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Saturday, December 24. 2022

Seven fishes


Eves of holy days are "fast" days for Roman Catholics, maybe for other Orthodox rites too. "Fasting" means no meat - but, conveniently, fish do not count as meat.


Here's one Seven Fishes menu. Nice. Very Italian.




Posted by The News Junkie in Food and Drink at 11:55 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Beaver doesn't count as meat either. Seriously. Early explorers in North America (principally Canada) encountered the beaver and couldn't decide if it was a fish or an animal. So the Vatican was contacted and they replied that it was a fish. I've had cooked beaver with some First Nations guys I was training with. It wasn't bad. But no, it does not taste like chicken.
#1 RetiredSOF on 2022-12-24 14:16 (Reply)
The Orthodox Nativity Fast is the 40 days prior to Christmas. No meat or dairy, but fish and wine are allowed every day except Wednesday and Friday. (Those two days are normally fast days every week (no meat, fish, dairy, or wine).)

Shellfish don't count as meat or fish for the Orthodox either.

The Feast of the Seven Fishes looks wonderful!
#2 Thomas Doubting (Link) on 2022-12-24 22:53 (Reply)

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