PugJesus

Delicious, delicious fish

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1854277/delicious-delicious-fish

Mar 8 at 5:55amWeb
Show threadPugJesusMar 8

Explanation: As Catholics (and some other Christian denominations) abstain from meat at certain intervals through the year, but not fish, there have been some… curious historical definitions regarding what is and is-not a fish, including from the first bishop appointed to Quebec. One might suggest a bit of motivated thinking, even…

But beavers swim and spend most of their time in the water, so who am I to question the very hungry looking clergyman?

Show threadQuetzalcutlassMar 8
You can’t prove that his goal wasn’t just to ensure a steady supply of fur caps to hide his baldness.
Show threadArbitraryValueMar 8
Well, unless you want to define fish as a paraphyletic group, tetrapods are technically fish.
Show threadLaserMar 8
This guy was loving in the year 3000
Show threadtrxxruraxvrMar 8

unless you want to define fish as a paraphyletic group

Pretty much everyone does though.

Show threadArbitraryValueMar 8
But does God? That is the question here.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamMar 8
i know what a fish is dude
Show threadbinary45Mar 8
You can also add capybara to the list, though that’s in South America.
Show threadActionschnilsMar 8

I just heard a coment of a professor for history. She is an expert on everyday culture, like food. For an interview she researched about the rumor, of catholic monks eating beaver during the season of fasting. She said, that she found no evidence of monks eating beaver or something elselike. She supposes it was a spreaded rumor in the times, to make fun of them for beeing bigoted or stupid.

The source is an German History-Podcast from the Federal Public Radio DLF. I think, its quit hard to understand it, if your not really fluent in German. In the End, its just an German History Professor talking about one topic. Its kinda sober(?) ivory tower German :| But if you understand it, I can fully recomend it. One of my favorite podcast.

Aus der Dlf App | Der Rest ist Geschichte | Fastenzeit – Mäßigung und Magenknurren …deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.h…

Die historischen Wurzeln der Fastenzeit sind rätselhaft - doch Verzichten ist bis heute ein Trend

Die Fastenzeit hat begonnen. Über ihre historischen Wurzeln ist wenig bekannt. Doch Verzichten ist auch heute noch im Trend: von Handyfasten bis Null-Diät.

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Show threadPugJesusMar 8
Beaver was commonly eaten by Canadian settlers of the period, though, so it’s more “Can we still eat beaver on Fridays” than “We’re going to eat beaver now”
Show threadActionschnilsMar 10
Ah yeah ok. It was only a sidenote in this program. She didnt tell for which region she checked the sources. But all the sources she explained were from Europe or nearby (Byzanz fe)