Do You Eat Fish On Fridays?

OneEyedDiva

OneEyedDiva

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In my neck of the woods, it seems to have been customary to have a fish meal on Fridays. I still do sometimes but these days it's not fresh cooked fish, since I don't bother with that type of thing. Fish sticks, salmon burgers, imitation crab meat or tuna are good enough for me, lazy cook that I am. But fish meals back in the day would usually be my mother's fried whiting or maybe porgies. Up until a bit over a decade ago, I'd sometimes cook orange roughy and loved it when I could get my hands on some good, sweet crab legs.

Of course, Friday isn't necessarily the only day I eat fish. Is Friday fish day for you?
 

We weren’t Catholic but a fried fish dinner was the accepted payday treat in this area.

These days I try to eat fish in some form a couple of times each week.

My go to preparation for fish, shrimp, or scallops is the old Ritz cracker crumb and melted butter topping. 15-20 minutes in the toaster oven at 350 and dinner is served.

I also like the 60s recipe for fish fillets topped with Campbell’s cream of shrimp soup and buttered Ritz cracker crumb topping.
 
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Aunt Bea said:
We weren’t Catholic but a fried fish dinner was the accepted payday treat in this area.

These days I try to eat fish in some form a couple of times each week.

My go to preparation for fish, shrimp, or scallops is the old Ritz cracker crumb and melted butter topping. 15-20 minutes in the toaster oven and dinner is served.

I also like the 60s recipe for fish fillets topped with Campbell’s cream of shrimp soup and buttered Ritz cracker crumb topping.
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You reminded me Aunt Bea..I used to love to make scallops too. Haven't had them in a long time.
 
I never eat fish, except for tuna salad, and I never will. I do not like it.

We had fish on Fridays when I was a kid. I could never figure out why. My dad was a non-practicing Catholic, and my mom was Lutheran, and neither of them were religious. Meanwhile, all my Catholic friends, luckily, liked fish.
 
dobielvr said:
My mother used to make tuna w/Miracle Whip too. I've never heard of anyone else doing it.
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What else did your mother put in it? Mine added chopped onions and sweet pickles. When I think about it being a fish salad, I wonder how I ever liked it. But I have always loved the way it tastes.
 
WheatenLover said:
What else did your mother put in it? Mine added chopped onions and sweet pickles. When I think about it being a fish salad, I wonder how I ever liked it. But I have always loved the way it tastes.
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Gosh, I can't remember...may be just lemon.

Years later when she developed diabetes, she omitted the MW and just used lots of lemon and celery. And lettuce.
 
Not unless the cook is having a death wish. You can add kale & cilantro to the list.
 

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