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Is fish considered meat??

Greetings Carnivores,

Here’s an interesting question I have come across MANY times:

Is fish “meat”?

The answer is actually very simple, … or is it?

I was taught many years ago, ALL muscle IS meat. The body is basically broken down into muscle, fat, sinew and bone. Everything that is a muscle (including the Heart) is considered protein, and therefore … meat.

Simple, right?

Well, “if” all muscle is “meat” then, … the flesh of any fish is almost entirely muscle and therefore a protein (considered to be one of the very best sources of protein) and by the simple definition, must be “meat”, right?

Listen, … I’m going to be “Switzerland” on this one from here on out. I don’t want to upset any particular beliefs so, I just present the following for you to decide:

Catholicism considers fish to be in a separate category because they are not warm blooded mammals, do not reside on land, and breathe air and therefore ok to consume during Lent.

Fair enough.

In culinary terms, fish IS considered to be in a separate category so … is it meat??

I’ll leave it up to you to decide.

Don’t fight, lord knows there’s too much of that in the world these days. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  1. faeriefiles53 Avatar
    faeriefiles53

    I see meat as anything that is the flesh of an animal so yes, fish would be meat. Following your blog, interesting stuff here. 🙂

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      Carnivore Confidential

      Thx for the follow … enjoy!
      Any questions, … happy to try to help 🙂

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  2. faeriefiles53 Avatar
    faeriefiles53

    I would say fish is meat since it is the flesh of an animal. Following your blog, interesting stuff here. (tried to post this earlier but for some reason it didn’t work.)

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  3. Gaz Avatar
    Gaz

    Thanks, Doug. I never went to culinary school nor theological college. I just know in biology, meat is roughly equivalent of muscle so fish muscle is meat. It’s definitely protein. The bigger question relates to offal, apart from the small amount of smooth muscle in the blood vessels, liver, brains, pancreas, and kidneys have no muscle. The heart is meat, but it’s made from involuntary (like the smooth) cardiac muscle. There are three types of muscle. Voluntary (striated), involuntary (smooth), and cardiac (heart) muscle.

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    1. Carnivore Confidential Avatar
      Carnivore Confidential

      Thx Dr Gary … 🙂

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        Carnivore Confidential

        I appreciate your feedback and comments Dr. Gary … correction made. 🙂
        For those for you wondering … I incorrectly identified ALL vital internal organs as muscle … Dr. Gary corrected me. The Heart IS a muscle but, while the Liver, Kidneys, Pancreas and even the Brain are high in protein, they are NOT muscles.

  4. auntiedoni Avatar
    auntiedoni

    No offals here 😮 … I would put any Seafood in a separate food group, but that’s me, you go ahead and be you 😉

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    1. Carnivore Confidential Avatar
      Carnivore Confidential

      I agree that fish IS in a separate “food” group Auntie but … I was just tossing it out there for debate. That’s why I’m going to continue to take the “5th” on whether or not it should be considered “meat”
      Thx for dropping by 🙂

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    2. Carnivore Confidential Avatar
      Carnivore Confidential

      Oh and, offal? Ya, I’m not much of a fan either … my Mom used to shove Heart and Liver down our throats when I was a kid …

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      1. auntiedoni Avatar
        auntiedoni

        Yeah DougieD, my Father loved all that stuff, you name it, tripe, heart, liver, gizzards, but refused to eat Spam! 😀

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