At one time both capybaras and puffins were classified as fish by the church to allow their consumption on all days. They were just too convenient to ignore.
Is it not common in most places to differentiate land animals (meat) from sea animals (fish)? I get your point that there’s no real distinction to make philosophically, but it’s customary and most people understand it?
No? The only times I’ve seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons. Generally you’d categorize the meat by the type of animal, such as beef, pork, chicken/poultry, or the broad categories like fish or shellfish.
Maybe it just depends on if you live someplace that’s very religious or not?
I once met a vegetarian when i was only 8 and wasn’t even sure what that was. She explained that she doesn’t eat meat, just fish and chicken. Instead of just asking a real adult, i made shit up in my brain like: fjsh aren’t meat and neither are chickens, because their meat is white or some shit.
FTA:
“Nutritionally, it is far more efficient than meat”
TIL Fish is not meat…
Whoever said that must be Catholic.
At one time both capybaras and puffins were classified as fish by the church to allow their consumption on all days. They were just too convenient to ignore.
That’s a very convoluted way to make people vegetarians
Beavers as well.
Amen.
Is it not common in most places to differentiate land animals (meat) from sea animals (fish)? I get your point that there’s no real distinction to make philosophically, but it’s customary and most people understand it?
No? The only times I’ve seen fish treated as somehow not meat is for religious reasons. Generally you’d categorize the meat by the type of animal, such as beef, pork, chicken/poultry, or the broad categories like fish or shellfish.
Maybe it just depends on if you live someplace that’s very religious or not?
I think going to the restaurant located inside my local church was a mistake
Lol, you say that, but catholic churches are very much known for their fish fry fridays in my area.
Is their halibut good enough for Jehovah?
Sister Celestine, I told you to we needed to order more HABITS, now what are we gonna do with all this fish?
I’ve definitely seen and heard the phrase “meat or fish” used where I live. I doubt it’s just a Finnish thing
I dunno, I just assumed that anything that bleeds when you kill it is meat.
WTF I want to kill a crab for scientific purposes now
We bleed horseshoe crabs for the medicinal properties of their blood.
You do you, my friend. My family and I prefer to spend our free time reading a good book or baking cookies.
I eat all the meat. It’s delicious. I just wanted to share what it’s called when you eat fish but no other meat.
https://www.quora.com/Do-crabs-have-blood#:~:text=Their blood coagulates when exposed,wounds and reduce fluid loss.
Nice to see that vampires have their own stackoverflow. Thanks for the answer anyway
A lot of people make the distinction that red meat, mammals, are more intelligent, more aware of pain, more develop neurologically, than fish
Even to his day, I still meet “vegetarians” who eat fish. Usually boomer age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescetarianism
I once met a vegetarian when i was only 8 and wasn’t even sure what that was. She explained that she doesn’t eat meat, just fish and chicken. Instead of just asking a real adult, i made shit up in my brain like: fjsh aren’t meat and neither are chickens, because their meat is white or some shit.
is there not a term for that? What do you call someone who chooses not to eat red meat? (Not for religious or cultural reasons)