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The tradition stems from the Roman Catholic observance of abstaining from eating meat on the eve of a feast day. [1] As no meat or animal fat could be used on such days, observant Catholics would instead eat fish (typically fried in oil). It is unclear when or where the term "Feast of the Seven Fishes" was popularized.
The seven fishes tradition is believed to be linked to the Roman Catholic tradition of fasting before a feast day and avoiding meat on the eve of a holy day, similar to the tradition of not eating ...
It's a pity you boys ain't Catholics. You could get a meal, then, all right." In the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, the title character uses it to describe Catholics during the anti-Catholic phase of his childhood and adolescence. In the movie Needful Things Father Meehan, the Catholic priest, refers to himself as a Mackerel Snapper.
Catholics in England and Wales are expected to abstain from eating meat, described as the flesh of warm-blooded animals, on Fridays, if they are able to do so, a practice that has been observed for a number of centuries, and is regarded as a penance to remind people of past wrongs and to identify with those who are suffering.
They only eat meat of a herbivore with split hooves and birds without a crop and without webbed feet; they also do not eat shellfish of any kind, and they only eat fish with scales. Any other animal is considered unclean and not suitable for eating. All vegetables, fruits and nuts are allowed. [23]
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Pescetarianism (/ ˌ p ɛ s k ə ˈ t ɛər i. ə n ɪ z əm / PESK-ə-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-əm; sometimes spelled pescatarianism) [1] is a dietary practice in which seafood is the only source of meat in an otherwise vegetarian diet. [2]
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