Name: 麥當勞的「麥香魚」用的真的是魚嗎？ (Is the Filet-O-Fish Actually Fish?)
Uploaded: 2025-01-06T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 10 min 27 s

The Filet-O-Fish is one of the most famous items on the McDonald's menu.

魚片是麥當勞菜單上最著名的菜品之一。

Before the advent of its fishy shtick, the fast food giant only sold burgers, fries, milkshakes, and various drinks like Coke, root beer, milk, and coffee.

在 "魚腥味 "出現之前，這家快餐巨頭只出售漢堡、薯條、奶昔和各種飲料，如可樂、根啤、牛奶和咖啡。

These classic items served the chain well for over a decade.

這些經典產品為連鎖店提供了十多年的良好服務。

But as the franchise expanded, so did the needs of the fast food loving public.

但隨著特許經營的擴大，喜愛快餐的公眾的需求也在不斷增加。

And the Filet-O-Fish caught our collective attention.

而 Filet-O-Fish 則引起了我們的集體關注。

But how much fish is actually in a Filet-O-Fish?

但是，魚排裡到底有多少魚呢？

Well, today, we're trawling the depths to figure out what's actually in a Filet-O-Fish.

今天，我們將深入探究魚排裡到底有什麼。

But before we dive into today's video, be sure to subscribe to the Weird History Food channel.

在我們開始觀看今天的視頻之前，請務必訂閱 "怪誕歷史美食 "頻道。

And let us know in the comments which historic fast food menu item you would like to hear about next.

請在評論中告訴我們您想了解下一個歷史悠久的快餐菜單項目。

OK, time to get to the bottom of this fish tank.

好了，是時候瞭解這個魚缸的底部了。

Lou Grohn was a World War II veteran and restaurateur who opened the Cincinnati area's first ever McDonald's location on January 13, 1959.

Lou Grohn 是一名二戰老兵，也是一名餐館老闆，他於 1959 年 1 月 13 日在辛辛那提地區開設了第一家麥當勞分店。

By that point, Grohn had already managed a successful cafe and served as the president of the Restaurant Association of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

那時，格羅恩已經成功管理了一家咖啡館，並擔任了大辛辛那提和北肯塔基餐廳協會的主席。

So he should have had what it took to bring Mickey D's to a whole new market.

是以，他應該有能力將米奇達餐廳帶入一個全新的市場。

But much to Grohn's dismay, business was slow to start.

但令格羅恩失望的是，生意開始得很慢。

With the help of his wife and children, his humble fast food joint treaded water for two years, but just couldn't make enough money to stay afloat.

在妻兒的幫助下，他的簡陋快餐店勉強維持了兩年，但賺不到足夠的錢。

Their worst business day of the week was Friday, and not because the entire town was following some diet trend, although that was technically kind of the case.

他們一週中生意最差的一天是週五，這並不是因為全城都在追趕減肥的潮流，雖然從技術上講，這也算是一種情況。

Grohn's McDonald's only made around $75 every Friday because 87% of the population in his corner of Cincinnati was Catholic.

格羅恩的麥當勞每週五隻能賺到 75 美元左右，因為他所在的辛辛那提有 87% 的人口信奉天主教。

And Catholics abstained from eating red meat on Fridays.

Unsurprisingly, this was bad news for a burger restaurant.

不出所料，這對一家漢堡店來說是個壞消息。

If Grohn wanted to keep his head above water, he'd have to come up with a way to reel in crowds on their holy days.

如果格羅恩想保住飯碗，他就必須想出一個辦法，在神聖的日子裡吸引觀眾。

Luckily for him, he wasn't the only fast food restaurant in town.

幸運的是，他並不是鎮上唯一的快餐店。

Another local chain, Frisch's Big Boy, was thriving.

當地的另一家連鎖店 Frisch's Big Boy 生意興隆。

And Grohn determined that the uptick in business had to do with the fish sandwich the place was serving to its Catholic patrons.

格羅恩認為，生意上升與該店為天主教顧客提供的魚肉三明治有關。

It became his mission to net himself some of that business.

