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Lentils Approach! On my menu!! LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 16/02/2010 04:39:18 AM

1. Do you observe Lent?


Yes, I typically observe Lentils. Shortly before consuming them.

2. Why (not)?


They are delicious. And good with butternut squash.

3. What does your observance of Lent typically entail? Giving things up, taking things on, or something else?


I typically cook them with vegetable stock if I have it, and with various herbs and spices as strikes my fancy. I think like to add butternut squash or sweet potatoes, as I think they mesh nicely together. I will serve them with a sprinkle of bacon bits.

4. What's the hardest thing you've ever given up/taken on/something else?


I'm never going to give you up, let you down, run around or desert you!!!

5. What, if anything, are you planning to do for observing Lent this year?


While I observe my lentils, I will probably salivate slightly and begin to have belly grumbles. Luckily this will be a short lived torture, as soon I will be observing an empty bowl.

6. Do you observe Sundays as feast days (and as such, exempt from fasting/abstinence), considering that the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday don't include Sundays?


I typically feast on Saturdays, given that it has the best balance of time and desire to cook. I sometimes feast on Sundays if I actually have a life on a Saturday night.

Six is a good number. I'll stop here.



I don't mean to be disrespectful to those who observe Lent, btw. I'm just bored and overly amused with my cleverness (or lack thereof :P)
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/Survey: Lent approaches! Anyone giving up anything? Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 04:28:08 AM 1297 Views
Lentils Approach! On my menu!! LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 04:39:18 AM 1117 Views
Well, it made me giggle, anyway. *NM* Lupine - 16/02/2010 05:43:01 AM 449 Views
Cute and funny. Danu - 16/02/2010 06:10:22 PM 952 Views
I'm giving up christianity. Challenging but worthwhile. *NM* Urza - 16/02/2010 04:53:11 AM 458 Views
*pats you on the head* *NM* Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:40:24 AM 450 Views
you have to have something to give it up *NM* LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 01:24:33 PM 565 Views
I have a friend who used to pledge to be a better Buddhist for Lent. Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:02:03 PM 1024 Views
I usually give up something... Missa Sedai - 16/02/2010 05:24:13 AM 1057 Views
You could go to the Vatican.. Kel - 16/02/2010 02:04:39 PM 1013 Views
Non-essential internet sounds like a haaard one. Lupine - 16/02/2010 05:38:25 AM 1098 Views
I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm quite good at not doing something if I have a reason. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:48:34 AM 1063 Views
possibly nossy - 16/02/2010 10:12:41 AM 1043 Views
Great Lent already began on Monday. Tom - 16/02/2010 01:45:16 PM 1025 Views
So you aren't doing any of the fasts or dietary restrictions? Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:08:14 PM 913 Views
No, I'm not following any restrictions. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:36:52 PM 933 Views
the orthodox lent sounds similar to what Catholic Lent was >.> LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 05:21:10 PM 966 Views
Pretty much. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:38:48 PM 1205 Views
That's still on the books for Episcopalians, if I recall correctly, but as an option. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 11:48:24 PM 981 Views
Haha, you aren't kidding! Avendesora - 16/02/2010 08:14:08 PM 1031 Views
It was good to know that I could do it, though. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:39:32 PM 1075 Views
I'll give up something. Kel - 16/02/2010 02:02:02 PM 940 Views
I'm not a Christian, but I've given things up in the name of Lent. The Shrike - 16/02/2010 02:20:14 PM 947 Views
It's definitely socially handy. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:19:22 PM 1003 Views
which is really rather sad. LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 05:28:35 PM 1006 Views
Is it weird that I really like Lent? Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:21:54 PM 994 Views
Perhaps it is. But, less so than lint, I'm thinking. LiterateDog - 16/02/2010 05:25:28 PM 1034 Views
I actually do enjoy cleaning lint traps in the dryer. It's fun! *NM* Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:34:08 PM 538 Views
it's an adventure *NM* LadyLorraine - 17/02/2010 07:33:26 PM 522 Views
No. It's foolishness. LiterateDog - 16/02/2010 05:26:53 PM 1045 Views
<3 *NM* The Shrike - 16/02/2010 08:44:41 PM 548 Views
Your drier must be hard-core Protestant. I'm sorry. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 11:49:15 PM 546 Views
I don't think anyone here does I guess it's not our tradition (though I'm not even Christian) *NM* Lordling - 16/02/2010 08:04:55 PM 545 Views
Re: /Survey: Lent approaches! Anyone giving up anything? ranagrande - 17/02/2010 02:49:49 AM 889 Views
Can I give up the act of giving things up? Nate - 17/02/2010 04:40:18 AM 942 Views
Nyet! Elaine - 17/02/2010 01:02:01 PM 1013 Views
Sareitha Sedai - 17/02/2010 01:42:59 PM 1027 Views
Elaine - 17/02/2010 02:13:35 PM 964 Views
Sort of. Handel - 17/02/2010 04:22:03 PM 1399 Views
The question that comes to my mind is.... Jeordam - 17/02/2010 06:19:46 PM 977 Views
And there's another huge difference between abstinence and self-denial. Ghavrel - 21/02/2010 08:18:15 PM 983 Views
I'm giving up Kuke - 20/02/2010 05:21:08 PM 973 Views
Sounds good. *NM* Ghavrel - 21/02/2010 08:18:40 PM 525 Views
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