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I think with a meal like that I would have rather gone without dinner.

Those tuna sandwiches were for First Fridays throughout the year. We brought our lunch boxes to school and ate in our classroom after mass because we had to fast from midnight until we received HC. It was either tuna, peanut butter/jelly or egg sandwiches. In our thermos was chocolate milk and desert was a devil dog and I find that so appropriate now. Some kids would trade their apple for a devil dog.

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When I was in Catholic school, we had our choice of tuna sandwiches or grilled cheese. I just LOVED the way they made their tuna salad, so it was always my choice.

Another thing about my Mom’s upbringing she told me about was people who lived in New Orleans NEVER thought going without meat on Fridays or during Lent was any big sacrifice. It was almost comical to some as they have amazing seafood there and anytime they could eat it was okay fine with them. When we visited, going out for seafood was a treat. Even now, in NC, we try to eat some kind of meatless dinner on Friday. My husband and I do not do it out of any religious observance but, because Mom lives with us and she tries to observe the fast, we go along with it. It is no big ordeal anyway and probably a healthy thing to do.