Sunday, April 17, 2011

Lenten Fish Fry




That's right, Aunt Tula, we don't eat NO MEAT!


Step 1:  Invite your friends over and give them wine.  

Here's Deanna and Paul.

Step 2:  Make the fish.  We used sole that we picked up in the seafood section of the grocery store.  We dipped each piece in egg, then cornmeal seasoned with salt and pepper, and baked them on a (cookie sheet topped with parchment paper) in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes.


...and after!

Step 3:  Assemble sandwiches.  We used hoagie buns, yum!  The thin fish fillets were a little bit lost with all the bread, so we ate 2 pieces of fish per sandwich.

Paul assembling.


Deanna assembling.

Step 4:  Add condiments.  You can see how differently this step turned out!

Step 5:  Enjoy!

Steps 6, 7, 8, etc:  Refill wine glass, drink more wine, refill wine glass, etc!

Cheesy Hawaiian themed paper plates optional.

The sandwiches were great!  The fish was flaky and had a nice coating from the cornmeal.  The bread was soft and perfect for the occasion.  We ended up sharing the leftovers and they were gone before the party ended!  So was the wine... all 3 bottles.  There's no rule that says you can't have wine on Fridays during Lent!

Our Fish Fry was a success!  We didn't have a basement or anything actually fried, so it wasn't very authentic.  Here's what we included in our Fish Fry to make it our own:
  • 2 girls from Pittsburgh
  • 1 guy who used to live in New Orleans who, because he lived there, claims to be a fish sandwich expert
  • Viewing and constant quoting of Mean Girls
  • An entire bag of Funyuns, which was consumed before the oven has time to preheat!  Oops, I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about that...  Is butter a carb?


  1. This was so much fun! I can't wait to do it again next year. I was wondering if you were going to mention the Funyuns!

  2. cool, glad yinz had fun...i'm slacking in the blog department...i got it in my head, just gotta find time to type it up...gonna be a long one...THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

  3. Deanna, I had to :) It was tons of fun. Friday Royal Wedding party, right?

    Eric, you have been slacking! I have so many blog entries drafted but not enough time to write them all! I eat 3 times a day and blog about once a week :/

  4. Yes to the Royal Wedding party! I'm not sure I have anything wedding appropriate to wear!