Is the Filet-O-Fish Actually Fish?

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @macklee6837
    @macklee6837 5 дней назад +1357

    To anyone not wanting to waste 10mins:
    Yes, it's fish. It's called pollack.

  • @jaker3151
    @jaker3151 15 дней назад +668

    It's a small miracle when your Filet-O-Fish arrives with the fish patty perfectly centred in the bun.

    • @grilledcheese4701
      @grilledcheese4701 13 дней назад +10

      😂😂😂

    • @billf4186
      @billf4186 12 дней назад +4

      Of course! It’s FAST FOOD….😂

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano 12 дней назад +21

      Well, it does take extra effort to center a postage stamp on that great big bun.

    • @skipjack6974
      @skipjack6974 12 дней назад +1

      😂😂😂 exactly

    • @kevinmckinzie
      @kevinmckinzie 11 дней назад +8

      It's even better when the 1/3 of a strip of 'cheese product' is centered as well.

  • @xtraxtrathirsty
    @xtraxtrathirsty 19 дней назад +1650

    the Filet-O-Fish is so Tiny now it looks like a white castle burger

    • @chefscorner7063
      @chefscorner7063 19 дней назад +114

      It's not smaller, you just grew up and got bigger. LOL
      EDIT: My comment was meant as a joke, but apparently humor has almost died. smh, Lighten up guys, it's fast food!! Jeeze...🙄🤷‍♂️
      EDIT: You all need to get a sense of humor. The size of the Filet-O-Fish sandwich just isn't that important!! SMH...🤷‍♂️
      Guess I hit a sore spot for us Filet-of-fish sandwich lovers, so I'm going to delete it and mute any further replies, so get them in while you still can. LOL So it'll be deleted by 1/03/2025 if not before.🤷‍♂️✌️

    • @buckfiden2988
      @buckfiden2988 19 дней назад +73

      @@chefscorner7063 Wrong.

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 19 дней назад

      ​@@chefscorner7063I used to work at McDonald's and when I worked there they made it smaller.

    • @mindwreckRC
      @mindwreckRC 19 дней назад +75

      yeap. freaken tiny now.

    • @buckfiden2988
      @buckfiden2988 18 дней назад

      @@chefscorner7063 Learn to speak upon the truth... JEEZE! Nobody likes an FN Liar.

  • @catriley2004
    @catriley2004 12 дней назад +724

    My mother, my ancient golden retriever and I stopped at McD for a filet of fish on lent in 2013 on our way home from the vet. They were both very ill and I took every opportunity to make them happy. Mama wanted her fish sandwich during lent. We ate in the car in the parking lot, facing a wall. We fed fries to the dog and pretended there was a movie on the wall. We made up a plot and dialog. It was a magical lunch made even more everlasting because my dog died a week later and my mother followed 2 weeks after him. I will hold this memory in my heart for the rest of my life.

    • @yutehube4468
      @yutehube4468 12 дней назад +21

      Dude I can relate to this. Not with McDonald's or your mom... but the dog certainly.

    • @chellarose4272
      @chellarose4272 12 дней назад +26

      Thank you so much for sharing this sweet memory!

    • @DaRevolution9
      @DaRevolution9 12 дней назад +6

      💐

    • @pazzoredento2191
      @pazzoredento2191 12 дней назад +68

      So, you're saying MCDonald's crap food killed your dog and your mother???

    • @ghostsade3
      @ghostsade3 12 дней назад +24

      @@pazzoredento2191 Bro. I laughed out loud but idk if this comment was necessary... To OP. I hope you are doing well in life.

  • @herzeliedstein573
    @herzeliedstein573 15 дней назад +84

    Saved you a watch: Yes it's fish

    • @augustuscaeser8939
      @augustuscaeser8939 6 дней назад +9

      it has a lot of poisonous ingredients that'll destroy your body, but technically it's the cheapest fish that they could find with the smallest piece of "cheese" that they can give you

    • @MeCooper
      @MeCooper 5 дней назад +3

      @@augustuscaeser8939 _"it has a lot of poisonous ingredients"_ tell me what they are, what they do to the body and whether or not they're the only products that contain those substances :)
      No offence but you seem like you're part of the _"dihydrogen monoxide is dangerous"_ crowd.

    • @YungR.J.Fischer
      @YungR.J.Fischer День назад +1

      @@MeCooper how is water not dangerous?

    • @YungR.J.Fischer
      @YungR.J.Fischer День назад +1

      @@MeCooper also (salt) water or beetroot/sugar injected in meat is a old custom, so we can have cheap meat that is not 100% meat

    • @BoltRM
      @BoltRM День назад

      ​@@MeCooper Correct. The hydrogenated oil is indeed BAD for you.

  • @JB-pt7sr
    @JB-pt7sr 17 дней назад +817

    They used to fry everything in beef tallow as it turns out beef fat is better for you the hydrogenated seed oil and the frys tasted way better then

    • @boxsterman77
      @boxsterman77 17 дней назад

      They moved away from tallow because of vegan protests-not health concerns.

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 17 дней назад

      Another victim of the crazy health people who told us tallow was terrible.
      McDonalds should go back to tallow. Tell everyone that the so called health people were mistaken.

    • @tanikokishimoto1604
      @tanikokishimoto1604 17 дней назад +41

      A lot of vegetarians weren't happy with the beef tallow combined with fries.

    • @williamtopping
      @williamtopping 16 дней назад

      @@tanikokishimoto1604
      Cool, now they get to enjoy the delights of bowel cancer.

    • @michaelb1761
      @michaelb1761 16 дней назад +30

      It was a lard mixture that included beef tallow, but I don't believe it was pure beef tallow. The way McDonald's sold the change was unsaturated fats are healthier. I now that was a big thing back then and some people were up in arms about the use of saturated fats in everything that tasted good, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was the real reason for the switch.

  • @1gr8chef123
    @1gr8chef123 19 дней назад +495

    My grandfather always tells us the story on how he was one of the "6" that ordered the HULA burger!!! He didnt regret he said!

    • @innernetstranger
      @innernetstranger 19 дней назад +72

      grilled pineapple is actually pretty good on a burger, would recommend, but idk about just by itself on a bun

    • @Zufield
      @Zufield 19 дней назад +30

      @@innernetstranger Considering the Hula Burger was grilled pineapple with cheese, I'd imagine that it wouldn't taste very good.

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 19 дней назад +15

      I'd never had a Hula Burger, but I _would_ like to try one _once._
      (thus, there's no market for it, but still, I'm curious)

    • @kaicampbell8910
      @kaicampbell8910 19 дней назад +4

      🧢

    • @chefscorner7063
      @chefscorner7063 19 дней назад +8

      ​@josephgaviota Just go to your favorite burger joint and bring some slices of pineapple, just make sure to take the pineapple core out, because it's very fibrous making it impossible to chew. Enjoy...👍✌️

  • @dav8388
    @dav8388 19 дней назад +944

    I worked at a McDonalds around 2010 in OH. During Lent they set the price of a Filet-o-fist meal at $3.33. Well OH doesn't have sales tax on to go orders, so every time someone ordered 2 meals in the drive thru the total came to $6.66...during lent. I still crack up when I think of it.

