SC - Friday Feasts

[Stefan li Rous]

Jill asked:
> If you all would be so kind as to consider this question: In England of
> the thirteenth/fourteenth century, a meatless Friday fast was followed,
> right?  If this is true, then when a major feast day (say Michelmas)
> fell on a Friday, would meat be cooked as in a feast on any other day,
> or would the cook have to prepare food of fish or the "white meats"? 
> Thank you all very much for a lively and informative list.

Interesting question. Unfortunately, I don't think I can answer that
question directly. However, perhaps some of the comments in this file
or the suggested referances in it will be of use. This file is in
the FOOD section of my Florilegium files:
fasts-msg         (24K)  1/26/00    Fasts and fastdays. Food restrictions.

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