Bishop Tobin: Get Ready – The Mass is About to Change

Rhode Island Catholic ^ | 5/20/2010 | Bishop Thomas J. Tobin

[markomalley]

How about mackerel? Anybody got any mackerel around this place?

[sitetest]

Dear markomalley,

I've never had mackerel. Truth be told, I don't really like seafood, although milder fishes (sole, cod, haddock) don't bother me much.

Is mackerel a mild fish?

sitetest

[marajade]

making christianity unattractive

[don-o]

making christianity unattractive

Is there a deep meaning here that I am missing?

[trisham]

LOL! No, but I have sardines and tuna. :)

[sitetest]

I like tuna fish all right. Albacore. With loads of mayo.

[trisham]

It’s an oily fish, I believe. I don’t think I’ve ever had it.

[trisham]

Me, too!

[trisham]

Fish makes Christianity unattractive?

[sitetest]

I like it with finely-minced onions and chopped up pickles in the mix.

[giotto]

if they'd just get rid of that lousy Marty Haugen music

Thank you for that name. After looking him up on Wikipedia and Youtube, I am once again reminded why I stopped going to Mass several decades ago. Barf!

[trisham]

Yum. Celery is good, too.

[sitetest]

Yes, I forgot celery. Celery is good, but celery seed is better. This is a theological issue, you know.

[trisham]

You’re right! Celery seed has a more delicate flavour. Too much crunch is not good, imho. It’s also good in a Bloody Mary.

[sitetest]

As well, celery seed is more... um... sacrificial. You know, "Unless the celery seed die and fall to the ground..."

[markomalley]

Is mackerel a mild fish?

Use where you would use salmon.

[sitetest]

Yikes.

[trisham]

Imho, the fact that it is in tomato sauce may be an indication that it is a rather strong-tasting fish.

[trisham]

It’s clear that there’s a reason this talk about celery seed is appropriate for the Religion forum. Now celery stalks, on the other hand..

[Jeff Chandler]

what I call the “guitar hero” celebrations.

What I call "short bus liturgies".