    • @Gunner41530
      @Gunner41530 19 дней назад

      Exactly, so they tell us that doesn't mean nothing right but that old saying devil in the details huh my local Meijer had Meijer brand frozen turkeys for .33 a pound. That's way to cheap there loosing money that low but I seen right thru it. The wicked are all about symbolism ie:monster energy drink, right in front of our faces and we just drink it up.

    • @kelseyguye2199
      @kelseyguye2199 19 дней назад +8

      369 vortex mathematics

    • @Werewolf_Korra
      @Werewolf_Korra 19 дней назад +17

      But devil fish would be even more expensive!

    • @addictedtothewrittenword3451
      @addictedtothewrittenword3451 19 дней назад +41

      Lol, this reminds me of when I worked in a cafe in Ohio and I'd have customers that would literally buy something else if their total came to 6.66.

    • @starflakey
      @starflakey 18 дней назад

      🤣

  • @akuma4u
    @akuma4u 13 дней назад +32

    Styrofoam era mcdonalds was the BEST!!

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 5 дней назад +1

      hearing about all the toxins in McDonald's make me never consider their poison foods🤮🤮

  • @000hms
    @000hms 11 дней назад +29

    Fish sandwich? I've tried them all. My favorite is still the Filet-O-Fish. Perhaps it is just the right blend of toxic chemicals and flavor enhancers?

    • @zacatecanjack4476
      @zacatecanjack4476 9 дней назад +3

      you have quite the refined palate, sir.

    • @juniorxranger
      @juniorxranger 8 дней назад

      Just like Subway's yoga mat bread keep's us comin' back

    • @jim5148
      @jim5148 2 дня назад

      Try it without the mayo/tartar sauce concoction and see if you still like it.

    • @kcgunesq
      @kcgunesq 20 часов назад +1

      I used to love them, but when I had one in the last year or so, it didn't taste anything like I remember it, even though the rest of menu does. Not sure it is me or the fish, but something's changed.
      Also, bring back the cherry pie, McDonalds.

    • @BadewanneFan
      @BadewanneFan 11 часов назад

      @@kcgunesq nah its the same for me, i had them a lot as kid but when i tried them as adult it was just different. they definitely cheaped out on the recipe again for the billionth time

  • @garyK.45ACP
    @garyK.45ACP 17 дней назад +93

    I worked for McDonald's in the mid-60s. Hamburgers were still 15 cents. Filet-o-fish was, indeed, popular on Fridays. In addition to the Filet sandwich, we had hamburgers, cheeseburgers and double hamburgers and double cheeseburgers. That's it. Big Macs didn't come along until 1967, and they are my favorite!
    I LOVE the Filet-o-fish sandwich. One of my favorites. FWIW, I also prefer the original double cheeseburger to its 'replacement', the Quarter Pounder.
    In the 60s, everything fried was cooked in lard, which came in square boxes with a plastic liner. We even washed, peeled and cut fresh potatoes for the French fries. They had a machine that did it and we got 50 pound burlap bags of fresh potatoes to make fries with. That was usually one of the first duties they trained 'new guys' on...and it was almost always 'guys' doing it because of having to lift and haul around 50 pound bags of potatoes, they usually didn't give the girls that job.
    The fries were MUCH better then, than they are now.

    • @Valterius87
      @Valterius87 8 дней назад +4

      McD used to actually have quality similar to "mom and pop" shops that do things "from scratch" as they say in the kitchen world.

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 6 дней назад

      Big Macs are the best thing McDonald's ever came up with imo.🍔

    • @mindfulmaximalism
      @mindfulmaximalism 6 дней назад

      It's all garbage, made from the cheapest ingredients and devoid of nutrition.

    • @laurahuston2187
      @laurahuston2187 5 дней назад +3

      Getting rid of lard was the beginning of the down grade to make McD"s (and all fast food) so unhealthy.

    • @lyo4516
      @lyo4516 4 дня назад +1

      No wonder food taste much better in the past. I thought my taste bud was getting bad with age.

  • @rickpinelli1586
    @rickpinelli1586 17 дней назад +391

    I have not eaten one in over 25 years! The best fish was Arther Treaher's Fish & Chips. McDonals shrunk the fish to half the size and the price has doubled. 🐟🐠

    • @Andrew-oi1qp
      @Andrew-oi1qp 17 дней назад +22

      Arthur Treachers was the best fish and chips ever, and across from it was a new place called Arby's that had a glass oven right out in front of the counter with huge cuts of beef cooking right before your eyes!

    • @CJLinOHIO
      @CJLinOHIO 17 дней назад +18

      You are so correct Arthur treacher's was out of this world.
      Love the chicken strips too.
      And the hush puppies, omg, good.

    • @aznsensation44
      @aznsensation44 17 дней назад +25

      Too bad they don't have Arthur treachers anywhere anymore

    • @williamboyle8918
      @williamboyle8918 17 дней назад +8

      5 for 5 Filet o fish special where I'm at.

    • @davidcox3076
      @davidcox3076 17 дней назад +20

      Sure wish Arthur Treacher's was still around. That was great stuff.

  • @acatinatux9601
    @acatinatux9601 19 дней назад +1240

    still should have a whole slice of cheese

    • @aquabeast1059
      @aquabeast1059 19 дней назад +31

      I bet you would want a piece of cheese on the McRat sandwich huh. You walked right into that and didn't even know it so now you're probably mad. Got people like you make me sick You clearly see what the issue is in them in the news and it's clearly shows that you support McDonald's in there ratting on people behavior You're the first one to bring up a whole slice of cheese lol😂

    • @SamP0rterBridges
      @SamP0rterBridges 19 дней назад +191

      @@aquabeast1059 lol your butthurt is hilarious.

    • @fluffmcnugget2428
      @fluffmcnugget2428 19 дней назад

      @@aquabeast1059what are u like 5? 🤔 ur comment just gave me a headache reading it trying to sound smart but ur periods are in the wrong place and lack no , lol must be hard trying to use that part of ur brain 🧠

    • @davidlane1248
      @davidlane1248 19 дней назад

      ​@@aquabeast1059my dude, go see a therapist. This video ain't about Luigi

    • @20Unknown
      @20Unknown 19 дней назад +22

      I agree, that would be nice

  • @kindcounselor
    @kindcounselor 12 дней назад +16

    Subject happens at 6:07.

    • @lingth
      @lingth 12 дней назад

      Lol it took them 6min to get to the answer to the title..

    • @Adelaide-audits.
      @Adelaide-audits. 10 дней назад

      ​@lingth actually dude, it comes up with the time that's included in the comment. (The time in blue)!
      Who knew, I just found out 😮😮!

  • @hilariohernandez
    @hilariohernandez 12 дней назад +8

    Hey McDonald's, can you make a filet o fish without those weird chemicals?

  • @bradr3541
    @bradr3541 19 дней назад +359

    The Filet o Fish is the one McDonald’s item I could eat 365 days a year and still enjoy it.

    • @galerae947
      @galerae947 19 дней назад +37

      It is the ONLY item I order at McDonalds.

    • @MichelleBartlett-zm8cg
      @MichelleBartlett-zm8cg 19 дней назад +23

      It’s the only thing that doesn’t give me heartburn. That tells me it’s at least not complete poison.

