From a Fascinating Listicle on Beavers
"The Catholic Church actually declared beavers to be a fish, according to dietary restrictions, meaning they are OK to eat on both Fridays and throughout Lent. [The Church's] decisions are based more on an animal’s environment than their physical characteristics." [Neatorama]
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14 Comments:
wait, what? how does a beaver equate to a fish? who eats beavers anyway?
gastronomeg at 11:45AM on 06/19/09
Thanks! I feel so much better now that the church condones my beaver fetish.
arm1970 at 11:55AM on 06/19/09
morons
mrstkach at 11:59AM on 06/19/09
It's the tail, by the way. They thought it had to be part of a fish.
akk328 at 12:49PM on 06/19/09
Actually, I believe it's muskrats, with the reasoning that (1) there wasn't much fish available for Lent to early settlers in some parts around America, and (2) anyone eating muskrat is doing enough penance already, they're more than making up for not having fish instead. :-)
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=23328
piccolaserenata8 at 12:56PM on 06/19/09
From what my priest told me years ago, the Catholic Church considers any cold-blooded animal "not meat." So, when you can't eat meat on Fridays, you can still eat fish, snake, frogs, etc. Funny that beavers fell on that list as warm-blooded mammals...
Lorena at 3:44PM on 06/19/09
Thank goodness... Cause I try to eat beaver as much as I can every week! I guess I just have a thing for beaver. (Someone had to say it!)
Pavlov at 9:42PM on 06/19/09
Thank goodness... Cause I try to eat beaver as much as I can every week! I guess I just have a thing for beaver. (Someone had to say it!)
Pavlov at 9:42PM on 06/19/09
Thank goodness... Cause I try to eat beaver as much as I can every week! I guess I just have a thing for beaver. (Someone had to say it!)
Pavlov at 9:43PM on 06/19/09
Is there an echo in here?!
arm1970 at 9:55PM on 06/19/09
Damn blackberry! Forgive me... Must have been the beaver talk.
Pavlov at 10:02PM on 06/19/09
Good news for Catholic beaver eaters.
dmcavanagh at 10:55PM on 06/19/09
Based on what I read in my local Catholic newsaper ; the church that can justify voting for Obama , can easily come up with a reason to eat beaver on Friday.
jfitz at 3:19AM on 06/20/09
There's an old north woods recipe for Beaver:
Skin it, gut it, season with salt & pepper. Place it on a cedar plank, roast it for several hours at 325. When done, throw away the
beaver and eat the plank.
Beaver meat tastes very fishy.
mary00 at 4:37AM on 06/21/09