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

[Jennifer Carlson]

Lent usually corresponds with the time when lambs and calves are dropping, so they'll take care of some of the dairy production.  For the surplus milk, you would be making cheese and butter, for later consumption or sale.  Abstaining from eggs means chicks hatch, replenishing your flocks.  And gathered eggs need not rot - there are methods for preserving them, such as dipping them in isinglass, or coating them with lard or wax.  Even kept in your refrigerator, eggs purchased fresh at the beginning of Lent will be usable at Easter.
 
In servicio,
 
 
Talana
 
> From: Anawyn at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:37:12 -0500
> To: northkeep at ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Northkeep] OK, here is a Lenten question...maybe Talana?
> 
> 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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