SC - [fwd] Period Vegetarian

[Charles McCathieNevile]

Lots of days were declared by the church to be fast days - no meat dairy 
or eggs, although fish was usualy allowed. (_Apparently_ (which means I 
was told by an unreliable or forgotten source) the Pope declared that 
fowl were actually a type of fish. Mmmm, anybody want to come down the 
beach with me? I'm going to catch some goose ;)

There were also ascetics, who lived on vege's on purpose. But I think the 
idea was that it was not meant to be fun - so you make porridge, and eat 
it, and make more - the theory is that suffering on earth gets you into 
heaven faster.

Charles
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