Since I'm doing 'traditional holiday fare' this year . .

Post #200,708 by Andrew Grygus 3/27/05 12:34:24 AM Reply	Since I'm doing 'traditional holiday fare' this year . . . . I'm going to roast a leg of lamb tomorrow for Easter. It's happily marinading in the fridge, or at least as happily as a sawed off hunk of dead animal is likely to be. I'll serve it with a Turkish pilaf of rice and garbanzos and lentils which Bionerd will be pleased to hear is mercifully vegetarian. Actually, the recipe for the leg of lamb also comes from a Turkish cookbook, which isn't exactly Christian, but then Easter isn't either. Anyway, for now we'll just call it Armenian since the Armos share the same Anatolian cuisine (though Turk hating Armenian Christians might wish it were not so) and a very fine cuisine it is. Now being a Pagan I know Easter is a good Pagan holiday that was comandeered by the Christians with a few minor adjustments, but I'm just a little hazy on some of the details. The connection with lamb is obvious, but what is it exactly we are symbolically supposed to be eating? Is it "The Lamb of God" and I have Jesus marinading in the fridge? Or is it Jesus' flock, often self described as his sheep? Am I roasting leg of Christian? This is not clear to me. Perhaps one of the theologians on this board can help me out here. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #200,726 by boxley 3/27/05 8:43:14 AM Reply	you are just cooking the day after passover feast since all you had last night was crackers and weeds. Unless you were a pagan then n europe that would be the day the entire village scrubbed down their living quarters. Airing out their sleeping robes in the warm spring air, and got tools ready for planting. Bathing optional I presume thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #200,764 by Andrew Grygus 3/27/05 11:02:51 AM Reply	Well, yes, if you're Jewish, but . . . . . I fugure the God-eating Christians (see wine, wafer and various explanations of the trinity) have a completely different take on all this. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #200,793 by boxley 3/27/05 8:41:21 PM Reply	naw, they eat ham mostly because in cold northern climes sheep are more pleasent winter bedfellows than pigs. thanx, bill All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #200,770 by bionerd 3/27/05 11:19:49 AM Reply	Was watching the history channel last night And they had a show about the 4 gospels and how they varied in their interpretations and historical facts. They said Mark had Jesus crucified on a different day than the other 3 gospels and the last supper was not the Passover meal. Something about Jesus dying on the day when the Jews were slaughtering lambs in preparation for Passover. Thousands of lambs being slaughtered and Jesus hanging on the cross, aka the Lamb of God. And BTW, your pilaf sounds good. We're heading to my mother's house for the honey baked ham dinner. She has plenty of sides to keep me happy and I'll steer clear of the ham.

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