Can you eat beef flavour crisps on Friday

[ChairmanJoeAintMyPrez]

But I've read suet is acceptable to use for Friday abstinence requirements, its up the individual how stringent they wish to be.

This was my understanding as well, that broths and rendered fats are permitted as long as there is nothing in them that could be identified as a piece of meat.

It might seem to go against the spirit of the law.  But I'm not going to be the one to criticize because we usually end up consuming butter in place of whatever rendered fat would have been used.

[Innocent Smith]

I think the idea that you may be getting away with something is really what is important here, rather than the artificial or, 'natural flavors', that go into producing a meat tasty crisp/chip. 

BTW, sometimes MSG can be listed on a label as natural flavoring. 

How many times have I heard people talk about ordering a pizza on Fridays?  I have done it myself.  It is hardly a sacrifice.  Nor is buying a $50 piece of halibut exactly what I would call roughing it.

[The Curt Jester]

Would ordering some orange roughy be roughing it?

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