[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Sue Clemenger:
>Hmmm! Good idea! I don't have a copy of it, but I've got a friend 
>(local) who probably does....
>--maire
>
>Laura C. Minnick wrote:
>>At 07:48 AM 2/10/2005, you wrote:
>>
>
>>>Other than that, I'm pretty much in the dark about other period 
>>>lenten practices.  Did they, for instance, do a total fast on Good 
>>>Friday? Were the hours during which they ate restricted, as with 
>>>current Islamic practices? What did they fudge on, and how? 
>>>(besides beaver tail and barnacle goose) That sort of thing....
>>>--maire
>>
>>
>>Well, I think theses are the sort of things we'll find out as we 
>>go. (Hmm. Where is my copy of _Fast and Feast_? It seems to have 
>>grown legs...)

I sent this out to the EK Cooks List earlier today (it's Lent here, 
too! ;-)  ) ; maybe it'll help.

>For a fairly good source of the whats, whys and hows of Lenten and 
>other dietary restrictions imposed by the Catholic Church, see:
>
>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.htm  (regarding Lent in general)
>
>and
>
>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01067a.htm   (regarding abstinence)

Adamantius
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