Forget Fish Fridays: In Louisiana, Gator Is On The Lenten Menu

…Lent, Louisiana, seafood, nostalgia, eating alligator (talk about good ~ here's you some recipes to try, sha)

Tastes like chicken, but it's OK for Lent:
Fried alligator at New Orleans' Cochon restaurant.

Is it OK to eat alligator on Fridays during Lent? That question isn't just rhetorical in Louisiana, which has large populations of both Catholics and gators.

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In New Orleans, it might take going vegetarian for Catholics to really feel deprived.