Importing Catholics

My quest for a good fish sandwich in the Triad has lead me to one conclusion.

We need to import more Catholics from northern states.

You see, Southern states have a rather low population of Catholics by comparison with Northern states. In the north, many practicing Catholics still follow the "No meat on Fridays" doctrine. This, in turn, drives demand for seafood restaurants. Not so much the all-you-can-eat shrimp places or the Red Lobsters, but the corner bar, fish-on-Friday's kinds of places. The kind of places that take a big honkin' piece of cod, deep fry it and throw it on a bun with fish- hanging-off-the-sides kinds of places. Add some tartar sauce, a side of fries and, if you're into it (which I am not) , some cole slaw.

That's good eatin'.

Now I've tried several of the more well known seafood places here in Greensboro to no avail. I'm open for suggestions. Or else, you need to help me raise the number of Catholics in the Triad.

By the way, I made my first trip back to Northeast Wisconsin in almost six years back in January. I was able to catch a perch plate at the Palm Gardens in Champion, Wisconsin and let me tell ya, if you like fish, there ain't nothing like it. A double order of breaded, deep fried lake perch right out of the bay of Green Bay with fries and some rye bread. Mmmmm-mmmm good. I highly recommend it if you ever happen to be in the Green Bay area.