{"id":2705,"date":"2008-10-14T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/were-catholic-and-we-arent-sposed-to-use-condiments.html"},"modified":"2008-10-14T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T21:58:00","slug":"were-catholic-and-we-arent-sposed-to-use-condiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/were-catholic-and-we-arent-sposed-to-use-condiments.html","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Catholic, and we aren&#8217;t s&#8217;posed to use condiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahem.<\/p>\n<p>But I have to admit, this doesn&#8217;t much surprise me&#8230;<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"350\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" style=\"color:#eeeeee\"><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14pt;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif\"><br \/><strong>You Are Ketchup<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blogthingsimages.com\/whatcondimentareyouquiz\/ketchup.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" \/><br \/><span style=\"color:#000000\"><br \/>You are easy going and very measured in your approach to life.<\/p>\n<p>Popular and well liked, you get along with everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, everyone loves you!<\/p>\n<p>Your taste tends to be pretty mainstream American.<\/p>\n<p>You go for the classic favorites: burgers, fries, and apple pie.<\/p>\n<p>You get along best with mustard and mayonnaise personalities.<br \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogthings.com\/whatcondimentareyouquiz\/\">What Condiment Are You?<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahem. 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