{"id":660,"date":"2004-03-29T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2004-03-29T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=660"},"modified":"2005-01-15T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2005-01-15T18:31:12","slug":"worshipping-at-the-church-of-the-holy-comforter-and-eating-klub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=660","title":{"rendered":"Worshipping at the Church of the Holy Comforter and Eating Klub"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Jon left yesterday morning, I tuned into MPR<\/a> and fell asleep listening to it. I did some devo time before I fell asleep and for the first time in years, I actually wasn’t sorry to be missing church. I was just so tired because it seems like life is non-stop for us and we’re always doing something religious or church-related. I woke up when Jon called to tell me that he was coming home and could he stop and pick anything up for me at the store?<\/p>\n

When Jon got home, we got Dairy Queen for me (we were down to eating random combinations of things in the pantry) and headed to the laundromat to wash the comforter. It took three cycles to get everything out and after it was dry, we tossed it in the car, ran home, I tossed some khakis on, and headed to church for the klub<\/em> supper. (Klub<\/em> is a potato dumpling with ham in it. It’s a member of the “Scandinavian-foods-that-haven’t-been-eaten-in-Scandinavia-in-100-years-because-these-foods-were-eaten-by-dirt-poor-peasants-that-immigrated-to-America” family. )<\/p>\n

We were assigned to be greeters for three hours but we really only needed Jon and I was trying to find something else to do. I took people to tables at first but the busy time came and I saw that we needed people to bus tables instead. I think the organizers were surprised to see me doing it in my nice khakis and everything but nobody complained and I actually had more fun doing that than greeting. I finally got to sit down and eat around 7 and everyone was watching me to see how I’d like the klub<\/em>. The verdict: it’s bland (as most Scandinavian food is) but not bad with some sour cream, pepper, and salt. There was also ham, carrots, coleslaw, and various desserts. I’ve now been initiated into the cult of Scandinavian food and people are making plans for the lutefisk festival in town this summer — something I’m going to skip because lutefisk is against my religion and my dietary practices. (I try to avoid things that contain ingredients that the EPA has banned the usage of because they are corrosive and pollute large bodies of water — like Puget Sound.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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