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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Captain Disease ( Captain D’s ) made the list? I haven’t been there in years due to their false advertising. Over the years their “fish” kept downsizing until it’s now fish sticks or fish fingers.
I was never impressed, they did not remove the fat from the catfish blech
all you can really sat for cappy ds and mickey ds is they have fish daily. not sure what kinda fish.. but there it is.
Im surprised long john silver is so low on the list, they get kudos just for the pepperoncini peppers
I will never forget NYT venturing to the seaside town of Rockland maine and wanting to eat at the steakhouse!!, were going to roulaunduex next week!
what ever became of author treacher?...
and me and scotty, “that looks like some good clam diggin thar”
‘youd bettah not mistah..’
Arbys, which is not usually associated with fish, puts out a fish sandwich that’s pretty darn good. Surprised the author put it at #4.
I don’t know where the author got theirs, but mine was ordered with no cheese, and it was very crispy but not greasy, and not a soggy sandwich. It had a small portion of lettuce shred and tarter sauce with no tomato, and the filet exceeded the size of the bun. Worth a try when it’s on promotional for 2 for 5 or 2 for 6.
Only three of those places within 100 miles from me, Arby’s wins hands down over burger kang and McDonalds, But they only sell seasonally.
Freddy’s has a good cod sandwich. They are similar to Culvers.
Pretty much folded, only a handful of stand alone restaurants left. Rapidly raising prices due to cod war in the 70s. Multiple sales of the company and a chapter 11 couldnt get it back on track.
I have never had a fast food fish sandwich. I am going to take a look to see what’s out there.
what could be faster than fish?
Hello ‘dere, you!
How about we hop down to Buck’s Naked BBQ and grab a nice Mustard fried Catfish sangwich?
Remember going down to Allens Seafood and buying our lobsters right off the boat!?
TT got a huge kick out of that!
I know!
He wouldn’t even TRY the lobster!
SMH-I still love him so much!
I miss him!
*sniff*
Wasn’t he such a sweetie?
I hope all is well with you!
Hey Gal!
*HUG*
Great to hear from you!
How have you been?
Yes, he was an awesome guy!
I miss him very much!
I won about 50,000 pennies on the Sea Monkey penny slot machine in Ruidoso, NM one time. It was the funniest thing ever, you had to sit there for about 2 hours and it kept buzzing, and sirens, and bells ringing. We had hit the JACKPOT. We rarely go to a casino, but I always look for the Sea Monkeys!
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