Do you say grace or give thanks before meals?

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Any kind of acknowledgement of gratitude for the food or company, religious or not.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Never 40
Rarely, maybe during special occasions or holidays 10
Often, like at dinner or when I'm sharing a meal with others 4
Always, generally at every meal 3


marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link

btw there is another thread: Do you say Grace before meals? but it's not a poll and it's pretty old

marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link

blessusolord fr'these aygifts which we'arra'bout t'receive from thighbountie thruchristarrlord amen

marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link

Never. Used to be enforced but I mean what wasn't.

james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link

i grew up catholic so we slurred through that prayer xp every night for dinner, but generally didn't pray before any other meal.

i'm not catholic or christian anymore so i don't do that prayer anymore. my wife and i give thanks before eating. occasionally i'll give thanks silently if i'm eating by myself and i remember it. helps if i'm really grateful for the good, like i take myself out to lunch or something.

marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link

*grateful for the good food

marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link

generally though i enjoy the practice of acknowledging the food and stating some gratitude for it, or acknowledging the company if we're eating with friends. it's a nice practice.

marcos, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link

occasionally at family holiday dinners my mom will ask everyone to do this, but i never do it of my own volition (nor does anyone else in the family)

ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link

no

afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link

I can dig that but like five time olympic gold winner steve redgrave, "its not for me"

james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link

My wife and I employ a sort of quasi-grace at the evening meal. We hold hands across the table silently, close our eyes a moment and think whatever thoughts we choose. When we both open our eyes, it is over and we eat.

epoxy fule (Aimless), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:51 (ten years ago) link

No

Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link

No, but I had to say Burns' Selkirk Grace at a wedding recently. It was a big room and I don't think anybody had given thought to how it should be done - I think standing at one's place is normal but there's no way my voice would've carried all around - what happened was I got called up to the front by the toastmaster guy and a microphone pressed in my hand. There was a kind of podium there for the speeches, but no fucking way am I mounting a podium to deliver grace, I'm thinking, I'm not a televangelist.

So I ended up doing this sort of walking grace between the tables, eyeballing guests individually as I went around barking out the lines. I imagine it looked like the most ridiculous cod-flamboyance ever.

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link

At least I got a taste of how Bono must feel

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link

Not if you didn't love every second and then attempt ascension on the last line

james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link

visits to pious irish relatives would sometimes be accompanied by this

usually some cheapshit guilting references to the starving poor in africa, there but for the grace of god and all that

Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link

We'd have eaten better if not for them fuckin trocaire boxes twice a year, ironically

james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link

nope

nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link

yes, but only in drive throughs

Darin, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link

No, but I sometimes say いただきます or 잘 먹겠습니다.

, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link

I only did this when we visited a certain side of the family, when my great grandparents were still alive, and they would start it off. Now no-one in the family is religious but I do like the custom and wouldn't mind bringing it back if I ever have a family of my own. Seems like a good thing to do.

▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link

Itadakemasu is great for humility (w/o reinforcing religious adherence or imposing guilt) but I like bon appétit and all the variations thereof which bascially mean, 'enjoy the grub'.

Griðian and friðian and takin' the piðian (Michael White), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link

I don't cuz why lazy and not particularly religious but when I was growing up we would say a ha-motzi. I always preferred my grandfather's Xtian prayer: "Our father we are truly grateful for the gifts we are about to receive. May our lives always be examples of love and kindness. Amen."

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link

i'm an atheist

markers, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link

so dyou just thank yrself then

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:50 (ten years ago) link

my stepfather, who is a saint basically, does silent grace every night--in vietnam (drafted), when they went into a village they went around each corner in each hut single file, he was the point guy. he never knew if he was going to get his face blasted off. i can only imagine what he's giving thanks for (never killed anyone btw)

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link

We say grace and we say ma'am
if you ain't into that then we don't give a damn

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link

there's a family circus cartoon where billy admonishes jeffy in a restaurant, "we don't hafta say grace. we paid for it."

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link

i give thanks to big ag

mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link

I don't give thanks, but I do make sure to check my privilege before I eat

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 23:58 (ten years ago) link

I can never forget my grandfather from Kerry. The type of violent house monster who would dig his rosary out during The Angelus (ding....ding...ding..etc), say grace before meals, violent wife-beater. I Didn't give a shit when he croaked tbh. That was my "holiday" as a child, visiting this house of fun for a couple of weeks, used to be jealous of friends that went to Southport or fucking Brid. The last years were the best, after he had a stroke my grandma took over the show and would shower me with ciggies and booze gifts when I was 13 and we had a good laugh. No more grace:)

xelab, Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:19 (ten years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link

Rub-a-dub-dub
Thanks for the grub
Yay God!

andrew m., Tuesday, 20 May 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link


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