[Sca-cooks] Speaking of Lent....

[Finne Boonen]

On 2/17/06, Betsy Marshall <betsy at softwareinnovation.com> wrote:
> You don't _have_ to eat/buy fish; it's just an option- check the Local
> Library for vegetarian (or vegan if you are skipping dairy/cheese/eggs also)
> Cookbooks- I have a couple- "vegetarian epicure, vol I & II", "Moosewood
> Restaurant daily", stuff like that.. most of them include the pairings you
> need to consider for complete protein supply; corn and squash, rice and
> beans, yadda, yadda...
> Hope this helps! Betsy

the complete protein story is slightly dated, as long as you get
protein from multiple sources throughout the day(s) you won't have a
problem, it's not necessary to combine them in 1 meal.

When eating vegetarian it's more important to keep track of iron-rich
sources, esp for menstruating women. When eating vegan, keep an eye on
B12 as well, it gets added to most commercial vegan products afaik,
but otherwise it's mainly found in diary products.

Finne
> (Admiringly- I might try this for a few Fridays, myself. Then work up from
> there)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-cooks-bounces+betsy=softwareinnovation.com at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+betsy=softwareinnovation.com at ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Sue Clemenger
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:37 AM
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Speaking of Lent....
>
> Hi, Christianna! I've been wondering what other folks are planning on doing
> for Lent, as well, this year, but keep forgetting to post something about
> it! ;o)
> Last year, it being my first try at such a thing, I just did a Medieval
> Lenten Diet during Holy Week, which got fairly interesting, because I was
> horribly ill with the flu, and wanting things like chicken soup. ;o) It was
> a great learning experience, though, and one that I'm going to repeat this
> year, with some additions.  So, this year Maire is:
> Keeping a dairy/meat free Lent the whole 40 days, but only during Holy Week
> will I be using Medieval recipes.  The rest of the season, I'm going to feel
> free to experiment with modern recipes that contain fish, grains, fruit,
> etc.  I'm hoping that next year, I'll be able to do the whole 40 days
> medievally.  Right now, I can't afford all the fish, which is inordinately
> expensive in my part of the world (not near any seaports, etc.).  I'm using
> my experiences from last year, and this year, to build a base of workable
> recipes. ;o)
> My persona is 14th century Irish (from Dublin), so I'm using recipes from
> English texts of the same time period (there being no Irish recipes from
> that time, that I'm aware of).
> What will make this extra-interesting this year is that our barony's annual
> Spring Feast (and A&S Competition) falls within the Lenten season, so I'll
> have to bring my own food. <g>
> --Maire, in sub-zero Artemisia [it's frickin' *cold* out there!],looking
> forward to the challenge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "King's Taste Productions" <kingstaste at comcast.net>
> To: "'Cooks within the SCA'" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:10 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Speaking of Lent....
>
>
>  Who's up for the Lenten
> > Food Challenge this year?  I have been on a cleanse for the last month,
> > so going to a Lenten fast will be fairly easy.  I just have to do
> > something else besides all that fish!  It was a real learning experience
> > for me last year.  I teach persona-building classes, and I was able to
> > say that after one week on a Lenten diet, I was incredibly tired of
> > fish, and I love fish!  It gave me a glimpse of what my persona must
> > have felt like after 40 days!
> > As I recall, we had folks approach it from different aspects
> > last year.  Some did the whole time period (bless them), some like me
> > did the week right before Easter.  Some did completely period menus,
> > some avoided obvious new world foods but didn't do all period foods, and
> > some simply avoided prohibited foods and ate sushi and Mexican etc.  (I
> > think I fell somewhere between the last two.)  I seem to recall Urtatim
> > even managed to follow a Christian Lenten diet from the Middle East, and
> > run a food competition at an event!  I did like the whitefish blancmange
> > I made, I will probably do that again this year.
> > So, who's up for walking a mile in our ancestor's shoes?  (Or
> > should that be eating for a week with our ancestor's stomachs?)
> >   Christianna
>
>
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