A: There are fish fry traditions in lots of places, and some ? but not all ? are related to the Lenten season and its Friday meat ban. But what sets Wisconsin apart is that it happens year-round and is so pervasive. “In the vast majority of restaurants you can get fish on a Friday night, and I just don?t think you can find that anywhere else,” said Janet Gilmore, an associate professor in the UW-Madison Folklore Program and Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.
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