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

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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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frenchfancy81 · 19/11/2022 02:16

gobbynorthernbird · 17/11/2022 18:16

Depends on the size of the slices of bread.

...and the size of the adult!

Harmonypuss · 19/11/2022 02:53

None in my house.
Can't stand the evil things so they wouldn't make it out of the supermarket's freezer, never mind into my basket 🤢🤮🤮

sashh · 19/11/2022 03:17

Three with chips and veg.

In a sandwich, n in the actual sarnie but with an extra one on the side.

GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok · 19/11/2022 03:29

I used to look after someone who had a freezer full of them, and I used to make sure she had 4.But some days there would be only 2 left in the packet and I was tempted to open the next packet and give her a higher odd number,
You show me your fish fingers, and I raise you the chicken finger 😩

whatapity · 19/11/2022 03:38

At least four I think for an adult. Though I haven't had them for years and quite tempted to buy some now.

rosyAndMoo · 19/11/2022 03:51

Yep! 3-5 for an adult, 2-4 for a child. Personally I think 3 is enough. We don’t need huge amounts of meat/fish

Cactusmad · 19/11/2022 06:51

Fishfingers , chips and beans are reportedly Tyson Fury’s favourite meal . I wonder how many he has??!

seven201 · 19/11/2022 07:41

3 or 4 with chips and beans.
I have 4 in a sandwich.

NewUser123456789 · 19/11/2022 08:38

I pity any of your teenage male children. I'm a large man, I'd have about 12 for myself, I have been known to eat 20. If someone presented me with 3 fish fingers I'd laugh at them and ask what was for the main course. This is assuming bog standard birds eye size.

BosaNova · 19/11/2022 08:39

I wish i knew forum in my native country where i could ask the same because from what i remember everywhere it's like 6-10😂
But we do have either bit of mash or slice of bread with it, not lots of side. So need more fingers😁

purplefriend · 19/11/2022 08:41

If eaten in a burger bap with cheap cheese (Mac'donalds fish type burger) then you need three per bun. And one bun isn't enough for a main meal, but fine for a lunch.

Rottweilermummy · 19/11/2022 09:45

I think 4 is fine depends on adult, I always give my husband more than I have, and I think 4 with chips and beans would be quite sufficient actually i would prob give myself 3 and husband 4 , with kids I would give 2/3 depending on age

KettrickenSmiled · 19/11/2022 10:27

@Robyn847

Oh boo hoo that someone called you massively greedy. Grow up. Being so childish would only get you a child's portion in this house.

Oh! So you are controlling & mean as well as a bully?
What a surprise ...

PurpleButterflyWings · 19/11/2022 10:58

RedAppleGirl · 17/11/2022 19:50

4, eh. Kids eat 4.
Dp sometimes polishes off a full box of 10, full tin of beans, chips and 3 slices of bread.😲😂

FOOKIN' HELL! Why so much food?! I have NEVER known anyone eat TEN fish fingers in one go. Shock

Trouble is, on threads like this, you get the 'we share a fish finger between 4 of us, and we are totally full on that' posts - and then the 'I/my DH consumes a dozen fish fingers, with half a kilo of chips, 7 slices of bread slathered in greasy butter, and 2 tins of beans' posts.

Both are ridiculous. The competitive over-eating and under-eating on here is just laughable. In the real world, most people will have 3 or 4 fish fingers, a dollop of mash, or 10-15 chips, and a scoop of peas or beans + 1 piece of bread butter, 2 max.

PurpleButterflyWings · 19/11/2022 11:02

TTCournumberthree · 18/11/2022 21:44

Depends what you’re having it with.

Us as adults usually have 4 with mash potato and peas

Kids are a bit fussy (10 and 7) and have 5 each with beans

That sounds OK too. 5 fish fingers - or even 6, if you're only having beans with them. (These are just my opinions btw.)

