The Duplex by Glenn McCoy for March 05, 2010
March 04, 2010
March 06, 2010
Transcript:
Eno: I'll have a triple cheeseburger. Fang: This is Lent, Eno. No meat. Eno: Slap (symbols) Fang: Thought you might like an order of guilt on the side.
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It goes back to the old kosher laws. Fish are living creatures, but they’re a different kind of creature, and so the particular rules about consuming “the beasts of the field” didn’t apply. For one thing, you can eat them with dairy products, which you aren’t allowed to do with mammal flesh. That’s why you can put both lox and cream cheese on your bagel at the same time.
I think poultry falls outside of the meat prohibitions as well, but I’m not sure about that. It’s easy enough to look up, though, if you’re so inclined.
Have you ever heard the saying “It’s neither flesh nor fowl” or “neither fish nor fowl”, meaning something that defies categorization? Those are both shortened versions of “neither fish, flesh, nor fowl”, with “flesh” being a parallel to what is considered “meat” in terms of meatless fasts.