Comments on: Mormon Culture Tournament – Round 1 Part 1 http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/ A Mormon Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sarah http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109923 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:28:38 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109923 Regarding the non-LDS nature of funeral potatoes…

Southern Living Bulletin Board, no LDS references whatsoever but they call the things funeral potatoes.

Google results for “buffet potatoes,” which returns the same recipes as a search for “funeral potatoes.” I thought at first that cornflakes might distinguish them, but too many clearly LDS “funeral potatoes” recipes don’t use cornflakes.

The best you can do is that we tend to call them “funeral potatoes” with greater consistency than the general population — but that’s been adopted by many non-Mormons too.

]]> By: Sarah http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109922 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:21:06 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109922 I’ve never had funeral potatoes — though I understand they’re quite common amongst both Jews and Catholics, and my friend who went to a Baptist college says it’s common amongst various old-lady-and-harried-young-mother dominated Protestant congregations. But even non-Mormons I know associate BSG with us.

Same goes with the delivering meals thing. They’ve only passed around one sign-up sheet for that in my ward in the last, like, 3 years (though I might have missed some, having been sequestered in the Primary room.) But we sing at least one JKP song every single Sunday.

I think all of my other choices are winning at the moment.

]]> By: Matt Evans http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109921 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:02:21 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109921 Who got the idea that funeral potatoes and euphemisms were Mormon? Those should be included in the Mormon cultural tic “Funeral Potatoes, Heck and Steve Martin are Mormon”.

]]> By: Clark http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109920 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:38:33 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109920 (#52) I’ve never had funerary potatoes period. And I’ve lived in Utah a long time.

(#54) Fraking yes. (And doesn’t BSG count towards the Mormon swear word bit as well?)

]]> By: Clark http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109919 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:37:25 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109919 I’m hoping the Yoda = Pres. Kimball meme makes a comback in the polling. And I’m sad that the Indiana Jones’ Father is based on Hugh Nibley didn’t make an appearance.

]]> By: Ivan A. Wolfe http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109918 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:54:37 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109918 Those who aren’t voting for Battlestar Galactica are going to have to face the wrath of the Galactica crew when it finally gets to earth (plus, they’ll burn in he**).

Vote BSG!

]]> By: meems http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109917 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:14:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109917 I can’t believe you put Saturday’s Warrior against food storage – that’s an impossible choice and like comparing apples and oranges. Or maybe deydrated apples and canned oranges.

My votes went:
FP -Never heard of them til Bloggernacle, but they seemed pretty pervasive
Wedding receptions
JKP – C’mon you guys, any church delivers meals. But A Child’s Prayer is like doctrine.
TS
Euphemisms
SW – I had to do it. Remember how dangerous that song Zero Population sounded? (OK, I really just outed myself as Queen Dork)
Cheerios
I am a Child of God – easy!

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109916 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:43:11 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109916 I voted for old school Battlestar Gallactica over funeral potatoes. I don’t think I’ve ever actually had funeral potatoes at a funeral, so to me that is more of a joke than a reality. But I well remember watching BG during its initial run–an indication of just how old I am–and being mesmerized by the obviously Mormon doctrine being portrayed in the dialogue. So while it’s a long shot, I gotta go with BG as against funeral potatoes.

]]> By: paula http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109915 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:58:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109915 LXX Luthor– do you share a computer with someone? My suspicion is that someone else who uses the same IP address as you has already voted, and there’s only one vote per IP address apparently.

]]> By: LXX Luthor http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/08/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109914 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:11:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/mormon-culture-tournament-round-1-part-1/#comment-109914 Apparently I came too early and too late. I can’t seem to vote or even find where I should vote.

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