Andy wrote:
> 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

I think "Mrs Pauls" has always been made from ground up fish. They also
make those crappy "onion rings" that are stamped out in the same fashion
as the fish sticks and made from who knows what.

There are "non-industrial" fish sticks that are actually cut pieces of
fish.