他的任務就是為自己爭取一些業務。

So he went to work cooking up his own recipe for his newly dubbed Filet-O-Fish sandwich.

於是，他開始為新命名的 "魚片三明治 "配製自己的食譜。

In 1961, Grohn took his sandwich all the way to the top, traveling to the McDonald's corporate office in Chicago to meet legendary owner Ray Kroc.

1961 年，格羅恩帶著他的三明治來到位於芝加哥的麥當勞公司，見到了傳奇老闆雷-克洛克（Ray Kroc）。

In a 2006 interview, Grohn told Business Courier that Kroc was opposed to the idea because he didn't want his McDonald's restaurants stunk up with a smell of fish.

在 2006 年的一次採訪中，格羅恩告訴《商業信使》，克羅克反對這個想法，因為他不希望自己的麥當勞餐廳被魚腥味弄得臭氣熏天。

As it happened, Kroc thought up his own meat-based alternative for practicing Catholics.

就這樣，克洛克為信奉天主教的人想出了自己的肉類替代品。

Kroc's innovative vegetarian burger was, wait for it, a slice of pineapple and cheese on a hamburger bun.

克洛克的創新素食漢堡就是在漢堡包上放一片菠蘿和奶酪。

The renowned businessman was confusingly confident that his sweet and cheesy treat would have a mass appeal.

這位赫赫有名的商人自信滿滿地認為，他的奶酪甜點一定會受到大眾的歡迎。

But he didn't want to dismiss Grohn's idea outright.

但他不想直接否定格羅恩的想法。

Apparently, in the mood for some friendly competition,

Kroc left the ultimate decision up to the public.

克洛克將最終決定權留給了公眾。

On Good Friday, 1962, Grohn's Filet-O-Fish sandwich and Kroc's Hula Burger battled it out in a few select McDonald's locations.

1962 年的耶穌受難日，格羅恩的菲力-奧-魚三明治和克羅克的草裙舞漢堡在麥當勞的一些特定分店展開了激烈的競爭。

Whichever item sold the most by the end of the day would earn a permanent spot on the menu.

一天結束時，哪種商品賣得最多，哪種商品就能在菜單上佔據永久位置。

Unfortunately for Kroc, it wasn't so much a battle as it was a slaughter.

不幸的是，對克洛克來說，這與其說是一場戰鬥，不如說是一場屠殺。

350 Filet-O-Fish sandwiches were sold on that Good Friday, while the Hula Burger floundered with a measly six.

在那個耶穌受難日，菲力魚三明治賣出了 350 個，而草裙漢堡只賣出了 6 個。

After swallowing his pride and presumably a fish sandwich,

在忍氣吞聲之後，他大概吃了一個魚肉三明治、

Throughout the next few years, the Filet-O-Fish was rolled out at McDonald's franchise locations across the country.

在接下來的幾年裡，"菲力-奧-魚 "在全國各地的麥當勞加盟店陸續推出。

And in 1965, it officially became the first new item added to McDonald's national menu since Ray Kroc took over the chain.

1965 年，它正式成為雷-克洛克接管麥當勞連鎖店後，麥當勞全國菜單上增加的第一個新項目。

Kroc joked that after all that work, the pope would change the rules.

克洛克開玩笑說，在做了這麼多工作之後，教皇會改變規則的。

And sure enough, the same year the Filet-O-Fish went national, the Second Vatican Council announced that red meat was no longer off the menu on all Fridays.

果然，就在 "菲力魚 "風靡全國的同一年，梵蒂岡第二屆大公會議宣佈，所有星期五的菜單上都不再有紅肉。

Now, carnivorous Catholics only had to give up their meat during Lent.

現在，食肉的天主教徒只需在四旬齋期間戒肉即可。

But that didn't stop the Filet-O-Fish from becoming an exceedingly popular staple at McDonald's locations across the country.

但這並不妨礙 "菲力魚 "成為麥當勞在全國各地的主打產品。

Over the six decades it has enjoyed being on the menu, it disappeared only briefly in 1996 as a part of McDonald's poorly conceived deluxe line.

六十年來，麥當勞的菜單上一直有它的身影，只是在 1996 年作為麥當勞構思拙劣的豪華系列的一部分而短暫消失。

It returned soon after due to public outcry.

