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That is *adorable*, dmno! We had our first Lenten Friday Fail tonight- the chili I pulled out of the freezer before work this morning had chicken in it. I thought it was vegetarian. So, we improvised...
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I didn't know you follow Lent rules, eda. What did you give up? Do you indulge in it Sundays? Do you get ashes every year?
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Yup. We still follow Catholic Lent rules even though we're Episcopalian now (well, okay, 2 out of 3 of us are officially Episcopalian. I will be later this spring). I don't give up sweets or anything,...
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Not in my case.So you say.UEDP basically follows Lenten rules all year long, so we tend to have fish on Fridays even when it isn't Lent. It actually makes my life easier because I don't really have...
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That is seriously old school. But since I haven't gotten ashes or given up anything for Lent or gone to Mass for anything but a wedding, christening or funeral for more than two decades, I don't think...
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My mom did too, I didn't even know the no meat on Fridays wasn't actually a thing anymore until a few years ago. We always had fish or pizza on Fridays. I haven't gone to mass in close to 2 decades...
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When I was a kid, more often than not we had meatless Fridays, too, because my mom grew up with them and that was just how she planned meals. When she went back to school and wasn't cooking every...
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I grew up in a home with a Dad who is non religious and a Mom who is a Buddahist so the only religious thing that happened with food was that my mom (and only my mom) would go vegan for a week to...
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You're mistaking being Catholic for being religious. I didn't say, "once a Catholic, always a religious person." I said, "once a Catholic, always a Catholic." Which means even if you have fallen...
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We did too & I hated it. I never liked fish as a kid & have horrible memories of trying to dunk some kind of flaky white fish in ketchup to make it taste less fishy. Why my mom didn't try...
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Once or twice we had haddock (the horror!) on a Friday but usually it was fishcakes, fishsticks, or tuna sandwiches. I would say "once a Catholic always a Catholic" doesn't apply to me. I never ask...
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But you readily cite, correctly, Catholic teaching. So, sorry, you do not escape it either, FH.
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McDonald's has these new "Mc-Fish Bites" that I think I like better than my old standby, Chicken McNuggets. This piece of information actually does follow the thread of the conversation; I read that...
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zan wrote:But you readily cite, correctly, Catholic teaching. So, sorry, you do not escape it either, FH. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! OK, I concede the point. It was the nuns. 12 years under their...
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But I also know about Jewish religious traditions, and some Muslim traditions too. I ask my Indian co-worker about his Diwali celebration on the appropriate day. Just because I'm aware of religious...
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Don't really understand why you are trying to run away from being raised Catholic. It is what it is. And it isn't a bad thing. It is just like being raised in any other cultural tradition - it...
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I was just about to say that I found out on Friday that Episcopalians don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent, but now I see that the discussion shouldn't take place in the Food thread. So I'll spare...
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