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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!
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@Cherrybee: mmmm pickled egggggssss. I love hearing you talk about food. It makes me so hungry.
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.
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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 & chips!
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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.
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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.
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Another Wisconsinite here, and yessss! Love fish fry's! although I eat them year round!
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Never heard of it, but that's making me hungry! It's basically just fish and chips?
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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.)
They call that party the annual Fish Fry.
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@mrsjazz: same!
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@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
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).
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.
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Yes...and now I am craving capirotada.
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I've heard the term but not sure what it was.
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@mrsjazz: yes, exactly. I'm catholic and a fish fry is the event, not the dish itself. That's fish and chips to me.
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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?
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 ...
And now I'm hungry again. Lol
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Another Wisconsinite/Midwestern here. I love Friday Fish Fry year round. In Chicago, pepper and egg sandwiches are hugely popular as the Lenten meal.
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@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.
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Iowa Catholic - Fish fry to me is an event also, vs. a dish, but according to wikipedia both definitions work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_fry
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@mrsjazz: My in-laws are multi-generational Texans
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@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.
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@mrsjazz: yep. I grew up in Georgia.
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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.
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@josina: that wiki entry makes me want cheese grits. Well, we are all right!
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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.
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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".
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