It's a Gorton's Fish Night
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (87794)
United States
July 26, 2024 7:19pm CST
I admit, it's not a fish fry. I am from Wisconsin, and one thing we know is a fish fry. Since moving to Illinois over 10 years ago, it has been one of my biggest disappointments here.
They absolutely do not know what a real fish fry is.
Luckily, I know how to do a proper beer battered fish fry and absolutely do one on occasion. But it's a bit time consuming and messy, so it's not like it is something I am going to do every single week.
But the wife and I have still been making Fridays a somewhat fish night nonetheless.
Our fish of choice are Gorton's fish filets which I will usually make with some tater tots, and we'll serve them slathered with a little tartar sauce with some ketchup to compliment the tater tots.
It's what's for dinner tonight. I have one more package in the freezer downstairs, so I guess I will add it to the shopping list to get some more.
It's not a fish fry by any stretch of the imagination. But it is better than anything we could ever get here, and considering a bag of 10 filets generally runs about under $7, it is also fairly economical.
It fills the bill anyway. What's going on your dinner table tonight? Or what did you have last night depending on when you read this?
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@moffittjc (121382)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Jul
We cooked salmon in the new air fryer. It was absolutely amazing!
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@moffittjc (121382)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Aug
@porwest I’m lucky that everyone in my household loves salmon. We’d probably eat it every night if it was more affordable.
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@porwest (87794)
• United States
18 Aug
@moffittjc I know I'd be eating it way more often on both counts.
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@marguicha (221452)
• Chile
27 Jul
I fry trout and salmon once in a while but it has nothing to do with a wonderful way that Leticia fried less expensive fish and turned them to glory.
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@marguicha (221452)
• Chile
27 Jul
@porwest I would not dream of a breaded salmon. I just put some butter and oil in the pan and some salt on the salmon (no other spices). I fry it, turn it, fry it and that´s all. The fried fish that Leticia does is breaded with all the trimmings. And it is another kind of fish.
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@porwest (87794)
• United States
27 Jul
For some reason, fried salmon just sounds like weird, unless you are just saying frying it in a pan with no breading. Just never heard of breaded salmon before. Not that it would be bad, I am just not sure I'd ever want to do that to such a good piece of fish.
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@porwest (87794)
• United States
13 Aug
@marguicha Ah. This makes FAR more sense. I was almost horrified for a sec there. lol
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@GardenGerty (160242)
• United States
27 Jul
It sounds so good, even if it is not the "real thing" .We ate early. Leftover Jansen's temptation, and I do not remember what else. Fruit of some kind I am sure.
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@LeaPea2417 (37336)
• Toccoa, Georgia
27 Jul
It has been awhile since I had that but I do like the Gorton's frozen fried fish fillets.
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@RasmaSandra (78786)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
Whenever I want fish that is my only option, Fresh fish are expensive and they need to be used right away, Sometimes I buy the Gortons to keep in the fridge, I had some bratwurst and tater tots,
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@LindaOHio (174650)
• United States
27 Jul
I'm not a big fish eater; but I do enjoy fish sticks and tater tots on occasion. I had my usual PB&J sandwich for dinner and Meals on Wheels for lunch. Have a good weekend.
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@Beestring (14358)
• Hong Kong
27 Jul
I had grilled salmon for dinner last night.
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