At Slashfood we're no strangers to images of holy women in food. We've brought you dispatches about everything from visions of the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese to her likeness in chocolate. Here's a new one on me, a cinnamon bun bearing the image of Mother Theresa.But wait, the plot thickens. Said bun was stolen from Bongo Java a Belmont, Tenn., coffee shop about two years ago. The Nun Bun as it's come to be called had been on display for about 10 years before its theft. Fear not dear reader, the pastry is safe. A letter received by The Tennessean states that the pastry has not fallen victim to foul play.
In other nun-related pastry news, there's a another type of nun bun that's not quite as sacred, but probably no less delicious. "Nonnevotten," or nun's bums, are a sticky syrup-laden Dutch treat. Who knew? [via Boing Boing]
3-27-2007 @11:09AM Kim said... I can't resist sharing the winner of our recent limerick contest over at [http://www.culinate.com/mix/potluck_contest/limerick1] Culinate:
An order of celibate nuns
Made a promise that they’d be the ones
Whose pastries and rolls
Would deliver men’s souls—
I admit, I admired their buns!
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3-27-2007 @11:13AM Kim said... An order of celibate nuns /
Made a promise that they’d be the ones /
Whose pastries and rolls /
Would deliver men’s souls— /
I admit, I admired their buns!
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3-27-2007 @12:03PM yumsugar said... I can't believe it's been two years since it's been stolen. I wonder how much it would get on ebay.
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3-28-2007 @11:23AM Meek Speaks said... too bad there's no way i can own and sell a cloud on ebay...i swear i saw one the other day that looked just like the virgin mary.
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3-28-2007 @1:34PM Neil said... The Bongo Java mentioned is in Nashville, TN. It is located just off the Belmont University campus. They make some fine coffee.
Having seen the nun-bun in person, it makes me sad, that someone would take something with so much history at that place. I hope that this guy comes to his senses and returns it.
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3-28-2007 @1:58PM Meek Speaks said... yeah, well there's not a lot of respect left out there...i just heard the other week that someone stole the Maltese Falcon from the North Beach restaurant in San Francisco where it had been for decades.
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