Most poor Christians would not have had regular access to meat. The meat the lower classes did eat was often the meat made available to the public during the pagan religious festivals. Thus, for poor Christians meat was strongly associated with pagan religion, the life they renounced when they joined the Christian community. By contrast, the rich were able to eat meat more regularly, being able to buy and prepare meat in their own homes. Thus, for the rich the meat/temple association was weakened over time.
