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Lent-picking and navel gazing
02/19/2007 12:55:11 / happy
There's nothing like a little, good-old fashioned navel-gazing (i.e. philosophizing) mixed in with some Lent-picking.
Wednesday, Feb. 21 is Ash Wednesday --- the beginning of the introspective, self-sacrificing Lent season. It marks the 40 days (not including Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.
Most of you probably know that Lent is associated with self-denial and fasting, with the purpose of becoming more spiritual.
I have never observed Lent with a fast, out-of-the-ordinary donations to charity or overmuch prayer.
But this year, my editor Mary (Lifestyle editor at the MRT) and I have made a pact: We will not eat meat or poultry for the entire time. I've even sworn off seafood, too.
That's going to be *really* hard, considering I grew up on the east coast of Florida, chomping clams, shelling shrimp and shucking shellfish.
(Quick! Hide the scungili!)
Anyway, because Mary and I know we're not alone in observing, sacrificing (and probably, at some point, bemoaning our food cravings), I"ll post a blog here each Wednesday with the best Lenten recipes.
Feel free to try ours, or submit your own recipes to my e-mail: jedwards@mrt.com.
Wish us luck!
JennN Edwards
Assistant Lifestyle Editor
Midland Reporter-Telegram
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