SC - OT - Pretty nice SCA article

[Marcus Antaya]

>  > >I'm still trying to imagine the food of southern France without 
>fish. Without
>>  >anchovies.  It's not working.
>>  >
>>  >Selene
>>
>>  What? No anchovies!
>>
>>  Anahita
>>  amazing how both anchovy and Anahita start with the letter "A"
>
>No food with an animal origin.  Not even fish, eggs nor milk.

You are talking here about the diet of the Perfecti--the ascetic 
elite of the Cathars. There were Catholic ascetics too. I don't think 
there is any evidence that the mass of Cathars avoided fish, eggs and 
milk.
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David Friedman
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