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Article: Macaroni and cheese can be pure pleasure or penance during Lent.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 19, 2001
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Macaroni and cheese was true penance in my family. Although as Protestants we weren't required to eat it on Fridays during Lent, we suffered nonetheless.
Our macaroni and cheese was hard and dry. It was made _ so help me God _ by interspersing cooked elbow macaroni in a casserole with a few small slices of Colby cheese. A half-cup or so of milk was poured over the top before it went into the oven. It must have been a Presbyterian thing.
In adulthood, I have learned that macaroni and cheese is both penance and pleasure. It is still penance to the many Catholics who abstain from meat on Fridays during Lent. But it is a celebration food for many ...