Fish fingers in a toaster

king_of_mayo

I'm 32 years of age and thought I'd heard it all. But I was on a work call yesterday and was telling the guy that I had a fish finger sandwich for lunch. As I described it (bread, butter, fried egg, beans and a layer of fish fingers) he was well into it. He said he couldn't resist and that he'd stuck some on... in the toaster!

I had no idea that was a thing. Seems wrong. We were then talking to another work person in a following meeting, she agreed that fish fingers in there was weird but said she often uses it for potato waffles. Again, never heard of that. I wonder what am I missing out on?

Do you use the toaster to cook anything unusual? Have you heard of fish fingers in them?

KungPao

Sure I’ve roasted a whole chicken in there. Turned out well.

GreeBo

I use it for frozen waffles all the time, I'd imagine fish fingers would get very smelly.

MarkR

Wouldn't it turn into a hot mess? Drippy or something? Imagine making toast in work, only to discover everything now smells like fish fingers.

king_of_mayo

MarkR wrote: »

Wouldn't it turn into a hot mess? Drippy or something? Imagine making toast in work, only to discover everything now smells like fish fingers.

The guy says that he has a toasting bag (?) that you slip them into.

Rodney Bathgate

What else can you do in the toaster?

Has anyone tried doing a beef burger in the toaster?

How about Donegal catch or a small frozen pizza?

Sausage rolls?

Chicken fillets?

cml387

king_of_mayo wrote: »

The guy says that he has a toasting bag (?) that you slip them into.

Yep, quite possible

theteal

cml387 wrote: »

Yep, quite possible

You learn something new. . . . :eek:

king_of_mayo

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

What else can you do in the toaster?

Rashers? I really don't know where the limits are.

thejaguar

A lad in work regularly makes toasted sandwiches in work using a toaster bag.

I've done waffles myself - fully cooked or sometimes kickstart them in the toaster before throwing them in the oven.

I've heard of the waffles all right, tried it once and they were manky. Never heard tell of fish fingers in there though.

I know my share of quarehawks but I must say they tend to use toasters for traditional purposes.

circadian

No idea about fish fingers in the toaster but toaster bags are amazing.

bnt

Toasting bags are handy, but there's a difference between toasting and cooking. It's not an oven where the heat can be sustained enough to cook throughly. I'll sometimes use the bags to reheat pre-cooked food.

Fogmatic

We often heat naan breads in the toaster, and we have a family tradition of 'cheese toasties'. Cut naan bread into halves, open up the inside with a blunt knife (trying not to make holes!) insert cheese (we like cheddar) and toast (letting the melted cheese cool a little before eating!). Other stuff can be incorporated (coriander leaves, for instance). It started when using an old-fashioned toaster with hinged sides that held them upright, but the right size will stay upright in a modern toaster.

Tongs are advisable where melted cheese is involved (or when something's not tall enough to project when popped up). Bamboo ones are good (heat resistant, but light and not too hard on the toaster innards). We have some that work very well (springy not hinged , and flat-headed). Can't remember what purpose they were sold for, or where I found them (but probably an oriental grocery).

Not as bad as coke with a fry..

Rodney Bathgate

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Rashers? I really don't know where the limits are.

Exactly. This may be life changing.

Fogmatic

Deleted User wrote: »

Not as bad as coke with a fry..

Reminds me of acquaintance who lunches on a fry- up with double chips and all the trimmings - and a Diet Coke. (The diet Coke was because he'd been told to lose some weight).

EmmetSpiceland

Do people still eat “fish fingers”? I don’t think I’ve even seen one of those since the late 80s.

Either way, I don’t think a toaster is the way to “prepare” them. Fine for waffles but I think only the Bird Eye ones actually have toaster “instructions” on the box. The cheap ones could cause an oil fire.

GreeBo

bnt wrote: »

Toasting bags are handy, but there's a difference between toasting and cooking. It's not an oven where the heat can be sustained enough to cook throughly. I'll sometimes use the bags to reheat pre-cooked food.

Why can't the heat be sustained?
Just put it on more than once....

king_of_mayo

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Do people still eat “fish fingers”?

Yeah, they're pretty good for you and see lots of diets recommend healthy meals built around them.