    • @187rocketman
      @187rocketman 19 дней назад +7

      Same here

    • @alexhurst3986
      @alexhurst3986 18 дней назад +14

      I agree. I love that sandwich.

    • @asimhusain8087
      @asimhusain8087 18 дней назад +10

      Me also I worked for McDonald's for 14 years the filet of fish and the Mcchicken was the only thing I liked working for that awful corporation

  • @TheDarkThunder
    @TheDarkThunder 19 дней назад +126

    Since it’s a McDonald’s Weird History, I just wanna say: “Mayor McCheese.”

    • @gm7304
      @gm7304 19 дней назад +4

      No Thanks I'll vote Quimby.

    • @opieangst
      @opieangst 19 дней назад +2

      That's a glorious name for an Orange cat.

    • @chefscorner7063
      @chefscorner7063 18 дней назад

      @TheDarkThunder What ever did happen to him. Was he assassinated or something?? I remember when he first appeared being all self-important, acting like the big cheese. He always struck me as being a little... off! Hmmm, somebody should look into this. 😎

    • @starflakey
      @starflakey 18 дней назад +1

      thanks

    • @Andronicus2007
      @Andronicus2007 18 дней назад +3

      Mayor of Mcdonaldland, with citizens such as Grimace, Hamburgerler, Birdie the Early Bird, the Fry Kids, the McNugget Buddies, and the Happy Meal Gang, not to mention MR. RONALD MCDONALD HIMSELF!

  • @twincams350
    @twincams350 17 дней назад +219

    Pro tip: a filet o’fish sandwich costs $5.15. But adding an extra fish patty only costs $1.50.

    • @jarvisskooge8602
      @jarvisskooge8602 16 дней назад +21

      Great, now it’ll kill you twice as fast 😂

    • @twincams350
      @twincams350 16 дней назад

      Oh stop whining. Alaskan Pollock is actually so low in mercury that pregnant women can safely eat it every day. It’s also full of omega-3. The alphabet soup of chemicals they mention in the video comes from the other ingredients, like the bun, tartar sauce, and cheese

    • @user-ue4he3li8b
      @user-ue4he3li8b 15 дней назад +22

      just buy the filet-patties and use your own bread....they're basically telling you that the bread and sauce costs $3.65...the price of two whole fish filet patties. Makes no sense.

    • @ronp.6782
      @ronp.6782 15 дней назад

      @@user-ue4he3li8b Where can you buy these particular filet o fish patties?

    • @creekwoodjoe1607
      @creekwoodjoe1607 15 дней назад +11

      Double fish filet combo please!
      Welcome to Mc Donalds did you order from the App?

  • @peimei22
    @peimei22 11 дней назад +2

    I'm a fast food fish sandwich lover. For a while in the late 90s to early 00s the BK Big Fish was my go to because it was bigger and you could add lettuce and tomato. In the past couple years Checkers/Rallys Crispy Fish Sandwich is the best fish sandwich fast food can offer imo. However like most of McDs items the Filet-o-Fish has a distinct taste that still reels me in a couple times a year. Great video!🍻

  • @TLLC2024
    @TLLC2024 13 дней назад +38

    Filet-O-Fish in 1962: $0.24 - 142 grams - 4.25" diameter
    Filet-O-Fish in 2024: $6.49 - 138 grams - 3.5" diameter
    1962 $0.24 = 2024 $2.56. Percentage increase $2.56 to $6.49 = 153.52%
    2024 $6.49 = 1962 $66.36
    153.52% price increase for 26.34% less

    • @SriPizzananda
      @SriPizzananda 11 дней назад

      People in 2024 made a lot more money than in 1962.

    • @stevefox7793
      @stevefox7793 11 дней назад +2

      1962 $0.62 = 2024 $6.48
      2,5 times higher than in 1962
      average salary in USA in 1962 = $6200
      average salary in USA in 2023 = $59428
      1962 $6200 = 2024 $64770
      check and mate, mate :)

    • @ThomasSosa-t2o
      @ThomasSosa-t2o 11 дней назад

      That's technology is headed

    • @GrnXnham
      @GrnXnham 11 дней назад

      138 is not 26.34% less than 142 but I appreciate you taking the time to do all that math.

    • @gregoryking9348
      @gregoryking9348 11 дней назад

      ​@@SriPizzanandaummmm... What? That's not how it works.

  • @grkuntzmd
    @grkuntzmd 17 дней назад +96

    I used to love the Filet-o-fish sandwich but haven't eaten fast food in years. I now buy Gorton's (or another frozen brand) breaded fish patties and make my own, with the fish (air fried), a slice of American cheese, tartar sauce, and grocery store bakery buns. They taste pretty good and are cheaper, especially when the fish fillets are buy-one-get-one-free.

    • @Historical_Vagabond
      @Historical_Vagabond 17 дней назад +14

      Gorton's makes the Filet o fish patties for McDonalds

    • @grkuntzmd
      @grkuntzmd 17 дней назад +7

      @@Historical_Vagabond That's probably why I like them 😃

    • @GizmoFromPizmo
      @GizmoFromPizmo 17 дней назад +4

      Hopefully you're using Frisch's Tartar Sauce. 🙂

    • @innsanewayne
      @innsanewayne 17 дней назад +4

      @@GizmoFromPizmo I make my own, can adjust it any way I like depending on my taste that night or day, I like the Gortons also

    • @GizmoFromPizmo
      @GizmoFromPizmo 17 дней назад +2

      @@innsanewayne - Throw a little onion powder in it. I think that's Frisch's secret. Also, never use sweet pickle relish - that's just wrong.

  • @Ozma8996
    @Ozma8996 19 дней назад +272

    ew, all those chemicals in a single sandwich. I'll take 4 please.

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 19 дней назад +18

      I wonder if they tasted better when they used tallow in the deep fat fryer.

    • @allesindwillkommen
      @allesindwillkommen 17 дней назад +25

      Unlike many other restaurants, McDonald's is very transparent about all their ingredients that you can find on their official website. So yeah, nothing unusual in their "chemicals" compared to other commercial food products. So if you enjoy something at McDonald's, just eat it in moderation. It's definitely no worse than many other things people consume regularly.

    • @Leon14000
      @Leon14000 17 дней назад

      Such a mood.

    • @maksphoto78
      @maksphoto78 17 дней назад +1

      @@johngalt97 People say yes.

    • @pleeman
      @pleeman 17 дней назад

      @@allesindwillkommen I think Mc Donalds should have "clean" versions of some of their items, I would pay more for no chemicals and proper fry oil! Keep the current menu, just make a Health Conscious menu also!

  • @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds
    @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds 15 дней назад +93

    Not only do I not care what is in it, I'm totally craving for one or three right now, at 3:30 in the morning while I sit here awake watching YT videos about Fillet O Fish history. Being 60 myself, I have been eating these for about 50 years and they're still tasty to me.

    • @therosewhisperer
      @therosewhisperer 13 дней назад +5

      130 am but I don't want one rn luckily . tomorrow is good

    • @BiBo24-
      @BiBo24- 12 дней назад +5

      I'm definitely getting 1 for lunch tomorrow!

    • @pixelpuppy
      @pixelpuppy 11 дней назад +1

      how have they changed over the past 50 years? Gotten smaller? feels cheaper? How was the halibut version? the cod version? compared to the pollock version?

