"*Not* for religious reasons! It's the discovery that the Greek Orthodox spend about half the year fasting - not in the "eat no food" sense, but in the sense of having no meat or dairy, and right now I'm very much in the market for time-tested recipes that avoid butter and animal products."
Yeah - somehow I didn't THINK it was for religious reasons. I'm not that religious, but I keep Lent, well, religiously (sorry about the construction of THAT sentence) - I just think that, somehow, following a daily or at least seasonal diet that's different and (sorta') involves sacrifice is a good idea. Makes you appreciate things more. It's not about "giving up" really. The ironic thing is I absolutely adore fish. Not so wild about shellfish (I can't abide shrimp for example). But fish - I actually like it. In case you're wondering tho - over the years I've become pro-Choice simply because I'm strongly in favor of separation of church and state (and AGAINST state religion. Because if you look at history whenever a state or country had an official state religion it ALWAYS resulted in persecution of people who refused to change their religion to the state religion. And, oddly enough, it didn't really matter WHAT the state religion was.) I also happen to be in favor of adoption (especially closed adoption) for both the pregnant mother and the potential parents. This is 'cause, due to medical problems, I can't have children - so if I ever want a child, adoption is my ONLY option. But enough politics. I'll have to look up some fish recipes for you and send them on. --Olivia
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Re: Trampoline
Date: 2010-03-07 01:57 am (UTC)Yeah - somehow I didn't THINK it was for religious reasons. I'm not that religious, but I keep Lent, well, religiously (sorry about the construction of THAT sentence) - I just think that, somehow, following a daily or at least seasonal diet that's different and (sorta') involves sacrifice is a good idea. Makes you appreciate things more. It's not about "giving up" really.
The ironic thing is I absolutely adore fish. Not so wild about shellfish (I can't abide shrimp for example). But fish - I actually like it.
In case you're wondering tho - over the years I've become pro-Choice simply because I'm strongly in favor of separation of church and state (and AGAINST state religion. Because if you look at history whenever a state or country had an official state religion it ALWAYS resulted in persecution of people who refused to change their religion to the state religion. And, oddly enough, it didn't really matter WHAT the state religion was.)
I also happen to be in favor of adoption (especially closed adoption) for both the pregnant mother and the potential parents. This is 'cause, due to medical problems, I can't have children - so if I ever want a child, adoption is my ONLY option.
But enough politics.
I'll have to look up some fish recipes for you and send them on.
--Olivia