B.A._Baracus

Could be worse!
I know someone who wanted to make egg fried rice once and they threw uncooked rice into a hot frying pan thinking that was how it was done.


















.... i know this because that person was me. Not my finest hour.

o1s1n

Feck the toaster, you lads ever try fish in the dishwasher?

https://www.food.com/recipe/dishwasher-salmon-13246

AMKC

Yes I have done waffles in the toaster many times although I have not eaten any waffles lately. Gone of them as the not really the healthiest thing to eat and chips are better but I will only eat them once a week or less. Never done fish fingers in the toaster and do not think I ever would. Am gone off fish fingers a good while to do. Have done Naan bread in it alright. Anyone ever try do a slice of pizza in one I wonder?

jimgoose

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Yeah, they're pretty good for you and see lots of diets recommend healthy meals built around them.

Oh yes, they're still around and very tasty. Some of the better ones are surprisingly expensive, too. These days I use either fresh or breaded frozen fillets, I haven't had fish fingers in years! Doing them in a toaster is new to me - an uncle of mine used to fry them in pure butter, they were the best fish fingers I ever tasted, when ah wur a lad. :cool:

fish fingers

I find that I fit very well in the toaster.

y0ssar1an22

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Rashers? I really don't know where the limits are.

they go in the microwave

El Gato De Negocios

A girl i used to hang around with in college used to cook rashers in the microwave. I still get vietnam flashbacks when i think of her tucking into the pasty, stringy post pints bacon sammich.

jimgoose

Statutory Ape wrote: »

A girl i used to hang around with in college used to cook rashers in the microwave. I still get vietnam flashbacks when i think of her tucking into the pasty, stringy post pints bacon sammich.

That's just monstrous!! :eek:

CalamariFritti

Toaster is for toast. Anything else you're just looking for trouble. Add community toaster and it becomes a hanging offence.

Did someone say they do rashers in a microwave? <shivers/>

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Do people still eat “fish fingers”? I don’t think I’ve even seen one of those since the late 80s.

Potato Croquettes are another one, I don't know if they even still exist in real life, only as school dinners. Why would any adult human cook fish fingers? That's my question.

jimgoose

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Potato Croquettes are another one, I don't know if they even still exist in real life, only as school dinners. Why would any adult human cook fish fingers? That's my question.

I cook croquettes regularly - very handy, tasty spud when you're feeling lazy, which come to think of it happens a fair bit around here.

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

I cook croquettes regularly - very handy, tasty spud when you're feeling lazy, which come to think of it happens a fair bit around here.

Why croquettes and not regular spuds, which are just as easy?

Often thought there should be a boards.ie Come Dine With Me.

jimgoose

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Why croquettes and not regular spuds, which are just as easy?

Often thought there should be a boards.ie Come Dine With Me.

I like croquettes, and you just sling them on a baking tray for fifteen minutes. By "regularly", I mean once a week or so - I also like potato waffles, boiled Maris Pipers, and the potato gratin they do in the local Centra for 2 Euro - couldn't beat that.

y0ssar1an22

Statutory Ape wrote: »

A girl i used to hang around with in college used to cook rashers in the microwave. I still get vietnam flashbacks when i think of her tucking into the pasty, stringy post pints bacon sammich.

jimgoose wrote: »

That's just monstrous!! :eek:

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Toaster is for toast. Anything else you're just looking for trouble. Add community toaster and it becomes a hanging offence.

Did someone say they do rashers in a microwave? <shivers/>

check it out:




they get lovely and crispy. dont knock it till you've tried it!

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

I like croquettes, and you just sling them on a baking tray for fifteen minutes. By "regularly", I mean once a week or so - I also like potato waffles, boiled Maris Pipers, and the potato gratin they do in the local Centra for 2 Euro - couldn't beat that.

Maris Piper in the most useful potato you can keep in your kitchen, I can't understand why it never made inroads here. Seems more of a Brit thing, we cling on this false belief that Roosters are a nice, or edible, potato.

jimgoose

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Maris Piper in the most useful potato you can keep in your kitchen, I can't understand why it never made inroads here. Seems more of a Brit thing, we cling on this false belief that Roosters are a nice, or edible, potato.