    • @BanjoBillys
      @BanjoBillys 10 дней назад +3

      same i want one now myself!

    • @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds
      @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds 9 дней назад +2

      ​@@pixelpuppy taste is absolutely the same. I have total deja vu each time I have one

  • @Rocket_scientist_88
    @Rocket_scientist_88 2 дня назад +2

    “Squares are the most delicious shape…”
    My mouth is watering just at the thought.

  • @TheirsHopewithJesusChrist_277
    @TheirsHopewithJesusChrist_277 День назад

    5:19 "he encouraged his friends to go fishing" 😂😂

  • @user-dc6ut5uu3t
    @user-dc6ut5uu3t 17 дней назад +71

    The ingredients for a McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich include:
    Fish: Alaskan pollock
    Bread: Wheat flour, modified food starch, corn flour, salt, yeast, and cellulose gum
    Oil: Vegetable oil, including canola, corn, and soybean oil
    Other ingredients: Water, whey (milk), dextrose, sugar, paprika and turmeric extract, natural flavors, and tartar sauce, and
    Cheese: Processed cheddar cheese slice.

    • @OnAPlain88
      @OnAPlain88 15 дней назад

      Its all chemicals. Many Americans know this but a slave to their taste buds.

    • @jaker3151
      @jaker3151 15 дней назад +10

      That's not a full break down of the ingredients. For example, the cheese and tartar sauce can be broken down further. The ingredients will also vary slightly depending on the country. And for example the EU generally has higher food standards, and hence better labelling, than the US.

    • @mistiinseattle
      @mistiinseattle 15 дней назад +10

      Most of time tge cheese is fake "American cheese" which is not cheese at all

    • @MichaelMossmanNZ
      @MichaelMossmanNZ 15 дней назад +6

      Hey, what about the ingredients for the tartar sauce? I wanted to see the word gherkin somewhere =)

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 14 дней назад +5

      The tartar sauce is the best!

  • @Hawk259
    @Hawk259 19 дней назад +151

    The “Hula Burger” is diabolical

    • @JudeTavonFenwick
      @JudeTavonFenwick 19 дней назад

      … okay…?

    • @teamsteed1
      @teamsteed1 19 дней назад

      Yeah it was.

    • @JoshStinson-e9j
      @JoshStinson-e9j 19 дней назад +2

      If he actually though that taste good I wonder what othe gross food this guy likes to eat

    • @teamsteed1
      @teamsteed1 19 дней назад +1

      @@JoshStinson-e9j That's a good question.

    • @stuartpinder3807
      @stuartpinder3807 19 дней назад +2

      I'd rather the hula burger

  • @Abdominal65
    @Abdominal65 19 дней назад +166

    When I worked at McDonald's, the only time I had to cook a filet o fish, was for this one guy. I remember it because he always wanted them well done, I had to deep fry them twice.

    • @stickybuns8626
      @stickybuns8626 19 дней назад +12

      I'm going to start doing this.

    • @GeminiWoods
      @GeminiWoods 19 дней назад +21

      The fish sandwich was the only thing my mom would ever get from McDonald's. Don't think I ever saw her get anything else.

    • @kaicampbell8910
      @kaicampbell8910 19 дней назад +4

      🧢

    • @bettyjohnson1928
      @bettyjohnson1928 18 дней назад +2

      I love and MACDONALD is close to me

    • @BoomBoom-ym5oy
      @BoomBoom-ym5oy 18 дней назад

      If you had properly defrosted it probably wouldn't have to deep fry it TWICE genius

  • @edyoung6573
    @edyoung6573 4 дня назад

    Ok you got me hook line and sinker on this one!! Just subscribed!!!

  • @cooperj7982
    @cooperj7982 10 дней назад

    this is what i need! your voice is soothing my man!

  • @powertothesheeple5422
    @powertothesheeple5422 15 дней назад +58

    The fact that you switched over to the negative side of things without changing the music, tempo or tone was awesome. Subscribed.

  • @angelasieg5099
    @angelasieg5099 19 дней назад +63

    It was better tasting back in the 90s. BK's is better, Culver's has the best fish sandwich.

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile 19 дней назад

      QSRs use different types of fish. Cod, haddock etc.

    • @trevorfletcher6335
      @trevorfletcher6335 19 дней назад +8

      Culvers is hand breaded. Used to work there in college and hated doing the fish it was a mess 😂

    • @rpggamer5574
      @rpggamer5574 19 дней назад +2

      I still love it 😅

    • @gregzeigler3850
      @gregzeigler3850 18 дней назад +2

      Capt. D's has the best fish, IMOP...

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 17 дней назад +1

      BKs fish used to be big, and served in a whopper bun.

  • @zrrifle.
    @zrrifle. 19 дней назад +75

    As a kid in the 70s, the Filet O Fish was the only item (besides fries) I'd eat at McDonald's. Burger Chef made the best fish sandwiches, but alas they are long gone.

    • @HDCalame
      @HDCalame 19 дней назад +12

      I miss Burger Chef...and Jeff!

    • @stevecagle2317
      @stevecagle2317 18 дней назад +4

      I loved BC as a child. Sadly, I was working at Wendy's in the late 70s just a few miles from Speedway,IN. This where the infamous Burger Chef killings happened. 3 high schoolers and the 19 year old manager were abducted while closing, taken to a wooded area and murdered. Never caught the killers.
      All of us kids were scared while closing now and we all had to stay until closing was done so the manager could call the Sheriff to send a deputy to watch us leave, get in our cars and drive off.
      The cops are pretty sure they know who did it and they both died in prison for other crimes - but there's been no "official closure."
      At the same time there was a "mad bomber" leaving bombs in the area. A guy going to a highschool football game in Speedway kicked a duffle bag in the parking lot - it exploded and blew his leg off!
      It was one hell of a senior year for me and all of us on the west side of Indianapolis.

    • @neomatrix4412
      @neomatrix4412 18 дней назад

      @@stevecagle2317 ever caught the guy ?

    • @iambossco
      @iambossco 17 дней назад +3

      I remember Burger Chef. They were awesome. To this day, I still don't understand why they went under. Their menu fare was way better than McDonalds or Wendys at the time. Not as good as Burger Kings' Flame broiled whopper though. Again, at that time. Burger King has lost some of it's sizzle since then.

    • @justaplainspokengirl
      @justaplainspokengirl 14 дней назад +1

      I agree about only ordering those 2 items. Everything else was trash.

  • @CWA2400
    @CWA2400 12 дней назад

    Thanks for the interesting back story full of fish/fishing puns!😂

  • @steveb0503
    @steveb0503 16 дней назад +25

    This video explained a lot - like how I knew it wasn't either minced fish-meat, nor was it likely to be an actual filet. Oh, and now I understand that all the extra added ingredients/chemicals are the reason the taste has stayed (mostly) consistent even through several changes in the type of fish used throughout the years.
    Informative vid' - thanks!

  • @donmccarthy2412
    @donmccarthy2412 15 дней назад +102

    I worked at McDonalds for a few weeks as a kid 50 years ago.
    Back then, they had special steamer cabinets to heat the buns with steam.
    Now they throw them in the microwave and before you are half way finished your sandwich its dry as dirt
    I handed my first one back thinking it was old, I watched them make a replacement and it was exactly the same.

