Do kids still eat fish sticks?

[Shelly888]

Yes, DS 7 likes fish sticks I also make homemade ones, but like to keep chicken nuggets as well as fish sticks in the freezer for last minute baby sitting go to meals. My FIL helps us a lot with child care, often I get called into work last minute, and need something quick and easy for him to feed the kids. They fit the bill. I have also made my own, and as long as the fish is light and mild, he will eat it.

Now tuna fish, forget about it. I used to think he was exaggerating and being a huge drama boy because he would literally gag, and almost vomit just from the smell. I happened to be making tuna one day while talking to a very good friend on the phone, and she could hear him carrying on loudly. Well, apparently it affects here the same exact way. According to her, she feels he is not playing.

Salmon, and sword he used to love. Once he hit 3 and had major dietary restrictions, and adverse food reactions, his tastes changed dramatically.

 

[redrosesix]

we have an abundance of fresh fish and great fish restaurants where I live, but we still cook fish sticks at home (if I want real fish and chips, I go to the place around the corner -- I could never make it that good). Fish sticks aren't the same as eating fresh fish, but eating a burger isn't the same as eating steak either.

My DD will eat fish sticks but she just hates chicken nuggets.

 

[tvguy]

We do eat fresh fish for dinner 2-3 nights a week. Tonight it was grilled salmon. I just like to feed my family unprocessed food. Works for us.

I could eat fish 2 or 3 nights a week but my Doctor says thats a no no with all the contaminants in fish. But, then again, he says Broccoli is the miracle food for health.

Fish sticks are still on the public school lunch menus here, in rotation with Mac Cheese and other non-meat items on Fridays since some folks still are meat free on Fridays.

We used to eat them until the kids hit college. Schwans has a wonder selection of breaded fish sticks and squares. I will have to buy some again.

 

[clm10308]

I loved fish sticks as a kid, but haven't had them in years. After reading this thread, I think I'll add that on my grocery list for next week.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Nor in our family, either. Other than the fish sticks, I remember my dad would go to the seafood store about twice a year and get us real fried fish, which tasted very different from fish sticks or a filet-o-fish.

To this day I can't eat tilapia. I've never heard of it before. Suddenly, in the last few years, it's all over the place. I'm suspicious of a fish like that. Where did it come from? Why is it suddenly so popular, but wasn't years ago?

Tilapia is a type of Pacu from South America. It's easy to grow them on farms, and they tolerate a lot of different conditions. It's my understanding that the meat doesn't suffer in those different conditions the way it can with catfish, also I understand that Tilapia can grow quite large quite fast. They're omnivorous, so it's easy to feed the suckers and watch 'em grow!

Tilapia doesn't have a lot of its own flavor, it's sort of a "tofu" fish that you can infuse flavor into, and it's very popular for that reason. The meat itself is nice and white and flakey.

I'll eat Tilapia, but I prefer the fish DH brings home. (Louisiana has good, healthy, sustainable fisheries, so it's perfectly acceptable here for my DH to come home with an entire ice chest full of fish after a weekend fishing.)

As for fish sticks, I can safely say they're just not something most people where I'm from feed their kids. Catfish (grilled, fried with a cornmeal coating, blackened or broiled) and shrimp (fried or boiled) are everyday kinds of seafood, but after a fishing trip or at a nice restaurant, they might get something more exotic.

And, just one pitch for this. There's these cards you can print off that show what fish are from sustainable fisheries and what fish are under stress or are totally overfished. You can stick 'em in your wallet and if you're faced with an unfamiliar fish on a menu whip it out and check. DH and I won't eat fish that are overfished.http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.aspx

 

[Jedana]

I make them for DS when I make something spicy for dinner (he doesn't like spicy) and sometimes for lunch. I'd rather he eat fresh fish (he loves salmon, tilapia, and will eat sushi--the real stuff, not just California rolls) but I'm not making a salmon dish for him when I'm making chili for everyone else...

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Used to however they are just ick now to me. If I want a high calorie frozen fish thing, I will buy the filets.

Normally we eat grilled salmon, orange roughy, catfish, or other fish. I am not a fan of tilapia as we just grill stuff and tilapia tastes awful to me if you don't season or marinate in some way.

 

[ford family]

Can't speak to Birds Eye specifically as we don't have that in the States (at least not in my area) but the Van de Kamps and Gortons are basically just deep fried fish - small amounts of fish, mainly additives. Plus (again, only speaking of the States) fish sticks are generally cod or pollock, which don't have much in the way of nutritional value when compared to, say, salmon. Much better to have a fish filet!

We do eat fresh fish for dinner 2-3 nights a week. Tonight it was grilled salmon. I just like to feed my family unprocessed food. Works for us.

That being said, when I'm in the UK I do enjoy fish and chips! They said on the news here the other night that the average Englishman eats it 332 times a year - can that be true?

Fish fingers in the UK are uncooked cod chunks in breadcrumbs that can be grilled or oven baked from frozen, not deep fried. They also make salmon ones.

Not sure how we could eat fish and chips 332 times per year! Would make for a boring diet. We live on the coast and have a huge choice of fish and chip restaurants but we generally only go once a month. Great food though!

Talking of fish, we were in Florida back in December and went into Publix to get some fish to barbecue. The tuna was very expensive (it would have been cheaper to go to a local restaurant and order as an entree) but they had mako shark for much less. We tried it and were really impressed. Full of flavour and readily grilled in foil with a marinade. Will look out for that again.

ford family

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

No.

But I have fond memories of fish sticks Friday nights during Lent.