Oh Roosters are alright, but they swear by the Maris Piper in Dublin and Meath, all the proper chippers go mad for them. I've been using them for years down here in the peanut-pickin' South.

SteM

My brother went through a phase of boiling eggs in the kettle. He'd just jam down the switch to stop itself from switching off. Disgusting.

SnowyMay

jimgoose wrote: »

That's just monstrous!! :eek:

Nothing wrong with rashers cooked in the microwave!

Mmmmmmm.

El Weirdo

Deleted User wrote: »

Not as bad as coke with a fry..

I know, right?

If I'm on the expensive sugar, cooking a fry would be a complete waste.

is_that_so

jimgoose wrote: »

I cook croquettes regularly - very handy, tasty spud when you're feeling lazy, which come to think of it happens a fair bit around here.

It's a big thing in Spain, with a choice of fillings. In-laws will only cook it from scratch. Not actually that hard either.

EmmetSpiceland

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Yeah, they're pretty good for you and see lots of diets recommend healthy meals built around them.

Have to say, I’m surprised to hear that. I would associate fish fingers with those, horrible, Findus “pancakes”.

Both eaten by the same “type” who’d devour one of those flat tins of Fray Bento’s steak and kidney pie. Absolute dog food.

Dravokivich

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Have to say, I’m surprised to hear that. I would associate fish fingers with those, horrible, Findus “pancakes”.

Both eaten by the same “type” who’d devour one of those flat tins of Fray Bento’s steak and kidney pie. Absolute dog food.

I only know of the fish fingers. Seems to be the easiest way to get my kid to eat fish at the moment. Speaking of which, he's eating fish fingers at the moment.

jimgoose

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Have to say, I’m surprised to hear that. I would associate fish fingers with those, horrible, Findus “pancakes”.

Both eaten by the same “type” who’d devour one of those flat tins of Fray Bento’s steak and kidney pie. Absolute dog food.

No, no, no... fish fingers aren't on the same planet as those scuttery "pancakes". Back in the '70s and '80s the fish fingers gave many a youngster the taste for fish, which would eventually translate into a craving for sea-trout, sole and hake.

cml387

jimgoose wrote: »

No, no, no... fish fingers aren't on the same planet as those scuttery "pancakes". Back in the '70s and '80s the fish fingers gave many a youngster the taste for fish, which would eventually translate into a craving for sea-trout, sole and hake.

I used to quite like the Fray Bentos S&K pud. Don't hate me. And Findus crispy pancakes. But I was a poor student at the time. Back a while now.

y0ssar1an22

has anyone ever tried these:



i cant bring myself to try them, but they could be good coming from the toaster?

jimgoose

cml387 wrote: »

I used to quite like the Fray Bentos S&K pud. Don't hate me. And Findus crispy pancakes. But I was a poor student at the time. Back a while now.

You'll notice I didn't say a bad word about the FB pies.

I Am Nobody

I'll take it up a notch for culinary ingenuity the US,me and some friends were driving from Charlotte to Greensboro.Before we left,we wrapped a whole chicken in Aluminum foil and placed it on the engine block.when we arrived it was fully cooked and one of the best roadside dinners we had.

dmc17

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6p9i60

This is interesting to see how they are made

Sam Hain

king_of_mayo wrote: »

I'm 32 years of age and thought I'd heard it all. But I was on a work call yesterday and was telling the guy that I had a fish finger sandwich for lunch. As I described it (bread, butter, fried egg, beans and a layer of fish fingers) he was well into it. He said he couldn't resist and that he'd stuck some on... in the toaster!

I had no idea that was a thing. Seems wrong. We were then talking to another work person in a following meeting, she agreed that fish fingers in there was weird but said she often uses it for potato waffles. Again, never heard of that. I wonder what am I missing out on?

Do you use the toaster to cook anything unusual? Have you heard of fish fingers in them?

You are not 32.

Tried waffles in the toaster, not a fan

Now here's one for you, toasted egg and cheese using a sandwich maker. Messy but tasty

Waffles in the toaster is the business. Lovely

Haven't had fish fingers in a while, lovely in a sandwich. Would grill instead of toaster though...