May I respectfully ask which denomination or tradition that comes from?
here is a well done site.
orthodox christian. it is easier these days when a lot of people are vegetarian/vegan, and a lot more food options than what i would call the “fruit, nuts, twigs, bark” times of the year.
Cool! I remember telling a Greek friend’s grandma that I ate as if it were Lent. She looked at me funny and said ‘All the time?!?’…
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFemw_6a-Tg
I knew before I even clicked it - it was going to be that scene! 
Tried to tiptoe in the cheap meats topic but was not welcome. 
Partner is pretty much Pescatarian where I am an Omnivore with a carnivore streak I need to feed once in a while.
We eat mostly meat free for our daily meals concentrating on getting protein rich feeds.
I’m on Liraglutide and have lost 52 lb and out of preDiabetic zone - appetite is way down and few cravings other than a meat feed on occasion.
We use BirdsEye meat free products regularly and enjoy them tho have not found a proper burger yet. I get that fix from Hungry Jacks for cheap.
We used to have an excellent sausage substitute from S Africa but no longer available.
Looking always for suggestions but we are in Australia so bear that in mind.
Convenience is very high priority.
Partner cooks - I can handle omelettes and the meat free frying
If you’d offered something actually cheaper than the meats being discussed, you might have been 
I spent last weekend at a dance event, and one of my friends there is vegan for lent. He was really struggling to find food.
I had gone to 5 guys, and they have free peanuts, so i picked up a tray of peanuts, while i waited for my greasy burger. I figured it might be nice to have a snack in my hotel room.
But after taking with Mark about his struggles finding food he could eat, i gave them to him.
The next night a group of us went out to dinner, but we bailed on our first choice because there was literally no room in the parking lot. We ended up splitting up by car. Afterwards, i asked Mark what he’d had. Crackers. And peanuts.
That’s how thin the vegan offerings were in random-suburb-of-Trenton. (Langhorne, PA)
I suspect I have genetic reasons that make me bad at vegetarianism.I’ve tried, and it has not gone well for me. I have a genetic neuropathy, and my symptoms are definitely easier to manage when my diet includes animal products.
I aim for flexatarian. I try to to minimize my consumption of meat (particularly from CAFOs), but I do what I gotta do to stay as healthy and energetic as possible.
I eat a diet high in meat, fresh vegetables and frozen fruit. I try to eat five servings of veggies most days and am also careful about fibre, adding a bedtime bowl of bran cereal if I haven’t had enough that day. There are no foods I specifically avoid. To me steak, salad and buttery roast or mashed vegetables is a perfect meal.
I’d forgotten about this thread until I got summoned back because there was a recent reply addressed to me.
Funny thing is, since I posted in 2023 we’ve gone much more carnivorous - not out of a conscious decision to do so, but because we’ve become friends with a neighbor who has a cattle ranch. She butchers the meat herself, which is kind of cool, and sells it in bulk quantities (cow fractions!). We bought an eighth of a cow and damn, it’s delicious.
I feel a bit strange eating red meat more often, but I don’t suppose it averages out to more than 1-2 times a week. And it’s from organically raised, grass-fed cows, so there’s that.
Mostly I just like supporting local food production, though. Tonight’s dinner includes locally grown sweet potato leaves, kumquats, longan, and wingbeans. (It’s also vegetarian as the main course is dhal, but except for the curry leaves, nothing in the lentils is local.)