Baseball 4 Newbs

As you can see from previous posts, I took the Fella to a Montgomery Biscuits game Friday evening. We had it posh too. The Corporate Box is right over the dugout, has killer views, and the food rocks. Of course I had one of those "Maybe I shouldn't convert" moments.

For those that don't know, the fella is Muslim. He doesn't drink (Though it's not technically a nono, it's one of those "things better avoided") He doesn't eat pork (that would definitely be a nono)..are we seeing where a baseball stadium diet might get complicated?

As the Non Muslim half of us, especially in a particularly non-Muslim area, I kind of field test, investigate, and otherwise do what I can to protect the fella from undue porcine influences. In light of the corporation being owned by one of the city's most prominent Jewish people of influence; you would think the dinner at the stadium would have been Kosher (which is usually pretty acceptabel for people who eat Halal). That though was part of what convinced the fella to go. He knew there were usually hot dogs involved, and other pork products that make baseball dinner what it is.

We did have a great time. There was plenty of alternatives for the fella to gnosh upon...as well as my penchant for Baileys & Cheesecake, and a potato salad to die for. But yeah, I headed up the eating and gave the fella a heads up as to the contents of food if I knew what was in it.

Did the same Sunday Morning too. I had been having urges for Cracker Barrel. (Sometimes a girl just needs a southern-style breakfast) But breakfast in the South involves pork of some variety of pork 99.9% of the time. I was pretty much ready to relegate him to french toast when, to my surprise, I saw "turkey sausage" on the menu.

Wasn't bad at all. but the point being, as a Christian, and not having dietary restrictions, I sort of enjoy a field testing position for the fella when we go out. My understanding of food also helps me in determining mostly when there might be pork involved in something and when there may not be. If I were to convert, I would lose that status and be just as vulnerable to careless companies who use porcine products to make things that would normally have nothing to do with pork. That and I may not be able to have Bailey's cordials.

I always admired Jesus's satement that "It is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; it is what comes out of it." Wise words, and things we should remember more often in our lives.

I'm going to take the next couple of posts and cut over some things from my facebook notes so that you can get a better idea of how mucky my faith is getting and why I would even consider conversion in the first place.

By the way. Biscuits lost that game, 11-4. Jacksonville Suns pwned.