由於公眾的強烈抗議，它很快又回來了。

Also over those six decades, the Filet-O-Fish has been the subject of several marketing campaigns, though you probably don't remember most of them.

此外，在這六十年裡，菲力魚還曾多次成為營銷活動的主題，不過你可能已經不記得其中的大部分了。

As it turns out, the big fish sells itself.

事實證明，大魚會自己賣出去。

And the sandwich's original slogan, the fish that catches people, told us as much.

三明治最初的口號 "釣人的魚 "也告訴了我們這一點。

Mickey D's stuck with that catchy slogan until 1976 when they introduced a fresh face to their growing lineup of mascot characters.

米奇 D's一直堅持著這句朗朗上口的口號，直到 1976 年，他們為自己不斷壯大的吉祥物陣容引入了一張全新的面孔。

Mr. Phil A. O'Fish was a smiling fish wearing a fetching hat and a sea captain's jacket.

菲爾-A-奧菲什先生是一條微笑的魚，頭戴一頂漂亮的帽子，身穿船長夾克。

With a McDonald's logo emblazoned on the front, he carried a fishing net and encouraged hungry guests to try the Filet-O-Fish for a surprisingly good taste.

他的車頭印有麥當勞的標誌，他拿著漁網，鼓勵飢餓的客人品嚐菲力魚，味道出奇的好。

Despite Phil's best efforts to sell out his brethren and save his own tail, he was retired just a year later.

儘管菲爾竭盡全力出賣自己的弟兄，保住自己的尾巴，但僅僅一年後，他就退休了。

In place of Phil, McDonald's went through a slew of advertisements for the sandwich, including 1976's Food for Thought campaign, 1978's Deliciously Different slogan, and 2009's iconic Give Me Back That Filet-O-Fish commercials.

取代菲爾的是麥當勞的一系列三明治廣告，包括 1976 年的 "Food for Thought "廣告、1978 年的 "Deliciously Different "口號以及 2009 年的標誌性 "Give Me Back That Filet-O-Fish" 廣告。

As for Grown, he opened a total of 42 McDonald's locations over the years and raked in millions of dollars until he sold the lot back to the company in 1986.

至於 Grown，他多年來總共開設了 42 家麥當勞分店，賺取了數百萬美元，直到 1986 年才將這塊地賣回公司。

The titan of industry passed away in 2011, but his legacy lives on in his family, with many of his relatives owning their own McDonald's franchises, which all proudly serve his fishy creation.

這位行業巨頭於 2011 年逝世，但他的遺產在他的家族中得以延續，他的許多親戚都擁有自己的麥當勞特許經營店，這些店都自豪地供應他創造的腥味食品。

OK, so we know the history of the sandwich.

好了，我們瞭解了三明治的歷史。

Now it's time to find out what's actually in it, because there are a few phrases that send more terror through a foodie's spine than fast food seafood.

現在是時候瞭解一下它到底有什麼成分了，因為有幾個詞會比快餐海鮮更讓美食家感到恐懼。

Along with its ever-changing marketing campaigns, the Filet-O-Fish has seen a fair few changes to its recipe over the years.

多年來，隨著營銷活動的不斷變化，菲力魚的配方也發生了不少變化。

Originally, Grown's sandwich was a simple piece of battered halibut, tartar sauce, and a slice of cheese between two hamburger buns.

最初，Grown 的三明治只是在兩個漢堡包之間夾上一塊簡單的烤比目魚、塔塔醬和一片奶酪。

Between its invention and its official launch in 1965,

The first was trimming down that slice of cheese.

You may have noticed that the modern Filet-O-Fish, as we know it today, only comes with a half slice of cheese rather than a whole square.

您可能已經注意到，如今我們所熟知的 "菲力魚"（Filet-O-Fish）只配有半片奶酪，而不是一整塊。

According to McDonald's Big Cheeses, this was because an entire slice would overpower the taste of fish.

根據麥當勞大奶酪公司的說法，這是因為一整片奶酪會蓋過魚肉的味道。

But some suspect it was merely a cost-cutting measure.

