[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

So, i've been thinking over my participation in the week of Medieval 
Lenten Fasting. I've decided i should focus on Mediterranean recipes, 
as i have a Mediterranean persona and am personally happier with 
Mediterranean foods in general than those of more northerly climes.

While my Maghribi Muslim persona with a Zoroastrian Persian mother is 
from the early 10th century, my research tends to jump through 
several centuries, so i won't limit myself to a specific time period. 
But i will try to make each meal based on one source or sources from 
the same time period.

I think i'll also poke through the SCA-period Near and Middle Eastern 
sources i have for suitable recipes from that corpus, although i know 
i have no evidence for what Christians in those places ate during 
Lent. I do know that in modern times, while there are special holiday 
foods, most of the diet is rather similar among religious groups.

Anahita