<Li> Every person between the age of 18 and 59 (beginning of 60th year) must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday . </Li> <Li> Every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on all other Fridays of the year, unless he or she substitutes some other form of penance for abstinence . </Li> <P> According to the USCCB: </P> <P> Abstinence laws consider that meat comes only from animals such as chickens, cows, sheep or pigs--- all of which live on land . Birds are also considered meat . Abstinence does not include meat juices and liquid foods made from meat . Thus, such foods as chicken broth, consomme, soups cooked or flavored with meat, meat gravies or sauces, as well as seasonings or condiments made from animal fat are technically not forbidden . However, moral theologians have traditionally taught that we should abstain from all animal - derived products (except foods such as gelatin, butter, cheese and eggs, which do not have any meat taste). Fish are a different category of animal . Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, (cold - blooded animals) and shellfish are permitted . </P>

Can we eat fish on fridays during lent