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I'm always annoyed when people I know who are Italian say they have a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" and they have almost all non-fish forms of seafood.
Crabs, shrimp are crustaceans, a form of arthropod, not fish.
Mussels, clams, and calamari/squid are moluscs, not fish.
Fish are vertebrates (simply, they have a spine), a subcategory of chordates (put simply, things with spinal cords).
At best, a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" often contains maybe one actual fish, and all the rest are other kinds of seafood.
I always try to point this out, that their tradition it hopelessly misnamed. (Yes, I'm probably a pain in the --- like that, but I can't help myself when people are WRONG).
They argue and argue saying that "shellfish" are fish. Sorry, they're not. Take a freaking 8th grade biology class sometime.
I'm all about wonderful traditions, but I hate stupid errors that people refuse to correct.
I'd prefer a "feast of the seven vodkas" anyway.
Be annoyed. Who cares. All of a sudden you come out of nowhere and tell me what's right and wrong. You're probably not even celebrating "the 7 fishes", or even italian. But "whatever".
I defy you wouldn't eat at our table on Christmas eve - on principle- your loss. More for me!
I'm always annoyed when people I know who are Italian say they have a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" and they have almost all non-fish forms of seafood.
Crabs, shrimp are crustaceans, a form of arthropod, not fish.
Mussels, clams, and calamari/squid are moluscs, not fish.
Fish are vertebrates (simply, they have a spine), a subcategory of chordates (put simply, things with spinal cords).
At best, a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" often contains maybe one actual fish, and all the rest are other kinds of seafood.
I always try to point this out, that their tradition it hopelessly misnamed. (Yes, I'm probably a pain in the --- like that, but I can't help myself when people are WRONG).
They argue and argue saying that "shellfish" are fish. Sorry, they're not. Take a freaking 8th grade biology class sometime.
I'm all about wonderful traditions, but I hate stupid errors that people refuse to correct.
I'd prefer a "feast of the seven vodkas" anyway.
haha
Okay, how about The Feast of the Seven Forms of Marine Life?
I'm always annoyed when people I know who are Italian say they have a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" and they have almost all non-fish forms of seafood.
Crabs, shrimp are crustaceans, a form of arthropod, not fish.
Mussels, clams, and calamari/squid are moluscs, not fish.
Fish are vertebrates (simply, they have a spine), a subcategory of chordates (put simply, things with spinal cords).
At best, a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" often contains maybe one actual fish, and all the rest are other kinds of seafood.
I always try to point this out, that their tradition it hopelessly misnamed. (Yes, I'm probably a pain in the --- like that, but I can't help myself when people are WRONG).
They argue and argue saying that "shellfish" are fish. Sorry, they're not. Take a freaking 8th grade biology class sometime.
I'm all about wonderful traditions, but I hate stupid errors that people refuse to correct.
I'm always annoyed when people I know who are Italian say they have a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" and they have almost all non-fish forms of seafood.
Crabs, shrimp are crustaceans, a form of arthropod, not fish.
Mussels, clams, and calamari/squid are moluscs, not fish.
Fish are vertebrates (simply, they have a spine), a subcategory of chordates (put simply, things with spinal cords).
At best, a "Feast of the Seven Fishes" often contains maybe one actual fish, and all the rest are other kinds of seafood.
I always try to point this out, that their tradition it hopelessly misnamed. (Yes, I'm probably a pain in the --- like that, but I can't help myself when people are WRONG).
They argue and argue saying that "shellfish" are fish. Sorry, they're not. Take a freaking 8th grade biology class sometime.
I'm all about wonderful traditions, but I hate stupid errors that people refuse to correct.
I'd prefer a "feast of the seven vodkas" anyway.
Wow- ANYWAY- The point is us Italians normally do "seafood" on christmas eve - We eat seafood, fish, shellfish etc.
Our bacalla salad probably has 5 out of the 7 "real" fish in it anyways,
And it is one hell of a feast
We always have a ton of appetizers (shrimp cocktail, spinach and artichoke dip, crab dip, vegetable tray, etc.) and all-you-can eat King Crab Legs for the main event.
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More for me! 
