Old time JW's did some very devout JW's refuse to eat pizza with pepperroni because they believed "blood" was in the pepperroni?

by booker-t 85 Replies latest jw friends

  • Poztate
    Poztate
    Yup. I remember my mom writing to Kal-Kan to verify whether or not our dog's food contained any blood in the meat by-products.

    You made me laugh..That was and STILL is a major belief. You could not feed any product that might contain blood to your dogs or cats.

    I can just see if your cat caught a mouse.. A good Dub would run out to slit the mouse's throat to make sure that neither you or your cat was blood guilty

    Don't even get me started on blood meal fertilizer.....

    Does the bible say anything about animals abstainin' from blood ???

    If they ate it on their own it was O.K. but if you fed it to them it made you blood guilty

    I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP... Stupid Cult

  • wasblind
    wasblind

    If this ain't the craziest cult !!!!!

    I guess the animals in the wild should cook what they catch

  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions

    WASBLIND - I kid you not.

    POZTATE -

    PS: the licorice thing. . . Did that have something to do with blood being a possible source of lecithin?

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    this old thread brought up some interesting products that 'dubs threw out because of the rumour of blood as an ingredient:

    http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/215838/1/Does-your-product-contain-blood-1960-70s-twottery

  • JeffT
    JeffT

    PS: the licorice thing. . . Did that have something to do with blood being a possible source of lecithin?

    Yup. I was in a pretty laid back congregation in the seventies but even there, we had a contingent that wouldn't eat anything with lecithin in it. I remember Snickers being mentioned in particular.

  • breakfast of champions
    breakfast of champions

    JEFFT - Mmmmm. . . Nothing like an O+ Snickers Bar

  • pbrow
    pbrow

    Where the eff are you guys from? I am in Wisconsin and have never heard of this stuff??

    Pepperoni with blood in it?? Now I have heard everything! (although i am sure there is more bat shit crazy ideas that I have missed)

    pbrow

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    it doesn't take much to get that avalanche going

  • mamochan13
    mamochan13

    We were not ever allowed hot dogs, pepperoni (pizza!), or any kind of sausage. Red licorice was out, and yes, it was the lecithin excuse.My pioneer aunt was always quick with the latest rumour about something else discovered to have the evil blood in it.

    It wasn't until the government began to post ingredients in packaging that we were allowed hotdogs that had no byproducts.

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    what time period was this?

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