# Fasting

Although I'm not an orthodox Christian, I tried some fasting. And
that quite moved me. You will realise how bloated your eating has
been. Especially when you wash the dishes. It makes your eating
unbelievably clean. Not only spiritually. But also physically.

So I'm going to try this on every Wednesday and Friday. Like every
orthodox Christian. If it works, I would also try lent, &c. at the
times.

These are the rules.



## Rules

No meat.
No dairy & eggs.
No fish.

Shellfishes and animals without backbones in general seem controversal.
In Greece, it seems OK. In Romania, it seems not OK.
If it's OK, you can eat prawn, mussel, snail, &c. This includes
honey. Because bees make it.
Since it is controversal, I'm not going to eat.

No oil.
No alcohol.



## Note

There are tons of great lent meal plans. You can try any of them.
But for me, this restriction just seems like traditional Japanese
cuisine before the Meiji restoration.

So by that idea,

* You can use dashi to substitute oil. Konbu and shiitake are great.
But you can't use katsuobushi.

* You can't use mirin and sake. But there are lots of healthy
substitutes anyway.

* Tofu, fu, yuba, kinako, soymilk to substitute animal products.
But you can't use aburaage.

* Maybe mushrooms and konjac to substitute seafoods. If shellfishes
are OK, you can just use them.