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The Surprisingly Cutthroat Business of Communion Crackers
- giardini 6y agoftfa: 'Some altar bread producers, like the Poor Clare Nuns of Bernham[SIC], Texas, were reportedly driven out of business by what they called "that big monstrous secular competition."' A somewhat dubious accomplishment, indeed!*-)) I imagine someday shaking the hand of the CEO of Cavanagh Altar Breads: "So you're the guy who muscled the Poor Clare Nuns of Brenham, Texas out of business eh? Good going! What a coup! Must have been quite a fight! Can I buy you a drink?" For your edification here are (very cute and endearing) pictures of the nuns of St. Clare with miniature horses at their Monastery of St. Clare Miniature Horse Farm: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Poor+Clare+Nuns+of+brenham%2C+Texas&t=opera&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Poor+Clare+Nuns+of+brenham%2C+Texa... Ahhhh! Aren't they cute?! Mean old vicious money-grubbing capitalists, taking money out of the mouths of poor nuns and miniature horses! What is the world coming to?
- Scoundreller 6y agoAnd an NPR Planet Money story on the Jewish equivalent: Matzo: Episode 361: The Matzo Economy https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/04/08/398332911/episode-361-the-matzo-economy https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/04/08/398332911/epis... Transcript here: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/398332911 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/398332911