You know the fried & battered strips of chicken they serve at restaurants, why do they call them "Chicken Fingers"?

I don't know.

I have no idea. I don't eat chicken, so this isn't something I think about.

One of life's great mysteries.

To gross you out...

They call them "Chicken Fingers" so as not to be confused with "Fish Fingers". "Chicken Fingers" are the ones which are made out of chicken. "Fish Fingers" are the ones which are made out of sawdust. Then of course you have your "Lady Fingers" which are made out of...

They look like fingers. Some places call them chicken strips because they stopped shaping them to look like fingers.

I guess...

Because they're made of chicken, and shaped like fingers.

Because they are finger shaped... look up finger in the dictionary and you'll find that the 2nd definition is self-referential ("something that resembles a finger").

I prefer childrens fingers myself

Because they are finger shaped pieces of chicken?!

That's a good question, because you'd think they'd want to gross people out as little as possible, and the name chicken fingers does not help with that.

Yes,and girl scout cookies, & dog biscuits, & now I'll be up all night again.

Thank God, I was sure chicken's didn't have fingers. At least I thought not. I feel so relieved. Thanks so much.

because they're finger shaped?

Erm, because they are made of chicken and bear a passing resemblance to fingers?

I believe there is a Chinese Dim Sum dish that consists of a chicken's claw gripping a meatball or something like that. I don't think you're suppose to eat the chicken's (fingers?) though.

Because it has become customary in the food industry to refer to long strips of things as fingers.
Cf. Lady fingers (longish strips of cake), Chicken fingers, etc.
It's "finger food"!

For the same reason they call those small, spongy cakes "lady fingers". Because of their shape.

Same reason they call them buffalo wings.

Chickens *do* have fingers They're just covered up by the wings. Look for the phalanges below - they're bones making up the fingers or toes. Grossed out now?

Because they look just like steak fingers and it was probably easy to call them that.

because... they look like... fingers...

actually... I'm pretty sure you are supposed to eat the feet. I'm not sure there's any meatball included. I always skip that cart at dimsum.

Same reason they call fish fingers - fingers. They are finger shaped and made of fish. I think in America you call them fish sticks. We call them 'Fish Fingers'. And now we have veg fingers.

Excellent! You rock!

b/c the idea all got started when someone was cutting potatos back in the day, and they accidently cut their finger, and it fell in the frier. Doesn't everyone know this?

Kinda obvious, 'cause they sorta shaped like finger.

This supports my choice to not eat chicken parts at all.

Nope, geologists rock - biologists get into the major and minor grooves......

Oh no...biology humour.

Pedantic biology humor at that!

It's frightening. Soon I'll be wearing a woolly jumper all the time and growing a beard

I guess the reason is obvious--they're in the shape of fingers?

I should hope the beard will be in a petri dish!

Made from chicken breasts? I guess it sounded better than bewb strips!

I think it's because you eat them with your fingers and it sounds better than strips.

A beard of mould...yuck!

I think they call them chicken fingers because they are long and thin like fingers. Plus, if you call them fingers, kids will think they are cool and want to eat more of them!

biology humour...comes naturally

Never heard of them

I don't know...chickens have neither fingers nor nuggets.

None of the restaurants I've gone to call them chicken fingers. I've seen terms such as chicken breast fillets, chicken tenders, chicken strips, but not chicken fingers. Maybe I'm eating at the wrong restaurants.

I've never heard them called that.

They should call them Chicken Lips.

I've only heard the term "chicken strips". Maybe it's a regional thing.