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I was talking to my cousin who was talking to our neighbor who was eating frog legs on this first Friday of Lent. Can we eat frog legs? Not that I want to. Just asking.
 
I’m from New Orleans, I’m pretty sure frog legs falls into the same category as fish, crawfish, other seafood, etc. I probably wouldn’t have thought twice about it honestly. Amphibians, I’m pretty sure, don’t fall under the word for meat we use to determine what we need to fast for during Lent. Pretty sure it’s the Greek word for meat? Which is generally poultry, beef, lamb, and so on. Reptiles, fish, crustaceans, and amphibians aren’t included, though I could be wrong.
 
Straight from the USCCB’s website:
Q. I understand that all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat, but I’m not sure what is classified as meat. Does meat include chicken and dairy products?

A. Abstinence laws consider that meat comes only from animals such as chickens, cows, sheep or pigs — all of which live on land. Birds are also considered meat. Abstinence does not include meat juices and liquid foods made from meat. Thus, such foods as chicken broth, consomme, soups cooked or flavored with meat, meat gravies or sauces, as well as seasonings or condiments made from animal fat are technically not forbidden. However, moral theologians have traditionally taught that we should abstain from all animal-derived products (except foods such as gelatin, butter, cheese and eggs, which do not have any meat taste). Fish are a different category of animal. Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, (cold-blooded animals) and shellfish are permitted.

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm
 
Frog legs are not forbidden. And yes, in case you’re wondering, they do taste like chicken. 😃
 
Ew. I never had frog legs that tasted like chicken. Ew, again.

Ever wonder what they do with the rest of the frog?

My sister loves frog legs. Many years ago, we went out to a restaurant for Sunday dinner. It was a rare occasion back in the 1950s. Sis ordered frog legs and when they came, Dad told her she’d better start eating them before they started jumping around. That rather scared me! Maybe that’s why I don’t care for them. Ew.
 
There’s a South American aquatic mammal that has also been deemed okay to eat. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what it is, and I don’t have the free time to google it right now.
 
My sister eats snails. I would much rather have frog legs. I don’t know how the frog feels about it, though.😃
 
Yeah, I’ve always liked frogs and toads, even had several tankfuls of pet ones. I still have one tree frog in a terrarium. 😃 Frogs and toads worldwide have been dying off due to a fungus disease and environmental pollution. 😦 So I don’t know if I would feel comfortable anymore eating frog legs.

The frogs that are marketed for frog legs are less rare species, large frogs such as the bullfrog. Farming them is more complicated than it sounds: pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-255/420-255.html
 
DaveBj said:
There’s a South American aquatic mammal that has also been deemed okay to eat. Unfortunately, I don’t remember what it is, and I don’t have the free time to google it right now.
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From The Little Black Book, six-minute reflections on the Weekday Gospels of Lent, the reflection on Feb. 11 started with a quote from the late Bishop Kenneth Provish of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan which stated “Anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints.” It went on to explain that throughout the world that Lenten practices would vary depending on the cultural practices and on what food was available. Years ago, for example the early settlers in Michigan convinced the local Church authorities that muskrat was a water animal. Other examples included in Venezuela where capybara (a semi-aquatic rodent) was acceptable because the Vatican had ruled centuries before that it was a fish and not a mammal, and in 2014 the archbishop of New Orleans said that alligator was acceptable on Fridays because it is part of the fish family.
 
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From The Little Black Book, six-minute reflections on the Weekday Gospels of Lent, the reflection on Feb. 11 started with a quote from the late Bishop Kenneth Provish of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan which stated “Anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints.” It went on to explain that throughout the world that Lenten practices would vary depending on the cultural practices and on what food was available. Years ago, for example the early settlers in Michigan convinced the local Church authorities that muskrat was a water animal. Other examples included in Venezuela where capybara (a semi-aquatic rodent) was acceptable because the Vatican had ruled centuries before that it was a fish and not a mammal, and in 2014 the archbishop of New Orleans said that alligator was acceptable on Fridays because it is part of the fish family.
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Blech! :bigyikes: I think I’ll stick to Long John Silver’s, cheese pizza/pasta, salad, and bean burritos, thank you very much! 😉
 
Tex-mex makes a good Lenten break if one can find some good cheese enchiladas.
 
DoGodsBidding said:
From The Little Black Book, six-minute reflections on the Weekday Gospels of Lent, the reflection on Feb. 11 started with a quote from the late Bishop Kenneth Provish of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan which stated “Anyone who could eat muskrat was doing penance worthy of the greatest of the saints.” It went on to explain that throughout the world that Lenten practices would vary depending on the cultural practices and on what food was available. Years ago, for example the early settlers in Michigan convinced the local Church authorities that muskrat was a water animal. Other examples included in Venezuela where capybara (a semi-aquatic rodent) was acceptable because the Vatican had ruled centuries before that it was a fish and not a mammal, and in 2014 the archbishop of New Orleans said that alligator was acceptable on Fridays because it is part of the fish family.
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Capybara – that’s it! Alligator is acceptable not because it’s fish, but because it’s not warm-blooded.
 
Gigglin4God said:
I was talking to my cousin who was talking to our neighbor who was eating frog legs on this first Friday of Lent. Can we eat frog legs? Not that I want to. Just asking.
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yes, but kill it first:D

REALLY, its OK to do so
 
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