They call this Fasting???

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

While it was a great day to go outside and fire up the grill I am not suppose to have red meat this time of the year.
Only meat I am suppose to eat is shellfish but I do cheat a little and eat regular fish.

So this is what I am left with to choke down for dinner.
Dang I might get use to this fasting concept with food like this.

So what you guys having for dinner?

JerryS · Feb 20, 2016

Ah, dem bugs dey look so good, yeah!

JD Seller · Feb 20, 2016

Your eating bait!!!! LOL I bet that you spice them up too????

Donald Lehman · Feb 20, 2016

That sure does look good!

Venison hamburgs. carrots, taters here.

David G · Feb 20, 2016

Did you catch that?

Bob Collins · Feb 20, 2016

Actually, fasting is limiting yourself to one regular meal and 2 smaller meals that total less than the regular sized meal. Not eating meat is abstaining. Whatever you choose to call it it looks good.

pete black · Feb 20, 2016

roasted root veggies: carrots, taters, onions and turnips. tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper and mrs. dash. glass of ice water.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

Yes Jerry they were good.
Crawfish are still a little expensive but the price will come down after easter.
Shrimp were $5.99 and crawfish were $3.79 a lb already boiled.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

It's both fasting and abstaining.
No red meat everyday and no food at all on particular days.
So we just call it fasting.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

No David I bought them already boiled and ready to eat at the local fish market.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

Yes JD.
Why waist your time going fishing when you can eat the bait.

They were kind of spicy but not to bad by my standards.
But way more spicy then others here would want.
Nothing a coke can not cure.

Dachshund · Feb 20, 2016

GAG A MAGGOT! I rather starve than eat that mess!

Spudm · Feb 20, 2016

Fasting is about enhancing your focus on God, not food....

Den N Ms · Feb 20, 2016

John,Do you suc k out the crawdad heads?

w1ebb · Feb 20, 2016

Mmmmmmm! Dats gud eatin!

Because you can't eat red meat, the shrimp and crawdaddies are doctor prescribed.......right?

Enjoy it, John!

Scott

larry@stinescorner · Feb 20, 2016

that does look good!

Dachshund · Feb 20, 2016

Yes, I know.....God also tells me that shrimp and crawdads are unclean, too.....

Traditional Farmer · Feb 20, 2016

Looks good to me,I loved going to a small place that served fresh shrimp at Galveston TX
while I was visiting my sister at her beach house on Galveston Island.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

No w1ebb the shrimp and crawfish are not doctor prescribed.
I can eat all the red meat I want with no harm.
I choose not to eat red meat between ash wednesday and easter sunday.
Part of my religion.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

Now Den....
What good self respecting coonass does not suck the heads?
Heck that's the best part of the meal.

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

unclean???
They were washed then cook in boiling water.
Ain't that clean enough?

If that ain't enough they have enough spice on them to kill any germs. LOL!!!

w1ebb · Feb 20, 2016

Sorry John, I didn't even think about religious reasons. My apologies.

My brother in law was on a red meat restriction by his cardiologist. Glad to know you don't have to deal with that, but if you did, it doesn't look like a problem with that beautiful platter of food!

Scott

bingo71 · Feb 20, 2016

Den in Ms. what part of Ms. are you in?

john in la · Feb 20, 2016

Yes Scott

I am catholic.

We party hard in preparation for our fasting times and call it Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday
That is something most do not know. Mardi Gras is related to religion.
Then on Ash Wednesday we go into what we call Lent.
It is 40 days of fasting and other things we do.
It all ends with Easter Sunday when we can rejoice again.

Greg1959 · Feb 20, 2016

That sure looks mighty good.

730virgil · Feb 20, 2016

neighbor Le Roy had been eating lots of fish and chicken his doctor told him he has to eat more beef cut back on the fish and chicken as he has became anemic
he has been getting b 12 shots once a week for a month then he will be getting them once a month

Chuck (CA) · Feb 20, 2016

With a feast like that, I think I would look forward to fasting for Lent.

coshoo · Feb 20, 2016

Get them spuds out of there! They're taking up valuable mud bug space!
I could just live on stuff like that- they beat beef all hollow, as far as I'm concerned.

jim buford · Feb 21, 2016

But under the New Covenant we are told to eat whatever is put before us with thanksgiving. Clean and unclean was part of the old religious system. Recall the story of Peter when the lord told him to go spread the gospel to the gentiles (non-jews) and the Lord used a picture of previously unclean food to impress upon him that this was a different covenant and no food is forbidden.

sd pete · Feb 21, 2016

There is a good eatin place in LongBeach MS. We always go there when i am down there. I like the fresh shrimp.

Dachshund · Feb 21, 2016

Except that story is not about FOOD, it is about relationships between Israelites and Gentiles.....read the entire context of the story.
The food laws were NOT changed - only the sacrifice laws ("I come not to change the Law, but to fulfill it...").
NOWHERE are we told the food Laws were changed.

john in la · Feb 21, 2016

So since shrimp and crawfish do not have fins and scales you do not eat them.
Does that also hold true with catfish, lobsters, and crabs for you.
And we can also assume you stay away from pigs because they are not cud chewing.
Or are you singling out shrimp and crabs because you do not like them anyway.

GordoSD · Feb 21, 2016

Coming down to Venice in early april for some bull redfish.

Dachshund · Feb 21, 2016

We try to follow all the Biblical food laws. I cannot say 100% that nothing slips through, but that would include dead pig, lobster, catfish, shellfish, crabs, etc. I never was too enthused about eating any of that stuff growing up, either (raised Lutheran). I always tell people that I used to be Atheist, but I gave it up for Lent!

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