#meatless friday

[dynamoe]

Like all THE BEST Catholics, I'm a bad Catholic. Even I know Catholics CAN NOT eat meat on a Friday in Lent.

HOWEVER, St Patrick's Day is on a Friday on Lent this year so the pope MAY waive the meat-rule for the Catholic Irish diaspora's celebrations.

Seems petty, but a previous pope declared beavers were fish for the convenience of French Catholic explorers in Canada.

→ Scientific American Blog

[magazynkulinarny]

Odsmażane ziemniaki z patelni po mojemu

Proste, tanie, rustykalne jedzenie. Bez żadnych pretensji do tronu, tronu po Napoleonu (jak śpiewał klasyk z klasyczką).

Ziemniaki smażone z sadzonym jajkiem to smak, który noszę zakodowany w pamięci, jako błogi i dobry. To danie przytulające, pocieszające, z angielska zwane comfort foodem.

Gdy byłam dzieckiem Mama obierała duży garnek ziemniaków, kroiła w batony długości 5-6 cm i grubości 1 cm, jak na frytki (fachowo to cięcie zwie się pont neuf), wrzucała bezpośrednio na patelnię i od czasu do czas przewracała. Po jakimś czasie dostawaliśmy na talerzach posklejane, mięciutkie w środku i przysmażone na złoto-brązowo z zewnątrz ziemniaki, które znikały w okamgnieniu. Poezja! 

Od lat nie udało mi się odtworzyć tamtych “klejonych ziemniaków”, jak je nazywałam. Nowe odmiany zastąpiły stare “do wszystkiego”, które nadawały się równie dobrze do gotowania, sałatek, placków ziemniaczanych, czy klusek. Po ich usmażeniu powstawał efekt zlepienia spowodowany wysoką zawartością skrobi. Ileż to ja razy próbowałam odzyskać na talerzu ten raj utracony! Ileż odmian bulw przerobiłam! Ileż kombinowałam z uprzednim podgotowaniem, a potem smażeniem... Nic. Ziemniaki nie garną się do siebie, jak kiedyś, nie potrzebują towarzystwa, bliskości, wzajemnej wymiany ciepła. Wolą dobrze prezentujący się na zdjęciach indywidualizm.

Gdy się nie ma, co się lubi, to się lubi, co się ma. Robię więc zwykłe odsmażane ziemniaki. Gotuję, studzę, kroję w batony lub w łódeczki i smażę do uzyskania chrupiącej skórki, obsypując szczodrze ulubionymi przyprawami. Tym razem dodałam też zaskakujący składnik: orzechy włoskie. Według mnie bardzo ciekawy pomysł. Spróbujcie, może i Wam przypadnie do gustu?

Składniki:

1 kg ziemniaków (najlepiej typu A) 4 jaja przyprawy: utarta kozieradka, słodka papryka, suszone oregano 2 łyżki orzechów włoskich sól i czarny pieprz do smaku

Wykonanie:

Ziemniaki obrać, opłukać i ugotować nie do końca (przy wbiciu widelca powinny być trochę chrupiące). Odcedzić, ostudzić i pokroić w łódeczki.

Na dużej patelni rozgrzać chlust oleju rzepakowego. Wsypać ziemniaki i smażyć pozwalając, by sobie poleżakowały w jednej pozycji 5-7 minut, zanim odwróci się je na kolejny bok. Ziemniaki w ogóle nie należą do nadpobudliwców, one potrzebują czasu, muszą się wyspać, inaczej są niestrawne.

Pod koniec smażenia, gdy łódeczki dobrze się zrumienią, obsypać solą, pieprzem, przyprawami i drobno siekanymi lub zmiksowanymi w blenderze prażonymi orzechami włoskimi. Przemieszać.

Przesunąć na jedną stronę patelni, dać kapkę oleju lub masła, wybić jaja i usmażyć.

Podawać z kefirem lub maślanką.

[studyofcookie]

20.01.23

Maybe the 6178th time trying to get my diet back on track… but I won’t stop until I get it right! Today I went for some salad and braised soy, which I totally love.

