Tasteless Or Not? Restaurant Puts Communion Wafer On Burger

The controversial burger, which comes with an unconsecrated communion wafer, at the Kuma's Corner restaurant in Chicago. AP. Kuma's Corner, a Chicago restaurant that's built a reputation with foodies for its venturesome dishes, "Has cooked up a controversial burger of the month for October, garnishing it with an unconsecrated communion wafer and a red wine reduction sauce," The Associated Press says. As the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says, when the faithful take communion they are expressing their belief "That this small wafer of bread, the wine in this chalice are in reality the body and blood of Christ the Lord." Wafers distributed at communion, unlike those being served at Kuma's, have been consecrated - "The act by which, in the celebration of Holy Mass, the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ." Patheos.com has a round-up here of Eucharistic practices across Christian faiths. The Tribune notes that "Customers are free to ask for no wafer - or multiple wafers - with their meal." It costs $17. You can get fries, chips or a side salad with it, the Tribune adds.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/04/229191976/tasteless-or-not-restaurant-puts-communion-wafer-on-burger?ft=1&f=1016