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Another thing British and Americans have a different name for. We call them fish fingers. If you ask for fish sticks in the UK you will probably get the pinkish

Another thing British and Americans have a different name for. We call them fish fingers. If you ask for fish sticks in the UK you will probably get the pinkish crab sticks that don’t have breadcrumbs

Mordisquitos 5y ago
Indeed. Although I'm mostly aware of the American equivalents of British terms, in this case it caught me off guard. Seeing the headline I had no idea what it was talking about, and I thought it might mean "fish sticks" as in fishing using spears! I wonder what my American counterpart might have thought if the headline used "fish fingers" instead... maybe that the article was about the unlikely evolutionary success of vertebrate fingers‽
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  Chicken prepared in a similar manner is called chicken fingers in the US, and at least in Canada, "fish fingers" sounds entirely natural and is not something I would even blink at. I don't even know what they're labelled as on packages; probably a mixture of both.
ryanianian 5y ago
Fish fingers sounds funny to me as an American, but actually it's more consistent. Chicken fingers in the US are the same product but with chicken instead of fish.
- mr_cyborg 5y ago
  As an aside, I grew up with “chicken fingers” everywhere, on restaurant menus, etc. but now I can’t think of the last time I didn’t see them called “chicken tenders” outside of one regional fast food chain where I am now. I live in a different region now so I wonder if that’s a regional thing or just an overall trend
  - Steltek 5y ago
    Northeast? I see "chicken tenders" on a lot of menus. I can see the difference being that "chicken fingers" having a childish connotation. And it goes without saying, "boneless buffalo wings" is a complete fabrication of reality.
  - sweettea 5y ago
    Indeed, I had never heard of a chicken tender until I started reading r/WSB; they've always been chicken fingers or buffalo wings.
    - LambdaComplex 5y ago
      Buffalo wings are something completely different though? Those are the thigh/drumstick of the chicken (which is commonly served with a spicy sauce), whereas chicken fingers/tenders are the tenderloin.
      - Qub3d 5y ago
        Buffalo wings are actually wings. The "flat" and "drum" are both from the wing: https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings
      - schwartzworld 5y ago
        Some restaurants serve "boneless wings" which are typically fingies with buffalo sauce.
  - jdkenney 5y ago
    I believe the chicken tender is a specific cut/part of the breast. I would guess it’s being used inaccurately for marketing/trendiness purposes, but originally it was probably not just a regional variation of “chicken finger”. See related: Chilean Sea Bass as a renaming of the less glamorous “toothfish”.
  - tshaddox 5y ago
    “Chicken strips” is quite common too in the United States.
twic 5y ago
If you go somewhere upmarket in the UK, they will be cod goujons, and will be an artfully irregular shape.
- _puk 5y ago
  Had a chuckle that the local Asda (owned by Walmart until late last year) might be considered upmarket! They have cod goujons, and they are indeed respectably artful in their irregular shape.
m_mueller 5y ago
> pinkish crab stick interesting, these are Japanese Surimi, no?
- ZiiS 5y ago
  Yes
publicola1990 5y ago
I even thought the article was about the "crab" sticks.

Mordisquitos 5y ago

Indeed. Although I'm mostly aware of the American equivalents of British terms, in this case it caught me off guard. Seeing the headline I had no idea what it was talking about, and I thought it might mean "fish sticks" as in fishing using spears! I wonder what my American counterpart might have thought if the headline used "fish fingers" instead... maybe that the article was about the unlikely evolutionary success of vertebrate fingers‽

frosted-flakes 5y ago
Chicken prepared in a similar manner is called chicken fingers in the US, and at least in Canada, "fish fingers" sounds entirely natural and is not something I would even blink at. I don't even know what they're labelled as on packages; probably a mixture of both.

ryanianian 5y ago

Fish fingers sounds funny to me as an American, but actually it's more consistent. Chicken fingers in the US are the same product but with chicken instead of fish.

mr_cyborg 5y ago
As an aside, I grew up with “chicken fingers” everywhere, on restaurant menus, etc. but now I can’t think of the last time I didn’t see them called “chicken tenders” outside of one regional fast food chain where I am now. I live in a different region now so I wonder if that’s a regional thing or just an overall trend
- Steltek 5y ago
  Northeast? I see "chicken tenders" on a lot of menus. I can see the difference being that "chicken fingers" having a childish connotation. And it goes without saying, "boneless buffalo wings" is a complete fabrication of reality.
- sweettea 5y ago
  Indeed, I had never heard of a chicken tender until I started reading r/WSB; they've always been chicken fingers or buffalo wings.
  - LambdaComplex 5y ago
    Buffalo wings are something completely different though? Those are the thigh/drumstick of the chicken (which is commonly served with a spicy sauce), whereas chicken fingers/tenders are the tenderloin.
    - Qub3d 5y ago
      Buffalo wings are actually wings. The "flat" and "drum" are both from the wing: https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings https://www.wikihow.com/Cut-Chicken-Wings
    - schwartzworld 5y ago
      Some restaurants serve "boneless wings" which are typically fingies with buffalo sauce.
- jdkenney 5y ago
  I believe the chicken tender is a specific cut/part of the breast. I would guess it’s being used inaccurately for marketing/trendiness purposes, but originally it was probably not just a regional variation of “chicken finger”. See related: Chilean Sea Bass as a renaming of the less glamorous “toothfish”.
- tshaddox 5y ago
  “Chicken strips” is quite common too in the United States.

twic 5y ago

If you go somewhere upmarket in the UK, they will be cod goujons, and will be an artfully irregular shape.

_puk 5y ago
Had a chuckle that the local Asda (owned by Walmart until late last year) might be considered upmarket! They have cod goujons, and they are indeed respectably artful in their irregular shape.

m_mueller 5y ago

> pinkish crab stick interesting, these are Japanese Surimi, no?

ZiiS 5y ago
Yes

publicola1990 5y ago

I even thought the article was about the "crab" sticks.