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It's some good ol' catholic rules bending. During lent, you weren't supposed to eat meat as part of your fast. However, not eating meat is... not as enjoyable
by saubeidl 11mo ago
It's some good ol' catholic rules bending.
During lent, you weren't supposed to eat meat as part of your fast. However, not eating meat is... not as enjoyable as eating meat, so they basically declared that fish doesn't count as meat so they could eat it without breaking the fast.
For similar reasons, they also declared beavers to be fish later on.
- krige 11mo agoExcept that's not how it happened. Lent was someting that took several centuries to occur in any form, and what was allowed and what was prohibited varied greatly for long after. Fish and shellfish from the start were allowed more often than things like butter, oil, or wine.
- shmeeed 11mo agoWhere I'm from, they just hide the meat in dumplings to eat on Fridays. No way God could ever see through that ruse!