    • @markcheetah4960
      @markcheetah4960 15 дней назад +4

      I worked there in the 1980s and I remember the steamer cabinets.

    • @MichaelMossmanNZ
      @MichaelMossmanNZ 15 дней назад +4

      I worked there 40 years ago & they still had the steamer. This was the first ever McD's branch in New Zealand, which was Manners Mall in Wellington =)

    • @chrisrivers5616
      @chrisrivers5616 13 дней назад +6

      I worked in the 60's at McDonalds for a short time. I remember the steamers and I remember they were really good.

    • @porshiaryans9784
      @porshiaryans9784 13 дней назад +6

      They don't put the buns in the microwave they use a bun toaster

    • @markcheetah4960
      @markcheetah4960 13 дней назад +6

      @@porshiaryans9784 They use the toaster for hamburger buns not fish

  • @lilitharam44
    @lilitharam44 19 дней назад +31

    A double filet is the one of the only things I get at McDonald's. As a converted Catholic, I really love having them on Fridays too!

    • @Diponty
      @Diponty 18 дней назад +1

      LOL WOW!

    • @panatypical
      @panatypical 15 дней назад +3

      Only a buck 50 for the extra fish Patty!

    • @MrStensnask
      @MrStensnask 13 дней назад

      It's what God would've wanted

    • @bradwicks5438
      @bradwicks5438 9 дней назад

      Do you ever get tomato on it, tomato on fish is great. And I do that at home since I don't get ripped off at McD's anymore.

    • @augustuscaeser8939
      @augustuscaeser8939 6 дней назад +1

      be careful with the amount of toxic chemicals they're pumping into your body. don't let them mine your health!

  • @barryulrich2170
    @barryulrich2170 7 дней назад

    'The healthiest fish sandwich' is another way of saying 'the least toxic fish sandwich.'

  • @r3altalangodfrey39
    @r3altalangodfrey39 12 дней назад +1

    For anyone who is interested, Filet-O-Fish: Babies, Human Babies.

  • @HDCalame
    @HDCalame 19 дней назад +34

    One of the secret menu items is a double filet-o-fish. (I stand corrected. It's not so secret. It's on the app and can actually be ordered any time as a regular menu item now. It used to be a secret menu item. But no more. I had one today. Ordered it with shredded lettuce.)

    • @PhillipLemmon
      @PhillipLemmon 17 дней назад +2

      yes my favorite!

    • @timtolliver183
      @timtolliver183 17 дней назад

      I order that and use the receipt to get one free

    • @williamboyle8918
      @williamboyle8918 17 дней назад

      @@timtolliver183 Use the receipt coupons always.

    • @sailordude2094
      @sailordude2094 16 дней назад +3

      The only reason I will now go back to McDonalds is to get a double filet o fish. Thanks!

    • @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds
      @Pink_Freud_Obscured_By_Crowds 12 дней назад

      @HDCalame adding onion and pickle to that sandwich...yes please.

  • @HDCalame
    @HDCalame 19 дней назад +19

    What makes me think twice about ordering one is the price. When I was in college, McDonald's sold the filet o fish for 75 cents and their promotion was that this would be their set price from then until forever as an inflation fighter. But that promise didn't last. Now they are 4 to 5 dollars and seem to be smaller than they used to be on top of everything else. At least each sandwich has enough tarter sauce for three sandwiches so you kind of get your money's worth in sauce.

    • @bradwicks5438
      @bradwicks5438 9 дней назад

      That deal went the way of "eat for a dollar and get change" that they had in the early 70's to.

  • @Bastista1
    @Bastista1 19 дней назад +36

    Talking bass: "GIVE ME BACK THAT FILET-O-FISH!"

    • @TrendingNowGlobally
      @TrendingNowGlobally 19 дней назад

      What do you mean?

    • @SaidHead2
      @SaidHead2 19 дней назад +2

      “GIVE ME THAT FISH!”

    • @TheFeltmeister
      @TheFeltmeister 19 дней назад +2

      " give me back that filet o fish give me that fish what if it was you hanging on that wall why you wouldn't be laughing at all give me back that filet o fish give me that fish"

    • @bmwolgas
      @bmwolgas 19 дней назад +1

      What if it were you hanging up on this wall, if it were in that sandwich you wouldn't be laughing at all!

    • @MrMan-ol4ic
      @MrMan-ol4ic 18 дней назад

      Lmfao 😂😂

  • @wallofsheep5645
    @wallofsheep5645 11 дней назад +2

    I've never eaten a Filet-O-Fish and I don't think I ever will.

  • @djvaped
    @djvaped 5 дней назад

    I went from nothing... to wanting a Filet-O-Fish, to craving a Filet-O-Fish, then to being put off and back to craving it by the end. Aye aye what a rollercoaster. 😆

  • @richardmerriam7044
    @richardmerriam7044 19 дней назад +24

    Love Filet-O-Fish! One of my favorites. The best time to order one is between 11:30AM-1:00PM.

    • @CreachterZ
      @CreachterZ 19 дней назад +1

      What’s magical about that time? Just more folks ordering them?

    • @allanalogmusicat78rpm
      @allanalogmusicat78rpm 19 дней назад +3

      @@CreachterZ I'd guess that the frying oil is freshest, then.

    • @CreachterZ
      @CreachterZ 19 дней назад +1

      @ Wouldn’t they fry them in the same vat as the french fries?

    • @richardmerriam7044
      @richardmerriam7044 18 дней назад +1

      @@CreachterZ No, the fries would taste like fish. I'm certain they have a small dedicated fryer for the fish.

    • @marcd6897
      @marcd6897 17 дней назад

      @@richardmerriam7044yes they do have dedicated fryers for the filet o’fish

  • @josephgaviota
    @josephgaviota 19 дней назад +12

    Well that's it; I'm having fish sticks for dinner tonight.

    • @augustuscaeser8939
      @augustuscaeser8939 6 дней назад

      better than the toxic chemicals that McDonalds is pumping into their "food"
      in order to "MAXIMIZING SHAREHOLDER VALUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

  • @CanMav
    @CanMav 19 дней назад +26

    Eating a Filet-O-Fish while watching this... you'll never take away my Filet-O-Fish

    • @raramcgee4982
      @raramcgee4982 19 дней назад +1

      It’s 1030am on the east coast lmao. U must be in Europe or something, probably way better over there

    • @TheRealWattLife
      @TheRealWattLife 19 дней назад +3

      🤮🤮🤮

  • @Wheretheportlandorarealadiesat
    @Wheretheportlandorarealadiesat 10 дней назад +2

    Ray croc is still a genious protectionists McDonalds is literally the most consistent fast food place I Been to

  • @GhettoDankCowboy
    @GhettoDankCowboy 8 дней назад +4

    0:51 how far we dive in today's video how would we even know if the fish is real fish because we don't have any computers or any technicians or any staff we just decided to make a video on the internet

  • @CarbonatedTurtle
    @CarbonatedTurtle 16 дней назад +19

    I swear someone once told me that the Filet-O-Fish is way better than anyone expects, and earlier this year I finally decided to give it a try. What I got was a patty that couldn't have weighed more than 50 grams, was ridiculously mushy, and just barely had the taste of fish. The half slice of cheese was just an extra kick in the balls. I can't imagine how anyone who's ever eaten one of these things would ever want to eat it a second time.

