Lent has been observed in commemoration of Christ's 40 days of fasting as a special season of penitence in preparation for the Easter feast
All in Lenten Season
Lent has been observed in commemoration of Christ's 40 days of fasting as a special season of penitence in preparation for the Easter feast
Why the wise cook has plenty of eggs on hand in the refrigerator during Lent.
When the grunion are running, they come to sure to lay their eggs; that's when people gather them and we they can to deep fry and eating on the beach. . . . The law now reads, that grunion must be caught with the bare hands.
Grunion make a tasty morsel, goes without saying. Even the epicureans agree that there are few seafood equal to them when fried in deep fat on the ocean beach soon after they are caught.
Historically during the Lenten season the consumption of oysters increased dramatically in Christian societies around the world. Who did the work of shucking oysters?
Here is some Lenten season advice from a 1940s food writer found in the pages of the Atlanta Daily World.
