Try thinking of some of the comments being like bad re-runs of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Posted on 03/27/2013 1:17:45 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Catholics around the world have been celebrating the announcement of Pope Francis. Now catholics in Louisiana have one more reason to celebrate: they can eat alligator during the abstaining days of Lent.
According to NPR, the alligator was officially sanctioned as a member of the seafood group three years ago after Jim Piculas wrote a letter to Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans asking to settle a debate among his friends. The Archbishop responded saying, "Yes, the alligator's considered in the fish family, and I agree with you — God has created a magnificent creature that is important to the state of Louisiana, and it is considered seafood."
The reptile is a favorite among residents of Lousiana, especially in New Orleans, where you can find it in everything from po boy sandwiches to cheesecake at Jacques-Imo's. Because the question comes up in Louisiana every year during Lent, when Catholics around the world may eat seafood but no other meat on Fridays, Piculas posted the archbishop's letter on Facebook and it went viral.
As New Orleans is also a shrimp town, this is welcome news for Jay Nix, owner of the Parkway Bakery. During Lent, seafood orders at Parkway are high in demand, reaching 3,400 pounds of shrimp per day. He hopes news of alligator being approved as seafood will "take some pressure off of our shrimp sales."
We have either fish or shellfish for dinner. I often skip either breakfast or lunch. It's really only difficult if we are attending a dinner function, but with so many vegetarians these days, I can usually find something.
Oh, I understand your post well enough but neither is so just because an archbishop declares it to be so.
Try thinking of some of the comments being like bad re-runs of Mystery Science Theater 3000
If alligator is seafood then Hippopotomous can’t be far behind...Them crazy Catholics...
Are you suggesting Jesus was a fish?
If you are suggesting that alligators are mammals or birds, i’m afraid it is not the Catholics who are crazy.
Do be serious.
I always found it ironic when people went out for King Crab or Lobster on Fridays (doesn't quite seem consistent with the idea of fasting...even mildly...does it?)
But, hey, it's something.
Maybe this country will return to that year 'round (like they recently did in, of all places, the UK)
That compounds the irony of your 'believe' post since Jesus is the one saying so about Holy Eucharist that you don't believe. That change in belief came first from "Archbishop" Zwingli. So, I don't think it is a matter of authority here.
If you or the archbishop want to call an alligator a fish...welcome to it. Call an alligator anything you wish. It doesn’t make it so.
I don’t think you missed the point yet again.
Why bring something up if you don’t want to avoid it?
Maybe you should get some sleep and come back later.
I’m good, but thanks for your concern.
Maybe you should rest more or at least hesitate before posting a gratuitous insult.
Insult? Where? to whom?
Well they sure ain't seafood...
The point is that they are not “meat,” as defined in canon law.
Eating seafood on Fridays may not always seem like much of a sacrifice, but I would like to make the case that it is. It can be inconvenient, difficult or even impossible to find seafood at an event or function. Even private events are difficult to impossible. I can skip breakfast or lunch, but when we are out with friends or acquaintances, fasting isn’t an option. Imho, what I am doing by giving up meat on Fridays is a private observation, not something that should be obvious to those around me.
Kind of undermines the whole premise of the Catholic Church.
"It's not a divorce, it's an annulment!"
"We are pro-life! Welcome to communion abortionist pols!"
"Priests can't marry" (Never mind that the "first Pope" was married!)
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