Mom and Dad talked about Carême and what they knew about St. Joseph's Day. St. Joseph's Day was a day where you could suspend your penance. Mom and Dad didn't really practice it because it was already fading out of popularity. Maw Maw and Paw Paw and their generation did. Mom also said people ate simple food during Lent. There was no eating crawfish, catfish, seafood gumbo and all that good stuff. Egg gumbo or potatoes or just rice were examples of the meals.