Authentic fishcake recipe for consumers abandoned by Gorton’s
There was a time when Gorton’s offered wonderful time-saving fishcake products. Canned ‘ready-to-fry’, Gorton’s brand frozen fishcakes and fishballs, and best of all, Red L brand frozen fish cakes made with exactly the right proportion of salt cod. But no more.
So here’s a question for readers …. Are fishcakes obsolete?
For posterity, here is a recipe from our artist friend, the late Mary (Desmond) Lizotte. It came from her mother. Mary’s father was from Nova Scotia and captain of a square rigger.
Al and Phyllis Bezanson
Editor’s note from Joey: Best fish cakes ever were made by old timer and good friend of ours at the dock who has passed a long time ago now- Leo “The Flounder” Ciaramitaro but Leo’s fish cakes would have a whole lot of garlic in them. God, Frank and I used to pound down a tray of them at the dock.
Good Morning Gloucester 