OK, and in all this, I'm wondering about fish balls. The Wikipedia article on fish balls describes fishballs from Scandinavia and Asia, and all those fishballs are made out of ..... fish. But the Wikipedia article on Il Pesceballo says a fishball was a fried New England concoction made of potatoes and fish stock, and usually eaten for breakfast. Has anyone eaten these delicacies? Are they sold in diners in New England? Are they like tater-tots cooked in fish juice? There's a Portuguese dish made of potatoes and fish - any connection?

-Joe-