SC - Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Carnival and Ducal University

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/21/98 2:19:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ddfr at best.com
writes:

<< The Lenten restriction wasn't "no fats", it was "no meat (other than fish),
 no milk products, and no eggs".  >>

Sea mammals and fetal rabbits were also allowed. Whale oil would have been an
additional fat that would have been used. The History channel has a very
informative program on this month dealing with the history of whaling,
including a section about whaling in the Middle Ages. I found it to be very
interesting.

I realize that sea mammals are unavailable in the Modeworld in most civilized
countries but they were a major source of cheap protein and oil throughout a
good portion of history until this century.

Ras (spelled A'aql)
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