{"id":4704,"date":"2012-02-27T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:31:49","slug":"whats-on-the-menu-in-catholic-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/02\/whats-on-the-menu-in-catholic-heaven.html","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s on the menu in Catholic Heaven&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 There\u2019s this place in Charlotte that serves the best Mexican food I have ever tasted \u2013 I\u2019m sorry, Abuelita, forgive me. But yes, the two sisters from Nuevo Laredo who run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/las-margaritas-charlotte\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Las Margaritas<\/a> on Independence Blvd can make you feel like your stomach has died and gone to Catholic Heaven. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/SimpsonCatholicHeaven.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/SimpsonCatholicHeaven.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4705\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Catholic Heaven; that culturally diverse part of Heaven where all the Papists hang out and dine, drink, and dance. It\u2019s also the part of Heaven where the taps never run dry and there are rivers of beer. Just ask St. Brigid, she\u2019s knows. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4706\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/lake-of-beer.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/lake-of-beer.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4706\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pints of Guinness for all! My Father's got this round.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So naturally the cuisine on our side is going to be superior to the Protestant side. Tea and cucumber sandwiches? Fancy a game of cricket? *Yawn*. I think I just bored myself thinking about it. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/prot-heaven-yawn.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/prot-heaven-yawn.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"prot heaven yawn\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4707\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 There\u2019s this place in Charlotte that serves the best Mexican food I have ever tasted \u2013 I\u2019m sorry, Abuelita, forgive me. But yes, the two sisters from Nuevo Laredo who run Las Margaritas on Independence Blvd can make you feel like your stomach has died and gone to Catholic Heaven. 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