A closer look
Yes, it’s true—and delightfully strange! In Tudor England, choosing fish over meat wasn’t about faith alone but economics. The Crown wanted fishermen to thrive, so certain days were labeled ‘fish days’ by law, forcing citizens to trade their cravings for political strategy. Imagine a whole town grumbling at rooster’s crow as they trudged to kitchens where no meat sizzled, not by choice, but by decree. It’s a quirky reminder that what appears like tradition is sometimes a clever economic lever, bending even people’s dinner plates around matters of national survival.
