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

[Anawyn at aol.com]

I know, I know, but we are talking 40 days here. 40 days! Cows are milked  
twice a day, and  I just can't picture storing that many eggs. And how do  
they make a living for those 40 days? Maybe there is something written during 
 the Lenten period in the Middle Ages that would shed some light on  
particulars?
 
WorryingNeedlesslyAboutTrivialMatters
 
Anawyn
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/11/2011 10:28:36 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
talana1 at hotmail.com writes:


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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