And we also have a special participation of my dishcloth because I was afraid of staining my new sofa 😂

[tinyshe]

[angelofglory-xo]

just had to scream "no we can't get farmer's sausage wraps for dinner we're Catholic"

[cryoverkiltmilk]

all capybara are AFAB in the eyes of the catholic church

Assigned Fish At Birth

[shegottosayit]

Reloading tumblr alone with my cat on my lap on a friday night after a microwave dinner.

[ltwilliammowett]

Banyan Days

Throughout history, sailors frequently had meals without meat. Most notably, meatless days were known as Banyan Days. The custom was introduced in the days of Queen Elizabeth 1 in an effort to economize meat, fish, or cheese. The name came from a garment 'banian' worn by Hindu merchants who were known for not eating meat.

Banyan days continued, and in the 18th century, they became more structured when the British Royal Navy determined that meat would not be served on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays.

These days were cost-saving measures by the Navy, however, they were not the only reason many sailors had limited meat in their diet. Before modern refrigeration, long sea journeys meant that meat was cured rather than fresh. Naval diets consisted of the infamous ship's biscuit, or hard tack, made from flour, water, and salt. These biscuits were as tough as boots but be kept for an incredibly long time. The sailor's low-nutrient diet saw a rise in deficiencies such as scurvy.

In more modern times, global events such as the First and Second World Wars saw rationing impact food supplies leading to an increase in meatless meals but with a focus on high-calorie and portable food.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Meatless Fridays: a waiter explains to patrons of a restaurant about the first "meatless" day observed here in 24 years, October 9, 1942. Only fish and vegetable plates were on the menu, designed to help cut the consumption of meat by 21 per cent as requested by the government in order to make rationing unnecessary. It didn't work. Meat was rationed in January 1943.

FN: Apparently, people were no better with apostrophes during the Golden Age than they are today.

Photo: Associated Press

[liberatedfromtheworld]

Monday and Tuesday's meals were a spicy chopped chicken salad with fries and cheese sauce. On Tuesday they remembered to give me a roll and butter. After my second time with this salad I truly confirmed that there was blue cheese in it, and though it wasn't as bad as blue cheese usually is, I would rather do without it. The house dressing was rather sweet and its appearance was reminiscent of semen, so I used less of it in the second salad.

Wednesday's lunch was a Chicago Polish w/ cheese fries and lemon Italian ice. Dinner was some curry meatball thing.

Thursday's lunch was a Pecan chicken salad or something like that. I decided to get ranch instead of the house dressing. I also got fries w/ cheese sauce. For dinner I got "The Meatless Beast" and an Oreo shake from Mooyah. These were perfect items.

Friday's lunch was a Muenster burger and this little salad they added with it. I loved the pickled red onion and red cabbage that they put on it, and putting everything in a ciabatta roll was genius. It tasted good, but the burger was a little pink in some parts. I like my meat well done. For dinner I had chipotle. My intention was to try the carnitas, but the beef barbacoa looked really good, so I tried that instead. It was good but not worth the price, so I will stick to sofritas or maybe try carnitas on my next visit.

[non-fantasy]

Fun fact time: before Filet-O-Fish was introduced, McDonald's tried to market a meatless sandwich (specifically to strict Catholics, who aren't supposed to eat meat on Friday) called the Hula Burger. It was a burger but with slice of grilled pineapple and cheese instead of a patty. It did not last long, as you might expect

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i. hate everything about this concept.

[shadowredfeline]

Two in One Post

For my P-Pal's On this Day Post

Looks nice to remember seeing the Speedster family go to church. And it would be nice for the Ramcats join the service at the church. Especially Miya and Aace and Popikir.

And usually depends on which family Shadow might bring, he can either bring his mom, my brother and his sister, or he can bring Lisa and their kids and Tory can bring Julie. Or maybe Shadow and Tory can do both. And the Speedsters might be pleased about it.

And for Response to my P-Pal.

Yeah having Hot Dogs is good. Which I'm currently saving for Easter to go with my Macaroni and Cheese and Mashed Potatoes. But since you can't eat meat during Holy Week, which is much different than during Lent Season where there is No Meat on Fridays. And yeah I know there are some Fish Sandwiches and fish and chips too. As well as for me having a Fish Patty which is part of the healthy joint and anytime I'm trying to eat Healthy. But normally anytime I eat something meatless, I find some Cheese Pizza, Macaroni and Cheese, Mash Potatoes, Nachos and Bean and Cheese Burritos. But once we hit Easter Sunday, I'm sure things will be back to normal. And we'll still eat what we usually enjoy.

