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 )
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/Survey: Lent approaches! Anyone giving up anything?
16/02/2010 04:28:08 AM
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Lentils Approach! On my menu!!
16/02/2010 04:39:18 AM
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I'm giving up christianity. Challenging but worthwhile. *NM*
16/02/2010 04:53:11 AM
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I have a friend who used to pledge to be a better Buddhist for Lent.
16/02/2010 05:02:03 PM
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Non-essential internet sounds like a haaard one.
16/02/2010 05:38:25 AM
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I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm quite good at not doing something if I have a reason.
16/02/2010 05:48:34 AM
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Great Lent already began on Monday.
16/02/2010 01:45:16 PM
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the orthodox lent sounds similar to what Catholic Lent was >.>
16/02/2010 05:21:10 PM
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Pretty much.
16/02/2010 09:38:48 PM
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That's still on the books for Episcopalians, if I recall correctly, but as an option.
16/02/2010 11:48:24 PM
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I'm not a Christian, but I've given things up in the name of Lent.
16/02/2010 02:20:14 PM
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Is it weird that I really like Lent?
16/02/2010 05:21:54 PM
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Perhaps it is. But, less so than lint, I'm thinking.
16/02/2010 05:25:28 PM
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I actually do enjoy cleaning lint traps in the dryer. It's fun! *NM*
16/02/2010 05:34:08 PM
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I don't think anyone here does I guess it's not our tradition (though I'm not even Christian) *NM*
16/02/2010 08:04:55 PM
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The question that comes to my mind is....
17/02/2010 06:19:46 PM
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And there's another huge difference between abstinence and self-denial.
21/02/2010 08:18:15 PM
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