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I had never put the words "fish" and "nuggets" together before, until now. Fish nuggets. Why did everybody... erm... stick with "sticks"? Fish nuggets sounds catchier. (kbin.social)

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It was my daughter who said it, in passing. My wife didn't catch it but I managed to... erm... fish it out, so to speak.
Anyway... they all stuck with "sticks". They seem like old-fashioned people over at the frozen fish sticks industry, very orthodox.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it has to do with the desired texture of the product. If you put fish in nugget form, you get more of a fish filet. If you put it in stick form, you get less of that soft fleshy texture in the middle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Technically it's correct, but before finding out in this thread that in the UK they're "fish fingers", I was picturing guys so square they had corners in their 1950s' labcoats and suits...
"It's fish. It comes in a stick form. We call it The Fish Stick."

Meanwhile, a name like "chicken nuggets" is catchier, draws one closer.
Nugget = bite-sized gold (well... two bites). Very clever marketing. Perfect marketing, in fact.