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Giving Up Meat for Lent? Archbishop Says You Can Still Eat Alligator

Catholics can enjoy alligator meat this Lent, considered seafood by the Church, thanks to a New Orleans Archbishop.
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Can you eat alligator during Lent? What meats you can (and can't) eat

Lent has begun and many Christians have entered a 40-day period of fasting and abstinence. Here's what you can and can't eat ...

Yes, you can eat gator on Lent in Louisiana

A 2010 letter from the Archdiocese of New Orleans confirms alligator is considered “seafood” and permitted during Lent.
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The Louisianan way to eat alligator meat is also one of the best (hint, it's not fried)

For many Americans, alligator is arguably a novelty meat, something that you might eat in nugget form for an adventurous snack while visiting Gulf Coast areas where it's more common. But in Cajun ...