portugal we had lived in the NE of Scotland where we got fish from family who had trawlers, or the fishmongers.
In Portugal her dad caught fish for our restaurant or we bought it at the fish market.
The school were very agressive when we pointed out she was actually correct and fish do not have fingers, and perhaps it might be good to include an item on this in class.
It is still a standing joke in our family about DD and the Fish fingers.
She took a packed lunch for the following weeks.

You are so right Jinglbellfrocks. To be honest they have such a comparatively short time here and so many to see that I imagine their heads are spinning

gracesgran I've got my daughter and SIL living with us at the moment. He's a fisherman and a conscious one too! Which resulted in him throwing back a seabass once when we were on holiday with them. I can't remember the reason exactly now, but I think he said that it was "mature" and therefore should end its life in its natural habitat . In other words it had had a good life and he couldn't bear to think of it ending in a pan!

So ... I currently have to be more on my toes than ever 're buying fish caught responsibly and sustainably. Cod is so expensive, it costs the same as steak. Luckily we have a good fishmonger that comes to the local farmer's market so I do a special trip.

I've just had a quick look on Tesco's website. They sell 4 varieties of tuna in olive oil, including the John West one that I buy. I hate tuna in water, though I'm sure it's better for you. We buy it for the cat, on the vet's recommendation.

absent I haven't seen tuna in olive oil in the UK (must go to the wrong shops!)

I usually get in too much food for my lot when they come over from Australia, but they love to go shopping here and see everything that is available (especially the GF products - so much more here).

Tastier too.

Olive oil has largely been replaced by sunflower oil. Or water. cheaper.

They never realise the effort that goes into these things!

In the usual succinct way of sons the reply to my email is "They look fine - thanks for checking". Little does he know he has created a conversation on Gransnet!

rosequartz Most well-known brands of canned tuna include tuna in olive oil – as in canned sardines, olive oil was the original oil used.

I buy Jamie Oliver fish fingers from Ocado which I have delivered. No additives not expensive a £ 3 for two packs of 10 they are nearly always on offer. In between two slices of bread spread with tartare sauce for the sandwich although this is good for adults children prefer tomato ketchup.

I buy gluten free fish fingers (just for me - I don't care about other additives) and have them with fresh gf bread with loads of butter and brown sauce - one of the best ways of eating gf bread - you almost don't notice it!!

Gracesgran, Birdseye do 2 kinds of fish finger, the original ones, and some with Omega3 added. The Omega ones we hate, always make sure we get the others.

They are not just my guests tiggypiro, they are my son and his wife and my grandchildren. They just like to keep the additives down to a minimum and my son was fairly horrified when he read the ingredients on a packet of Bird's Eye Fish Fingers when they were over here last time. I am now beginning to wonder what he was actually reading or if they have changed greatly over the last three and a half years, which is, of course, possible.

They are yummy, I'm a tartare sauce fan with lots of butter! Got to get some tomorrow.

I just love fish fingers , aditives and all, when our GC go home there are always some left, I munch them in a sandwich for my lunch with mayo , lettuce and tomato. Quite scrumptious!!

Are your guests going to be checking everything you give them Gracesgran ? I presume there are serious health issues about the additives ?

Have mental image of Gransnetters munching fish finger sarnies for lunch tomorrow, enjoy

Righty-ho! I'm on it, folks! Thank you

Fish finger sandwiches need either tartare sauce or just ordinary mayonnaise bags, they're really good!

I don't think that there's anything wrong with the Birds Eye ingredients gracesgran but as an alternative you could try a fish shop (if there any left around you) and see if they do their own "home made" ones as our local shop have very good fish fingers.

Thatbags I sometimes add a squirt of tomato sauce but they are equally good without. Some time ago I ordered fish finger sandwiches in a very smart bistro came with a lot of green stuff and they cost £7.95 daylight robbery!

The Brewers Fayre pub/restaurant chain does fish finger butties on ciabatta bread - they look delicious, but you can't beat them on thick, white bread slathered in butter, with a sprinkling of salt.

They are nice, but not as good as a chip buttie.

You're the second person on gransnet to mention fish finger sandwiches recently, ceecee. I need to try one! Do you add anything else to the sandwich, or is it just fish fingers between buttered bread?

Fish finger sandwiches on locally baked seeded bread absolutely yummy, even DH likes them