[Sca-cooks] Lenten Question

[Stefan li Rous]

Cynara commented:
> It seems to me (not a Catholic) that the Lenten diet is no more
> restrictive
> than many others. And it is probably not particularly difficult when
> everyone around you is following the same diet, as a medieval Catholic
> would
> be. It is the concept of "giving up" that makes it seem difficult to 
> the
> modern, and/or non-Catholic, mind.
I'm not sure that this concept was any easier for the medieval mind 
considering the number of work-arounds such as almond milk or defining 
unborn rabbits as non-meat. Or the complaints of the northern Europeans 
about butter being banned, but not olive oil.

Stefan
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