`Virgin' roasting pan serves up its last supper

Boston Herald ^ | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 | Marie Szaniszlo

[Radix]

 `Virgin' roasting pan serves up its last supper

 

 

 Susan McGuinness holds her pot roast pan showing off the pan's curious marking which resembles an image of the Virgin Mary.

 

 From a certain angle, it looks like a charred map of Europe, surrounded by a vast constellation of stars.
     But to Susan McGuinness, the rusted remains of the label on her roasting pan are nothing less than the image of the Madonna cuddling the baby Jesus in her arms - or fresh meat for the auction block.
     McGuinness' fiance, Michael McDonough, first noticed it Sunday after he cooked a pot roast and went to put the pan in the dishwasher at their Dorchester home. ``I could see it right away,'' McGuinness said yesterday as her newfound relic perched on the kitchen stove. ``It's not going in the dishwasher; I'll tell you that.''
     Instead, the 36-year-old accounts-payable clerk Windexed the inside of the pan, called in the press and debated how much her Madonna might fetch on eBay.
     About four years ago, when McGuinness bought her house, she had the floors done and arrived home to find what she thought was a penny on the foyer floor. It turned out to be a medal of the Blessed Virgin.  McGuinness put it away in a drawer. But when she went to take it out a few days later to show her mother, she said, it was gone.  ``Now here she is again,'' McGuinness mused. ``I'll tell you one thing: I won't be putting her in the oven any more.''

[Tokra]

It looks more like Flipper than the Virgin Mary!

[politicket]

Why is a good Catholic girl living in a sinful relationship with her "fiance"?

God is going to bless that household? I think...NOT

[TontoKowalski]

I'm very interested in these types of stories. They add fuel to the fire of my ambition to found my very own cult.

I've seen a few episodes of "Biography" over the past couple of weeks, and the theme has been "Notorious" and quite a few cult leaders have been profiled.

It is now clear to me that people will believe absolutely anything. In the spirit of capitalism, I intend to cash in.

If you are wobbly in your faith, and need my absolute guarantee that you'll make it into heaven, please send me your entire life savings, and I'll see to it that you're in.

Also, it will please the Lord if you deliver your women to me for my gratification.

[brooklyn dave]

What are these people smokin? Mary on a grilled cheese sandwich that has been hanging around for ten years, now the Virgin and child on a burnt roasting pan!

[brooklyn dave]

Hey I see Tiny Tim with his ukelele and can actually hear him if I put my ear close enough singing "Tiptoe through the Tulips"

[eyespysomething]

I'm going to go through my stuff at home to see what miraculous images I can find. Maybe my house is a mecca for religious symbols on ordinary household items!! I could be rich!!

Beverly Hills, here I come. Swimmin' pools, movie stars!

[albee]

After viewing the photo of Susan McGuiness, I can easily understand why she is still a virgin!

[camle]

yes, she is looking pathetically for something to show the world how special she is. i wasn't commetning on her appearance.

[Drango]

I had a taco shell that looked like Jesus if I squinted at it in the chrome mirror of my car fender.

[skimbell]

Nope, hell Ray Charles could see that thats a perfect representation of the Virgin Mary with a pancake on her head eating a grilled cheese sandwich.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

It's a crackpot's crockpot.

[G.Mason]

"yes, she is looking pathetically for something to show the world how special she is. i wasn't commetning on her appearance."

I had realized that.

I chose to use your words to make my point.

Much like a ramora hitches a ride on larger fish to get the sharks to feed.

[ApplegateRanch]

I don't see it. Blew it up, and still didn't see it.

Maybe, being as she is living in sin with her "fiance", she doesn't really know what The Madonna looks like.