John Avery, who leads the fish fries, said the menu includes fried pollock, baked tilapia and crab cakes. It's known in the area for its all-you-can-eat buffet. The Knights of Columbus Hall in Clawson ramps up its monthly fish fries every Friday during Lent. Kozadinos said since taking over he has tweaked the recipe some, but won’t reveal the secrets. It’s a beer batter that uses Drake’s batter mix as a base. Drake's, based in Marshall, is a staple in many restaurant kitchens. He says it's the church's batter that makes it special. Mary's sources and hand-cuts Atlantic cod, then serves it baked or fried. “We serve between 200 and 400 dinners each week, depending on the week and other competing events in the area,” Kozadinos said.
Mary's School and relies on a slew of parents and school kids as volunteers. "It’s also an opportunity for kids to volunteer and build service hours." "It’s nice to be able to do this for the school or church that my own children go to," Kozadinos said. This is the fifth year that Anthony Kozadinos will run the fish fry at St.
More: Archdiocese of Detroit asks Catholics to post Ash Wednesday selfies Options include cod or walleye, baked or fried, and served with potatoes, coleslaw, roll and a beverage. Since its inception, Huber said, the fish fry benefits the church's youth programs. “By the last couple of dinners, we will feed about 500 people in 2½ hours and go through about 250 pounds of fish,” Huber said. For those with smaller appetites a petite portion is available. Typically, four dinners are held every other Friday during the Lenten season. Judging by the thousands that flock to fish fries each year, it appears to be a tradition that isn't going away.Īt Royal Oak First United Methodist Church, Tim Huber knows a few things about fish.įor the past 24 years, Huber has overseen the church's Friday fish fry.
It's the time of year when churches, schools and fraternal organizations preach the gospel of their fish fries, luring those avoiding meat on Fridays during Lent. From Clawson to Grosse Pointe Park and Royal Oak to Wyandotte, the fish fryers are heating up for the Lenten season that begins Wednesday and lasts through Easter. “Suddenly Lent becomes this concentrated time of the year. “It was a big change for people,” Przybylek says. At this point, Catholics were restricted from eating meat on every Friday throughout the year, but in 1966, church leaders announced that Catholics only had to abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent, the period leading up to Easter. By the early 1960s, Wholey’s fish market in Pittsburgh published advertisements promising to help organizations set up a fish fry for just 25 cents per person, Przybylek found in her research. As far back as the late 1890s and early 1900s, churches and civic groups around Pittsburgh and the Great Lakes advertised fish fries, not always connected to Lent, and sometimes described as “Tennessee Fish Fries.” As the decades wore on, these events continued, though they weren’t yet the big public gatherings we imagine today. It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when this tradition began and how far back it reaches, but Leslie Przybylek, senior curator at Heinz History Center, has some ideas.
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