Drinks & Dinner

To celebrate St. Lawrence’s Feast Day today and recall his martyrdom of being cooked alive on a grill, here are your drink and dinner suggestions.

Dinner

Host a BBQ or serve a roast.

Wine

            Saint Laurent Reserve red wine from Germany

            Sori San Lorenzo red wine from Italy

Spirits

            Canadian Whiskey because the St. Lawrence Seaway was discovered on this date in 1525, and because St. Lawrence is the patron saint of Canada.

            Scotch from the island of Islay because it has peaty overtones to evoke St. Lawrence’s smoky end (remember black humor)

If you find this morbid, remember St. Lawrence’s own black humor when he said to his killers, “Turn me over.  I’m done on this side.”

FYI, legend says that as the deacon of Rome, St. Lawrence had custody of the Holy Grail used by Our Lord at the Last Supper, and that he gave it to his parents for safe keeping before his execution.  Legend also says his parents escaped with the Holy Grail to Spain.   Could it still be there?

From:   Drinking With The Saints by Michael P. Foley