Favorite Sandwhich

[Dr. Shane]

So what is your gusto?

[carolaa]

Mmmm. Now I'm hungry for one.

[Guest truthseeker007]

Am i the only meat eater??

[GreatLakesGramma]

I am allergic to wheat, so I don't eat any of those kinds of bread. I eat millet & flax seed bread, which is actually made with more rice flour than millet.

[Amelia]

I like making wraps. They come in whole wheat, multigrain, spinach, basil tomato etc.

[doctorj]

Coming from down-under of course I like Marmite Sandwiches, or Vegemite, but Vegemite does not have quite the flavour of Marmite. Love Marmite and Avocado -- very savoury.

[Woody]

I recall having this discussion before. Marmite Marmite Marmite. Is that all them there down unders like?

[Amelia]

It's a poor country Red. It's all they have. teehe

[aldona]

Am i the only meat eater??

No- but we were only allowed to have 3 choices. If there was a fourth choice I would have put meat. I am mostly vegetarian at home but when I go out, I sometimes have meat in a sandwich.

Other favourites...

- Marmite and cream cheese

- "The AAA" = Avocado, Asparagus and Alfalfa Sprouts, preferably on rye or sourdough, with dressing

- Tahini (sesame seed paste) and honey (mmm...delicious)

- and just about any sandwich can be improved by adding either a couple of slices of beetroot (sorry, another Australian quirk) or some pesto.

aldona

[Nan]

I recall having this discussion before. Marmite Marmite Marmite. Is that all them there down unders like?

Not all we like but it improves the flavour of most things - lettuce, cucumber, avocado are obvious.

Not so obvious, peanut butter and banana, all together.

(My father tried all sorts of things on icecream, including Marmite, but I do not recall his repeating it often.)

[olger]

I observe that fish is broken apart from "meat" in this poll. When did fish become meatless?

[Woody]

Did ELLEN CONSIDER IT MEAT?

[BobRyan]

I thought it was a catholic custom about Fridays being considered a day of fasting - then downsized to a day for avoiding meat as the new "fast" and finally - removing fish from the category of "meat" and yet still considering that a valid "fast" from meat on Fridays.

Did I miss something?

in Christ,

Bob

[Dr. Shane]

In the July 2008 issue of Adventist World there was an article abut fish that pretty much separated it from other meats. In that article it says "Fish was eaten by Ellen White instead of 'flesh meat.' and she considered it better food than flesh of animals. She cautioned about fish from polluted rivers... This [university of Toronto] study showed that in fat biopsies taken from vegetarians, the content of DHA was very adequate... This means we do not see a need at this time to recommend fish be added to the vegetarian's diet... The Biblical record of Jesus eating and serving fish in His glorified state surely allays any questions as to the morality of eating fish. Ellen White's preference for fish over flesh meat also suggests that any problem with fish relates to its contamination. For those with ample choice and quantities of foods available to them, particularly nuts and seeds, we see no reason for them to included fish in their diet. Conversely, we know of no health hazard for eating of unpolluted fish."

[carolaa]

My wierd filling is avocado with lentils, sprinkled with a little garlic powder and cayenne.

[Nan]

I thought it was a catholic custom about Fridays being considered a day of fasting - then downsized to a day for avoiding meat as the new "fast" and finally - removing fish from the category of "meat" and yet still considering that a valid "fast" from meat on Fridays.

Did I miss something?

in Christ,

Bob

I thought the Catholic custom of eating fish on Fridays originated about the fifteenth century when the fisherman of Genoa were doing it tough and needed a way to increase consumption.....and having a fish only day worked quite well.

I have not researched this, it might be only an urban myth, but it is something I heard very many years ago - and not from an antiCatholic source.

[carolaa]

I thought it originated with Lent, because people gave up meat on Fridays but they could eat fish because fish isn't considered meat.

[Amelia]

From what Ive been able to gather, Catholics were not forced to eat fish on Fridays, just not eat meat.

From Jimmy Akin: Catholic answer man

Quote:

Church law is written in Latin.

In Latin the thing we are forbidden to eat on (today certain) Fridays is carnis.

In Latin, carnis means the flesh of warm-blooded, land-dwelling animals.

Since people couldn't eat carnis, they looked for things similar to carnis to eat on Fridays.

Tofu burgers not having been introduced in the West, people started eating fish.

The practice of eating fish became widespread.

But then I found this on the same site

Quote:

The fish sandwich found at most fast food places is due to lent. When McDonalds owner Ray Kroc saw his friday hamburger sales dropping during lent, he discovered it was due to Catholics abstention from meat. He made a fish sandwich to grab that market, and many others later followed suit.

The pretzel exists because some German monks, who would follow a very strict lenten diet, made up some little wheat snacks (no yeast allowed). The crossing of the "arms" in the middle of the pretzel signifies the old style of praying by crossing your arms on your chest. The latin word for "arms", bracellae, morphed into the german and became "pretzel".

The pre-Lenten celebration of Carnivale is due to everyone having to eat their meats and dairy products because they would otherwise spoil before Easter. "Carne" is Latin for meat, "Vale" is Latin for goodbye

[Neil D]

Hmmmmmm......food history lesson...Interesting...

[BobRyan]

Catholic canon law requires fasting on every Friday -- but Eventually the fasting on Fridays turned into meatless-fast -- and then to "well ok - fish is not meat" for the purpose of fasting.

This is what the Code of Canon Law of 1983 says about the matter:

Quote:

Canon 1251.

Abstinence from meat, or another food according to the prescriptions of the Conference of Bishops, is to be observed on all Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

From: http://www.stthomasirondequoit.com/DeaconBench/id583.htm

[John317]

Eventually the fasting on Fridays turned into meatless-fast -- and then to "well ok - fish is not meat" for the purpose of fasting.

Helps to explain why, when I tell people I don't eat meat, I hear quite a few people respond with, "OK but you eat fish, then, right?" And I say, "Fish is meat." And then they get this puzzled expression on their faces.

[olger]

Been there.. :)

[LynnDel]

That's why Paul Volk, who gave a presentation at our church, says something like, "I don't eat anything that has to go to the bathroom."

[Dr. Shane]

You can just say, "If it has a mouth and eyes, I don't eat it" or "If it tries to get away when I try to kill it, I don't eat it."

[carolaa]

Or you could stick with the other saying...