[Sca-cooks] More on rotten meat...

[Antonia Calvo]

Giano:
>> Another gem that I'm having difficulty sourcing: during Lent, butter was replaced by pig fat.
>>     


That's certainly not true in general terms. However, I have seen it 
asserted in print that the Spaniards got a blanket dispensation to eat 
lard during Lent as part of the Bull of the Crusade (Bullæ Sacræ 
Cruciatæ Dilucidatio)/./ In fact, that's only true in the sense that 
that Bull grants the faithful of the Spanish dominions got a 
dispensation to eat *meat* during most of Lent and most fast days.


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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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