    • @CooperJones777
      @CooperJones777 11 дней назад +2

      Agreed. It's no better than any other fast food fish sandwich. Always mushy. Always bland. Soggy even. Yuck.

    • @comment8767
      @comment8767 11 дней назад +2

      @@CooperJones777 Wrong. It is the worst fish sandwich ever made in the history of the world. Tasteless, mushy, greasy. Chalie the Tuna would qualify.

    • @sw6188
      @sw6188 5 дней назад

      Just like all the other muck that they serve. Disgusting and leaves you hungry afterwards no matter how much of it you eat.

    • @Delimon007
      @Delimon007 5 дней назад

      Nostalgia really. They used to be good, about a decade ago. . . The patties actually used to be the size of the bun too, not anymore. They always taste like dried out slop. I recently just had the arby's fish sandwitch and just like culver's it still tastes like fish unlike the slop served at McDs. It's actually so bad now that even after over 10k rating the McD in my area can't even get a 4.0 rating. That's horrendous!

    • @MeCooper
      @MeCooper 5 дней назад

      Something I have learned today is that in America they only give half a slice of cheese on the filletofish.
      I was so confused about the comments when I read them at first but apparently thats a thing lol

  • @timothyknight2236
    @timothyknight2236 19 дней назад +71

    For anybody interested - The filet-o-fish is made from 100% pure fresh caught (cut, packaged, and flash frozen while still on the boat) Atlantic Pollack.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 18 дней назад +2

      As in Jackson Pollack?

    • @Mister0men
      @Mister0men 18 дней назад +7

      Depends where you're from, most european/english ruled countries use cuts from frozen blocks of Hoki from New Zealand

    • @mawlinzebra
      @mawlinzebra 18 дней назад +3

      ​@@ferociousgumby he meant polish people

    • @LondonEE16
      @LondonEE16 17 дней назад +5

      Thank you. Now I can stop watching.

    • @GizmoFromPizmo
      @GizmoFromPizmo 17 дней назад +9

      Applying the breading must happen on-shore. I'm looking forward to Bobby Kennedy getting the soybean oil out of our diet. That stuff is carcinogenic, from what I understand.

  • @Blitzkrieg1976
    @Blitzkrieg1976 19 дней назад +24

    Too bad public outcry doesn't bring back reasonable prices😢

    • @sendthemtohell
      @sendthemtohell 16 дней назад

      ​@@fleetingfacetIt's actually considered a company more than a business at this point.

    • @kpf546
      @kpf546 16 дней назад

      ​@@fleetingfacetIs that you, Elon?

  • @74dartman13
    @74dartman13 12 дней назад +3

    I worked at a fish processing factory in maintenance from the mid 80's till the mid 90's. The line I was assigned to actually processed McDonald's fish. I can say for a fact that they put out a quality product. Every time we'd run McDonald's fish they would have a McDonald's rep there watching us to make sure the product was right. That was when we used cod. My favorite type of fish! Pollock is very similar.👍🐟😁

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 3 дня назад

      Cod is still better, though.

  • @accountnamewithheld
    @accountnamewithheld 17 дней назад +16

    the filet o fish is hilariously unpopular in the UK due to our strong fish and chips culture
    if you ordered one you'd be seen as a bit weird

  • @RamonGJ
    @RamonGJ 19 дней назад +36

    My guilty pleasure 🙃

    • @rain0069
      @rain0069 19 дней назад

      so ,so good with a pineapple mango smoothie

    • @t.c.bramblett617
      @t.c.bramblett617 19 дней назад

      It is the perfect synthetic sandwich anywhere, the flavors are so balanced. I can eat them all day. I do however like to scrape off the excess tartar sauce

    • @tarquineous
      @tarquineous 6 дней назад

      What's so guilty about it. They are nasty!

  • @osker2478
    @osker2478 19 дней назад +51

    To be honest. I stayed away from it for the longest times and I tried it for the first time last year. And they’re freaking good!! Too bad they’re expensive now 😂

    • @innernetstranger
      @innernetstranger 19 дней назад +8

      they're smaller than they used to be, too

    • @josephgaviota
      @josephgaviota 19 дней назад +2

      I used to light the gas ovens in an ashtray factory (yes, that was a thing in the '70s), for $10 per month.
      That was my high school lunch budget for the MONTH.
      47¢ for hamburger + root beer Mon-Thu, Filet-o-fish on Friday, 42¢. UNDER $2.50 per WEEK back then.

    • @AbsoluteNut1
      @AbsoluteNut1 19 дней назад +2

      Filet-o-fish is a $3 sandwich selling for $6. Rip-off. And HALF a slice of cheese?

    • @stevewashere4122
      @stevewashere4122 18 дней назад +1

      got one yesterday at $5.19. They shrunk the dang patty earlier this year too. Got a BK Big fish a few weeks ago, they shrunk the patty.

    • @AbsoluteNut1
      @AbsoluteNut1 17 дней назад +1

      @@stevewashere4122 Problem with Bk's fish is the odd, old fry oil taste. And BK's tartar sauce isn't very good.

  • @blacknapalm2131
    @blacknapalm2131 10 дней назад +3

    They are one of the most perfect food creations on Gods green earth, I adore them
    *But WHY do they only have HALF a slice of cheese?*

  • @barcibus
    @barcibus 6 дней назад

    I can't help but think that the "Hulaburger" competition was a gimmick to bring attention to the Filet-O-Fish.

  • @paulyiustravelogue
    @paulyiustravelogue 18 дней назад +22

    I haven’t had any Fillet-o-Fish in years until this past summer. What a disappointment that was! McDonald’s makes them so much smaller now than the one we see at @ 00:22 in the video. I can probably fit 2 or even 3 of them in my hand!

    • @_shawnm
      @_shawnm 14 дней назад

      There’s a double fillet-o-fish

    • @Tommass79
      @Tommass79 6 дней назад

      Agreed l bought 2 just last week ridiculously small wasn’t the case in the past so now l buy frozen crumbed fish tartar sauce garlic Aolie sauce tasty cheese on warmed Turkish rolls way better option kills it and a fraction of cost and easy to prep

  • @stevecagle2317
    @stevecagle2317 18 дней назад +8

    As a teen I worked at Wendy's and we called our fish sandwich "grease sharks." We sold so few of them that we fried them to order. We only had 4 flyers and the last one furthest from the bin was dedicated to grease sharks because it made fries taste fishy.
    Filet o fish is small, overpriced garbage and the last time I actually ordered one, it was old, cold and the bun was stale.
    If I want square fish, I'll buy Gorton's at the grocery - so, almost never!

    • @ohger1
      @ohger1 17 дней назад +3

      I'll take stuff that never happened for $500 Alex..

    • @jamesgardner2101
      @jamesgardner2101 17 дней назад

      Old, cold, and the bun was stale... that's just McDonalds in general.

  • @rickyjohnson6848
    @rickyjohnson6848 17 дней назад +17

    Fry you a catfish fillet, put it on a toasted bun, add a slice of cheese and some tartar sauce and you have the ultimate filet o fish sandwich.

