The Filet-O-Fish isn’t the best-tasting fried fish sandwich out there, but I get the appeal. There is a certain purity to the flavor: the pollock is clean, the breading is flaky, the tartar sauce is tangy and heavy on the relish, and the American cheese accentuates the creaminess of the sauce while adding a salty top note to everything.

As we turn the page on the calendar from February to March, we once again enter the Lenten season, a time of fasting and reflection in Christianity in the period leading up to the Easter holiday. For some,

Consider my trust in my editor tested. His bright idea? Ranking every fast food fried fish sandwich I could find in New Jersey, in honor of Lent during which Christians abstain from eating meat but can eat fish.