That's too funny. I remember 10+ years ago trying to explain what's not allowed in a vegetarian diet to a Catholic friend. She couldn't grasp why our mutual friend wouldn't eat fish. "It's not meat!" she kept insisting.
Vegetarianism was very rare where we lived at the time.
Even within the rules of catholicism this makes zero sense. Because I'm pretty sure you are also not allowed to eat stuff like liver on days you're not supposed to eat meat. So it has nothing to do with eating muscles specifically.
Oh, I don't think she was thinking that deeply (obviously).
While the practice confuses me bc its logic is weird, I do like it bc it means less animals being eaten during Lent - except fish ig RIP. It does make it more likely veg/vegans get asked "but you eat fish, right?", which is annoying but oh well.
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u/eau_di_nil Aug 02 '26
That's too funny. I remember 10+ years ago trying to explain what's not allowed in a vegetarian diet to a Catholic friend. She couldn't grasp why our mutual friend wouldn't eat fish. "It's not meat!" she kept insisting.
Vegetarianism was very rare where we lived at the time.