[PW] Re: a late word on capybaras and their religious status as food

[Deb Fuller]

On 9/27/06, Chris Corston <cfcorston at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Sounds like an old definition of "beaver as fish" used in early Canada as
> well, so beaver meat could be eaten on religious fast days and in Lent.

That goes back to Medieval times as well because of the popularity of
eating beaver.

Deb