What is meat?

[DaveBj]

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Unfortunately, I’ve had frog legs, they were good at that but the poor frogs, really, and yes, that is probably too much like meat.

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Whatever frog flesh may be “like” (tastes like chicken ), frogs are not warm-blooded, and so for purposes of Catholic days of abstinence, their flesh is not “meat.” There may be other reasons for abstaining from frog flesh, but that’s a subject for another thread

 

[BroomWagon]

Whatever frog flesh may be “like” (tastes like chicken ), frogs are not warm-blooded, and so for purposes of Catholic days of abstinence, their flesh is not “meat.” There may be other reasons for abstaining from frog flesh, but that’s a subject for another thread

Yes, we all know this. I will websearch for an official statement. It may still fall out side the spirit of the law and that’s what we were talking about.

 

[sojo]

Interesting post, curious, you did not mention squid.

It’s interesting that the big fast food chains, Arby’s come out with promotions for their fish sandwiches every lenten season. That tells you something.

Unfortunately, I’ve had frog legs, they were good at that but the poor frogs, really, and yes, that is probably too much like meat.

Fish,

Mock Chicken, Duck, are not made from meat and at times, aren’t too bad.

Soy, another product that can be made to taste like meat, those veggie burgers too can be awfully good one finds in grocery stores.

Ah - squid and octopus! I don’t consider them exotic foods as I grew up eating them. We had a large Italian community where I grew up so calamari was just not that unusual. I have had Kangaroo, but of course, no argument that that is considered meat. Other exotics: insects (I forget what kind, but they were salty and crunchy), stuffed derma (at bar mitvahs and weddings), Boothbay Bugs (a sort of cross between crawfish and lobster - jet black, very yummy), sparrow on a stick and quail eggs.

I agree with you on the frog legs!

 

[DaveBj]

Yes, we all know this. I will websearch for an official statement. It may still fall out side the spirit of the law and that’s what we were talking about.

The link in post #15 provides a pretty official statement.

 

[Chantal25]

Anything with a face and eye is meat.

I recalled that i when i was young, they allowed fish but really, you would do a great grace to your body to stick to plant food during these special days.