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

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW
    what time period was this?

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  • ShirleyW
    ShirleyW

    I'm with pbrow, I never heard of this either, I was a kid in the 60's and I'm sure my fanatical mother would've mentioned something about it.

    Just goes to show that the only true religion on earth isn't exactly on the same page about everything.

  • talesin
    talesin

    No pepperoni or hot dogs --- meat by products!

    SHOPSY'S hotdogs (the big ones, lol) were 'approved' as having no blood, and I believe Schneiders.

    tal

  • wha happened?
    wha happened?

    never hear of those. So did this originate from a WT or Awake?

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    It only really happened in Canada (eh!). That's why you yank's never heard of it. ;)

    Kiss me!

  • brinjen
    brinjen

    Yep, I can re-call that. Sausages and meat pies were the two biggest ones to watch out for here. I remember in the 90's the dubs in my congregation refusing to buy a certain brand of meat pies after an Oz tv current affairs show brought up what's in the pies to up their protein content... one of them was plasma. Some over enthused members contacted this particular company and they said, confirmed this brand was using blood. So they took it upon themselves to warn everyone.

  • jwfacts
    jwfacts

    I was not allowed to have duck or rabbit because apparently they are not bled. Maybe that is why I love both now.

    We used to eat meat pies, but it was often discussed that it maybe contained blood. My mother said it was not a sin if we did not know.

  • OneDayillBeFree
    OneDayillBeFree

    Well I'd say that's crazy but when it comes to the org sadly nothing surprises me anymore...

    And although I'm too young to have lived through the bloody pepperoni era, I did attend a party err I mean "gathering" where an sister was hauled into the back room for bringing "devils food cake" because it had stumbled some of the brothers in attendance!

    It's both so ridiculously funny and sad!

    OneDayillBeFree

  • happy@last
    happy@last

    I remember being told the pink French Fancies had insect blood (Cochineal) inand I shouldn't eat them!

  • ambersun
    ambersun

    Here in the UK during the 60s and early 70s I can remember being told to check every packet and tin for the word lecithin before buying it. Rumour had it that manufacturers even sneaked blood into ice cream and I can remember dubs going up to ice cream vendors asking if there was any blood in it before buying. I may have actually done it myself (ahem). The looks of stunned disbelief on the vendors' and customers' faces was hilarious!

    My mil once asked a butcher if his turkeys had been bled or strangled before buying one. He burst out laughing and asked her if she could imagine the poor person having the job of strangling full grown turkeys. You really couldn't blame people for thinking JWs were nut jobs!!

    Some sisters in my congregation were convinced the powers that be would start injecting fruit and vegetables with blood in order to try and starve Jehovah's people to death, and that would be our tribulation. You couldn't make this stuff up

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