After cooking, allow the fish sticks to drain 15 seconds and place the fish sticks on a paper napkin or towel to absorb excess oil. Distortion is measured as the greatest deviation from the long axis. Breaks in the coating are objectionable bare spots through which the fish flesh is plainly visible. Lumps are objectionable outcroppings of breading on the stick surface. Ridges are projections of excess breading at the edges of the fish flesh.
Depressions are objectionable visible voids or shallow areas which are lightly covered by breading.
Blisters are measured by the swelling or exposed area in the coating resulting from the bursting or breaking of the coating. Curd refers to crater-like holes in the breading filled with coagulated albumin. Each square is counted as 1 whether it is full or fractional. Each square is counted as 1 whether it is full or fractional. A potentially harmful bone is one that after being cooked is capable of piercing or hurting the palate.