Fishy Question

[punkypossum]

We were having a rather random food conversation at work and got on to fishcakes and fishfingers...quite a few people mentioned they liked fishfinger butties, so I said fishcake butties are very nice too.... For some reason this caused a cry of outrage and everybody claimed that was a disgusting combination and how could I possibly eat them.

Now, I'm a puzzled - why the hell is a fishcake butty unacceptable, but a fishfinger one isn't? Apart from the shape they are not that different! Even if the fishcake one contains a few extras, e.g. potato, surely that doesn't make it unsuitable for butties? People eat chip barms and so on after all...

I'm confuddled, someone enlighten me!

 

[Maz]

Fishcake butties are just as fab as their fishfinger counterparts!
As for chip butties - man, that is food from heaven!
Sounds like your colleagues are a bit weird!

 

[col]

They are very nice,iv even had mash with a touch of mayo in my sarny,believe me thats nice too.

 

[jasper]

Where are you from punky? Don't often hear people saying barms unless they are local.

 

[punkypossum]

Where are you from punky? Don't often hear people saying barms unless they are local.

Germany!




Living in Preston tho...

 

[jasper]

Well that shut me up lol

 

[Keith Oates]

Generally fishcakes are more tasty than fishfingers and can be eaten with chips. That still doesn't mean they can't be eaten as a 'Belegter Butterbrot'!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gerry Attrick]

How do you work with such weird people?

 

[yorkshiregoth]

Would you be referring to a proper fish cake like the ones 'up north' or the crappy minced things they do in London?

 

[Wolf04]

There is no problem with fishcake sarnies their great! But if you want the ultimate then it has to be sliced white bread, buttered, then a neat layer of chips, a layer of fish fingers topped with a poached egg. The best late night post pub sandwich I've eaten.

Safety note:
Use oven chips if you have been indulging in the old falling down water.

 

[PaulB]

Fishcakes/fishfinger butties both sound alright to me. Here's something I do find disturbing though and perhaps those cockernee folk among our number might enlighten me as to the point? Jellied eels? I thought they were some kind of delicacy and yesterday I bought some from our local Tesco. It's like eating wallpaper paste as it has the same consistency and (probably - I've never actually eaten wallpaper paste) taste as far as I know being bland and nondescript. Seriously, what is the point?

 

[col]

Why would you want to put fishcakes in a butty?

Where are you going to put your chips?

In with the fish cake,it would be a big sarny
Jellied eels?I dont think i could eat them,i cant manage cockles muscles or especially welks.

 

[Over The Hill]

Fish Finger butties rule (even down south).

Fish Cake butties are far inferior:
1 They are the wrong shape.
2 They contain much less fish than fish fingers so by the time you add in the bread the fish content has been cut down too much.

My wife will not eat chip butties at all but you will be pleased to know I have won over the two kids to them.

Down here we have both chip butties and fish finger butties with a dash of tartare sauce (and warm the bread up first too in the mircrowave for a few seconds.

Heaven.

 

[Over The Hill]

Fishcakes/fishfinger butties both sound alright to me. Here's something I do find disturbing though and perhaps those cockernee folk among our number might enlighten me as to the point? Jellied eels? I thought they were some kind of delicacy and yesterday I bought some from our local Tesco. It's like eating wallpaper paste as it has the same consistency and (probably - I've never actually eaten wallpaper paste) taste as far as I know being bland and nondescript. Seriously, what is the point?

I think it is a myth put around by Londoners and they get out-of-towners to eat them for a laugh.

 

[bikie]

Fish finger butties are great with loads of tomato sauce

Fish cake butties just sounds wrong