While chewing gluttonously on my fat, juicy steak last night I wondered...on Good Friday why is it okay to eat fish...but no meat?

as far as I know, it is a symbol of sacrifice on the part of believers, in homage to JC's suffering on the cross.

Also, in so far as Roman Catholicism is concerned, no meat on Ash Wednesday, and Fridays in Lent.

I don't know. It's about sacrifice or something.

I was consuming sushi, with some sake. Can't eat tacos during lent.

Meat used to be expensive. During Lent, one should be increasing the amount he gives in alms. The extra money would come from avoiding meat. Most Eastern Orthodox avoid meat for all of Lent, and I would imagine RCC used to.

i can only assume you are talking about Catholics... and i have no idea... because i always thought fish WAS meat?

Fish is meat, I don't know why people don't think it is. Fish certainly isn't a vegatable.

lol... that's the same thing i try to tell vegetarians...

I am a vegetarian, and it ticks me off when they tell me it's ok to eat fish, like it isn't meat or a living thing and at the same level as a plant. I loev plants but killing plants really the same as killing animals :B

Lol people.

I agree with Aztec Warrior, I think it is about sacrifice. It probably goes back quite far to the days when blood sacrifices were performed, such as in the Old Testament. I really don't know this for sure and I don't know a lot about this, I'm just speculating here everybody!!!
Anyway, maybe there is a personal sacrifice with a vow to not consume meat, because of the blood sacrifice of the killing of a sacred animal. Possibly? Maybe because they didn't sacrifice fish (at least not that I know of), and because of Jesus multiplying the fish, is the reason fish are still ok to partake of. lol

Damn! I and guess vodka isn't a vegetable either?!

Not a veggie~

Meat was expensive and one was supposed to increased one's alms giving during Lent. Cut back on the meat to save money to give away. I would assume that fish was a staple for much of the Christian world and/or was cheaper than land animals.

Sucks too. Kuz i work at long john silvers. and we get busy as hell fridays. luckily tonight was our last busy friday.

mmmm....I ate a steak at applebees earlier then some roast beef from subway tonight

I understand what you're saying, but I'm trying to understand the possible origins of abstinence from meat. Blood (animal) sacrifice was extremely important in the Bible. So much so that there was a question of whether or not it should be continued even after the sacrifice of Jesus.

For the sake of learning, here is an interesting paragraph from the wiki link about LENT:

"During the early Middle Ages, meat, eggs and dairy products were generally proscribed. Thomas Aquinas argued that "they afford greater pleasure as food [than fish], and greater nourishment to the human body, so that from their consumption there results a greater surplus available for seminal matter, which when abundant becomes a great incentive to lust."[5]"

Veggitarians is what I call dinner.

Silence! Tis' made from potatos..

Close enough.

Wine is also a veggie!

^.^

what i find interesting... as Kaylee pointed out...

people that say fish isn't meat

and that beans can be substituted as meat...

Fish is meat to me. I've caught them and eaten them before. It's a great form of protein and good fats, good for the brain and heart.



Exactly! Especially soy, which is evil.

And.. why is it wrong to sub beans in for meat?

Not wrong at all, I just think soy is bad with all of it's phytoestrogens.

Dear... only if you eat soy in like *every* meal *every* day *every* month....

Once in a while, a bit of tofu or crunchy soy nuts won't harm you.

Everything is bad for you nowadays.

Thought it was grains, but if it comes from potatoes then its veggie based so close enough right

For protein, yes, but you can't rely on soy just for protein, nuts, seeds and legumes are good sources too. They say the reason Okinawan's have such a high life expectancy is because they consume so much soy. Can't say I eat it much though..

You cant eat meat as you cant spilll blood because Jesus sacrafised himself on good friday.
Fish have a differnet blood type thing- not entiley sure about the scientific side, but its different from land animals. Also it was always land animals people sacrifised to the "gods" and higher powers, so to eat fish, your not sacrafising an animal- fish arent concidered special in any way really.

As for fish not being classified as "meat" i had an argument in school with my best friend who turned vegetarian, and she was saying fish isnt a meat, unlike what Kaylee was saying!
Where as i said it is a meat. Because it is an animal and has edible flesh. She sadi it was classsed under a different name, all by its self, like how meat has sub classes- red and white. I would classify fish as white meat mainly (minus salmon and that other red fleshed fish)
But- butchers dont sell fish- only beef, pork, chicken- land meat/animals. And you have to go to a place which only sells fish and other marine products, like a fish market....

Nothing wrong with it at all. It just means that you're a crazy person.

... >.<

TUNA!!!!

Vegetarians who say it isn't meat are so silly, honestly.
Fish bleed, too.

