Funny that we have certain collective nouns that don't cross meat types.
-- Fish sticks
-- Chicken nuggets or fingers
-- Shrimp poppers
And beef / pork don't seem to ever fall into those. (pork sticks?? Beef nuggets??)
Maybe because beef, pork seem worthy of preserving identity as a piece of a distinguishable reputable whole parent, while fish, chicken, are sometimes almost.... um, extruded and need a noun of their own after such process?
-- Fish sticks
-- Chicken nuggets or fingers
-- Shrimp poppers
And beef / pork don't seem to ever fall into those. (pork sticks?? Beef nuggets??)
Maybe because beef, pork seem worthy of preserving identity as a piece of a distinguishable reputable whole parent, while fish, chicken, are sometimes almost.... um, extruded and need a noun of their own after such process?