Truth Is Stranger than Fiction 2010.22: Kosher Food and Festivus

Inmate seeking kosher meals cites Festivus belief

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From Associated Press

December 13, 2010 5:58 PM EST

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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Festivus for the rest of us? A convicted drug dealer in California thinks so. He cited his adherence to the holiday celebrated on a famous episode of "Seinfeld" to get better meals at the Orange County jail.

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The Orange County Register reported Monday that Malcolm Alarmo King disliked the salami meals served at the jail, so he used his devotion to Festivus as a reason to get kosher meals reserved for inmates with religious needs.

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Keeping kosher is not one of the tenets of Festivus, which was depicted on "Seinfeld" as celebrated with the airing of grievances and the display of an aluminum pole.

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Sheriff's spokesman Ryan Burris says King got salami-free meals for two months before the county got the order thrown out in court.