‘Clean Monday’ is the Monday that marks the end of the Carnival season in Greece and the beginning of the 40-day fasting period before Easter. It is a day during which we cleanse ourselves (body and souls) from all sorts of excesses that happened during the Carnival and we abstain from meat and dairy products. I am not religious so I am not really fasting but I enjoy spending time with friends and eating all sorts of ‘Clean Monday’ delicacies (like the ones on the table)…excessively!
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