Here’s a post (indented) that I put up on January 28 of this year, and it garnered nearly 300 comments.
Here’s a theory (which is mine) for which I’ll surely get shellacked. My theory, which (again) is mine, is this, and here it is. It’s just below:
In general, people don’t like fish nearly as much as meat.
My evidence:
- Catholics used to eat fish on Fridays as a penance, which means that foregoing meat for fish was considered a sacrifice. (This practice was also the reason why McDonald’s created the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, as hamburger sales fell off on Fridays.)
- The most consumed fish in the U.S. are #1: tuna, and #2 salmon. What do they have in common? They’re “unfishy” fish, with a meaty texture and flavor. In fact, I frequently hear people say that they don’t like “fishy” fish, which means that they don’t much like…
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