A breaded and fried oblong piece of fish fillet, typically served as a convenient frozen food or snack.
Compound of 'fish' (Old English 'fisc') and 'finger' (Old English 'finger', meaning the digit). The name refers to the finger-like shape of the prepared fish product.
Fish fingers were invented in Britain in the 1950s as a way to make fish appeal to children who found whole fish intimidating — they became a cultural icon so powerful that British children's nutrition improved measurably, and the product spread globally as a symbol of postwar convenience food.
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