It's not a myth; it's the truth. A Catholic News Service article tells the tale of 15th-century monks who fasted on beer during the Lenten season. The article reads: They needed something other than water to sustain them, so the monks turned to a common staple of the time of their region - beer. They concocted an 'unusually strong' brew, full of carbohydrates and nutrients, because 'liquid bread wouldn't break the fast.'
In this piece, Christian journalist J. Wilson recreates the fast in modern times, with a similar beer, and finds an even higher truth than he was searching for. (No, it's not just because of the beer!) Read more about the monks and Wilson's transformative journey here.
Safebox on May 11st, 2021 at 21:50 UTC »
That's also how some of the oldest brewies in the world started. The fuck else you gonna do when you're not praying or chanting; brewing.
A good many monasteries nowadays still have breweries in operation to fund maintainence and restoration projects.
meistermichi on May 11st, 2021 at 20:46 UTC »
Since fish was ok to eat they also just declared that beavers are basically fish so it was ok. In some places they even did that with ducks.
viktorvaughn47 on May 11st, 2021 at 17:49 UTC »
yeah but imagine the self control it would take to not eat anything after 8 beers an no food