[ihattendorf]

> New England clam chowder

Are clams not considered meat? Also any good New England Clam Chowder has bacon in it.

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This is a weird cultural thing that I encounter every now and then. Some cultures only consider flesh from land animals to be "meat". People from these cultures also often call the diet I would call "pescatarian" "vegetarian".

[philwelch]

This rule applies to certain Catholic traditions, eg abstaining from meat on Fridays.