The KAF email today pictured this recipe, and the recipe link worked; however, the "See how it's done" link went to a new recipe for Italian Dove Bread. Ham in the filling wouldn't have been appropriate for an Italian Lenten dish; however, since this is traditionally served on Holy Saturday (day before Easter), that day is not technically part of Lent, and so the Catholic Church's traditional regulations on abstinence from meat products during Lent would not apply. Link is fixed now - sorry about that! Actually, we were brought up (and the Catholic church currently teaches) abstinence is only followed on Fridays during Lent; and then not on Holy Day Fridays (as the Annunciation was this year). So - Holy Saturday is perfectly OK, and anyway, I never make it before then anyway (though sometimes I'd make it on Friday, and boy, was it hard to wait when you're both abstaining AND fasting!) :) PJH

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