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Good Friday

A day of fasting and no meat: hot cross buns, fish, and meatless dishes handed down for the day.

Easter processions.
Photo: Bellina 09, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Good Friday

Good Friday marks the crucifixion of Jesus and is a day of fasting and abstinence for many Christians. Meat is not eaten, and fish takes its place. In Britain, Ireland and the countries they shaped, the day begins with hot cross buns, spiced and marked with a cross. In South Africa families eat Cape Malay pickled fish in a sweet and sour curry sauce. Filipinos cook binignit, a stew of roots, banana and sticky rice in coconut milk. Portugal and Brazil eat salt cod.

The dishes

Hot cross bunSpiced bun marked with a cross.Fish and chipsThe Good Friday meal in much of Britain.BacalhauSalt cod in Portugal and Brazil.

Also part of it, and being written: Binignit (Meatless coconut stew of roots and banana in the Philippines.).

More dishes made for Good Friday

Ful medamesVeganفول مدمس 🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreStew of slow-cooked fava beans with olive oil and spices, a staple across Egypt Main dish, Breakfast MaultaschenMeat 🇩🇪 GermanyStuffed pasta squares from Swabia with a savory meat and vegetable filling Main dish, Lunch, Dinner FanescaFish or seafood 🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian soup with grains, pumpkin, and salt cod, served at Easter Soup, Lunch CapirotadaVegetarian 🇲🇽 MexicoMexican bread pudding with syrup, cheese, nuts and dried fruit, eaten during Lent Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Dinner
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Good Friday" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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