{"id":3296,"date":"2009-12-29T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/a-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-s.html"},"modified":"2009-12-29T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:19:55","slug":"a-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/a-virgin-mary-grilled-cheese-s.html","title":{"rendered":"A Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sighting for 2010?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" height=\"200\" alt=\"virginmary-grilledcheese.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/virginmary-grilledcheese.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/4034787.stm\" target=\"_blank\">the grilled cheese sandwich made famous&#8211;and holy&#8211;by the face of the Virgin Mary<\/a> when it was sold for $28,000 on eBay in 2004?<\/p>\n<p>That faith sighting, among others, was one of the more fun and funny faith-meets-food highlights of the past decade or so. <\/p>\n<p>Others, as listed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/blogs-and-stories\/2009-11-30\/father-son-and-the-holy-toast\/#gallery=1040;page=3\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Beast (&#8220;Father, Son, and the Holy Toast&#8221;)<\/a> list images of Jesus on a potato chip (2005) and on a pierogi (also 2005) and the Virgin Mary (again) as an oil imprint on a baking sheet (also 2007).<\/p>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/11\/10\/famous-faces-in-odd-place_n_350950.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Huffington Post (&#8220;Famous Faces in Odd Places&#8221;)<\/a>, the famous faith-foods include Mother Teresa on a cinnamon bun (2006), Jesus on a fish stick (2004),&nbsp;Honest Abe on a chicken nugget, and&nbsp;(why not?) Elvis on a moon pie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What crazy faith-food apparitions do you hope to see in 2010 and the coming decade? Which sighting was your favorite? Personally, I&#8217;ll always love the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the grilled cheese sandwich made famous&#8211;and holy&#8211;by the face of the Virgin Mary when it was sold for $28,000 on eBay in 2004? That faith sighting, among others, was one of the more fun and funny faith-meets-food highlights of the past decade or so. 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