It’s amazing how tastes change when you get older. I used to hate fish with a passion, but now I love it. There are two places here to get a delicious fish fry. The VFW on our street has the best fish fry I’ve ever eaten, along with some really delicious macaroni & cheese. Unfortunately, making up large batches of fish and mac and cheese every Friday became too much for them, and they cut their Fish Fry day back from every Friday to just the first Friday of the month.

It’s no big deal though, since Legends in Elmira Heights, NY has a fish fry that is just as good, and they serve theirs every Friday. Theirs also comes with Macaroni & Cheese, but it’s not as good (though it’s much better after it’s reheated the next day). Both places are lightly breaded, and the fish doesn’t have a fishy taste at all. Light breading is definitely better, and my mom has the best description for heavy breaded fish: you get a piece of fish that looks huge but over half of it is breading. With lightly breaded fish, the fish actually is the size that it looks. And both the VFW and Legends have large portions. I usually eat half and leave the other half for the next day.

One of my favorite foods! I could eat fried fish every day.