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I've sometimes wondered, if the communion wafer and wine is meant to represent the body and blood of Christ, why not combine them into Holy Communion Black Pudding? |
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Ewww, for Holy Black Pudding, but Gourmet Church sounds like my cup of whole-leaf Karigane accompanied with jam and cream scones, iced mineral water and drop of plonk. Maybe some chilled plums to wash it down. |
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Will Long Pig be on the menu? |
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Immanent bun for communion black pudding. |
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// bun for communion black pudding // |
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Hmmm .... mashed potato, peas, carrots and gravy ? |
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Although black pudding and cheese in a bun, accompanied by a pint of Real Ale, is pretty good ... |
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Take, eat, this is my body. Here's some more body. Now take and eat this different body. Body again here. |
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The thing about the last supper is that it was supper - those guys tied on feedbag. I cannot imagine all they had was bread and wine. So I like this idea and I dont think it is incompatible with the whole communion concept. Those Trappists who make beer / bread / cheese / liqueurs should hold charitable events like this. Beer and cheese, Sermon, apertif, meal/communion, songs, more beer and cheese, footwashing, digestif, alms plate, closing homily. |
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Baked - agape feast (often called 'fellowship meal' or similar these days). |
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They had hummus. And Falafels. And tabouli salad. |
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I demand to know why this was not invented sooner. |
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Even better, dump all the religious baggage. Just go for the food. |
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I never understood the desire to mix liquid and bread. It must be a British thing. |
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That said, some nice cheese selections and perhaps a sorbet between courses would be quite nice. Behold the cheese of Christ. |
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Gruyere ... Holy Cheese .... |
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Sounds more like a Cardiologist's Vacation Home. |
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//I demand to know why this was not invented sooner.// It's mentioned by Pliny the Younger, and in parts of the New Testament. It wasn't invented sooner because christianity wasn't invented sooner. |
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//Behold the cheese of Christ.// |
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I am afraid to ask what this meant to represent. |
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//I demand to know why this was not invented sooner//
It sort of was. Epicurus advocated the moderate partaking of simple pleasures (such as a good meal), as the road to godliness. |
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OK I know this is old, but anyway. |
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//The thing about the last supper is that it was supper -
those guys tied on feedbag. I cannot imagine all they had
was bread and wine.// |
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[bungston] I think you may have had the wrong meal in
mind, it's supper, not meant to be a heavy meal. Supper :
noun : an
evening meal, typically a light or informal one. |
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//I never understood the desire to mix liquid and bread. It
must be a British thing.// |
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[threelefts] No, a Greek thing actually, they beat us to that
one by centuries. |
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"The
Greeks also drank
kykeon, which
was both a beverage
and a meal. It was a barley gruel, to which water and herbs
were
added." |
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//why not combine them into Holy Communion Black
Pudding?// |
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[Wrongfellow] Or as I seem to be on a Greek holiday at the
moment how about Spartan black soup [link]. |
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//Epicurus advocated the moderate partaking of simple
pleasures (such as a good meal), as the road to godliness// |
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That wasn't what he really said, a combination of sloppy
translation & poor spelling & godhead (which should have
been good head anyway) becomes godliness etc. it was
wine not a meal & he said "immoderate". Some
translators just seem to make it up as they go ..
Here's a
more accurate rendering of his words. |
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"immoderate partaking of simple pleasures (such as a good
wine), is the road to good head" |
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There was another bit most translations inexplicably
seem to miss that went something like this.. |
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"especially, though not exclusively [he was Greek after all]
if in company of women who lack sound
judgement of their capacity to imbibe" |
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Hmm, may I please try a slice of the leg of the lamb of God? |
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When I hear "gourmet", I think of someone who not only enjoys
good food but also self-identifies as being a cut above
consumers of cheaper food. "Gourmet" is often served with a
delicious side-dish of "exclusive". |
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So ... what we're doing here is taking the original symbolism of
inclusiveness and self-denial, and improving it by replacing those
elements with exclusiveness and self-indulgence. |
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"If you liked Rodrigo Borgia, you'll love this!" |
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// taking the original symbolism of inclusiveness and self-denial, and improving it by replacing those elements with exclusiveness and self-indulgence. // |
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Add in some gratuitous kiddie-fiddling and you've summarized Roman Catholicism in one paragraph. |
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//No, a Greek thing actually, they beat us to that one by centuries.//
No, an Egyptian thing actually. They beat the Greeks to it by a couple of thousand years. |
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At communion, did you know you can refuse the sacrament and ask for the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil instead? They keep some tucked under the altar. |
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Do you get a choice of cream or ice cream ? |
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//Do you get a choice of// sp.: "Do you have to choose
between" |
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