Yesterday, Good Friday, I along with Joy and Margaret, two friends who are also without partners went to the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour for lunch. Being a nice day, several thousand others decided to do the same. We eventually found a table and had fish and chips and seafood baskets. Not bad!
This seafood thing is a Catholic tradition borrowed from the Pagans. It is an abstinence thing. It used to be every Friday. I feel sorry for the poor souls who ate meat on a Friday and are burning in Hell....and then, later the rules were changed. No retrospectivity there! Going back to the 50s and 60s everyone seemed to have fish and chips on a Friday without considering the religious aspect.
When I was a young fella, Catholic girls at Friday night parties would set aside the meat pies and sausage rolls etc until the big hand and little hand met at 12. I can't recall the guys worrying about it, but I guess I looked at the gals more than the guys.
Our family is having a lunchtime gathering on Easter Sunday at Helen and James’ new home. Brother Graham is making Ceviche, his specialty. Yum!
2 comments:
Happy Easter to you and your family, so nice to hear of your day out and the fish/chips sound lovely. What is Ceviche?.....Hugs
Ceviche is usually made with strips of Spanish Mackerel and 'cooked' in lemon juice mixed with salt,chilli, ginger, garlic and spring onions.
It isn't cooked with heat...just steeped in the lemon juice for a couple of hours.
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