«I nostri antenati? Digiunavano o si astenevano dalle carni fino a centocinquanta giorni all’anno: in Avvento e in Quaresima, prima della Pentecoste e di ogni festa mariana. Oggi è persino raro trovare chi osserva il digiuno almeno il Mercoledì delle ceneri ed il Venerdì Santo». Scuote la testa Massimo Salani, 51 anni, sposato e padre di una figlia, mantovano di origine e pisano di adozione, docente di patrologia e storia delle religioni all’Istituto teologico interdiocesano Monsignor Enrico Bartoletti a Camaiore e insegnante di religione e vicepreside Hotelmanagementschool Matteotti in Pisa.
Salani has studied and written about the relationship between believers and food. Bear his signature Dining with religions (EDB), with whom he won the national history and essays in 2001 in Novara The steward team (EDB), widely used in all catering establishments and tour of Italy, and several other publications. And numerous contributions to other publications in the topic: the last, invited to the banquet of God (Plus Edition), released in the coming weeks.
Professor Salani, which give meaning to the Catholic Church Fasting?
"Fasting prepares our bodies encounter with the Lord. Should you wish to receive the Eucharist is always kept in a fasting from food and drink for at least an hour. "
Fasting is a practice in other religions ...
"Muslims abstain from food and drinks from the setting sun in the lunar month of Ramadan, many Hindus fast on feast days, as opposed to Christians who sanctify Sunday also at the dinner table was the same Jesus to remind us of not to fast when he was there (Matt. 9:15). Jews fast for the day of Yom Kippur (the ninth day of Av), although those Orthodox observe fasting every Monday and Thursday. Among Christians, particularly concerned about the practice of fasting are the Orthodox. The Catholics have lost over the centuries, the meaning of fasting: the Middle Ages watched him prepare for all major holidays, now having problems in meeting two days a year. "
What is the relationship believers have with the flesh?
"Hindus and Buddhists do not eat any type of meat is forbidden to kill them all to be" sentient ". In fact, are vegetarians. For Catholics it is recommended to abstain from meat every Friday of the year - except those that coincide with a solemnity. "
refrain from such meat?
"The meat of land animals. Instead, you can eat fish, but no fat, such as eels or eel. Well instead of blue fish, well known in Tuscany as "certified" the paleontologist Pisa Francesco Mallegni, Santa Bona also used them. "
The choice is difficult. There is a very simple criterion to understand which foods can be eaten and which, instead, no?
"The cooks, to agree on which foods are so in the days when abstinence is required, use a technical term" white food ". That is very different from "white food"; and tells us that the board needs to be served a plate poorer. so yes the rice (but without rich sauces) and the milk is white, and white, color purity, it is a natural reminder of Lent, so therefore even the "poor" fish. In the Middle Ages, Pisa, the classic dish of Lent and all days as prescribed abstinence, was the ribollita, much appreciated by the local lords. But all over the country knew Lenten dishes: the fish stock (made in California), lagane and chick peas (recipe from Basilicata), and orecchiette with turnip greens (typical of Apulia): yesterday and today to help celebrate the time Lent at the table. "
It is true that some foods that were once considered poor, now cost a fortune.
"That's it. Our selection should take into account not only the organoleptic quality of food, but also the price indicated on the label. That the value of the food was a problem that is posed also our ancestors. Possibly the most striking example is the cheese: food is white, but many considered "rich." From there the proverb: "The farmer did not say how good the cheese with pears". "
summary.
"The Church tells us a goal: the purification, which is necessary to prepare the feast. Each, in conscience, knows how to get there. In short, according to the law of love, and not the law for the law, repentance is also creative. It must always be accompanied by prayer and an act of charity. That is: to give up something to donate to those less fortunate than ourselves. "
Today some Christians do not eat meat looking forward to the habitat they might find in Paradise. They are right?
