Wednesday, May 04, 2005

La Enchilada de la Virgen

Another apparition of Jesus Christ in a bread-based entree: this time, a quesadilla.

Might not our Lord have appeared thus to Mary Magdelene and St. Peter on pita bread or a lavosh? And similarly, is His bidding not served by waffles, tortillas, naan, injera, mu shu wraps?

There is a slight tension connected with the mystery: is it, as it seems, a shameless hoax, intended to prey on the gullible, or does the seller really see this supposed image? And, if so, is he only slightly less awed by the Virgin Mary in his Eggo than the man who in turn purchases it from him for over $10,000? Perhaps the biggest regret of the people who sold that grilled cheese sandwich with Jesus' visage for $25,000 is that they needed the money for their kid's dialysis so badly that they had to put it up on eBay. And even then they had to think about it for a long time.

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