Fish fingers in a toaster

king_of_mayo · 07-07-2020 11:12AM #1

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 · 07-07-2020 11:14AM

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

GreeBo · 07-07-2020 11:15AM

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

MarkR · 07-07-2020 11:17AM

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 · 07-07-2020 11:19AM

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 · 07-07-2020 11:20AM

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 · 07-07-2020 11:20AM

king_of_mayo wrote: »

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

Yep, quite possible

theteal · 07-07-2020 11:22AM

cml387 wrote: »

Yep, quite possible

You learn something new. . . . :eek:

king_of_mayo · 07-07-2020 11:25AM

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

What else can you do in the toaster?

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

thejaguar · 07-07-2020 11:28AM

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.

07-07-2020 11:33AM

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 · 07-07-2020 11:35AM

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

bnt · 07-07-2020 11:35AM

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 · 07-07-2020 12:16PM

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).

07-07-2020 12:25PM

Not as bad as coke with a fry..

Rodney Bathgate · 07-07-2020 12:38PM

king_of_mayo wrote: »

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

Exactly. This may be life changing.

Fogmatic · 07-07-2020 12:52PM

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 · 07-07-2020 12:52PM

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 · 07-07-2020 01:00PM

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 · 07-07-2020 02:50PM

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 · 07-07-2020 02:58PM

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 · 07-07-2020 03:00PM

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

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

AMKC · 07-07-2020 03:09PM

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 · 07-07-2020 04:19PM

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 · 07-07-2020 04:21PM

I find that I fit very well in the toaster.

y0ssar1an22 · 07-07-2020 04:23PM

king_of_mayo wrote: »

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

they go in the microwave

El Gato De Negocios · 07-07-2020 04:24PM

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 · 07-07-2020 04:25PM

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 · 07-07-2020 04:27PM

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/>

07-07-2020 04:30PM

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 · 07-07-2020 04:31PM

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.

Fish fingers in a toaster

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