Oggi Si Mangia Di Magro

When I was a kid, Fridays were days when one did not eat meat -- fish was the order of the day, the idea being that it was a special day in which, for religious and cultural reasons, one was supposed to "mangiare di magro" -- to eat "lean" (and, especially for certain Fridays, to think "lean," penitential thoughts).  Beginning today, the Catholic Bishops in England and Wales have officially reinstituted the centuries-old practice of meatless Fridays.  Details here. 

UPDATE: Susan Stabile offers more thoughts here.