Ben. Would it be ok to have just wafer thin ham?
Good Friday = no meat?
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BenBhoy
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Magic. We've just been to see Dad's lambs. The kids love it, as do I. Springs here. The start of a new beginning.
Smellydog
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All I know is Christ before his betrayal celebrated with his 11 apostles the Passover meal celebrated every Nisan the 14th.
That involved eating a male lamb and bitter greens. Nothing else.
As far as I'm aware there is nothing in scripture where disciples of Christ are requested to abstain from meat.
In fact the only rules laid out by the apostles after Christs departure were to keep abstaining from blood, things strangled, things sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality. Acts 15:29.
That involved eating a male lamb and bitter greens. Nothing else.
As far as I'm aware there is nothing in scripture where disciples of Christ are requested to abstain from meat.
In fact the only rules laid out by the apostles after Christs departure were to keep abstaining from blood, things strangled, things sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality. Acts 15:29.
RescueMe0007
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Good Friday is or was black fast. Now it's so worn away, it's just no meat, I always observe it. I just don't expect anyone else to.
Cootmeurer
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In the US it’s every Friday of the entire Lenten season that is meatless for Catholics.
Quite a fun tradition even for we Protestants, because the Catholics, and many of the veterans halls, do fried fish fundraisers on fridays. Some of those will give any chip shop a run for their money!
Now the odd factoid, in parts of South America they can eat Copybara (think double sized beaver) as a Friday meat. Apparently they didn’t want to give this up, so the local bishops or archbishops decided that since it lived in the water, it was a fish, and therefore could be eaten on Friday.
Quite a fun tradition even for we Protestants, because the Catholics, and many of the veterans halls, do fried fish fundraisers on fridays. Some of those will give any chip shop a run for their money!
Now the odd factoid, in parts of South America they can eat Copybara (think double sized beaver) as a Friday meat. Apparently they didn’t want to give this up, so the local bishops or archbishops decided that since it lived in the water, it was a fish, and therefore could be eaten on Friday.
BenBhoy
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Hence why he was crucified on that date - making Jesus the passover lamb/lamb if God.
I'd recommend reading 'Dominion' by Tom Holland. It rather contests that view. Greco-Roman cultures were brutal. There's a reason Aesop's fables weren't happily ever after but most our tales now are. The fact we think our values are universal is testament to how fundamentally Christ changed the world.
I think they also had some bread (possibly unleavened) and wine at the Last Supper.
Although interestingly, the Jewish day starts at dusk the previous day according to our way of thinking, so the Last Supper was on a Thursday night not a Friday.
Not particularly religious at all but try to observe the no meat on Good Friday as at least a vestige of Christian tradition.
Fish finger sandwiches for lunch, salmon en croute for tea.
When I was young the queue outside the fish and chip shops would seem like a mile long on Good Friday tea time
Fish finger sandwiches for lunch, salmon en croute for tea.
When I was young the queue outside the fish and chip shops would seem like a mile long on Good Friday tea time
shakey jake
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I try not to eat farmed fish, especially salmon and bass. And avoid any commercial fishing. The damage the commercial fleet do is disgusting.
If i havent caught it not really interested
If i havent caught it not really interested
Some of the British farmed trout is fairly decent although I do prefer wild and caught myself!
Plus our Easter isn't properly linked to the Jewish passover/calendar and the Orthodox Church uses a different calendar still.
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Thanks I will take a look at that. I think to argue that Christianity hasn't been a major influence on the Western way of life and approach to morality would be foolish but my point is that there are many societies and religions from other parts of the world that predate Christianity by thousands of years but also embrace a similar moral code involving morality, altruism et al. In fact I understand that Zaroastrinism (spelling?) and Judaism influenced Christianity quite strongly in this area to name a couple. We can find brutality where we want in older civilisations as well as current ones, plenty of nastiness performed in the name of Christianity too but my point is that good people are good people, not all people are good.
Quite like this product as an alternative to salmon
shakey jake
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Interesting reading. I disagree with the line waste from sustainable fishing in uk and eu waters. I doubt any fishing in uk waters is sustainable, in truth, maybe described as such by fudging the figure.Quite like this product as an alternative to salmon
The commercial boats rape the sea for profit.
Using the waste is good but id still prefer they werent caught
Honestly it depends on the feed/feed company. Some use bycatch for their protein sources, some use land animal protein, and some use the feed fish. Trout are a predatory species and do need high protein plus the right oils. Hopefully some insect derived feeds using human food waste to grow the insects can be developed in and become mainstream in future as that could be very efficient and more 'natural'.
Chalkstream are pretty good, I know their main suppliers and they're really keen on being the best they can.
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