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What's for dinner

Yum !!! 😋
But what is shrove Tuesday?.We don't have that in the States.

I cooked a Pizza the other day so, I'll be having leftover Pizza, if my dog will let me. She's mad about Pizza !! 😄
 
Logan said:
Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, which marks the end of the pre-Lenten season. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession, the ritual burning of the previous year's Holy Week palms, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, as well as eating pancakes and other sweets.
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Oh, I see. We have Palm sunday and ash Wednesday but I never heard of eating pancakes any time, just having fish on fridays . Thanks for educating me Logan !! 😄
 
When my kids went to the little village school here (many moons ago) they had a pancake race on Shrove Tuesday. Mums had to line up with a pancake in a frying pan and run a race to the finishing line, whilst tossing the pancake. The kids all found it hilarious to watch while we entertained the little brutes!
 
Interestingly, before the reformation, when fish was eaten every Friday. Every monastery and Abbey had a stew pond where carp were kept and grown.
Also beaver was classed as a fish and beaver tail was a delicacy. Barnacle geese were also classed as fish as they were believed to be the mature form of the goose barnacle and so the high ups could eat them.
Also related to the development of the cod fishery off Newfoundland, which produced masses of salt fish for the European market.
 
NigelJ said:
Interestingly, before the reformation, when fish was eaten every Friday. Every monastery and Abbey had a stew pond where carp were kept and grown.
Also beaver was classed as a fish and beaver tail was a delicacy. Barnacle geese were also classed as fish as they were believed to be the mature form of the goose barnacle and so the high ups could eat them.
Also related to the development of the cod fishery off Newfoundland, which produced masses of salt fish for the European market.
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With that kind of thinking it's surprising they didn't eat cows too - because, let's see. Um, cows could have been the incarnation of overlooked fish.
Actually, I don't think there is a direct indication in the Bible about refraining from eating meat on Fridays. I'm also not at all sure that the days are correct when it comes to Good Friday and the rest of the modern day translations. There are however, several texts in the Bible about Jesus enjoying fish as a meal as far as I know. He was keen on fishing!
 
There is a Cow Fish probably not known in biblical times though.
The reason for fish on a Friday is that Jesus died on a Friday and so you should fast and abstain from meat. What's logic got to do with religion.
The Roman Catholics gave it up in the 1960's.
 
As far as I can see Nigel, the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches have nothing to do with God either - especially with today's antics. Nuff said, I don't want to get locked up!

PS, Zigs sees himself as a fisherman, and he just said he's never heard of a cow fish -but he wants one :rolleyes: - mad sod!
 

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