Alba, who specializes in authentic Argentinian cuisine, served the pope lemon-flavored grilled chicken for lunch Friday with bread pudding and empanadas on the side.
“He loved the chicken,” Alba told The Post, adding, “We talked soccer and what he’s doing for the planet.”
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" ... what he's doing for the planet." The Pope doing anything for the planet is risible when you consider that his god decimated the population of the earth with a GIANT FLOOD. I'm sure there were a couple proto-climate scientists standing around wondering about the rising sea levels just before they were drowned to death and stewardship of the earth was given to a drunken sailor with a Dr. Dolittle complex.
ReplyDeleteIf God, in His infinite wisdom, wants to turn up the heat on this little planet then who are we to stop Him? I like to think of AGW as God's prelude to Hell. His Beneficenceness is just getting us all acclimated to our forever home, is all.
Well, seriously: if anyone wanted to do anything about the earth's climate, they'd stop eating factory-farmed—or even "humanely-raised"—meats, because animal agriculture is one of the largest contributors to global climate change. (Hey, folks; I don't make these things up.)
ReplyDeleteSo the Pope is a vegetarian?
ReplyDeleteThis is true - the Argentines are so beef oriented, that some of their restaurants list chicken as a vegetable. And an Argentine friend doesn't think that weird.
This is kind of understandable if you've ever tried to talk to a chicken, actually.
True, DrGecko; raising chicken may—or may not—be less harmful to the planet. It's still meat, though—from an animal who had a face, a liver, and a mother.
ReplyDelete(In this country at least, most people stopped believing chicken was a vegetable in the 70s.)
One of the last great things about this dump... wherever in the world you come from, you land in NYC and you can find yourself some good home cookin'.
ReplyDeleteI got a kick out of the Pope meeting up with Castro at Che Guevara Square. Che was Fidel's executioner.
ReplyDeleteAnd the anti-capitalist, anti-free market nonsense he uttered shows how ignorant he is of economics 101. Capitalists have done more to lift people out of poverty than all world's shouting religious fanatics have ever done.
Bill, supporter of markets and capitalism and opponent of shouting religious fanatics and their economic ignorance
Such a humble meal "...chicken, no spices, no salt..." of course they had to dismantle the guy's whole kitchen and take it uptown, but that is the one sure way of making sure your delivery arrives piping hot.
ReplyDeleteI was touched by this story at first, until I read about the whole rigamarole. This pope seems cool but its business as usual. Diva treatment. Would Jesus have had all these special dietary requests, or had a humble chef bring his whole kitchen uptown just to grill up some plain chicken?
ReplyDeleteWow. You folks are depressing.
ReplyDelete11:51AM: Probably not, although I don't remember reading about Jesus death being related to poisoning... tetanus maybe...
ReplyDelete11:51AM You gotta blame the secret service for asking the chef to come to uptown for that reason. With all Pope's schedules, I understood why they asked the chef to cook in Pope's temporary house. Also I think you won't be happy either if Pope went to the restaurant because the streets around here would be shut down and you would start complaining again.
ReplyDelete"Da Pope ain't got no ass datz why he's Da Pope."
ReplyDeleteWhat movie is that from?
If you know the movie you are a True New Yorker (tm :)