DE: Lean times
Feb. 10th, 2016 01:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yakalskovich Sorry, I forgot the DE yesterday as I was in Salzburg with my mum and completely failed to realise it was an ordinary Tuesday.
Today, Lent starts, which means that I am going vegan until Easter. According to some sources, Lent orginally came about for a pre-Christian and quite rational reason -- in early spring, most of the winter supplies were already eaten or didn't keep much longer while it was vital to not eat the first fresh produce and meat of the year because it needed to grow and come to fruition later. Hence, people tried to stretch their resources as far as possible.
Do the worlds of your canon(s) know such lean time, and what do your characters do to stretch their resources? On the other hand, of your character lives in plentiful circumstances, do they do anything to consciously reduce their ecological footprint and/or refrain from certain foods for cultural or religious reasons?
Today, Lent starts, which means that I am going vegan until Easter. According to some sources, Lent orginally came about for a pre-Christian and quite rational reason -- in early spring, most of the winter supplies were already eaten or didn't keep much longer while it was vital to not eat the first fresh produce and meat of the year because it needed to grow and come to fruition later. Hence, people tried to stretch their resources as far as possible.
Do the worlds of your canon(s) know such lean time, and what do your characters do to stretch their resources? On the other hand, of your character lives in plentiful circumstances, do they do anything to consciously reduce their ecological footprint and/or refrain from certain foods for cultural or religious reasons?
