It would be great if people could share some Lenten meals. My father and I, when I was younger, would get our Friday meals at our church; they had the best bean soup recipe. The cooks wouldn't give out the recipe though.
Wish I had it.
The few days before Ash Wednesday, particularly the day before Shrove Tuesday. It is associated with confessing one's sins and has in many places become a time for holding carnivals, as the last time for festivity before the Lenten season of penance.