[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 10:00 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote:
>Laura C. Minnick <lcm at jeffnet.org> [2005.02.09] wrote:
> > Has anyone here ever tried doing the full-out medieval Lenten diet, 
> during,
> > er, Lent? I was considering it this year, and decided that I really 
> need to
> > do more research and pile up some Lenten recipes before I do it, otherwise
> > I'm likely to quit after three days because I can no longer stand the 
> smell
> > of almond milk! If anyone has actually done this, I'd be interested in
> > hearing about it.
>
>One of our locals did that a few years ago. The event was not well
>attended (and I was unable to go due to outside commitments), but
>according to the voices I've heard the food was good.
>
>I suspect that you should not try it with a fighting, Fighting, FIGHTING
>style event, but with a minor A&S oriented one.

Uh, I wasn't talking about an event. I was talking about eating a Lenten 
diet... for Lent. 40 days. The whole she-bang. By comparison, one feast 
would be relatively easy!

'Lainie
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O it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it 
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