Butler County fish fries return
COVID-19 precautions and rising prices on everything from fish to takeout containers have battered Butler County fish fry events. But the annual tradition has returned, although in different forms.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, and the Catholic observance of Lent, which includes days of fasting and abstinence from eating meat every Friday.
Because of this, Friday fish fries are a popular Lenten event for Catholic churches, although other denominations and secular organizations also offer the meals during Lent.
For Cabot United Methodist Church, 707 Winfield Road in Cabot, Friday’s fish fry is the first since the church discontinued the event in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In 2020, the first was well attended, the second not so much and the third was a challenge,” said Marilyn Shaw Anderson, the secretary at Cabot United Methodist.
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