# Filet o' Fish: Worst Fast Food Ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215 "2011-08-26T20:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/81 "2011-09-02T00:58:00Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > The Filet-o-Fish has ALWAYS had a half slice of cheese. Ray Kroc, in his autobiography _Grinding It Out_ tells of the introduction of the Filet-O-Fish, and that the half slice of cheese was his idea - and just based on intuition, not a personal taste test (“No! HALF a slice!”). Apparently it took quite a while for our local stores to get that memo. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/82 "2011-09-02T01:15:08Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Apparently it took quite a while for our local stores to get that memo. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/83 "2011-09-02T01:27:30Z")
got both the FoF and the BK fish today for lunch for a side-by-side taste test. The lettuce on the BK meant well but just didn’t really go with it. Plus it was fried too brown (something that I always suspected but now scientifically proven). FoF wins but not in a landslide. The BK is bigger and comparably priced. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/84 "2011-09-02T03:01:11Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I loves me some FOF, loves (I scrape off the sauce)! So I figured how bad could the BK version be? Let me tell you - _it’s bad_. FOF, ordered with no tartar sauce, and more importantly no salt is pretty darn tasty. In fact, most of McD’s menu is much much better if you order it with no salt. There’s plenty of salt in the ingredients, no need to add more to the meat while it’s on the grill or fresh out of the fryer. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/85 "2011-09-02T03:14:44Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > FOF, ordered with no tartar sauce, and more importantly no salt is pretty darn tasty. In fact, most of McD’s menu is much much better if you order it with no salt. There’s plenty of salt in the ingredients, no need to add more to the meat while it’s on the grill or fresh out of the fryer. NO SALT??? That’s the whole point of Mcdonalds’ food; it’s a greasy vehicle for lots of salt. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/86 "2011-09-02T04:15:07Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The bun always turns to paste. The fish ain’t bad, for fast food. Mmm… bun paste… yum. Mmm… Not Bad Fish… (exeunt stage left, for “a Filet”) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215/87 "2011-09-02T05:05:00Z")
When Maccas first opened here, they sold deep-fried chicken pieces (a bit like KFC). I seem to remember that was pretty bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filet-o-fish-worst-fast-food-ever/594215.md?page=4)