Ban on alligator meat and clog dancing
The political arena can be a theater of the bizarre, as the Cucina Deli in Salt Lake City, Utah, demonstrated this week.
Outraged by Mississippi’s legalization of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender individuals, the establishment decided it would do more than stew. It announced that it would not buy ingredients from the offending state as long as the controversial law is on the books.
“Effective immediately, Cucina restaurant, a well known institution of 20 years in Salt Lake City, will boycott the State of Mississippi,” the restaurant declared on Facebook.
That means no alligator meat, no large-mouth bass and no sweet potatoes. Nevermind that Cucina didn’t exactly specialize in any of those items.
And in case there was any confusion about nonfood imports, Cucina specified that any customer who starts clog dancing will be escorted off the premise. Clogging, as everyone knows, is the official dance of Mississippi.