Our conversation at dinner last week, in which we show
ourselves to be grossly ignorant of each other’s religious traditions.
Me: I bought herring snacks for Passover. But Dad already finished them off, and it’s
not even Passover yet.
(Herring snacks are small bits of herring pickled with rather lots of onion. They are not nearly as objectionable as gefilte fish, but an acquired taste just the same.)
Husband: We don’t have bagels at Passover. I can’t have herring snacks when there are no
bagels.
(This must be one of the 613 laws: "And you shall not eat of the snacks of herring except that you eat them with bagels." - Book of Comestibles 3:36.)
Me: But I made Passover bagels.
Husband (shaking his head sadly): No, herring snacks are not for Passover. They don’t go with Passover bagels.
Son: I thought fish was for Lent.
Husband: Didn’t Jesus talk to fish?
Youngest Daughter (who has been somewhat paying attention to
my reading of Bible stories): Didn’t
Jesus serve fish to a huge bunch of
hungry people? He took 3 fish and 2
loaves and fed a whole bunch of people.
Husband: I always thought it was gefilte fish that he
served, because, doesn’t the Bible say it was a loaf of fish?
Me: It was 2 fish
and 5 loaves. Of bread.
Son: Is that why the cafeteria serves a fish
sandwich every Friday?
Anyway, I am glad the herring snacks are gone and I don’t
have to buy any more for a while. They
are stinky.
4 comments:
You guys are so funny. Have a blessed Passover and a Happy Easter.
Your crew cracks me up!
Happy Passover/Easter! (Passter? Easover?)
Yes, I love your family's conversations :-) And I think you should probably gather your invented and inventive Bible quotes into a book. Funny and excellent bits of important wisdom.
I am very glad that our family's traditions don't have anything to do with pickled herring. We have a friend who likes that and it is not at all appealing!
"Didn't Jesus talk to fish?" made me giggle uncontrollably for most of a minute.
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