04-18-2019, 10:52 AM
(04-18-2019, 10:17 AM)ChamonixBaggie Wrote:(04-18-2019, 10:10 AM)Black penny Wrote:(04-18-2019, 06:42 AM)ChamonixBaggie Wrote: Supposed to be a total fast (and on Ash Wednesday) but no one bothers with that any more. There are various obscure bits of papal law saying what you should and shouldn't eat which are all largely ignored. Same reason as any Fast to remember Jesus etc etc You can still have a steak if you substitute in some pious or charitable actsAre they doing any king for the day cakes over your way?
All very nice if you go in for that sort of thing (I don't)
Source: went to Catholic school
Nah, that's for the epiphany in January. The bakeries all have these little almond and praline cakes with chocolate eggs on though, which is not doing my waistline any favours.
If/when I come back to the UK a proper baker on every street corner is the thing i may miss the most...
are you saying greggs is not a proper baker?