[Sca-cooks] Lenten oils, was Honey Butter?

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> What did people in the north use as cooking fats during Lent? They
> couldn't use either butter or lard, which I think were otherwise the
> standards. The only oil I know about in period (my knowledge not being
> extensive) is olive oil, and while that might have been available, how
> common would it have been?

There's also poppyseed oil, flaxseed oil, and hempseed oil. I don't
know how common they were outside of Eastern Europe though. I'm sure I
have docs somewhere but one of my bookshelves suddenly suffered morbid
lean a bit ago and everything I need seems to be trapped in there.

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