Many Catholics have embarked on a 40 day journey of vegetarianism, pescatarianism or “meatless” Fridays.
Growing up in a somewhat Catholic family and community, this time of year brings back memories of family and friends gathering around “seafood” dishes such as ceviche, caldo de camaron, and cocteles.
For people who observe Lent, eating meat on Fridays is no bueno and some “hardcore” Catholics give up meat completely. However, fish is sometimes an exception to the no meat rule. One mainstream definition of vegetarianism can be pretty loose– wrongly labeling pescatarians (consumers of ocean animals) as vegetarians.
Unsurprisingly, Mickey Ds is capitalizing on this religious observance by selling chopped up fish remains for only $1! What a bargain! Eating dead Alaskan pollock aka Fish McBites is definitely the best way to observe Lent.
Poor fish
Sad that many people think of them as not much more than an inanimate object.
Yes if there is a buck to be made then Macca’s will find it… Fish are disregarded as sentient beings by most people even by some animal rights people and when I was a Catholic we used to eat no meat on Friday (when I was a kid) too… the whole celebration for anything revolves around dead sentient beings… makes me sick but as I was on the other side I think if people get educated on what we all know.. some (not all) wil become vegan….. thanks for the post….
Thanks for commenting Thomas.
It is really interesting to see how people view fish. When I first became vegetarian I was actually a pescatarian because I had a close friend who self-identified as a vegetarian while eating fish. I didn’t know any better. Thankfully, after some self education I saw the light :p
Thats cool t heard. I have heard that a lot actually so you are not alone