I just finished a fast food lunch as I often do on days when I substitute. A quick run to the drive thru of the nearest chain is all I have time for with a half hour lunch. Today Jack in the Box was the closest. As I was walking in today (this restaurant had no drive thru window) I saw an ad on the window for a fish sandwich. The fine print said Limited Time Only and so it was obvious to me that this was a Lenten special. Catholics are not supposed to eat meat on Fridays during the season of Lent which is the roughly 40 days before Easter. Fast food chains take note of this and probably also note the fact that more people in this country consider themselves Catholic than any other Christian denomination. Thus they market for the vast number of Catholics during Lent by offering fish selections. Some even go so far as to put them on sale or make them the sandwich of the week on Fridays. I do wonder how many of them would actually admit to this deliberate marketing scheme in our highly PC culture though.

Well, the picture on the window whetted my appetite today and I went for the fish sandwich at Jack in the Box. I was very pleasantly surprised. I usually don’t have high expectations for any food that can be purchased at a drive thru, but the fish was quite good. The filets were just as good as what I’ve gotten at really decent Fish and Chips places. And I love fish and chips. The sandwich was also filling but not heavy like the other sandwiches I’m used to from Jack in the Box.

It feels really funny writing nicely about a fast food restaurant, but I enjoyed my lunch.

Maybe I was just really hungry.