tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post7328279960568398383..comments2023-09-13T17:18:31.708+08:00Comments on annamanila's: Lenten Parody: Good Friday Favored EatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-36058344331266422162009-04-21T12:25:00.000+08:002009-04-21T12:25:00.000+08:00yes, its a feast and a parody too for this day is ...yes, its a feast and a parody too for this day is supposed to be a day we remember the suffering of Jesus but then again, these church's traditions can be interpreted differently di ba?<br /><br />Sarap ulam nyo! :Djuliehttp://teacherjulie.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-46263132126426544372009-04-20T09:21:00.000+08:002009-04-20T09:21:00.000+08:00I ended up eating canned goods and sardines during...I ended up eating canned goods and sardines during the two days of Lent, since my cook (AKA Mom) was off cooling her heels off in Bolinao, Pangasinan with my Aunts and cousins. Hmm, maybe come Good Friday next year, makikikain ako sa inyo.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664444602072523904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-6606556720978139122009-04-16T21:54:00.000+08:002009-04-16T21:54:00.000+08:00Katcarneo!
Talaga? Sige, next year, I will try t...Katcarneo!<br /><br />Talaga? Sige, next year, I will try to hunt for bargain meat (baboy at baka) sa palengke. TY lots for that marketing tip.Forever59erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132767206301934794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-65107538227686241672009-04-16T21:52:00.000+08:002009-04-16T21:52:00.000+08:00Belle!
Spinach leaves floating atop munggo soup -...Belle!<br /><br />Spinach leaves floating atop munggo soup -- wow! Oo nga, I found out when I went South for two weeks that munggo can go with almost any kind of vegetables, like kalabasa, malunggay, ampalaya, sitaw, atbp. It was also there that I saw pork pata slices in munggo. Sarap pala.Forever59erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132767206301934794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-57403347758860297292009-04-16T21:49:00.000+08:002009-04-16T21:49:00.000+08:00Mitsuru!
The wandering poet-blogger is home?!Mitsuru!<br /><br />The wandering poet-blogger is home?!Forever59erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132767206301934794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-88702795635873578602009-04-16T15:37:00.000+08:002009-04-16T15:37:00.000+08:00Wow, that made me wish it's Good Friday everyday. ...Wow, that made me wish it's Good Friday everyday. I'd go and eat seafood for an eternity.<br /><br />Not being Catholic, I never had to participate in Lenten fasting. This is usually the time we buy and hoard pork and beef because they come dirt cheap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-7798285054519437692009-04-16T13:39:00.000+08:002009-04-16T13:39:00.000+08:00Rolly!
I wasn't as much poking fun at the traditi...Rolly!<br /><br />I wasn't as much poking fun at the tradition of abstinence and fasting as taking a dig at the way we observe it. I thought I was indicting myself as the perpetrator of the "Lenten parody" in my family.<br /><br />I have no quarrel with self-denial as a way of empathizing with (and thanking) the God-Man who died in the cross for love of us, but I just know there are better (more meaningful and substantial) ways to do it other than putting restrictions on our diet. We diet all the time, don't we, in our battle against the bulge and our bid for fitness. So the Lenten restriction is really no big deal. Christians can really do much much better than that. I was not kidding when I suggested that abstaining from online activities is much harder for me than renouncing meat for a day.<br /><br />I did a bit of googling and you're right (as usual). Fasting and abstinence will not get us any so-called plenary indulgences. I also am not sure if the Church still doles out these brownie points -- maybe it has gone the way of weekly confessions and fasting before communion and masses celebrated in Latin and sermons delivered from the pulpit. Anyway, I changed the wording of that part of my blog a little lest someone else bash me for my factual blunders and lack of research. Thank you, Rolls Royce.<br /><br />I love your memories of the Black Fridays of our youth. I should have written along that vein -- maybe I will later. Galing mo talaga, pards. <br /><br />A happy Easter to you, Lynn, and John.Forever59erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132767206301934794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-68811584641129145712009-04-16T13:33:00.000+08:002009-04-16T13:33:00.000+08:00Hey Anna,
