Fucking Fishcakes.

[Coldmealsadness]

I made them with leftover mash started a few hours ago and still haven't bloody finished. Stupidly added some of the poaching milk to the mix and of course it's too fucking wet. All the fucking herb chopping and all the different plates for egg flour and crumbs. Argh. Who the fuck has time to make these.

Used to make them as a store cupboard backup with tinned potatoes (mashed) and tinned pilchards or sardines. Surprisingly delicious!

I’m a real from scratch person but always buy fishcakes ready made. The deluxe versions are really nice and there’s so many varieties. Just whack the whole mess in a frying pan and make a sort of fishy bubble and squeak?

One of the very few things I will admit I can't be arsed to make 😂

Shop-bought fishcakes are sadly lacking in enough fishy flavour, IME. They seem to be mostly potato.
And instead of the claggy flour/egg/breadcrumbs faff, where most of it seems to end up on my fingers, I just coat them in flour after chilling the mixture really well and shaping the cakes. Chill again then shallow fry.

I now recall why I haven’t made them in ages. I thought it was just me who found them too effort and time consuming.

This is what happened to me. A sensory nightmare.

I love cooking and am happy to experiment but I just CBA making fishcakes after the only time I did it.

You can skip the flour/egg stage, and brush with mayonnaise. Then, dab in the breadcrumbs. Works for chicken pieces too.

Occasionally, you can add smashed rice crispies to the breadcrumbs...

Sole-destroying, surely?

Sympathies op. I’m a pretty decent cook but after making fishcakes once, I’m done. Just not worth the hassle. At the end of it you don’t even have a full meal. What to serve them with is another quandary. Veg is never enough I feel but there’s already potato in the fish cakes!

If you've got mashed potato and fish, why in the name of sanity don't you just make a fish pie? It can have a crunchy crumb topping if you want.

Chips and peas here. Not bothered about the potatoes in the fishcakes.

Sheffield fishcakes are your friend. Slice of fish, a slice of potato either side, battered and fried x

last time I made them I cooked them in the air fryer and it worked well. Served them with shredded Cos lettuce, chopped tomatoes and Helman's mayo. Very easy dinner.
smallish spuds cooked whole in microwave, cooled, peeled and mashed;
salmon fillet cooked in microwave,
spuds and fish mixed, seasoned, shaped
put in buttered pyrex dish in air fryer, bit of butter on top,
cooked for 20-25 minutes or so until golden brown and crisp.

I suppose if I was feeling hard working I could have added some chopped parsley and or dill.

The best fishcakes in the world come from a little chipshop at the top of the Swansea Valley. The shop owner used to make them himself, they tasted of fish and pepper. I absolutely loved them. No idea if he still owns the shop, I haven't been to the area for years, but those were the best fishcakes on the planet.

I make them fairly often - I do hate the bit where it all goes claggy on your fingers. I stick capers and often peas in mine as well as fish, potato and spring onion and make a tomato sauce to go with.