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora1 11 дней назад +1

    2025 Since McDonald's Has a Chicken Big Mac' Why Not a Filet-O-Fish Big Mac'?

  • @pacershark452
    @pacershark452 13 дней назад

    They were BOTH misguided: They should have combined their ideas and made the "Tropical fish sandwich"

  • @gordonnovotny9365
    @gordonnovotny9365 17 дней назад +17

    I stopped going to McDumpers years ago, the food is overpriced and the quality is not what it used to be.

    • @tonyb9735
      @tonyb9735 17 дней назад +1

      I'm nearly 60, and I don't remember McDonald's ever being of anything other than questionable quality.

    • @hellhound1389
      @hellhound1389 15 дней назад +1

      I only go there for breakfast when I need to because they're the only ones open when I'm on my way to a job site

  • @TheZzzleep...
    @TheZzzleep... 19 дней назад +21

    Kinda surprised more restaurants don't offer a fish burger. In the US I find fish & chips no problem but fish in burger form I rarely come across other than McDonalds.

    • @dannyb2783
      @dannyb2783 19 дней назад

      Come to Minnesota. Breaded walleye sandwiches are pretty common

    • @nkabui8wnabnd8099999
      @nkabui8wnabnd8099999 19 дней назад +1

      You know that “burger” is just slang for hamburger, right? Do you call Chic-Fil-A sandwiches “chicken burgers”?

    • @flandrble
      @flandrble 19 дней назад +1

      @@nkabui8wnabnd8099999 yes, anything in a bun is a burger in Australia, non of that sandwich nonsense which is two slices of bread.

    • @hypotheticalaxolotl
      @hypotheticalaxolotl 19 дней назад

      @@nkabui8wnabnd8099999... Yes?

    • @TheBlackRam666
      @TheBlackRam666 18 дней назад +2

      It's called a "fish sandwich" and they're quite common, just not so much as fast food

  • @planetzebulon21
    @planetzebulon21 19 дней назад +20

    Watery fish on a foam bun with plastic cheese.
    Yum

    • @jurban7998
      @jurban7998 18 дней назад +6

      Stop it. You're making me hungry

    • @markbajek2541
      @markbajek2541 17 дней назад +1

      1/2 a slice of plastic cheese

    • @joephysics5469
      @joephysics5469 12 дней назад

      Back when I worked there in 1978 the cheese was decent American Cheese.

  • @igfoobar
    @igfoobar 12 дней назад

    Excellent narration. Thank you for not using a crappy computer voice.

  • @diangelobarbour9367
    @diangelobarbour9367 10 дней назад +1

    Mc Donald’s need to bring back the southwest , Caesar salads

  • @csnide6702
    @csnide6702 19 дней назад +9

    Of course they are fish ... ! -- it was once Cod but now Pollock.
    Actually caught , cleaned breaded and frozen on the boat that catches them

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 18 дней назад +3

      All done by Ronald himself!

    • @vanpearsall
      @vanpearsall 18 дней назад +1

      Somebody said they were using goldfish now

    • @eragon78
      @eragon78 17 дней назад

      @@vanpearsall Its definitely not goldfish. If you know the taste of pollock, you can easily tell its the same.

  • @TubersAndPotatoes
    @TubersAndPotatoes 17 дней назад +6

    What ever happened to milkshakes at McDonald's. Remember those?

    • @ohger1
      @ohger1 17 дней назад

      They don't have them anymore??

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 17 дней назад +2

      After Jan. 20th - Make Milkshakes Great Again! 😅

    • @MadTrump
      @MadTrump 17 дней назад +2

      theyre always broken 😡

    • @scherzva
      @scherzva 17 дней назад

      @@lancerevell5979they will be taxed like everything else. The incoming administration loves taxes, they just call them tariffs.

    • @Tygerspa
      @Tygerspa 16 дней назад

      I remember. I worked at McDonald's in 1978, '79 and '80. They were awesome. Real milkshakes, with real strawberries that would get stuck in the straw. Real vanilla. The best for sure. Now it's some kind of yogurt crap... No thanks. 😎

  • @ReekingGallant
    @ReekingGallant 19 дней назад +20

    The cheese never made sense to me.

    • @michaelturner2806
      @michaelturner2806 19 дней назад +2

      Same here. It also makes me think of the Arby's buffalo chicken slider also having a slice of cheese. The tastes are fine without it and I think detracts with it.

    • @mindwreckRC
      @mindwreckRC 19 дней назад +1

      cause we love cheese..

  • @Oldgreycowboy
    @Oldgreycowboy 10 дней назад +1

    The bun is like styrofoam.

  • @pkill23
    @pkill23 3 дня назад

    the urban myths about mcdonalds food not being real is so weird

  • @findaxelfoley8106
    @findaxelfoley8106 19 дней назад +24

    We ate so many filet-o-fish that we put that fish on endangered species list! Wow!

    • @powertothesheeple5422
      @powertothesheeple5422 15 дней назад

      You should look up how many aminals humans have hunted to extinction or put on the endangered species list - It's staggering. Alot of them had nothing to do with food as well.

    • @zacatecanjack4476
      @zacatecanjack4476 9 дней назад

      god bless human endeavor.

  • @derek-64
    @derek-64 19 дней назад +8

    Ah yes, the og narrator. ❤

  • @grandmapamm
    @grandmapamm 17 дней назад +10

    The fish sandwich was the only sandwich I ever liked from McDonalds I don’t eat beef so I always got the fish sandwich but now I can no longer afford to eat fast food.

    • @sirebellum0
      @sirebellum0 14 дней назад +1

      I'm hoping you meant biologically rather than your income has stagnated that much . . . .

    • @thankyoujesus2918
      @thankyoujesus2918 9 дней назад

      @@sirebellum0Everyone is suffering financially,what are you talking about!

    • @sirebellum0
      @sirebellum0 8 дней назад +1

      @@thankyoujesus2918 Suffering financially and not being able to afford fast food EVER are 2 different things . . .
      It's a $10 meal (for me in one of the most expensive cities in the country, so even less in most other parts). If you don't ever have $10 to spare, then yes, I worry for you.

  • @1fishmob
    @1fishmob 9 дней назад

    You know, in hindsight, that processed Krabby Patty from the Krabby-O-Monday doesn't seem to unrealistic anymore.

    • @gordonfreeman7187
      @gordonfreeman7187 8 дней назад +1

      Everything you eat besides fresh produce and homemade meals with your own ingredients is processed. Restaurants are no different especially fast food.

  • @Centauri27
    @Centauri27 3 дня назад +1

    Very interesting to learn the history of this burger! And how it's still the "healthiest" despite all those chemicals... I always wondered why McD didn't branch off to fish & chips: a couple of the filets, side of fries, a bit of cole slaw. I'll bet that would sell well, esp. for the carb-conscious types who avoid the buns in the first place.

  • @sublimationman
    @sublimationman 17 дней назад +23

    Around 10 years ago I watched a show on those super factory ships that supply the majority of pollock to stores of all types. In the bottom of the ship are full on production lines where the mass amounts of fish are cleaned and fillet to make super market product, the bones and skin are the run under nylon roller brushes to scrape every last bit of meat loose (waste not want not) and that goes into a slurry that is pressed into the giant blocks that are frozen and then sliced into the signature square shapes, breaded and par cooked and then boxed up and frozen ready to ship to your local McDonalds. I love me so filet o fish even knowing it how it's produced. Oh, and that slurry is also used to make fake crab legs, they make it in large slabs that are boiled with crab water (water that was used to cook actual crab) and they add a strip of red coloring to it and then it gets sliced up in leg size bits and frozen for use in restaurants, and other food makers often sold as Krab (with a K) instead of crab.

