When you go to Burger King.....

[BioFilter]

or McDonalds and order a BK fish, or McFish sandwich, what kind of fish is it you get to eat? I always wondered but was afraid to ask.

[danzig]

i do not know for sure but ide assume it would be processed Cod just because it seems to be the cheaper priced fish food-wise.

[DBray6]

It is cod. McDonalds is also cod.

[sexymumma]

Eww, I hate the taste of fish, but I wouldnt eat a fish burger from one of those places.

i Stick to the chicken ones.

[Jessu]

I dont think I could love a pet fish then go out and eat one.

[BioFilter]

It is cod. McDonalds is also cod.

Cool, as long as it isnt carp.

[Reddog80p]

I personally love fish! I love to keep them as pets. I love to catch them when I fish @ the lake. And theres noting better than a batch of fried fish with hush puppies, and cole slaw.

[Mgamer20o0]

I dont think I could love a pet fish then go out and eat one.

i think its just as fun to catch them fishing and eat them as it is watching them. if not more.

[lazyNode]

In australia, its probably flake/shark served at Maccas - its whats served at our fish n chips stores. It's also very high in mercury - as most of our sydney fish.

[fishcatch22]

well, whatever it is I can guarantee it's nothing worth eating.... everything at mcdonalds tastes like animal food of some kind.

pretty sure it's cod.

[Toirtis]

It is cod. McDonalds is also cod.

Considering the price of cod, I would be surprised at that...I would rather expect basa, whitefish, or some fish-mix in the North American restaurant sandwiches.

[Jessu]

i think its just as fun to catch them fishing and eat them as it is watching them. if not more.

For a long time I thought fish did not feel pain. But now that I know they do, I dont think I could ever go fishing.

[tai95]

Thanks to every thing food related needing a label giving all the ingredients with a quick search I found this.

McDonalds fish
http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.in dex.html

Fish Filet Patty:
Pollock or Hoki, bleached wheat flour, water, modified corn starch, yellow corn flour, salt, whey, sugar, dextrose, dried yeast, disodium pyrophosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, cellulose gum, colored with extractives of paprika and turmeric, natural flavoring (vegetable source). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Contains wheat, milk and fish (Polluck or Hoki) ingredients.

Burger King: Big fish
http://www.burgerking.co.uk/pdfs/ingredients.pdf
Fish patty
Alaskan Pollack, Breadcrumbs, Water, Potato Starch, Modified Potato starch, Modified Maize starch, Wheatflor, Salt, Yeast, Raising Agents: E450, Diphosphates, E500, Sodium Carbonate, Dried Hen Egg Powder, Sweet Whey Powder, Vegetable Oil, Stabilizers: E472c, Citric acid Esters, E300, Ascorbic Acid.

[Reddog80p]

Would you like a filet o fish or bk big fish...Here you go. (at least it's not ground up carp). The one on the left is a "polluck" the one on the right is a "Hoki".

[Malefic23]

MMMM...mercury, sweetest of the transitional metals!

Seriously, this is'nt food, this is soylent fish.

[GuZZiZZiT]

hmm, the ones on the left look tasty, i mihgt hafta stop at BK on the way to work.

[Boohoo]

I can't reply to your question concerning McDonalds, but where I work we make the fish burgers for BK. Some years ago cod was used, but now it is Alaskan Pollock.

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

I vote for some sort of "bottom eel"...Ugh...

[Native American]

For a long time I thought fish did not feel pain. But now that I know they do, I dont think I could ever go fishing.Jessu, most biologists associate "pain" as something higher chordates feel, and almost always the pain center in an animal is associated with the cerebral cortex.

Fish don't even have a cerebral cortex. They just process the facts. If they're hooked, they'll pull until they're free (or until I reel them in for dinner). A big brain can be a detriment, since it is just more mass to propel if you're running away from something. Fish have just enough gray matter to survive and prosper. Any more than this is excess.

Enough drift. Hey, I just noticed...BK is doing booming business, and all the stray dogs in my neighborhood disappeared. Man, I knew those burger specials tasted a little gamey

v/r, N-A

[125gJoe]

From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filet-O-Fish

And - that's not all!

The "Filet-O-Fish" game: http://www.filetofish.com/GCM/index.html



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