[Sca-cooks] Fwd: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 21, Issue 52/Lenten Question

[Sue Clemenger]

No fish, either, Johann? Man, but that *would* be tough.
This gets me wondering...which branches of Christianity do the whole 
vegan thing, and which include fish? or just certain days of the week?
You've got a point, definitely, about the fasting only being a part of 
the whole experience, but for somebody like me, who's neither Christian 
nor Catholic, it may be a way to experience a tiny bit of what my 
persona would have.  Actually, I'd be very interested in hearing more 
about the other lenten practices as well (medieval or modern)....
--maire, fascinated.....

Marcus Loidolt wrote:

> Benedicte,
>  For myself and countless other Orthodox Christians
> around the world, Lent is always vegan, so yes I've
> done the whole medieval Lent thing. It is true it is
> difficult to give up on meat AND dairy, but such a
> period of purification is supposed to be...