SC - Copyright of Recipes

[LrdRas@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/18/98 5:17:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
csy20688 at GlaxoWellcome.co.uk writes:

<<  On the other hand, I'd
 have through it unlikely that bacon would have been consumed in Lent,
 without special approval.
  >>

It is correct that porcine bacon would not have been consumed in Lent,
However, a gentle reminder that until VERY recently whale meat was sold
cheaply.  And one of the products of the whaling industry was whale meat in
the form of bacon.  Salted whale meat, oil, baleen for boning and other whale
products were very cheap.  Often times the only meat available and affordable
to the poor was salted whale. As an added bonus there was no doubt in the
Church's mind during the MA that whale was a fish. :-)

Therefore it is not improbable that bacon (e.g., cetacean) was eaten in Lent
but rather common practice given the expense of ordinary fish over this
product.

Ras.
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