Dozens of people packed the basement of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Cedar Friday afternoon to partake in the first fish-fry of the Lent season. This year’s dinner includes baked or fried cod, scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, dinner rolls, and a dessert of choice, such as a slice of apple, cherry, or pumpkin pie.
Every year, volunteers and parishioners of Holy Rosary cook up hundreds of fish dinners throughout the month of March into April for Lent, a 40 day season of “prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.”
This year is no different — Many standing in line to pick up dinners eagerly awaited their food and have been coming to the Friday fish-fry for more than a decade. Leelanau resident Steve Patmore, one of the dozens in line last week, said he makes a point to go at least twice every year.
