Yeah I literally ate my words cuz I went to my family friends' place who are polish x-mas eve and had some great fried fish lol. My upbringing is very lutheran/agnostic so I kinda forgot about Catholics

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

The brunch I wanted to attend today served fish. Unfortunately my guts were unsettled so I popped in but didn't eat.

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A lot of people eat smoked salmon on Christmas in France

[–] p0ntyp00l@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd take that over turkey, the only poultry blander than chicken with the consistency of napkins

[–] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Ah, they also eat turkey and foie gras. Lunch is basically all afternoon. Try eating vegan in France for Christmas, you won't have a good time

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago

USA too, and a couple of Christmas dinners at my family home, grilled or roasted Salmon was the entree. Last Christmas, lobster bisque was served for the soup course and it was flawless.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 days ago

Well, the "Feast of the Seven Fishes" is a thing, apparently.

It's not uncommon in Catholicism and Orthodoxy to fast on Christmas Eve, and "fasting" in Catholic terms mostly just means not eating meat, but fish is ok because it was traditionally not considered meat.