RedAppleGirl · 19/11/2022 11:07

PurpleButterflyWings · 19/11/2022 10:58

FOOKIN' HELL! Why so much food?! I have NEVER known anyone eat TEN fish fingers in one go. Shock

Trouble is, on threads like this, you get the 'we share a fish finger between 4 of us, and we are totally full on that' posts - and then the 'I/my DH consumes a dozen fish fingers, with half a kilo of chips, 7 slices of bread slathered in greasy butter, and 2 tins of beans' posts.

Both are ridiculous. The competitive over-eating and under-eating on here is just laughable. In the real world, most people will have 3 or 4 fish fingers, a dollop of mash, or 10-15 chips, and a scoop of peas or beans + 1 piece of bread butter, 2 max.

He doesn't eat what he would classify as junk food often. When he does he has a large portion. He'll buy fish chips, sausage, mushy peas, and a t-cake. I've also known him to make a ham salad sandwich so 4 pieces of bread plus filling and then he'll eat a 6 pack of walkers crisps with it.😆
On holiday he doesn't drink alcohol or gorge on the buffet.

Cactusmad · 19/11/2022 11:11

Is it just me or does anyone else fancy fishfingers today. ? Is it peas or beans . Oh the choices.

GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok · 19/11/2022 13:24

NewUser123456789 · 19/11/2022 08:38

I pity any of your teenage male children. I'm a large man, I'd have about 12 for myself, I have been known to eat 20. If someone presented me with 3 fish fingers I'd laugh at them and ask what was for the main course. This is assuming bog standard birds eye size.

Brilliant 😂
Do you ever have to put up with risotto a la defosto?

GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok · 19/11/2022 13:25

defrosto !!!!😎

GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok · 19/11/2022 13:29

PurpleButterflyWings · 19/11/2022 10:58

FOOKIN' HELL! Why so much food?! I have NEVER known anyone eat TEN fish fingers in one go. Shock

Trouble is, on threads like this, you get the 'we share a fish finger between 4 of us, and we are totally full on that' posts - and then the 'I/my DH consumes a dozen fish fingers, with half a kilo of chips, 7 slices of bread slathered in greasy butter, and 2 tins of beans' posts.

Both are ridiculous. The competitive over-eating and under-eating on here is just laughable. In the real world, most people will have 3 or 4 fish fingers, a dollop of mash, or 10-15 chips, and a scoop of peas or beans + 1 piece of bread butter, 2 max.

10-15 chips???? Is this real???? Fish fingers are tiny, btw, it's very easy to scoff 10 at once.And that's just a snack whilst cooking the main meal 😝

Dalekjastninerels · 19/11/2022 13:33

I really want Fish Fingers now (none in the house)

I would have as many as I could eat; some days my appetite is tiny and other days it is huge and also depends on what I had to eat previously.

JudgeJ · 19/11/2022 13:33

gobbynorthernbird · 17/11/2022 18:16

Depends on the size of the slices of bread.

And the size of the fish fingers, I got some huge ones recently, 2 was quite enough.

Newlifestartingatlast · 19/11/2022 13:37

NHS guidelines for fish portion size says “the size of palm of your hand” . So for me 5 then. At a push I could get 6 on

but read packet- birds eye state packet of 10 is 2 portions. It’s weight is 280g and nhs guidelines say 1 portion of fish is also 140g. Ok, so there’s breadcrumbs involved, so you’ll need to cut down on carbs served, but 5 for an adult then

Florenz · 19/11/2022 13:38

It's no wonder there is an obesity epidemic in this country. People have lost sight of what an appropriate portion size is. 4 fish fingers is enough for anyone. Less than 4 if they are the larger fingers.

BosaNova · 19/11/2022 13:40

Florenz · 19/11/2022 13:38

It's no wonder there is an obesity epidemic in this country. People have lost sight of what an appropriate portion size is. 4 fish fingers is enough for anyone. Less than 4 if they are the larger fingers.

Well it may have something to fo with many other things but fish fingers are really not the cause of obesity😂