The Church of St. Michael Catholic Aid Council is sponsoring an all-you-can-eat fish fry from 5-8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19 in the lower level of Archangels Hall at the church, 16311 Duluth Ave., S.E., Prior Lake.
Lightly breaded Alaskan Pollock, macaroni and cheese, potato wedges, coleslaw, green beans, corn, homemade rolls, coffee, milk and dessert will be served. Tickets are $9 for adults, $8 for seniors (65 years and older), and $5 for children 5 to 12 years old. Kids four and under eat free.
Everyone is welcome and to-go orders will be available. For more information, contact Cheryl Dymit at (952) 440-6927. Article.
I guess “All you can moderately eat fish fry in keeping with the Lenten spirit” was too long to fit on the sign.
You have to wonder what other ironic events they hold during the year? Perhaps a Bar-B-Que on St. Lawrence’s feast day or maybe a kegger in honor of Venerable Matthew Talbot.
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Offering “all you can eat” is the norm for such events around here. Minnesota hospitality would hate to impose moderation and deprive each patron of the opportunity to practice self-mastery. It’s just not charitable! 😉
My parents once grilled steak on the feast of St. Polycarp. They swear it was unrelated.
It’s breaded fish. Very filling. All you can eat isn’t very much. And since most folks seem to have decided that “skip breakfast, barely eat a cracker for lunch” is the new Lenten fast, you have to let them eat something. When you add “long lines for every kind of food”, you can bet that it’s not exactly a place to stuff yourself. And frankly, given the usual quality of church school cafeteria-made food, even if you could stuff yourself, you wouldn’t. It’s not exactly culinary thrills and chills down at the parish.
So even if I were inclined to worry about this, there’s nothing to worry about. It’s like worrying that people are going to get drunk on overpriced, undersized parish festival drinks. The logistics make such a result too much like work.
Luxurious much?
Actually, by advertising “all you can eat”, they can charge more; but most people don’t eat that much. So it attracts more people and makes the even more profitable. The profits no doubt go to supporting their school.
I go to Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. On the first Friday of this Lent we had an all-you-can-eat crawfish boil with fresh crawfish flown in straight from Louisiana overnight, complete with potatoes, corn on the cob, and a king cake dripping with caramel. I actually felt a little guilty enjoying it.
We have an all-you-can-eat Fish Fry every Friday in Lent except Good Friday. Quite a few of our patrons are not Catholic and are shocked we don’t include Good Friday. And yes, it does support our school.
Hey, xsuasox, my daughter is a sophomore at BAC! I didn’t know they were eating so well!
I had to smile last week when I saw in our church bulletin a fundraiser where Chik Fil A was donating portion of the bill for those who ate there… on Friday Feb 26. Chik Fil A? (The date was moved to Thursday later on).