View Poll Results: Do you eat meat on Good Friday ?
Yes, not meat for me.
11
28.21%
No, why bother ?
28
71.79%
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Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Mar 28th 2013, 8:45 pm
#61
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Mar 28th 2013, 8:46 pm
#62
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Mar 28th 2013, 8:48 pm
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Mar 28th 2013, 8:51 pm
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Not tonight. Weve been invited to a 'game night' by a canadian friend on saturday night. I was looking forward to some pigeon stew or something then realised it was board games for about 12 of us. Ill likely have had a few before i turn up and play "battle of the sexes" - never played it but sounds like it could end up in arguments and falling out with the better half!
Im hoping it doesnt involve throwing the keys in the middle
Last edited by Animal; Mar 28th 2013 at 8:54 pm.
Mar 29th 2013, 2:16 am
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Belief in a bearded guy in the sky...seems legit.
Can't eat meat on a friday...WTF?!
Can't eat meat on a friday...WTF?!
Mar 29th 2013, 2:21 pm
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Mar 29th 2013, 2:57 pm
#67
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Hi Millie, I was a bit surprised that everything is open today, but apparently Monday is the holiday here. I've just looked in the fridge and the leg of lamb weighing 2.5 Kg cost 15.70 euro (at Intermarche´, promo).
Mar 29th 2013, 7:09 pm
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
By comparison £5.49 per kg (£13.72 for the leg) on promo at Sainsburys, though not certain if that contains infusion de cheval.
Mar 29th 2013, 10:00 pm
#69
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
And the horse was good this evening. We did it in a style du cuisine mondiale with garam marsala, cumin and tandoori paste all from Intermarche and mango chutney from same.
Vive la France.
Mar 29th 2013, 10:15 pm
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Novo, thanks so much for that...my husband always messes up prices, and always says that we got a better deal wherever we were living before! He forgets!
Yes, I was always surprised that my son went to, his Catholic, school on Good Friday, though they did march off to church. It seems odd when the shops close for All Saint's Day, but not Good Friday
Yes, I was always surprised that my son went to, his Catholic, school on Good Friday, though they did march off to church. It seems odd when the shops close for All Saint's Day, but not Good Friday
Mar 29th 2013, 10:43 pm
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Novo, thanks so much for that...my husband always messes up prices, and always says that we got a better deal wherever we were living before! He forgets!
Yes, I was always surprised that my son went to, his Catholic, school on Good Friday, though they did march off to church. It seems odd when the shops close for All Saint's Day, but not Good Friday
Yes, I was always surprised that my son went to, his Catholic, school on Good Friday, though they did march off to church. It seems odd when the shops close for All Saint's Day, but not Good Friday
Mar 30th 2013, 11:48 am
#72
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Mar 30th 2013, 12:17 pm
#73
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Mar 30th 2013, 12:54 pm
#74
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
[QUOTE=jimmydean;10632063]The North Koreans have been rattling their sabres Novo.............any sign of a French surrender yet?
Can't be long now.[/
The French are in a pickle because they closed down their white flag factories a few years ago.
Can't be long now.[/
The French are in a pickle because they closed down their white flag factories a few years ago.
Mar 31st 2013, 3:20 pm
#75
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Re: Do you abstain from red meat on Good Friday
Every Easter the Easter Beagle comes dancing along with his basket of eggs to give to all the happy children. In the rustic Canadian village of my youth, the last day of school was celebrated with games, an outing to a nearby lake, (or sometimes to Batoche) for a picnic, and the Catholic kids had to bring a note from their parents saying it was ok for them to eat the hot dogs.