{"id":3116,"date":"2011-11-21T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T22:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2017-01-26T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T23:55:21","slug":"happy-thanksgluttony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/11\/happy-thanksgluttony.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgluttony…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026It\u2019s that time of year when hell freezes over, commonly referred to around the US as Thanksgiving. It\u2019s the one instance where I annually fire up the stove, assuming it still works, and attempt the domestic chore of cooking. It\u2019s a fantastic undertaking, a wonder to behold, preparing the two culinary classics that are to be my contribution to the larger holiday feast; deviled eggs and banana pudding. I should start a cooking show<\/a> to feature my cooking prowess.<\/p>\n

Like any good Catholic preparing for a feast, fasting before hand is strongly encouraged. Personally, I switched to a liquid diet over the weekend and will follow the strict fast until Thursday. If you chose this method of piety, I recommend a strong thick dark stout beer with the quality of liquid bread for proper nourishment when fasting; although a special dispensation can be made for the lime wedge in a vodka tonic, or the olive in a Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The above method is favored by the more traditional followers of the feast, where as many modern practitioners prefer a once a day meal binge. They feel this better reflects the truer nature of Thanksgiving and keeps with the original practice of the feast. They fast all day and then eat obscenely large portions of food at dinnertime. It can be argued that the truest and purest tradition is a large meal late in the afternoon followed by a period of contemplation on the living room sofa.<\/p>\n

The two contradictory practices of feast preparation mentioned have been in heated debate for 40+ years, with a slow revival returning to the ancient tradition \u2013 started by a group of brewing monks- of only consuming fluids to prepare the digestive system for the bounty it will be consuming on the Feast of Thanks Giving.<\/p>\n

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How ever you decide to celebrate the up coming feast it is important to remember it\u2019s a holiday celebrating family, food, and giving thanks to God for that family and food. It\u2019s ok to be gluttonous once in awhile, indeed some situations call for gluttony; Thanksgiving being one of them. It\u2019s one of the few times a year I get to eat my Abuelita\u2019s cooking and my uncle\u2019s fried turkeys. We eat like it\u2019s the last time we will be together as a family, and it very well could be. We eat like we won\u2019t be tasting Abuela\u2019s fried plantains for the rest of year. So I eat in thanks giving for plantains and the Abuelita\u2019s who cook them\u2026 sprinkled with powered sugar and cinnamon and drizzled with honey.<\/p>\n

I like to think the gratitude expressed for my blessings is in direct correlation to how much I eat. In which case, I am supremely grateful and physically near to bursting.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t let anyone sanctimoniously decry the gluttony of Thanksgiving and tell you it\u2019s wrong to eat so much you begin to wish your home was equipped with a vomitorium<\/a>. Eat up and have a Happy Thanksgluttony, y\u2019all.<\/p>\n

*This message is not endorsed by the Catholic Church or the American Medical Association.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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