[Northkeep] OK, here is a Lenten question...maybe Talana?

Anawyn at aol.com Anawyn at aol.com
Fri Mar 11 07:37:12 PST 2011


We know the restrictions placed on diet during Lent in the Middle Ages,  
such as no eggs, dairy products, meat, etc. So...what did they do with all of  
the continuing accumulation of foodstuffs? I mean, for those living on a  
farm they HAD to milk the cows each day, that could not be neglected. The 
eggs  would pile up and rot, so those would have to be gathered too. I would  
think that wasting or throwing away food would certainly be considered an  
"ungodly" activity, not to mention the loss of income for those who depended 
on  selling their various comestibles for a living.
 
See, this is what happens to your train of thoughts when you wake up and  
can't go back to sleep. I suppose worrying about the past beats the aspect of 
 worrying about the future in some ways. Now I just made myself hungry for 
an  omelette...:->
 
Anawyn


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