Church-approved "non-meats" to eat during Lent: alligator, turtle, snake, capybara, beaver, muskrat, puffin

Sadly, the party's over—Mardi Gras, that is. Folks of the Catholic persuasion donned their ashes yesterday and are settling into 40 days of Lent (February 22 to April 6), where the faithful may or may not give up some kind of vice and/or incorporate a new spiritual, mindful, or healthy practice into their lives. — Read the rest