Sorry, I&#x27;m going to be dismissive about the whole thing. &quot;Arbitrary and wacky dietary restriction slightly less wacky&quot; is what this comes down to. I do not understand why people in 2016--2016!!!--adhere to these restrictions to begin with. To think that the Creator of the Universe would be some out put-out or offended that you ate some rice is weird.<p>I was raised as a catholic (but am no longer). The &quot;no meat on Fridays&quot; (at first always and then only during lent...oh yeah, and &quot;fish&quot; isn&#x27;t &quot;meat&quot; for this purpose) has nothing compared to the Jewish dietary laws, but I don&#x27;t have a lot of contact with observant Jews where I live. When I ask catholics around here why they still do the &quot;no meat&quot; thing, I don&#x27;t really get responses that I think would resonate with anyone not already on board. It seems that most do it for tradition sake and I have a hard time getting on board with something like that. (And few others will say something like &quot;the pope says not to, so that&#x27;s good enough for me.&quot;)