Who's Having Fish For Dinner Today?

[naomi24]

Even though we're non-believers, we always have fish on Good Friday - a throwback to childhood I think - a bit like having turkey at Christmas. Does anyone else still follow the tradition?

[Old_Geezer]

For sure. It amazes me how folk react differently to different tastes.

[Wharton]

mikey4444 - So you believe that naomi24 is seriously curious about who is having fish for dinner today? Oh dear! However, let's see if she comes back with an answer.

[Wharton]

Jings Scrivens help ma boab! :-)

[BlueToffee]

If I had to make a choice I would choose fish over meat, I'm just glad I don't have to make that choice.

Mrs BT always insists on Good Friday fish though.

I'm off to France for a week alone tomorrow, suppose my Easter Day lunch will be a microwaved spag bol!

[mikey4444]

Wharton...far be it for me to defend naomi, as she is more than capable of doing a marvellous job in that department herself, but as far as I can see she has just started an interesting debate, and I for one have enjoyed taking part.

Why are you so cynical ? Lighten up...its a Bank Holiday weekend, the sun is shining and more importantly, it isn't raining !

[Baldric]

Haven't got a clue atm, we normally have Fish once a week but not on any particular day, (not at all if I'm cooking) although strange as it may seem the Christmas Turkey always appears on Christmas Day.

[Wharton]

mikey4444 - I'm not cynical, just realistic. However, I echo your sentiments regarding the holiday weekend, I hope you have a nice time :-), and the same to all AnswerBankers.

[naomi24]

Mikey, ignore Wharton – he’s always moaning. As you rightly say the question is what it is.

[mikey4444]

Ratter...I am down in my caravan near Lands End for a few days, my first break this year. I have been coming down to this place for nearly 20 years and it is a second home to me. I now have quite a few friends here and when I came down this week, I brought 10 Bara Briths with me, as presents !
Wonderful cakes, made in between us, in Llandeilo. They stock them in the Co-op in our part of the word. They are much appreciated by the Cornish, who are not unskilled in making cakes themselves....Saffron Cake is delicious.

A word about Cream Teas. There is a lot or rivalry here in the West Country about what constitutes a "proper" Cream Tea. The Cornish think that there's are the best, because they put the jam on the scone first, followed by lashings and lashings of clotted cream. The Devonian's however, put the cream on first, followed by the jam. This, according to the Cornish, is because Devon's clotted cream is inferior to the much better Cornish variety, hence the need to hide it under the jam !

Also a word about that King of Foods, the Cornish pasty. There is a sign up in the Eden Project that says something like this :::

" It is said that the Devil never made it over the Tamar from Devon into Cornwall, because he had heard that those Cornish housewives would put anything into a pasty, and he didn't want to take the chance"

What a great country we do live in !

[mikey4444]

Thanks Wharton and a happy Easter to you as well.

[237SJ]

I`m going to have some sort of Far East curry tonight so I might do it with fish or prawns.

[Wharton]

Mikey, ignore naomi - she's always naoming. Good morning naomi :-)

[naomi24]

237SJ, is that because you follow the tradition of eating fish on Good Friday, or just because you like fish and prawns?

[ludwig]

It's not something we ever did. Easter was never much of a thing for us so I've never been aware of what the traditions are - except for the eggs of course.

[mibn2cweus]

Caviar, never much fancied eating caviar, although it's always kind of fun to look at, or mayhaps give a poke or two.

Fish is optional for me on G Friday, however, bunny cakes Easter morning is an absolute must . . .

http://prytulka.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bunny-pancakes-005.jpg

[LyndaB]

We usually have fish on Fridays, and today is no exception. Poached salmon for us

[jennyjoan]

Me - had smoked boneless and skinless cod from Sainsburys (on Wednesday night) fried lightly in a bit of butter - absolutely divine. Give it a whirl. JJCon

[Arksided]

Well I hadn't thought about what to get for Dinner (Tea for those of us oop north) but fish is a good plan.

[237SJ]

naomi - No, I just fancied it because I found a sachet for fish curry mix in the cupboard that I need to use up. I buy various curry mixes in Singapore and put them in the cupboard where they stay until they go past their use by date and then I throw them out, go back to Singapore and buy more. I didn`t even know it was traditional to eat fish on Good Friday until my mother mentioned it the other day. (come to think of it, I`m usually working at Easter anyway)