This seems a very natural question to ask in a First Communion class. At some point we might be curious how transubstantiation works, but a more more immediate practical question is just exactly WHAT does that communion wafer turn into. A youngster who is accustomed to getting served last, and who is raised in a family where they might actually serve a tripe dish like menudo might think of the question raised in this comic. The “regular American” little kids would not know the word “tripas” or “tripe” to begin with, and even if they knew it, it probably never occurred to them that those parts actually get eaten. And multilingual parents of bilingual kids don’t do their kids any favors by anglicising the pronunciation of foreign words for their kids. The only way the kid knows the word belongs to the language that “we don’t speak at school” is if the parents use the correct accent when they introduce it. If the kid thinks it is an English word and uses it at school, the other kids will laugh at them. Ask me how I know this.
Transubstantiation: Practical considerations,
Good advice on the languages, cheers!
No guts no (divine) glory
That girl has guts, I’ll give her that! Very funny. 8)
I got dibs on his abs!
Now that’s a workout video I’d be willing to buy. 😉
I think Tix would have naturally gravitated to the rump roast. Oh dear. That brings up another question. Is it cooked?
This makes me think of the dilemma faced by Vegan Catholics… Poor souls.
Hmmmmm…. What about the gluten intolerant? That’s very stylish these days.
Of course, if it actually turns into meat, then it would no longer have gluten. So if you’re gluten intolerant and you special request gluten free communion wafers (YES THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS) you are tacetly admitting that you DON’T BELIEVE that the wafer actually changes. And by offering them, the powers that be are admitting it as well.
Glad I didn’t have Sister Theresa in 4th grade.
Mmmm… sounds like something they’d put into scrapple! (wikipedia it)
Yep, Scrapple, as in…. from the Apple. Or Haggis. Or Menudo. or sausage. Or McDonald’s
I almost forgot about Charlie Parker’s “Scrapple From the Apple”!
I thought since Scrapple is a New Jersey/Pennsylvania/Delaware thing, I had to qualify it from the Wikipedia… not really sure how well known it is in other parts of the US!
The head of “Scrapple from the Apple” originated as an improvised solo over the changes of Honeysuckle Rose. Now I’ll have to go play it.
Of course if you eat hot dogs or other processed meats. . .
Sounds like you know this from experience.
I guess it’s like having tripe on crackers all rolled into one easy to consume packege
Oh I didn’t notice that Dixie was still in the comment form fields from previously
I remember always asking my mom “Which part is this?” I had so much fun eating animal crackers that communion wafers were no problem for me. And drinking blood? As a kid I had too much fun pretending. Needless to say, my parents opted to leave me with a babysitter on Communion Sunday. 😀
Animal crackers are tasty. Communion wafers (whatever you believe they actually turn into) taste like hand sanitizer.