    • @massmike11
      @massmike11 17 дней назад +3

      I dont think it is made from slurry, the flakiness of the fish is wrong for that. Not saying it’s great fish but i flakes like a more solid fish.

    • @Garth2011
      @Garth2011 14 дней назад +1

      Likely, ship processed/frozen seafood is the freshest to same day wild caught seafood. It can't get much fresher than being processed on the boat days before reaching the pier where they would off load caught fish to be processed on land. In Japan, they don't waste anything from a fish carcass, they also will scrape the meat from the tiny bones and use it for a slurry bowl of sushi etc.

  • @eecajledo8430
    @eecajledo8430 19 дней назад +20

    @ 4:24 is what a Filet-O-Fish used to look like the filet was bigger then the bun! ANd that looks like a whole slice of cheese to me.
    I suspect the size changed in 2013 with the switch from cod to pollock.

    • @capnzilog
      @capnzilog 19 дней назад +7

      Oh yeah, its size has changed at least twice since the original. Most of the time it's a rather undersized sandwich, nearly a snack

    • @vanpearsall
      @vanpearsall 18 дней назад +1

      Somebody said they started using goldfish

    • @eragon78
      @eragon78 17 дней назад

      @@vanpearsall Goldfish are too small for a singular cut. So thatd only make sense if it was ground up, which it doesnt appear to be.
      Plus, it tastes like pollock. Ive never had goldfish, but ive had pollock from a lot of places, and thats what the McDonald's fish sandwich tastes like.

    • @ferociousfil5747
      @ferociousfil5747 17 дней назад

      Worked in thems at McDonald’s and rest assure that it’s a half slice since forever.

  • @dropout818
    @dropout818 19 дней назад +6

    The official sandwich of old people

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 17 дней назад +1

      You have no respect for your elders, young whippersnapper! 😅

    • @AnimeCrackDealer
      @AnimeCrackDealer 17 дней назад

      Have I been old since elementary school?

    • @alanh1406
      @alanh1406 16 дней назад

      It was my grandmothers favorite. 😂

    • @Garth2011
      @Garth2011 14 дней назад

      Apparently there are a lot of old youngsters running around. All of us in Jr high and high school ate filet o fish sandwiches weekly.

  • @pcbpo23
    @pcbpo23 13 дней назад +4

    I'm 50 and never tried a Filet-O-Fish. My catholic family always went to Long John Silvers. However, I've hear they don't taste as good as they used to.

  • @jimdkc
    @jimdkc 11 дней назад +1

    Filet-O-Fish was always one of my favorite things to eat at McDonald's. Actually, today, I'd rather have a Culver's fish sandwich!

  • @-RAYZ-
    @-RAYZ- 19 дней назад +4

    4:41 Wendy in her spy days before starting her own fast food chain......

  • @addanametocontinue
    @addanametocontinue 19 дней назад +8

    The filet o fish is one of the most overpriced items on the McD's menu, as well. Used to be a good deal, now it's just overpriced.

    • @AtechG35
      @AtechG35 18 дней назад

      You couldn't pay me to eat there, it's garbage.

  • @darthfox45
    @darthfox45 19 дней назад +6

    I like this guy the best, but we should give the other voices a chance! As long as they're not AI.

  • @Stephen-gk3ds
    @Stephen-gk3ds 4 дня назад

    We want two changes: 1) Change the fish to Orange Roughy and 2) Make the fish rectangular and a bigger sandwich

  • @zaphod22
    @zaphod22 9 дней назад

    I never considered McDummies as a place where real food was sold.

  • @Riztastic1
    @Riztastic1 19 дней назад +6

    I haven't ate fast food in a while. I think Arby's has the best fish sandwich. I loved their fish flatbreads.

    • @amyrussell860
      @amyrussell860 19 дней назад

      I would say Culver's.

    • @Riztastic1
      @Riztastic1 19 дней назад

      @amyrussell860 I have never been to one of them. I'm in pa. Not sure where the closest would be located.

    • @ArthurIdis3
      @ArthurIdis3 19 дней назад

      ​@@Riztastic1Head into Ohio, you'll stumble across one sooner or later.

    • @realtruth172
      @realtruth172 17 дней назад +1

      arbys are good just so you know there is carp in there caught in the rock river in Wisconsin trucked down south to a processing plant I watched them catch them load in semi trucks that's what the guys said . I still eat them.

  • @yokoreia
    @yokoreia 16 дней назад +6

    I always feel nauseous like I ate detergents with fast food garbage

  • @dethpig420
    @dethpig420 19 дней назад +9

    I’m an absolute weirdo, but the filet o fish has been my favorite McDonald’s item since I was a kid. Second to the Big Mac. I just love it. I miss the old days when it would be .99 cents for lent Fridays in my area. I’d order like 4 of them lol.

    • @eragon78
      @eragon78 17 дней назад +2

      Apparently most people dont like the sandwhich, but im there with you. Its my favorite item on the menu too, my second favorite being their bacon egg and cheese breakfast bagel sandwiches.

  • @jeffreystieve8017
    @jeffreystieve8017 12 дней назад

    I think the marketing trial of stacking more than one Filet on a sandwich was a horrible idea.

  • @MrStensnask
    @MrStensnask 13 дней назад

    They missed a golden opportunity calling it "the McCod"

  • @KrohnosOW
    @KrohnosOW 19 дней назад +14

    I had one for the first time recently and they are delish - but the size vs price will keep me from ordering it again.

    • @TheBlackRam666
      @TheBlackRam666 18 дней назад

      That's true for the whole menu these days at any given fast food place tho tbh

    • @eragon78
      @eragon78 17 дней назад +2

      Thats always been my issue with it too. I love them, but its just way too pricy.
      I loved back a few years ago when they would do 2 for $5 though. I would get them a lot during that deal. Too bad they dont do it anymore.

  • @panatypical
    @panatypical 17 дней назад +6

    Most food is garbage. I don't know what we're going to do,

  • @Andrea-rw9tf
    @Andrea-rw9tf 18 дней назад +5

    It is definitely fish, I bought one years back and it had bones.

  • @byeries
    @byeries 4 дня назад

    This has to be a filet-o-fish ad. Made me want one lol

  • @davidlee50
    @davidlee50 7 дней назад +1

    I can hardly wait for the imitation bun to happen..............

  • @voiceofreason2674
    @voiceofreason2674 19 дней назад +6

    Very few locations serve it right, but when its right it's good

    • @eragon78
      @eragon78 17 дней назад +2

      Really? Ive had it at a few locations and never had any issues with it. Always tastes the same, and always tastes great.

  • @vulpo
    @vulpo 19 дней назад +7

    Wendy's agrees: Squares are the most delicious shape!

    • @PhantomFilmAustralia
      @PhantomFilmAustralia 19 дней назад

      Yet sandwiches made with square slices taste better cut into triangles.