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Dittoburg: but he’d also just lopped the head of the protestant English King who had a catholic wife and dressed a bit odd. So he probably was a catholic.
Finally. It’s all cleared up. ha….thank you. About Irish not being all Catholic, yes indeedy, I know.
Now that I think about it, Italians in NY have a strange dicohotomy when it comes to cheese. For ricotta cheese, they are willing to accept a semi-mass-market product like Polly-O. For mozzarella, however, it has to be made fresh at the local salumeria.
Arkady – heard of the Marian Persecutions – Mary I burned the protestants.
Look its like this – England was all woad-covered and druid, then the Romans came and brought sewers, roads etc, and various Gods, then came chrisitianity which was bascially catholic in form, then Henry VIII wanted a divorce so he invented a new church that gave out divorces and smashed up all the monasterys, then the catholics got back in and burnt the protestants. This went back and forth for a bit then the protestants got in for good, burned the catholics, and never let go. Then everyone in England became apathetic and agnostic.
I’m still thinking about James Joyce’s The Dead, which I read and re-read a few times a couple of weeks back. Some think it’s a commentary on how the Irish live too much in the past. The last couple of paragraphs are so delicious I stop breathing while I read them.
Dittoburg: but he’d also just lopped the head of the protestant English King who had a catholic wife and dressed a bit odd. So he probably was a catholic.
Finally. It’s all cleared up. ha….thank you. About Irish not being all Catholic, yes indeedy, I know.
DIBS;
Yup, I’ve been to Scopello’s.
Now that I think about it, Italians in NY have a strange dicohotomy when it comes to cheese. For ricotta cheese, they are willing to accept a semi-mass-market product like Polly-O. For mozzarella, however, it has to be made fresh at the local salumeria.
speaking of good ricotta – the fancy eurotrash style bodega near me had some legit stuff i had this weekend – i could have eaten it like ice cream!
Arkady – heard of the Marian Persecutions – Mary I burned the protestants.
Look its like this – England was all woad-covered and druid, then the Romans came and brought sewers, roads etc, and various Gods, then came chrisitianity which was bascially catholic in form, then Henry VIII wanted a divorce so he invented a new church that gave out divorces and smashed up all the monasterys, then the catholics got back in and burnt the protestants. This went back and forth for a bit then the protestants got in for good, burned the catholics, and never let go. Then everyone in England became apathetic and agnostic.
“Some think it’s a commentary on how the Irish live too much in the past.”
Have you seen The Departed!!!!!
“True, Polly-O is a good one but you never mix cream cheese with it.”
Have you tried it? No? Then fermez la bouche!
“you are willing to experiment.”
dona, I got this from a recipe, I didn’t invent it, but it really is very tasty!
“Cobble is right. THe Italians go with Polly-O.”
Thank you, benson.
ditto…they were ecumenical Penal laws. I threw one in for the tarty hetero women, of which we have more than a few here.
“what is a priest hole?”
Hiding place in English country houses where catholic nobility / gentry would stash priests.
I’m still thinking about James Joyce’s The Dead, which I read and re-read a few times a couple of weeks back. Some think it’s a commentary on how the Irish live too much in the past. The last couple of paragraphs are so delicious I stop breathing while I read them.