• Bonehead
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    624 months ago

    Not just fish. Catholics are allowed to eat beaver too, since it’s technically a fish in their eyes.

    No, really…I only wish I was making this up…

    • https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/once-upon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/

      This is gold!

      So in the 17th century, the Bishop of Quebec approached his superiors in the Church and asked whether his flock would be permitted to eat beaver meat on Fridays during Lent, despite the fact that meat-eating was forbidden. Since the semi-aquatic rodent was a skilled swimmer, the Church declared that the beaver was a fish. Being a fish, beaver barbeques were permitted throughout Lent. Problem solved!

    • @ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.de
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      114 months ago

      Ever heard of “Maultaschen”?

      One of their origin stories is, that a monk created them so he can secretly eat meat on Fridays. Since the meat was cut very small and “hidden” in the dough between vegetables and other stuff, God wouldn’t be able to see it. That’s why it’s also called “Herrgottsbscheißerle” in swabian which roughly translates to “small cheater on God”.

      • @Rubanski@lemm.ee
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        104 months ago

        So God can’t look through pasta dough? So you could theoretically make a “sin den” with pasta wallpaper and be safe from God’s wrath?

        • Urethra FranklinOP
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          If one of your sins is gluttony, wouldn’t you eat the walls?

          EDIT: Might work for someone legitimately suffering Celiac Disease.

        • @PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world
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          The bible says it’s legal to smoke crack if you do it in a room made out of pasta because if God doesn’t see it, it didn’t happen. I didn’t read the bible or anything but neither do most religious people so same difference.

    • Neato
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      34 months ago

      The idea that fish is ok makes no sense. It makes sense from the fact that denying easy protein to a culture living in a desert on the ocean would NEVER fly. But not in any way for categorization.

    • @jaschen@lemm.ee
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      14 months ago

      I honestly thought you were lying until…i looked it up. Thats dumb and sad at the same time.

  • Flying SquidM
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    404 months ago

    Fun fact: The McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish was invented for Catholics so they could still go to McDonald’s on Fridays.