"Their selection is respectable. In Genesis we read that Adam and Eve followed a vegetarian diet. And though the Bible itself tells us that concluded the Great Flood, God made a new covenant with man, allowing him to drink wine and eat meat, while purified from the blood. Gesù stesso, da buon ebreo, ha sicuramente mangiato della carne, almeno del cosciotto di agnello, nel giorno della Pasqua».
Salani has studied and written about the relationship between believers and food. Bear his signature Dining with religions (EDB), with whom he won the national history and essays in 2001 in Novara The steward team (EDB), widely used in all catering establishments and tour of Italy, and several other publications. And numerous contributions to other publications in the topic: the last, invited to the banquet of God (Plus Edition), released in the coming weeks.
Professor Salani, which give meaning to the Catholic Church Fasting?
"Fasting prepares our bodies encounter with the Lord. Should you wish to receive the Eucharist is always kept in a fasting from food and drink for at least an hour. "
Fasting is a practice in other religions ...
"Muslims abstain from food and drinks from the setting sun in the lunar month of Ramadan, many Hindus fast on feast days, as opposed to Christians who sanctify Sunday also at the dinner table was the same Jesus to remind us of not to fast when he was there (Matt. 9:15). Jews fast for the day of Yom Kippur (the ninth day of Av), although those Orthodox observe fasting every Monday and Thursday. Among Christians, particularly concerned about the practice of fasting are the Orthodox. The Catholics have lost over the centuries, the meaning of fasting: the Middle Ages watched him prepare for all major holidays, now having problems in meeting two days a year. "
What is the relationship believers have with the flesh?
"Hindus and Buddhists do not eat any type of meat is forbidden to kill them all to be" sentient ". In fact, are vegetarians. For Catholics it is recommended to abstain from meat every Friday of the year - except those that coincide with a solemnity. "
refrain from such meat?
"The meat of land animals. Instead, you can eat fish, but no fat, such as eels or eel. Well instead of blue fish, well known in Tuscany as "certified" the paleontologist Pisa Francesco Mallegni, Santa Bona also used them. "
The choice is difficult. There is a very simple criterion to understand which foods can be eaten and which, instead, no?
"The cooks, to agree on which foods are so in the days when abstinence is required, use a technical term" white food ". That is very different from "white food"; and tells us that the board needs to be served a plate poorer. so yes the rice (but without rich sauces) and the milk is white, and white, color purity, it is a natural reminder of Lent, so therefore even the "poor" fish. In the Middle Ages, Pisa, the classic dish of Lent and all days as prescribed abstinence, was the ribollita, much appreciated by the local lords. But all over the country knew Lenten dishes: the fish stock (made in California), lagane and chick peas (recipe from Basilicata), and orecchiette with turnip greens (typical of Apulia): yesterday and today to help celebrate the time Lent at the table. "
It is true that some foods that were once considered poor, now cost a fortune.
"That's it. Our selection should take into account not only the organoleptic quality of food, but also the price indicated on the label. That the value of the food was a problem that is posed also our ancestors. Possibly the most striking example is the cheese: food is white, but many considered "rich." From there the proverb: "The farmer did not say how good the cheese with pears". "
summary.
"The Church tells us a goal: the purification, which is necessary to prepare the feast. Each, in conscience, knows how to get there. In short, according to the law of love, and not the law for the law, repentance is also creative. It must always be accompanied by prayer and an act of charity. That is: to give up something to donate to those less fortunate than ourselves. "
Today some Christians do not eat meat looking forward to the habitat they might find in Paradise. They are right?
"Their selection is respectable. In Genesis we read that Adam and Eve followed a vegetarian diet. And though the Bible itself tells us that concluded the Great Flood, God made a new covenant with man, allowing him to drink wine and eat meat, while purified from the blood. Gesù stesso, da buon ebreo, ha sicuramente mangiato della carne, almeno del cosciotto di agnello, nel giorno della Pasqua».
Andrea Bernardini
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