Soup with meat - abstinence on Friday?

[fin]

Is eating beef noodle soup on good Friday okay if I just don’t eat the beef? I was thinking since the noodles and soup come in contact with the beef, if it is okay or not?

 

[Limoncello4021]

It is not ok because the broth will be beef.

 

[Sy_Noe]

From the US bishops site:

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.

So the Catholic answer would appear to be it is technically not forbidden. Though theologians have taught it should be abstained from.

But I’m merely quoting from the bishops site.

http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm