Eat this meat or waste it?

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PennyinCanada said:
Right on. lol
The meatballs would have gone in the fridge, right? Not in the garbage.
Lunch tomorrow! yum.
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Yes. Definitely

“The pasta filled me up, can I save the meatballs for tomorrow, Mom?” I’m sure she would understand but if not or if you felt you needed to eat them, just give up something else, that you enjoy.

If it was only meat, though, such as a grilled chicken sandwich or hamburger, then I would eat it and give up something else also.
 
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Thanks for all of the replies! They’ve been very helpful.😀

I did end up eating the meatballs, but I hope to say a Divine Mercy Chaplet or a Rosary tonight!
 
You should always err on the side of charity. If you were served meat for a meal even on a Friday that required abstinence, you would need to consider that it might be more charitable to eat the meat if the fault (by not informing your host, in this case, your mom) was yours.
 
What @Cor_ad_Cor said.

In charity, you accept what is offered without complaint.

There is a great tale from the early church in which an elder and younger monk were present at a feast on a fasting day. The younger pointedly observed the fast, refusing dishes, while the elder participated in the feast with his host.

Returning to the monastery, the younger attempted to rat out the elder to the about–who replied that while he knew a great deal about fasting rules, he knew nothing of charity . . .

It’s not a fasting or penance when you impose a burden on others to achieve it . . .

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Pasta with meatballs reheats well, so I don’t know why the food would have to be thrown out.
You ought to be willing to eat it while “enduring” a little lower quality level in order to both use the food and keep your fast, but honestly it will probably be better if it were refrigerated overnight.

Having said that, let us say that refusing the food would greatly embarrass your host or that you know the host would go to a great deal of trouble the host really does not have time for in order to accommodate you at the last minute. In that case, I’d say kindness to the host would argue in favor of substituting a different penance. That is in keeping with the rule, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice., and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” (Hos. 6:6)

I agree with those who say that your mom offered you a labor of love and you ought to accept it and substitute an alternative penance. (I hope she did not have to do a dish after dinner was done, lol…)
 
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I think it depends on where you stay. Some countries, if you can’t abstain from meat (eg without causing a lot of inconvenience, or meat is your only source of protein at the moment) then you can substitute with another penance, like giving up a video game just for that day, saying a Rosary, reading chapters of the Bible etc
 
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