Gelatin on Fridays?

[Daniel]

Since gelatin (the ingredient found in non-vegan gummy bears and many other foods) is made from cow hooves, then I was wondering whether we can eat it on Fridays? Seems to fall under a category similar to that of pork rinds, but I'm not sure what the rule is there.

[Padraig]

I avoid it. I think of it as the ultra-concentrated form of bone broth, which wouldn't be permitted on Fridays.

Now, if you can find fish gelatin on the other hand... (Apparently it's a thing. I've seen reference to it in archival art restoration as a natural adhesive.)

[Maximilian]

Now, if you can find fish gelatin on the other hand...

There's agar. Not too hard to buy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar

Agar (/?e????r/ or /?????r/), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance, obtained from red algae.[1]

Agar has been used as an ingredient in desserts throughout Asia, and also as a solid substrate to contain culture media for microbiological work. Agar can be used as a laxative, an appetite suppressant, a vegetarian substitute for gelatin, a thickener for soups, in fruit preserves, ice cream, and other desserts, as a clarifying agent in brewing, and for sizing paper and fabrics.

[Jayne]

I remember looking it up but I can't remember where, just that I thought it was a good source.  It said that gelatin and collagen powder were permitted on Friday, but pork rinds are not.

That made sense to me because a powder no longer looks or tastes like meat.  Pork rinds look and taste meaty to me.  (Also delicious, but that is beside the point.  )

[Lynne]

I remember looking it up but I can't remember where, just that I thought it was a good source.  It said that gelatin and collagen powder were permitted on Friday, but pork rinds are not.

That made sense to me because a powder no longer looks or tastes like meat.  Pork rinds look and taste meaty to me.  (Also delicious, but that is beside the point.  )

Oh, that's interesting. I try to remember to use collagen powder each day but have skipped Fridays...

[MundaCorMeum]

I remember looking it up but I can't remember where, just that I thought it was a good source.  It said that gelatin and collagen powder were permitted on Friday, but pork rinds are not.

That made sense to me because a powder no longer looks or tastes like meat.  Pork rinds look and taste meaty to me.  (Also delicious, but that is beside the point.  )

Oh, that's interesting. I try to remember to use collagen powder each day but have skipped Fridays...

It never even crossed my mind to omit collagen powder ok Fridays 🤦. I have so many other things I'm scrupulous about, this one slipped my radar 🤣

[Lynne]

I remember looking it up but I can't remember where, just that I thought it was a good source.  It said that gelatin and collagen powder were permitted on Friday, but pork rinds are not.

That made sense to me because a powder no longer looks or tastes like meat.  Pork rinds look and taste meaty to me.  (Also delicious, but that is beside the point.  )

Oh, that's interesting. I try to remember to use collagen powder each day but have skipped Fridays...

It never even crossed my mind to omit collagen powder ok Fridays 🤦. I have so many other things I'm scrupulous about, this one slipped my radar 🤣

lol I've never thought of myself as scrupulous but here we are.