但有人懷疑這只是一項削減成本的措施。

The next change McDonald's made to the original recipe was the bun.

麥當勞對原配方的下一個改動是麵包。

Rather than a traditional toasted hamburger bun, the Filet-O-Fish is served on a fluffier steamed bun, which helps keep the taste and texture of the fish from being overpowered.

Filet-O-Fish 採用的不是傳統的烤漢堡包，而是更鬆軟的饅頭，這有助於保持魚肉的口感和質地，避免味道過重。

The third and final change to Grown's recipe was the fish itself.

對 Grown 菜單的第三個也是最後一個改動是魚本身。

Halibut turned out to be too expensive to use on a nationwide scale.

結果發現大比目魚太貴，無法在全國範圍內使用。

Originally, the Filet-O-Fish was to be sold for $0.25, but the use of halibut made it cost $0.30.

Filet-O-Fish 最初的售價是 0.25 美元，但由於使用了大比目魚，售價變成了 0.30 美元。

Cod became the fish of choice for the new sandwich.

鱈魚成為新三明治的首選魚類。

But in order to avoid association with cod liver oil, they called the main ingredient by its fancier name,

但為了避免與魚肝油聯繫在一起，他們將主要成分叫成了更響亮的名字、

The deceptively marketed cod was the de facto Filet-O-Fish ingredient for 50 years at the fast food chain, but that changed in 2013.

在這家快餐連鎖店的 50 年裡，被欺騙性銷售的鱈魚一直是 Filet-O-Fish 事實上的配料，但這種情況在 2013 年發生了變化。

After North Atlantic Whitefish were placed on the critically endangered species list,

在北大西洋白鮭被列入極度瀕危物種名單之後、

McDonald's switched to the cheap and sustainable Alaska Pollock, which it still uses today.

麥當勞改用廉價且可持續的阿拉斯加波洛克魚，至今仍在使用。

But no matter what kind of fish you're slicing, none of them are square.

但無論你切的是哪種魚，它們都不是方形的。

So why do the Filet-O-Fish patties boast such a specific square shape?

那麼，為什麼菲力-奧-魚肉餅的形狀是如此特別的方形呢？

Well, according to Mickey D's corporate office, their Alaska Pollock is layered in whole filets and then cut into convenient blocks of fish flesh, which can then be easily processed and stored.

據 Mickey D's 公司辦公室介紹，他們的阿拉斯加鱈魚是整片分層的，然後切成方便食用的魚肉塊，這樣就可以很容易地加工和儲存。

And we all know squares are the most delicious shape.

我們都知道，正方形是最美味的形狀。

The breading of the patty also contains bleached white flour made with chemicals like benzoyl peroxide, potassium bromate, or chlorine.

肉餅的裹粉也含有漂白白麵粉，這些麵粉是用過氧化苯甲酰、溴酸鉀或氯等化學物質製成的。

Fish and chlorine usually don't mix, except at McDonald's.

魚和氯通常不會混在一起，麥當勞除外。

Chlorine and peroxide aren't the only chemicals you may worry about when you pull up to your local McDonald's drive-thru for the catch of the day.

當您在當地的麥當勞快餐店購買當天的漁獲時，氯和過氧化物並不是您唯一擔心的化學物質。

There is also a not-so-healthy dose of hydrogenated soybean oil in there for good measure.

此外，其中還添加了不太健康的氫化大豆油。

Hydrogenated soybean oil is used in all sorts of fast food items because it helps keep them shelf-stable for longer periods of time.

氫化大豆油被用於各種快餐食品中，因為它有助於延長食品的保質期。

But it has also been linked to diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

但它也與糖尿病、心臟病和中風有關。

And finally, the Filet-O-Fish is also hiding polysorbate 80, which is made from dehydrated sugar, alcohol, and fatty acids.

最後，Filet-O-Fish 還隱藏了聚山梨醇酯 80，它是由脫水糖、酒精和脂肪酸製成的。

It helps to reduce fat separation in food.

它有助於減少食物中的脂肪分離。

But it's also used in household cleaners and cosmetics.

但它也用於家用清潔劑和化妝品。