Long time no see, howdy Dr. Steve!! 
You betcha! Crawdads Friday, Fish Taco Friday, Sushi Friday...you name it!
Posted on 02/23/2004 10:53:47 PM PST by Salvation
LOL! I never thought about the fat being lard or animal fat! I always think of vegetable oil when thinking pancakes, but it's a fairly recent invention!
BTTT in preparation for Lent 2005!
Lent starts tomorrow!
BTTT for Tuesday!
Cool, this thread is always a good read. Fish fries begin Wednesday! Yum, I can taste the delicious baked fish, baked potato or macaroni, cole slaw, rolls and dessert cup. I may even get a takeout of pierogies.
BTTT on Shrove Tuesday. Are all your sins shriven?
We went vegetarian one year for Lent. It can be done. It also established better habits that continued long after Lent was over. :)
Good for her. There are lots of "loopholes" in Lent if you look for them, but if you're going to go, IMO, you might as well go all the way.
You have my respect there. I like fish too much. Don't know if I could do that.
I really hate it when I shrove! ;oD
I love meat and fish a great deal. A sacrifice isn't meaningful if it's not difficult. We lost weight (welcome), and our cholesterol went down (very welcome), even though we were using more cheese.
You have some good incentives there!
I hope this helps, since you don't seem to be familiar with the word. Here is the definition for "shrive", the verb form:
VERB: Inflected forms: shrove ( shrv) or shrived, shriv·en ( shrvn) or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. To obtain absolution for (oneself) by confessing and doing penance.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Archaic 1. To make or go to confession. 2. To hear confessions.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English schriven, from Old English scrfan, from Latin scrbere, to write. See skrbh- in Appendix I.
Not to mention my ability to convince and lead others, since my husband is Jewish. :-D
Long time no see, howdy Dr. Steve!!
You betcha! Crawdads Friday, Fish Taco Friday, Sushi Friday...you name it!
Let me rephrase my original statement:
"I really hate it when I have occasion where I must shrove!"
Thanks, Linda, for the definition!
I don't mind confession; I just get embarrassed if I don't have anything juicy to report.
The priest at my former parish keeps a $100 bill in his pocket, and would show us it as ours to keep, if we really had anything juicy he's never heard.
To this day, he still has that $100 bill.
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