https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:58:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458895 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:46:18 +0000 GreenThumb 2458895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Formerly lived in Wisconsin and loved a good fish fry! Never heard of it before we moved there!! I miss it now that I am back in New England. New Englanders do know how to make a good fish and chips, but it is not so readily available and definitely not an "event". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458889 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:43:16 +0000 skipra 2458889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That looks like fish n chips to me! I don't know, I would picture a fish fry being an event not just a meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458885 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:40:47 +0000 mrsjazz 2458885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: that wiki entry makes me want cheese grits. Well, we are all right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458879 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:39:39 +0000 SweetCaroline 2458879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is so interesting! I've always seen a fish fry as an event where we eat fish that has been battered and fried. I've never actually referred to the actual meal as fish fry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458768 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:31:53 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2458768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: yep. I grew up in Georgia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458745 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:09:07 +0000 cascademom 2458745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: I grew up with Friday fish frys (fries) being an event. There's something amazing about a plate of fried haddock, rye bread, fries, and coleslaw. Just thinking about it sounds delicious. A pepper and egg sandwich also sounds delectable right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458731 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:56:11 +0000 DillonLion 2458731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: My in-laws are multi-generational Texans </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458714 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:44:28 +0000 josina 2458714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Iowa Catholic - Fish fry to me is an event also, vs. a dish, but according to wikipedia both definitions work. ;) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_fry" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_fry</a><br /> Interesting to know that the fish fry tradition is strongest in Wisconsin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458707 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:40:14 +0000 mrsjazz 2458707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DillonLion: @Mrs. Pickle: @Madison43: are you all in the/from the South? I'm from Brooklyn but a lot of my family is from the South and there are a lot of transplants here. I think it's a Southern thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458704 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:39:27 +0000 cascademom 2458704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another Wisconsinite/Midwestern here. I love Friday Fish Fry year round. In Chicago, pepper and egg sandwiches are hugely popular as the Lenten meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458700 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:36:48 +0000 pinkcupcake 2458700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh it's just called fish and chips here (PNW) and served at almost all seafood / burger joints. Didn't know it was something special only served at certain times of the year?</p> <p>I thought it was an entire deep fried fish or something! Which we love getting at Asian restaurants but usually it's covered in sauce ...</p> <p>And now I'm hungry again. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458693 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:32:24 +0000 Madison43 2458693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: yes, exactly. I'm catholic and a fish fry is the event, not the dish itself. That's fish and chips to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458691 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:31:24 +0000 fancyfunction 2458691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard the term but not sure what it was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458688 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:30:37 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2458688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes...and now I am craving capirotada. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458642 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:05:42 +0000 Greentea 2458642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: It is unlimited fried perch, cod, haddock, or walleye usually (perch and walleye are local, and sometimes even blue gill) and fries, cole slaw, potato salad, and beer :)</p> <p>It started as a tradition on Fridays for European immigrants, many of whom where Catholic and avoided meat on Fridays, then became ingrained in our Wisconsin Culture. Even in public school they only served fish sticks on Fridays! There are a lot of lutefisk dinners here as well (when I was little we attended a Norwegian Church).</p> <p>With my mom and stepdad we went out a lot for them growing up, but with my dad we caught our own regularly and he would fry them up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458629 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:00:13 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2458629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458624 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:58:30 +0000 DillonLion 2458624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It has a totally different meaning in TX. Every Labor Day weekend, my in-laws throw a huge party where they fry all the catfish that family members have caught recently (they also fry a variety of other things: frog legs, squirrel, dove, french fries, hush puppies, etc.)</p> <p>They call that party the annual Fish Fry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2458616 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:54:32 +0000 Boogs 2458616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never heard of it, but that's making me hungry! It's basically just fish and chips? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457854 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:56:55 +0000 MrsBrewer 2457854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another Wisconsinite here, and yessss! Love fish fry's! although I eat them year round! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457828 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:39:18 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2457828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I first heard the term fish fry when I went to visit some friends in Buffalo, NY for the first time. Apparently, this is an all yer thing and not just during the Lenten season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457822 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:35:51 +0000 mrsjazz 2457822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To me that is just fish and chips. And now I desperately want some! The definition of a fish fry that I know is an actual gathering where people get together and fish is fried...like a barbecue where only fried seafood is served. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457761 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:52:30 +0000 snowjewelz 2457761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have heard of the term but not totally sure what it was (I just assumed it's fried fish). From the picture, to me I'd just call it fish &amp; chips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457743 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:36:38 +0000 mediagirl 2457743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: mmmm pickled egggggssss. I love hearing you talk about food. It makes me so hungry. :)</p> <p>I was born Catholic and live in the south. I know what a fish fry is and have known it by many names, including, as mentioned here, fish and chips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is/page/2#post-2457742 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:36:24 +0000 peachykeen 2457742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super common in Michigan where I grew up (lots of Catholics!) - the churches hosted them. Don't see them much here in Atlanta metro, but when I moved to the suburbs a few years ago there is a nearby Catholic church that hosts one. I kind of want to go for sentimental reasons, even though I don't love fried fish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457737 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:33:14 +0000 regberadaisy 2457737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@starlitsky: haha me too. Maybe we will get fish fry for takeout tomorrow. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457736 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:32:05 +0000 starlitsky 2457736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm now hungry and want fish fry/fish and chips and it's 5:31 am :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457713 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:06:39 +0000 JoJoGirl 2457713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never heard of it?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457710 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:05:04 +0000 meredithNYC 2457710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - Catholic from the Midwest here and the fish fry was a common Friday night occurrence during Lent. I'm in a pretty Catholic part of Connecticut now and haven't heard of any around, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457704 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:50:53 +0000 SweetCaroline 2457704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have fish frys everywhere...VFWs, restaurants, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-what-a-fish-fry-is#post-2457703 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:50:08 +0000 SweetCaroline 2457703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fish frys are the best! We are having a fish fry tomorrow night at home! </p>