Thanks for the laugh..

Originally Posted by Midas

Each Friday night after work Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.

But all of Bubba's neighbors were Catholic, and since it was Lent they were forbidden to eat meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.

The Priest came to visit Bubba and suggested that he become a Catholic. After several classes and much study, Bubba attended Mass, and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic."

Bubba's neighbors were greatly relieved until the next Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison again filled the neighborhood. The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors, and, as he rushed into Bubba's yard clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement.

There stood Bubba, clutching a small bottle of holy water which he was carefully sprinkling over the grilling meat whilst chanting:

"You wuz born a deer, you wuz raised a deer, but now you is a catfish."

I wonder if Pauli is a Baptist or a Catholic? but I bet he prefers venison to catfish!

Originally Posted by Major Sinic

I wonder if Pauli is a Baptist or a Catholic? but I bet he prefers venison to catfish!

If he's got any sense he'd prefer it! I had some beautiful home-killed venison at a game supper a couple of weeks ago, paired with a 2002 Chateau Musar wine from the Beka'a Valley in Lebanon - not exactly a country you associate with good wine; an exceedingly good combination, and certainly not one I'd have come up with myself.

Anyone know why Catholics eat fish on Friday? Seriously, I have no idea why and have always wondered!

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Anyone know why Catholics eat fish on Friday? Seriously, I have no idea why and have always wondered!

Because the men always go to the pub on friday and bring it home via the chippy.

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Anyone know why Catholics eat fish on Friday? Seriously, I have no idea why and have always wondered!

The official line on why they fast is

In the first century, Jews fasted on Mondays and Thursdays. The original Christians were all Jewish and were used to the fasting as a spiritual discipline. They moved the fast days to Wednesdays and Fridays, because Judas engineered Jesus' arrest on a Wednesday and Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Why they eat fish

Most often that fast took the form of avoiding meat in the diet. In those days, meat was a luxury food. You either had to buy it in a market or you had to own enough land to keep cattle. On the other hand, anyone could grow vegetables or forage for them, and anyone could catch a fish in a lake or a stream. You could buy better fish and vegetables, but the point is that you could eat without money if you were poor. So meat was rich people's food and fish was poor people's food. That is why the most common form of fasting was to omit meat and eat fish.

Originally Posted by Major Sinic

I wonder if Pauli is a Baptist or a Catholic? but I bet he prefers venison to catfish!

Catholic, Venison, the backstrap for preference, Pan roasted in butter served with a Lolonis Zinfandel from the redwood valley in California.

I dont realy go much for the faith thing anymore but just because I dont believe in God Dosnt meen I cant be a good Catholic.

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Anyone know why Catholics eat fish on Friday? Seriously, I have no idea why and have always wondered!

I was once told that it may have something to do with the fact that the apostles were fishermen (most of em anyroad).They figured that if this here christianity venture didnt take off they could get people into the habit of eating fish, therefore leaving them something to fall back on.
Another theory was that to eat meat on Friday was disrespectfull to Jesus, eating flesh on the day he died and all that.I believe there were other Jewish traditions that requested their followers abstained from meat to commemorate the dead( if for example a high priest died on tuesday a fast could be called on tuesdays for the next year).Either that or what Kiwi Said.

Originally Posted by Midas

If he's got any sense he'd prefer it! I had some beautiful home-killed venison at a game supper a couple of weeks ago, paired with a 2002 Chateau Musar wine from the Beka'a Valley in Lebanon - not exactly a country you associate with good wine; an exceedingly good combination, and certainly not one I'd have come up with myself.

The Leb has a great winemaking tradition, far older than most of Europe Oddly enough so has Syria.One of my favorite varietals has its origins in Syria and is actually named after syria.Syrah or Shiraz are the same varietal and the name is a variant of syriah.Syrah Is also a nice wine to serve with Venison but i would put a good Zin with the backstraps, perhaps syrah with the loin.

Originally Posted by Opinionated

Anyone know why Catholics eat fish on Friday? Seriously, I have no idea why and have always wondered!

Christ died on Friday, and to neither kill nor consume meat on Friday is in recognition of this. There was no obligation to eat fish, just to abstain from eating meat. I believe the Catholic Church repealed the requirement fifty or so years ago.