[A series of Tumblr posts. The first shows a picture of ravioli, and reads: “This dish has another name - herrgottsb’scheisserle or ‘Fool the Lord’ - because of the story of how it first came about. One of the most popular theories is that the Cistercian monks of Maulbronn Monastery (hence the name Maultaschen) didn’t want to go without meat during Lent observance. So they concealed the forbidden food from the sight of the Lord by enclosing it in pasta dough.”
The next Tumblr quote post reads: “Ravioli Of Lying To God”
The final Tumblr quote post reads: “God: What are you eating? Cistercian Monk: chews faster”]
I love all these kind of stories. Pascal’s Wager, Sin’s Plate, this sneaky ravioli.
They all contend that you can trick god. The same god who is both omniscient and omnipotent.
I don’t know if any of those are serious or just jests that became tradition but they are amusing.
Religious people alive today do shit like this. Like Mormons “Soaking” and such.
Also, declaring a beaver a fish, so that it could be eaten during Lent. Funny little loopholes
Eat beaver and thine sin shall be forgiven, pretty sure that’s what she said…