# People shouldn't cook meat on Friday **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741 "2003-10-10T21:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mr.Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Hand)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/21 "2003-10-12T08:25:19Z")
Probably none (at least of the sodomy laws that _Lawrence_ struck down). The prosecution of Lawrence was probably the only instance Texas’s consensual sodomy law had ever been enforced. Check out O’Connor’s concurrence in [Lawrence](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=02-102). ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/22 "2003-10-12T09:36:40Z")
Mr. Hand Regarding your link, it is rare that I am moved to express my admiration for the modern American government. But this… > [@](#): > > It must be acknowledged, of course, that the Court in Bowers was making the broader point that for centuries there have been powerful voices to condemn homosexual conduct as immoral. The condemnation has been shaped by religious beliefs, conceptions of right and acceptable behavior, and respect for the traditional family. For many persons these are not trivial concerns but profound and deep convictions accepted as ethical and moral principles to which they aspire and which thus determine the course of their lives. These considerations do not answer the question before us, however. The issue is whether the majority may use the power of the State to enforce these views on the whole society through operation of the criminal law. …is beautiful, and brings to mind a favorite quote: “The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1816 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/23 "2003-10-12T17:40:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muffin \* > \*\*The Ryan shouldn’t post on Friday. \*\* Just Fridays? **The Ryan** , you know the rules. Or at least, you’re supposed to by now. When posting a parody, either indicate what the parody is aimed at, or include a link to the thread you are parodying. Please provide an explanation to your OP forthwith. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/24 "2003-10-12T21:40:15Z")
“The Ryan, you know the rules.” So is one of those rules “Moderaters get to lie about posters, and call them weasels when they deny making the statements that the moderators made up”? "When posting a parody, either indicate what the parody is aimed at, or include a link to the thread you are parodying. " Are you referring to this rule: “No post parodies without links in the original post”? This isn’t a post parody. Ooh, let me guess. Interpreting words to mean what they actually say is “weaseling”. I think it’s rather obvious what this parody is aimed at: it’s aimed at the Catholic Church. I even said it was about the Catholic Church in the OP. Do I have to explicitly state “this is a parody of the Catholic Church”? If I had included a link to a Catholic website, would that have made you happy? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/25 "2003-10-12T22:36:18Z")
1999… It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/26 "2003-10-12T23:12:07Z")
Can you eat meat if it’s wrapped in a condom? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/27 "2003-10-12T23:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ryan \* > **"The Ryan, you know the rules." > So is one of those rules “Moderaters get to lie about posters, and call them weasels when they deny making the statements that the moderators made up”?** You should probably provide a link to wherever it was that happened. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/28 "2003-10-12T23:26:26Z")
I think all parody threads should contain an explination of the nature of the parody in giant crimson letters, lest any good doper be overcome by confusion. That way, **Coldie** won’t get all worked up. For example: \*\* WARNING: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH \*\* ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/29 "2003-10-12T23:54:58Z")
A parody of the Catholic Church, huh, **Ryan**? Boy, that narrows it down. A parody of _Humanae Vitae_? Of the canonization of Pius XII? Of its stances on economic justice issues? **Rhum Runner** : [We can shout, don’t hear you.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216276) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/30 "2003-10-13T00:03:14Z")
I’m currently working on a parody of the fundamental laws of the universe and every bastard thing that happens as a result of them. (I’m having trouble finding a suitable metaphor though. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/31 "2003-10-13T00:15:59Z")
:dubious: > [@](#): > > I do believe The Ryan is trying to parody the Church’s new stand on condoms and AIDS prevention. Thank you, **arisu**. I was stuck in a “What the…” loop till I got to your explanation. 🙂 Is **The Ryan** always so cogent, so incisive? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/32 "2003-10-13T00:49:33Z")
. . . or Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/33 "2003-10-13T01:02:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JonScribe \* > \*\*Can you eat meat if it’s wrapped in a condom? \*\* That would be a sausage albeit a little bit chewy.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/34 "2003-10-13T01:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > **Rhum Runner** : [We can shout, don’t hear you.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216276) What an odd little thread. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/35 "2003-10-13T01:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by The Ryan_ > I think it’s rather obvious what this parody is aimed at: it’s aimed at the Catholic Church. I even said it was about the Catholic Church in the OP. Do I have to explicitly state “this is a parody of the Catholic Church”? If I had included a link to a Catholic website, would that have made you happy? In point of fact, the word “Catholic” isn’t used once in your OP. As for it being “obvious” what the parody was aimed at, the fact that about half the people who read it had no idea what you’re talking about should be a fairly large clue that it was not, in fact, obvious. **Eddy** , the OP here is a miracle of clarity compared to his usual morasses of space-alien logic and terminally anal semantics. For my money, there isn’t a worse communicator on the board. And I’m including bored script-kiddies on summer vacation posting entirely in leet speak. ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/36 "2003-10-13T01:24:53Z")
**SpectBrain** : depends on how hard. Could be _al-dente_ too, although that does hurt the eatee if taken literally. ---
**Author:** ![Kieras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kieras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kieras)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/37 "2003-10-13T01:27:08Z")
Well guess that sucks for me then. I am genuinely in a better mood on Fridays. I have more time on my hands and looking forward to the weekends. Most of the time Fridays are when I spend the most time in the kitchen making a big meal… Usually with meat! Oops ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/38 "2003-10-13T01:38:06Z")
**Kieras** since the thread title says you shouldn’t “cook meat on Friday” and somebody already suggested Pork Sushi - there’s always Steak Tartar or the recipe I’m working up for Chicken Breast Sashimi. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/39 "2003-10-13T07:53:31Z")
Or you could just cook it on Thursday night and enjoy it cold the next day, with a selection of nice pickles and mustard. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741/40 "2003-10-13T08:01:11Z")
Would a marinade be out of the question? How about some smoked pork? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-shouldnt-cook-meat-on-friday/206741.md?page=3)