I can’t believe it --- my avowedly non-...Hey Anna,<br /><br />I can’t believe it --- my avowedly non-political blogger buddy actually poking fun at Catholic Good Friday ritual ! Remember, the fasting & abstinence thing (now required of adult Catholics only on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) may be the last surviving restrictions from the Lenten observances of our youth and like all endangered species, will now have increasing numbers of adherents and defenders, Anna. It is of course, the province of the good writer to foment discussion and invite controversy, and from that angle, your obvious disdain of abstinence from meat as a religious observance on Good Friday may be considered, ah … interesting.<br /><br /><br />May I point out, though, that indulgence (gee, that concept has a really nostalgic Medieval Ages ring to it) or brownie points towards access to heaven have almost nil to do with the abstinence thing --- it’s actually more to do with the theme of grief that suffuses Lent and the particularly gory circumstances of a Roman sentence of death by crucifixion. It was only when I got to Australia (which is not a religious country at all) that I learnt why the word “bloody” is considered almost a swear word and not used in polite conversation (as in “bloody hell”) --- it’s because of old old connotations with death on the cross.<br /><br />Your blog article set my mind racing back to Cuaresmas of our youth … and how times have changed. I remember when moviehouses were closed on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday AND Black Saturday, when you couldn’t hear rock & roll music on the radio stations during that 3-day period, when the main altar and all the images and icons in church were wrapped in purple cloth ---- a long gone era, when there were long queues to the confessional boxes (nowadays you have to make an appointment to get a priest to listen to your confession), when you were not supposed to take communion on Easter Sunday if you hadn’t been to confession before, a time when priests were remote from their parishioners and nuns wore penguin suits. By the time we had turned adults and 30-somethings, we could relish the traffic-free streets during Holy Week because everybody was up in Baguio and we ourselves were preparing for the long weekend in a beach resort somewhere in Batangas. A bit hypocritical … uh huh, so feasting on marinara and buco pie right through the Seven Last Words homily over the radio and TV would certainly be considered mild transgressions, I’d have to say. <br /><br />BTW, yes I remember meatless Fridays and the ubiquitous munggo. We always used to eat munggo with ginisang bagoong (like kare-kare, don’t know why) and that went well with bistek Tagalog and escabecheng isda na malaki (tilapia ? bakoko ? whatever). Get on with your food blogs, Anna. Nakakagutom ! <br /><br />ROLLSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-59511918169191917142009-04-13T12:08:00.000+08:002009-04-13T12:08:00.000+08:00sarap ng pasta marinara mo. nagutom tuloy ako. i a...sarap ng pasta marinara mo. nagutom tuloy ako. i also had monggo for 2 days in a row, pero i added bones into it for added flavor, and i tossed in lots of spinach from the garden. sarap!Bellehttp://www.simplybelle.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-28634517106843185222009-04-12T15:11:00.000+08:002009-04-12T15:11:00.000+08:00Nagutom ako sa inihaw na panga ng tuna. Dampa, her...Nagutom ako sa inihaw na panga ng tuna. Dampa, here I come. hehe<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter!mitsuruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510197971794460651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-33328894091182426132009-04-11T16:48:00.000+08:002009-04-11T16:48:00.000+08:00Anonymous!You're from NJ! Uhmmmm ... Aida? Whoev...Anonymous!<BR/><BR/>You're from NJ! Uhmmmm ... Aida? Whoever you are, thanks a mil!Forever59erhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132767206301934794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800590664272013743.post-45776131785221333112009-04-11T15:43:00.000+08:002009-04-11T15:43:00.000+08:00Hi Myrna...I love all your blogs...you are the bes...Hi Myrna...I love all your blogs...you are the best ever...<BR/>thanks for all the great writing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com