[starstruckpurpledragon]

So this morning I was starting to wonder where the insulation guys were at, I'd thought they'd be here by then and... that was about when I got a phone call telling me their truck got stuck in the mud.

There is a very good chance that they won't actually be able to get here until tomorrow or that even they can start today, they'll have to finish tomorrow. Which sucks, but I did kind of find it funny that my saga to get rid of the wasps in my attic has been temporarily foiled by mud.

Estelle is getting to hang out with my dad today since I thought it'd be less stressful for her to be over there where it's calm and she's got someone who she can play and snuggle with (and let her outside when she needs to and beg treats off of) than be leashed at home with lots of strange noises going on in the attic. Sure, she'd still get snuggles and outside (and treats) here, but she'd also likely wind up barking at the 'squirrels' in the attic.

Since they're not here yet still, I'm just assuming Estelle's gonna have another slumber party tonight over at my parents house and accept that, once again, I shall be spending the night snuggly-puppy-less. :(

For now I'm just enjoying a quiet work at home day, making bread in my bread machine (didn't think about it in time to have fresh bread for lunch, but a tasty snack later will be nice), and looking forward to having all the fiberglass insulation in my attic sucked out (along with bug corpses) and new foam insulation sprayed in (even if it does happen a day late).

Happy Valentine's Day to me. And, since it's Ash Wednesday, it's the start of Lent. (To make mom happy I really should try to remember to stay meatless today and all the Fridays until Easter.)

[loving-n0t-heyting]

Sometimes, there is some activity I engage in that i think I shouldn’t, but I can’t bring myself to commit to totally excising it from my life bc of ~the weakness of the flesh; for example, eating animal products. Trying to fully renounce it, in fact, can be morally hazardous, bc if I fail I might lose my resolve to even moderate it on my part (“making the perfect the enemy of the good”). So, I compromise by somehow restricting the activity without quitting it entirely

There are different ways to do this, and ime some are more effective blockages than others:

Prohibiting some particularly egregious version of the behaviour works better than regulating how much or how often I engage in it. (This is admittedly a blurry distinction.) Eating meat, for example, is a more stable proscription than eating animal products on some specified day of the week

KISS: the easier it is to remember and apply the rule, the firmer it will be. Extensive and elaborate dietary restrictions are ceteris paribus harder to consistently apply than simple ones

Among regulations in time and quantity, ones with some principle or symbolism behind them seem more stable than ones chosen arbitrarily. For example, I trust a Catholic giving up meat specifically on Fridays (for the usual reasons about passion symbolism) more than someone doing meatless mondays on the grounds that Monday is as good a day as any

In general, a good test is: if I were threatened with violence for holding to my commitment, how likely would I be to cave. This does not neatly align with how onerous the commitment is; less onerous commitments can often be more plastic under pressure than more onerous ones. There are plenty of willing martyrs for vegetarianism and veganism, very few afaict for pescatarianism

Overall, the more principled and less arbitrary the vow is (or seems to be), the stabler it is under temptation. It is easier to care about lines in the sand when they more neatly cut at independent contrasts in the sand itself

[carmen-sandal-eggos]

Les Mis for the asks!! (and/or Footloose if there have been no dreams)

Oh my god i just typed out like 3 separate detailed paragraphs for these but forgot how to save so i exited out bc i accidentally made a question poll and couldn't get rid of it so I'll just sum it up 😭😭😭😭

Les Misérables - Describe your last dream.

Something about touring the CIA gov establishment and then them putting us in a room and using some sort of gas to make us forget but i knew what would happen so i tried not to breathe it in and pretended i forgot bc ig gov business is top secret? Idk why we toured in the first place

There was also a thing about a minecraft survival server where i was teamed up with 2 others to find a good base and there were these beautiful mountains and lake we came across

Footloose - What is one rule you always broke growing up?

I do not recall ever actually giving something up for Lent as an individual. Only the family thing of meatless Fridays