Hot dogs and Jesus
May 9, 2008It happened over a month ago, but it exemplified some of the differences between Oklahoma and the Northeast, so I thought it’d make for a good entry.
It was Good Friday, the start of Easter weekend. Management decided to call it an early day, and encouraged people to leave after lunch. In fact, they even had a barbecue for lunch.
Yeah, that wouldn’t fly in the Northeast. I can just imagine some guy in Boston proposing a barbecue on Good Friday — he’d be called a heathen before he finished the sentence.
It is Catholic tradition that you give up meat on Fridays during Lent. Until 1962 at an ecumenical council, Catholics weren’t supposed to eat meat on any Friday during the year. Not everyone minded the inconvenience, especially Italian restaurants. A lot of cheese pizzas were ordered in these days.
But less and less people were observing the rule, so the Catholic Church did away with it, limiting it only to Lenten Fridays.
Most Protestant religions do not have the rule, although they did at one time. It supposedly started in 1548, not for spiritual or religious reasons, but to help the fisherman market.
Anyway, I just wanted to point out one of those cultural differences…
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Come to Ghana to visit your dad with me. You could write such a sweet blog post about it.
Hot dogs? You’re worried about hot dogs at lent? You’ve got it lucky pal! Like you, I am from the east coast, born in Boston, raised in Florida. And like you, I also took a strange and twisting road that landed me in Stigler, Oklahoma. But try it being Jewish!
Oh yeah! Ask the clerk at Walmart where she keeps the matzah! My wife assured me it wouldn’t be there. But I had to see it for myself. Needless to say, I got nothing more than a curious look from her.
But what you won’t find in Boston or New Jersey, you will find here – people who care about other people. People know each other too! When you tell someone where you live, explain to them who used to live in your house. An address means nothing here.
I am fond of sitting on my front porch and smoking a cigar. I’ve met most of my neighbors and made new friends doing that. Get involved with your church and community here. Your transition will be much smoother.
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