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![]() "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message ... > In article >, "news" > wrote: > >> >> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message >> ... >> > Anyone making anything interesting? >> > >> > We are preparing for the Lenten fast by feasting tonight on homemade >> > corn dogs (uncured, organic, blah, blah hot dogs), potato wedges, >> > roasted corn with lots of butter, two kinds of potato doughnut and pear >> > fritters. How about you? >> >> I suppose you are Western Rite Orthodox. Eastern Orthodox Great Lent >> began >> yesterday (Clean Monday) and we (meaning those in the faith I grew up >> in) >> do not observe Fat Tuesday or Ash Wednesday, but instead, some have a >> feast >> on Sunday. >> >> Old habits die hard, so I will stop eating meat and dairy. My doctor and >> cholesterol levels are happy! > > We are western, though not Orthodox. Not to get too much into > religion here, but our church is a kind of middle ground between east > and west - though our calendar is often closer to the western calendar, > we tend to observe the fasts and feasts more like the east (without > getting into any theology. > The OP is all about a religious food tradition. Not everyone observes these holidays so if you bring up the subject you ought to be prepared to explain it further to the uninitiated. |
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:32:21 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, "news"
> wrote, >The OP is all about a religious food tradition. Not everyone observes >these holidays so if you bring up the subject you ought to be prepared to >explain it further to the uninitiated. Oh, come on, news, if that *is* your name. Common knowledge is all the explanation you need to understand "preparing for the Lenten fast by feasting". |
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:39:46 -0800, David Harmon >
wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:32:21 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, "news" > > wrote, > >The OP is all about a religious food tradition. Not everyone observes > >these holidays so if you bring up the subject you ought to be prepared to > >explain it further to the uninitiated. > > Oh, come on, news, if that *is* your name. Common knowledge is all > the explanation you need to understand "preparing for the Lenten > fast by feasting". You don't even need common knowledge, just reading comprehension. -- Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. |
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