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SkinlessGenderlessMan's avatar

Fish on Friday - my local Thai house has a stellar curry fish every Friday on the lunch buffet. Tragically, never the same day as the Tom Kha Gai...

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EvPa's avatar

In Greek Orthodoxy you have Saint Euphrosynos the Cook who is also related to the topic at hand. His feast is on 9/11 though...

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Downriverite's avatar

My favorite recitation to a saint is Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of travelers. So when you need a taxi, you say:

Mother Cabrini,Send a machini

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Calli Arcale's avatar

Nah, that came a little later, once the Reformation was well enough established to start killing people for saying the wrong prayers. (Cue the 100 Years War.) The reason Luther's effort succeeded where previous ones hadn't was because of German nobility who didn't like paying taxes to Rome, and liked the idea of not being second class citizens in Heaven. Hey, they were important on Earth, they should be important Up There too, right? Why should the Pope or some stupid saints be more important than them? Once it was all firmly established, of course, it became just as obnoxious as what it replaced, because that's people for you. :-/ "Priesthood of all believers" somehow very quickly became "priesthood of all the believers of the RIGHT things and the others can go hang".

I've got anti-papist Swedish Covenanters in my lineage. Now those were some obnoxious holy rollers.

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goddessoftransitory's avatar

Now say Ten Hail Line Cooks and you're set.

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C.A. Pinkham's avatar

I've read every Discworld book at least three times, so yes, Anoia was on my mind as I wrote that.

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Jamoche 🇺🇦's avatar

Hail Line Cook, full of grease, the lard be with you.

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Jamoche 🇺🇦's avatar

All the ceremony, but only half the guilt!

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Frank Underboob's avatar

Honestly, Anoia is by far my favourite Discworld goddess.

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Frank Underboob's avatar

Well, be sure to see the Anoia tea-towel ad I posted somewhere in this thread. ;)

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Resistance Fighter MausFeet's avatar

Me too, old halibuts die hard.

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phoenix00's avatar

and STILL got shafted on tips.https://img.buzzfeed.com/bu...

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Abyss's avatar

The gravy is salty heaven.

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Dragon with the girl tattoo's avatar

“Saint Zebedy, Patron Saint of Those Little Cooking Things That Always Get Stuck In The Drawer, What Do You Call Them.”

He would be in good company http://wiki.lspace.org/medi...Rattle thine drawers!

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Abyss's avatar

Yes.Freshly made challah dipped in chocolate. It's a Greek thing I had in Athens and it was of the God and the Gods.

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bobbert's avatar

It's too late to read all the ephemeral comments, but it seems clear that Ste Zita has been confused with Anoeia.

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