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| Feb 25, 2014 at 16:39 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @choster - When I was living in the NE, I had a couple of Catholic friends that did that. Interestingly, I've noticed a lot of seafood places ratchet up their marketing during Lent as well, but they don't mention the religious angle at all. So its a very easy thing for a non-Catholic to miss. Outside of the northeast though, few places have a significant Catholic presence (again, Hispanic immigration is changing this fast). | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 16:32 | comment | added | choster | @T.E.D. I know a great many Catholics who give up meat on Fridays in Lent, but not for all of Lent— even ones who are not devout; it is a cultural observation rather than a religious one for those I call CAPE Catholics for the 4 times a year they go to Mass (Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Easter). But in the Mountain West or the Bible Belt there won't be too many of those, either. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 13:21 | comment | added | T.E.D. | Oh, I do the ash-forehead thing (Methodist here). Don't get me wrong, this is a very religious country, particularly when compared with most of Europe. However, giving up meat (fish not counting as meat) for Lent is just not part of the culture here. So the day before ash Wednesday isn't really an occasion to do anything special. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 13:00 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | Well, to echo tchrist's comment above, there most certainly are Catholic enclaves where people do the ash-forehead thing. | |
| Feb 25, 2014 at 11:21 | history | answered | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |