re: Why do catfish restaurants attract old people?

That's one thing I enjoyed immensely about a trip to San Diego. No catfish. No tilapia. Every fish taco or fried fish dish was Mahi Mahi.

Old people like catfish?

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Why do catfish restaurants attract old people?

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This was posted yesterday (on a Friday).

I'm almost 48, I remember "fish on Friday" being a very big deal growing up. It's not regional, I have family in upstate New York and they also had fish, although it was usually cod or haddock instead of catfish. But "friday fried fish" was still a tradition. It was vaguely religious, but I knew plenty of Protestants who would do it, along with Catholics like we were.

Do younger generations still do this, or have traditional meals on certain days died out?

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Many restaurants in NOLA still feature red beans and rice on Mondays and fried fish on Friday.

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That's good to hear.

Red beans and rice is a regional thing, but fish on friday was pretty universal in this country at one time. I would imagine "the blue haired crowds" are just an example of that generation being more into that tradition.

Now I'm hungry. Thanks baw

They love a good Sturgeon meal too.

its cheaper than steak and lobster.

I lol'd. Not sure why, but there's a lot of truth to this.

Cause by age 60 you lose over 55 percent of your tastebuds. They can't taste the nasty bottom feeders.

When I was a kid there was a local place in which Wednesday's were all the catfish you could eat night. We use to go just about every Wednesday, it was the only time we would go out to eat that wasn't for a special occasion, but it seems like I have never found a place that fried catfish the way they did.. Either way, you can't beat a good deal on fried catfish.. And like someone said.. Nothing like a good hushpuppy or two to go with it.