Fish fry!
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
United States
March 2, 2018 12:09pm CST
While we are coming up on March that signals the start of fish fry season here in the mid-west.
While I am not a Catholic - I believe the area fish frys are popular because of the largely Catholic population who must eat fish / not red meat - during the Lent season leading up to Easter.
However, happily you don't need to be Catholic to partake in the eating of the fish.
Fish fry tends to happen in small towns at local bars, sometimes even local halls that a rented just for the occasion. The surroundings are usually not fancy, but the food is delicious. Filets of fish are served all you can eat along with tartar sauce and red sauce and if you are lucky - lemons. The side dishes vary from place to place and may include a baked potato, french fries, cole slaw, beans, chips, dinner roll. You may get a choice on what to order with your fish, or you may not, taking what is offered from the buffet line. Almost always you can order as much fish as you want. Though it depends on the place if you get more of the side dishes or no.
Do fish fry happen in your part of the world?
Photo: Pixabay
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
3 Mar 18
Not that i know of. But i had scalleps today from our local seafood joint tjat opened yesterday
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@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
5 Mar 18
@FayeHazel its good, least the scallops are lol.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Interesting. Must be a regional thing. Ahhh, you can have the scallops... hope the seafood place is good though
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
6 Mar 18
@Courtlynn , I will leave you to the scallops
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
5 Mar 18
@FayeHazel Well, thanks to you, I ordered it on my Friday date night, with lemon. It was extra crispy fresh grouper and so delicious!!!!
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Mmm, I bet vinegar is good on there. I know I like lemon on my fried fish. Good for you for cutting back on the fried stuff though.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
@DianneN Mmm I love how the crispy batter picks up the lemon
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@just4him (317277)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Mar 18
@FayeHazel Not going to happen. No funds. However, I have plenty of fish in my freezer.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
6 Mar 18
@just4him Aw shoot. Well, at least you have fish in freezer... almost as good.... maybe better
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Yay! Those fish fry are so good. I hope to go to one this coming week
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
8 Mar 18
@FayeHazel
It takes time but when I do it I like making it. I should get some soon and make it. I will have to think about it for after our holiday and decide what the main course will be and maybe make rice too with it. I like it Faye. I have instructions I follow so it turns out.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
8 Mar 18
@Hannihar Fish and rice sound good. When I get brave I have a Chili Lime fish recipe for baked fish. SOunds tasty
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
7 Mar 18
Wow, that is cool. Fish out of such a historic river. I would love to know how to make fish at home, but always worry about getting it done enough
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
7 Mar 18
@Raj7779 I agree, most of it is nasty
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Ah - I can understand that. I don't like most seafood myself - other than fish and shrimp
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
10 Mar 18
They do over here and lots and I am not a big fish fan at all but I will eat plaice, and cods roe or a bit of salmon but nothing more than that.
Being Easter very soon the celebrations and preparations are already being prepared.
Lots of parades and singing Saetas and all that its very colourful to see.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Mar 18
@FayeHazel
You can see bits of them on youtube sometimes and they take place all over Spain so you have a great choice really.
I have not had Salmon in a long time either.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
11 Mar 18
I can't imagine how beautiful all those parades are. Salmon is good, I haven't had it in a long time
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Are they prepared fried like in the photo? That is cool! I wouldn't have thought but it makes sense
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Interesting, must be a regional thing
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Oh it's so true. I like the deep fried taste.... I know it's not good for a person.... yummy though
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Mar 18
@FayeHazel I know and yes very yummy there
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Interesting, must be a regional thing
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Apr 18
Very tasty! Do you have fish prepared in this fashion where you are?
@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
3 Mar 18
In the Caribbean it is always there But I cannot say if Christians are more customers of this dish. Fish here is very very expensive dish. On one of my non-vegetarian days, I wanted to try a fish fillet, but that cost well over $80.00 TT (13.33 US). I can't afford that for a meal.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Oh dear! $13 for filet of fish is very expensive. I'm surprised it is that expensive....
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
14 Aug 18
I have fish daily. Today I had fish curry and fish fry too. We mostly have fried fish.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
19 Aug 18
Oh interesting - I never thought of curry with fish fry but I bet that would be tasty together...
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@marguicha (223850)
• Chile
2 Mar 18
Not much here even though there are many Catholic people in my country. But I did buy a lot of fish today at the supermarket. I read the list of food I should and shouldn´t eat for resistance to insulin and I must eat lots of fish, hardly any red meat.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
That's interesting. I have insulin resistance as well. Ah, I assume they told you too about the low or no carbs ? I didn't know about low red meat though
@Orson_Kart (6850)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 18
Friday is the traditional day for eating fish here in the UK all year round.
Although I'm not a Catholic, I am from a Catholic family and they had to give up something they liked during lent. I wasn't aware that they had to stick to fish though.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
I've heard that some of the older tradition Catholics eat no meat on any Fridays.
I've always heard that the giving up of something you like for lent is now an option. I don't know if that's correct or not though. It seems to me like there are or have been different versions of Catholic through the years
@andriaperry (117157)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Mar 18
At least 2-3 times a week! HAHA! I am not eating red meat much I do love seafood and any fish.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Oh good for you for cutting back on the red meat. I wish I liked seafood and fish better than I do, though I do love the fish fry kind of fish
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 18
That looks good. I like fried fish.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Mmmm nothing quite like a good fish fry
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@thislittlepennyearns (62946)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
2 Mar 18
We eat fish all the time. This week we had salmon 2x, and will probably have a different kind of fish tomorrow. Depending on my work schedule/how I feel.
I live in the south/ fish fries happen all the time.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Nice! I have a salmon recipe I want to try, but I always worry about how to tell when it's done.
It's cool you guys have fish fry year round
