R'uh r'oh!! Corned beef brisket, St Paddy's Day and LENT !!

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ham, my dear, is made out of hog -- and that's a whole 'nother story.

Yes, I know. But, your issue was with the SALT, if I remember correctly.

No worries, though. I'll just make you tofu on St Paddy's Day.
How about that, hmm?

That'll learn ya!

Oddly enough, I have plans to be in Burundi that day. I suppose my edumacation will have to hang fire. What a shame!

[Athene]

Oddly enough, I have plans to be in Burundi that day. I suppose my edumacation will have to hang fire. What a shame!

Yeah, but, you won't be able to take your thingamajig.

[Thumpalumpacus]

But how about a doohickey?

[Drich]

Yeppers.

St. Patrick's Day is on Friday, March 17 this year, and it's during LENT !!!!

A popular holiday treat/staple, brisket is also beef, and many observant Catholics buy into the fish on Friday's thing and eschew (other forms of) meat.

Todays' Omaha World Herald notes some dioceses are granting dispensations for parishioners to swap Friday and Saturday for their meat free day, others it's going to be  a no go.


Of course, it is all EXTREMELY silly, Jesus never mentioned brisket or Lent for that matter, so it's a another way for the poohbahs to poobahficate their poobahficantism.

I rather like brisket, although I'm watching my sodium these days.  I might splurge and get the pricey premade pre-sliced stuff at WalMart, just for the fun of it all.

It's not a Jesus thing it is an OT Jewish thing that ye good odle cat-licks are paying their respect to.

[vorlon13]

Lent ?