{"id":3102,"date":"2011-08-20T19:53:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T01:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2011-08-20T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T19:57:35","slug":"religion-and-foodways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3102","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Foodways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read this post about an Egyptian television cooking show and the importance of foodways in religion<\/a>, if only for the all-too-typical “Polish cookies” anecdote.<\/p>\n

I cannot see any Pagans today using the “Polish cookies” line, although we do have all too many people invested in boundary maintenance.<\/p>\n

What is [any subdivision of’] Pagan cooking, anyway? And what would be considered objectionable food?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read this post about an Egyptian television cooking show and the importance of foodways in religion, if only for the all-too-typical “Polish cookies” anecdote. I cannot see any Pagans today using the “Polish cookies” line, although we do have all too many people invested in boundary maintenance. What is [any subdivision of’] Pagan cooking, anyway? 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These articles are paywalled \u2014\u00a0but you know a librarian, don't you? If you don't, you should. \"The Religious Biographies of Polish Traditional Wiccans: Leaving the Catholic Church, Conversion to Wicca,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Paganism\"","block_context":{"text":"Paganism","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=paganism"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8678,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8678","url_meta":{"origin":3102,"position":4},"title":"Large-Group Ritual: Magic, Worship, or “Just What We Do”?","author":"Chas S. 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