[Artemisia] Speaking of saints...

[Sue Clemenger]

You just don't hang around on the SCA Cooks' list, do you? <weg>
St. Lawrence was martyred by being grilled.  Alive.  <shudder>  So amongst
those of us with sick and bizarre senses of humor, are often told bad jokes
about opening a restaurant and calling it something like the "St. Lawrence
Bar and Grill."  Etc.  ;o)
Hence, the reference.
--Maire, sometimes a little too obscure for her own good...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawn Tavares" <dtavares1 at hotmail.com>
To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Speaking of saints...


> Mistress Maire confused me:
>
> > > Let's see, for Sieg I'd say...the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Or a
very
> > > Germanic looking Christ on the Cross.
> >
> >We'd have to find a cook to pose as St. Lawrence, don't you think? ;o)
>
> Ah...I'm clearly missing the historic reference. The only St. Lawrence
that
> spings to mind is the river flowing out of Canada. Time to hit the books
> again....