re: #481 thedopefishlives

I was brought up in the Protestant tradition and had never had much practical experience socializing with Catholics. When we moved to Northwest Indiana (a heavily Polish Catholic region associated with Chicago) in the 4th grade, I accidentally discovered the practice of not eating meat on Fridays when I bought a meat entree at the school cafeteria and everybody stared at me like I had horns growing out of my head.

I grew up in NW Indiana, also of Central European Catholic descent. My mom would save the bacon drippings in a can on the tove and use them to fry the fish on Friday…