Fish fry

A fish fry may include potato pancakes (with accompanying side dishes of sour cream or applesauce) and sliced caraway rye bread if served in a German restaurant or area.

[9] McDonald's addition of the Filet-o-Fish to its menu occurred when a Cincinnati franchise in a heavily Catholic neighborhood was struggling to sell hamburgers on Fridays during Lent.

The Friday night fish fry is a popular year-round tradition in Wisconsin among people of all religious backgrounds.

Fish fries are offered at many restaurants, taverns that serve food, VFW halls, and at Christian churches, especially those of the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist traditions, as fundraisers.

The meal usually comes with tartar sauce, French fries or German-style potato pancakes, coleslaw, and rye bread, though baked beans are not uncommon.

[11] Battered or breaded haddock and cod fish fry is one of the trademarks of upstate New York cuisine and northwestern Pennsylvania, especially Albany, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse, and Utica.

In the southern United States, a fish fry is a family or social gathering, held outdoors or in large halls.