Author: Tim Carman

Every year around this time, fish sandwiches begin to appear on fast-food menus across the country, as if called by the prayers of the faithful.This massive catch of fried fish was, of course, designed largely to satisfy the cravings of Catholics who, prior to 1966, abstained from eating red meat. each Friday, not just during Lent. In the suburbs of Cincinnati, where Roman Catholics once dominated the area, restaurateurs like Louis Groen were doomed if they tried to rely on hamburger sales, and in the early 1960s, Groen tried to rely on the hamburger sales. He was a McDonald’s franchisee,…