"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> As a kid, we ate Mrs. Paul's brand fish sticks. The only fish I'd eat.
>
> Until... one day (maybe 10-y.o.) I was sitting with a plate of them and
> playing with my food, began forking the breading off a fish stick, finally
> revealing a perfectly shaped rectangular "brick" of pressed grey matter.
>
> Grossed me out. "What kind of fish is that?" I never ate another fish
> stick.
> Didn't have a problem with her fried clams, thankfully!
>
> Did you dread the fish stick?
>
> Andy

My father is a fisherman, so we had fresh fish ALL the time. Occasionally,
I'd get a fish stick at a friends house and felt the same way "WHAT KIND OF
FISH IS THAT?!" To this day I'm spoiled as fish purchased at the store
grosses me out, because isn't any where near fresh. My dad isn't quite the
fisherman he use to be. A couple times a years though we all go out and
catch some fresh fish. yum.

Lynne