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What’s an adult size portion of fish fingers??

837 replies

Boooooot · 17/11/2022 18:14

Yes I’m posting in Aibu because this is causing ww3 in my house currently.

yabu: 4 is plenty.
yanbu: 4 is a child portion.

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megletthesecond · 17/11/2022 18:20

I'm middle aged and have 3.

16yr old DS has 6.
14yr old DD has 4.

TabithaTittlemouse · 17/11/2022 18:20

How many packs of fish fingers do people use?!

Iwritethissittinginthekitchensink · 17/11/2022 18:20

4 for me (female)
3 for DS age 9

i imagine a man would want many more!

dun1urkin · 17/11/2022 18:20

3 or 4, with chips and beans (or, preferably, peas)

FuckabethFuckor · 17/11/2022 18:20

Depends on the size of the adult. Dwayne Johnson could probably put away more than Kylie.

I’d go for four myself. They’re smaller than they used to be.

RichardMarxisinnocent · 17/11/2022 18:21

Probably 3, but could depend on whether you are male (and thus possibly needing more calories) or female, and on how active you are.

Boooooot · 17/11/2022 18:21

I genuinely don’t believe a grown ass adult would only have two.

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Ihaveaskedyouthrice · 17/11/2022 18:21

Neither DH or I eat fish fingers but when the kids(5, 7 and 10) have them they have 4 and usually ask for another 1 or 2. On that basis I'd say at least 6 is an adult portion.

ThatshallotBaby · 17/11/2022 18:21

I often have 6 or 8 tbh.

Aworldofmyown · 17/11/2022 18:22

3 is a portion!

TabithaTittlemouse · 17/11/2022 18:22

Boooooot · 17/11/2022 18:21

I genuinely don’t believe a grown ass adult would only have two.

I genuinely can’t believe people would need more! 😂

Rockingcloggs · 17/11/2022 18:22

TabithaTittlemouse · 17/11/2022 18:19

Bloody hell, I would have said two was enough!

Two? Two fish fingers for a full sized human being?! I'd laugh if someone gave me two fish fingers!

GlitteryUnicornSparkles · 17/11/2022 18:22

4 is about right I’d say for the average person. It takes 4 to fully cover a slice of bread to make a sandwich. That said my teenage son who I’m convinced has hollow legs would probably eat 6-8 no issues. Either as 2 sandwiches or with other stuff.

ThatsRoughBuddy · 17/11/2022 18:22

6 or 8 depending on how hungry

how big are some people's fishy fingers that 2 or 3 is enough? Shock

ThatshallotBaby · 17/11/2022 18:22

Fish fingers aren't very big.

CharlotteUnaNatalieThompson · 17/11/2022 18:23

ThatshallotBaby · 17/11/2022 18:21

I often have 6 or 8 tbh.

Finally! I've found my people...

greenacrylicpaint · 17/11/2022 18:23

we limit to 4 per person or my teens would have 20 each if they could Confused

unless you serve the fish fingers and nothing else 4 is a good portion size.

keepthesecrets · 17/11/2022 18:23

I was in a pub the other day. Kids menu had under 5's three fish fingers and over 5's 5 fish fingers.
I commented that I'd have 3, 4 max let alone a six year old eating 5.
Maybe I need to up my fish finger game 😊😂

ThatshallotBaby · 17/11/2022 18:23

Well the ones I buy aren’t. Lidl’s pollack ones

AllOfThemWitches · 17/11/2022 18:23

You're asking the queens of competitive undereating...

GardenNice · 17/11/2022 18:23

Have you seen how much the birds eye cod ones are now!
1 for an adult, 1/2 for a child!

Boooooot · 17/11/2022 18:24

AllOfThemWitches · 17/11/2022 18:23

You're asking the queens of competitive undereating...

Yeah that was a mistake wasn’t it.

My one year old baby has just eaten two fish fingers ffs.

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MerculesHorse · 17/11/2022 18:24

Depends on size of fish finger. Generally about half a small pack in our house per person. I have noticed our go to ones have recently got smaller so numbers per adult have gone up. We now have fishcakes instead (2small per adult or one big Kiev sized one).

CharlotteUnaNatalieThompson · 17/11/2022 18:24

TabithaTittlemouse · 17/11/2022 18:20

How many packs of fish fingers do people use?!

One pack of 30 sorts out 8 for my 2 teenagers and my dh and 6 for me 🤷‍♀️

Marmite27 · 17/11/2022 18:25

We used to get 3 at school, you also get 3 in a happy meal.

DH and I had an epic argument just after we moved in together when he cooked 10 fish fingers just for him. I said it was excessive. He said he’d paid for them, if he wanted to eat them he would. We still don’t have fish fingers at home due to this 12 fucking years later.