Posted on 04/18/2021 8:21:27 AM PDT by mylife
The Lenten season requires you to suspend your disbelief. Not sure about a skinny 33-something dude turning down a loaf of bread after fasting in the wilderness for 40 days? It’s Lent, baby! Get over it! Planning to give up sugar for six weeks? Sure, okay—Lent! A little shaky on hand-washing practices at your parish’s weekly fish fry? Shove it, man—it’s Lent, and anything’s possible! But to a lapsed Protestant like myself, nothing feels quite so Lenten as the annual parade of the fast fish sandwiches. I’m referring to the two-month-ish period during which nearly every major fast food chain rolls out its limited-time fried fish sandwich, complete with a dollop of Catholic-friendly tartar sauce. It’s a glorious occasion, but also one that demands a certain faith in the impossible. First of all, fish products shouldn’t have right angles, and there’s no way any of that “Alaskan pollock” is actually wild-caught. And yet for as long as I can remember, I’ve continued my flirtation with the fast food world’s most dubious offerings.
Last month, when I was lucky enough to be one of the first to try the new Popeyes Cajun Flounder Sandwich, I realized that many of you also enjoy your annual voyage on the batter-dipped, fishy seas. So I set out to try every fish sandwich on today’s fast food market over the course of 10 days or so. A feast of the seven fishes, if you will. (Quick note: Chick-fil-A’s fish sandwich isn’t coming back this year, and we only included national—or mostly national—chains in our ranking.) Below, you’ll find the sandwiches ranked in order from best to worst, with a whole lot of fishy speculation in between.
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What about krab?
jeeze.. another crappie sandwich?
I saw that!
Me too. They are soooooo good!
In tx the way it works when invited for a fish fry is if you get crappie, you are in the in crowd, if you get catfish yer ok, if you get sand bass, you may as well go home.. theres no love for ya dude...
I think you need to be near a good fish market to get them—but not *too* good a fish market or the prices are crazy anyway.
My part of Hawaii doesn’t have those places, but we can catch Ono(that is Wahoo’s for you city folk).
That is fish!
Long ago and far away, a college instructor told of a seafood shop being busted for doing just that. What made the people suspicious is that the "scallops" were shaped like a heart or a gingerbread man.
Seem to recall some good fish shacks around Corpus Christi
Soft-shell crab sandwich is one of my favorite early summer treats.
My Mom and I had an Arbys crispy fish sandwich the other day. OK not great.
Sorry, Hardees grilled fish sandwich and Tacos were an all time winner, followed closely by LJSs ultimate fish sanwich with the baked fish patties which was a custom option.
I’ve never had one, but my mouth waters every time I read about New England lobster rolls!
Me too, but I can drive 5 minutes in any direction and get a great one.
It’s us or them!
I have to stay away from Culver’s because of my addiction to their custard. I know why they offer you a taste the first time you go... DAMN YOU CULVER’S. (Seriously, it’s the best).
Maybe it’s a Jersey thing - gotta have the good bread from the Italian bakery.
My advice go to a real restaurant and order a fish sandwich
And you’ll get a real piece of fish on a real roll with the works and fries and it’ll be 1000 times better than bull crap
everything is good at culvers except the fries
A butter burger?? seriously? hell yes they make butter burgers, but I have had better butter burgers..
Still... Butter burger..
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