In the early nineties, it was all I would eat at McDoinalds, if McDonalds was my only option. (Is that an endorsement? I’m not sure.)
Not as bad as a Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, or “Hamburger,” anyway. The Filet-o-fish at least doesn’t seem like a sad parody of something that ought to be better. (Though even then I could never bring myself to ask for one by it’s trade name - it’s just too goddamned silly. “I’ll have a fish sandwich.”)
One of the best meals I ever ate was a Filet-o-Fish and fries at the McDonald’s in Algeciras, Spain after 4 months of eating nothing but Spanish food. Mmm, good old American-flavored grease!
In eleven years, this is my most controversial thread. Doesn’t make them taste better.
salin-I like Big Fish too! When I’m not in a burger mood, they are great. Hides head in shame
This should move to QD. A Pre-V-II part of me understands this. Few people today understand Penance as the Mortification of the Flesh. Eating crab or lobster instead of steak is hardly mortifying.
Filet-O-Fish, extra tartar sauce, extra rehydrated Onions. Some packet ketchup to dip in.
Extra Cheese, if you wanna suck the Filet-O-Teet.
Filet o’ fish is not the worst, it’s the best.
I patronize MickeyD’s so rarely I usually go with my default order of a Big Mac and a Royale w/cheese. But I do enjoy tossing down a FoF or two with a large order of fries and frosty beverage every year or two. And then I’m good.
Imagine what would have happened if you had pitted them instead?
I can’t believe someone gave my exact answer about the FoF. I was even getting a craving while reading the thread. But I’d probably get sick if I ate one now.
I’ll have to try those McRibs sometime.
I don’t have them as often as the MacDonalds version but it was pretty good (the gross looking image in a previous post notwithstanding). At the very least it’s bigger than the FO’F.
I remember when they called them The Whaler.
Another reason I eat it is because it doesn’t upset my stomach, so I can see Alice’s point. The processing of food actually makes it more easily and rapidly digestible, and I think the filet-o-fish is probably one of the most easily digestible offerings there is.
The Wendy’s fish sandwich is good. Just saying.
An odd phenomenon, and maybe it’s just me, but the BK fish is too big for me, and yet I’ll eat 2 Filet-O-Fish’s in a sitting.
I remember when BK sandwiches (the big ones anyway) came in beige boxes, with the name on the front flap.
This. The KFC “Double Down” sandwich. :dubious: My arteries are hardening just thinking about this monstrosity.
Meh. It’s too much food for one sitting for me, but I’m sure it’s reasonably tasty. Bacon, cheese, fried chicken…what’s not to love? The only really notable thing about this sandwich is that it lacks a bun.
Had a Filet 'O Fish for lunch today. It was yummy.
On the rare occasion that we get McD’s, the only thing my usually not-picky 7 year old son will eat is a Filet O Fish with no cheese or tartar sauce. He thinks a “giant fish stick” in a bun is the best thing ever. They are just ‘meh’ for me.