MANNAM Food: Amish Friendship Bread

Preparing and enjoying delicious food is one of the many ways MANNAM promotes peace. 

Perhaps I appreciate this so much because many of my childhood and adolescent memories include great baking. Among the delicious treats my grandmother, mother, aunts, and uncles prepared, Amish Friendship Bread is still one of my favorites.

I remember asking my mom to bake this for me one day. She said she had to get a "starter" from grandma first. She also told me it takes ten days to prepare the batter. I was frustrated but also interested. I discovered the bread is called friendship bread because you need* to receive a starter from a friend to bake the bread. After receiving the starter and following the instructions for ten days, some of the batter is placed into bags. Usually a couple bags are given to friends and one is kept (so hungry teenagers can have more bread in ten days).

The heart behind this is great and can teach us about peace. One must receive the batter, cultivate the batter, share with others, and keep some for oneself. The fact that it takes time is also a good reminder that we will need patience as we pursue peace.

I have enjoyed many great foods through MANNAM so I thought I'd share one of my favorites today. Hope you enjoy.



*Instructions on how to make an original starter at:
http://baking.about.com/od/friendshipbread/r/amishfriendshipbreaddirections.htm


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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Hi, my name is Eric. This is the start!

 How lovely you are, Natalie Portman.

Full of imagination and endearing people!

It is indeed an wonder land!:)

You can't keep your eyes off this adorable movie.

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.

But, there is lovely Molly who will take care of the rest of the day for the Emporium as Mr. Magorium's asked. At the first, she wasnt confident of herself to carry out what she need to do for the emporium. She was about to sell it to hold back the hurt she got from the fact she is not able to have Mr. Magorium any more. Eric and Henry who love their friend, Molly, want her to keep it for her and themselves....

This movie talks about Friendship and Eternity(briefly).

If we can be friends all together, there wouldn't be any war.

Friendship is a different type of LOVE.

If we can keep this type of LOVE through all the leaders then world will be changed.

It could be heard too innocent, I'd love to be innocent about Friendship.

It does last in your heart for good, right?

Smile!:)