Many have heard of Handel's 'Messiah.' But do you know about Handel?

Christian Post ^ | 12/13/2021 | Canon J.John

[ifinnegan]

No idea what a mince pie is.

[neverevergiveup]

You can’t Handel the truth..

[PGR88]

A better headline would be - “Do you have a handle on Handel?”

[ifinnegan]

Hee hee Hee.

Funny.

[Dr. Sivana]

No idea what a mince pie is.

What it is, is not very good. You are better off with a well-made pecan pie.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4020496/posts

[Jamestown1630]

You can buy them this time of year. It’s a pie of dried fruit filling. What we have today is really mock mincemeat - originally, they actually had minced meat.

It’s one of my favorites:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_pie

[Jamestown1630]

Completely different things. Pecan is really gooey-sweet, mincemeat is more spicy.

[Singermom]

I bet the libs will call him racist and claim he had slaves. I think we need to track the past history of these loud mouthed libs and find out who of them had family that owned slaves-THAT would be funny.

[Orosius]

“Nobody handles Handel the way you handle Handel!”

- Edgar Kennedy to Rex Harrison in FAITHFULLY YOURS

[ifinnegan]

Thanks.

[NFHale]

“...Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable...”

You might say that he “got a handle” on his musical talent...

[ryderann]

I used to make a fantastic venison mince meat pie. It’s a big project so I made enough to can it.

[Sirius Lee]

Handel had a way with vocal lines the way Bach had a way with counterpoint. (tho’ both did either extremely well)

[rsobin]

I often rock Handel’s Water Music on my stereo. Fantastic!!

[Dr. Sivana]

Pecan is really gooey-sweet, mincemeat is more spicy.

I know, but pecan pie was better than I expected when I tried it. Mincemeat was a serious disappointment, especially as it usually has no meat. I would MUCH rather have a good tourtiére, for a savory pie.

[Jamestown1630]

I’ve never had the orginal type, but I’ve taken to buying jars of Crosse and Blackwell mince filling at the after-Christmas sales, so I can have it other than Christmas time.

[Ezekiel]

But do you know about Handel?

According to Pappus of Alexandria, Archimedes' work on levers caused him to remark: "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth" (Greek: δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω).

That's right up there with "Eureka!"

John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

[Jamestown1630]

Well, maybe you had a more authentic mincemeat. The typical kind we buy now is not at all savory - it’s more like a plum pudding in taste, but lots more fruit.