My hubby like person is a vegitarian. And when I first moved in with him (no, we're not married) he didn't eat fish. However, I did convince him to eat fish. If anything because there is nutriants in fish that you can generaly only get from them.

It's smart to eat seafood. Unless you're allergic.

Me? I can't get enough tuna. Prrrowl

Yeah! i remembered after i posted!!!


Yeah, i know! But what actuallu classifies meat?

Pronunciation: 'mEt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English mete, from Old English; akin to Old High German maz food
1 a : FOOD; especially : solid food as distinguished from drink b : the edible part of something as distinguished from its covering (as a husk or shell)
2 : animal tissue considered especially as food: a : FLESH 2b; also : flesh of a mammal as opposed to fowl or fish b : FLESH 1a; specifically : flesh of domesticated animals
3 archaic : 1MEAL 1; especially : DINNER
4 a : the core of something : HEART b : PITH 2b <a novel with meat>
5 : favorite pursuit or interest
- meat·ed /'mE-t&d/ adjective


Main Entry: 1fish
Pronunciation: 'fish
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural fish or fish·es
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High German fisc fish, Latin piscis
1 a : an aquatic animal -- usually used in combination <starfish> <cuttlefish> b : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated
2 : the flesh of fish used as food
3 a : a person who is caught or is wanted (as in a criminal investigation) b : FELLOW, PERSON <an odd fish> c : SUCKER 5a
4 : something that resembles a fish: as a plural, capitalized : PISCES 1; also : PISCES 2a b : TORPEDO 2b

From m-w.com

Yes, fish and seafood are healthy, not even vegetarians can dispute that. I refuse to eat it though, never really have. Mother detests fish.

I don't know why they don't eat meat, but the Catholic churches have the best fish fries during lent. Yummm

I think its just red meat

the catholic church tries to get them to focus on eating just fish on a good friday...like Jesus...lol

However even back when i was catholic..I always had red meat I never bothered about what i was meant to do..I enjoyed red meat...period...I didnt see it as some weird sin LOL..well its not a sin ..but you get my drift!!

This..........

is not the same as this.............

especially the air we breath...

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!! Stop! I can't take it anymore! I now must go and devour some serious bovine bar-b-q

BOTH look good so your point is????? LOL

my friend is Catholic and i never understood that practice... lol... i couldn't do it... cause as you said... red meat is great

I think you will find that thousands of catholics will east red meat regardles of what day it is...its an old fashioned catholic thing...pushed aside

I guess I am still hardwired as a Catholic as I still try to eat fish on Fridays. It’s just a tradition to remember Christ and the apostles who where mainly fisherman. It’s not a bad tradition and adds variety to the weekly meal planning. So I just look at it as a harmless tradition with healthy consequences.
And yes in my opinion fish is meat.
Irish

ohh still feion blood in you eh irish LMAO

fish is meat...Jesus must of loved it...it is good for you....maybe its also a healthy option...culd Jesus have been trying to say...eat healthy?? lol

wonder if they ate battered fish back then lol

I’m sure the fish were treated with undo kindness and not abused

LMAO hee hee

seriously though ..i coulnt eat a fish in batter...too fatening and greesy....I was nearly sick when I heard a guy in work ate banana deep fried in batter eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww PUKE!!

Never move to the Southeast US.
Deep fried everything.

eeewww my guess a lot of big people must live there then...thats horrible


I hate fried food!!

My son took me out to a restaurant that serves deep fried pickles, I was surprised they are very good! 100% vegetarian I suppose.

I love pickles..but I couldnt eat them deep fried....eeeww noo

but I guess other like it...

I love it when i am eating something and someone says geri, OMG how can you eat that tuna sandwich...i say EASY - insert into mouth...chew and swallow...bobs your uncle!!!

i miss the days of fried apple pies at McDonalds... now they are baked... it's just not the same...

OMG thats freaky..you are SOOOOOOOOOO like my BF...........so like him

over here it is full of Mc Donalds fast food joints...ya cant drive for more than 5 mins without seeing a freaking Mc D's joint

Anyhoo...when we go to the drive through....Gary will not BUDGE untill they serve him his usual hot apple pie..along with his big mac and fries...and if the girl says...sorry sir we are out of them...you wanna hear him rant at her LMAO

then he speeds off to the next MaC Donalds and should he have to wait 15-20 mins he will...just to get that freaking hot apple pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he even started on one of the staff cuz he asked for ice cream with the hot apple pie........the staff at mc donalds said - "ohh we cant do that....we can only serve them seperate"....Well gary ranted off at them and said HOW HARD IS IT..PLACE THEM BOTH IN THE SAME CONTAINER YA FOOL!!....I swear to gawd...he is so serious with the hot apple pies when he does the ranting...I duck down in the seat next to him hiding my face incase anyone see's me