• yannic@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Also. around the mediterrainian, fish is a food staple of the poor. The point is to eliminate excess.

    I’d argue that an inlander ordering fish at a fancy restaurant on a Friday during Lent is not following the spirit of the law (which can be more of a discipline than a rule, depending on the local episcopal authority), especially if it’s not a special occasion and the fish was caught hundreds of kilometers away.

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      7 months ago

      The inlander could eat freshwater fish like trout or carp, no fancy saltwater fish.

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          7 months ago

          Sorry, I thought it was clear: there was and is also fish ‘Inland’ that is poor people’s food.