On Sunday, November 15, after church, is our Colonial style dinner, as our congregation might have eaten it centuries ago. We will eat it in that style—entirely with wooden spoons!
The menu is based on recipes from an authentic cookbook of the period, De Verstandige Kok, (The Sensible Cook)
Spÿskaart (menu)
Gerecht schotel (main course) Beef with Ginger, Chicken with Orange
Groenten (vegetables): Stewed Cabbage, Belgian Endive, Leeks
Brood (bread): Pumpkin Cornmeal Cakes, Rye and Wheat Bread
Nagerecht (dessert): Almond Tart, Pear Tart, Spanish Porridge, Zoete Koek
Eet smakelÿk (bon appetite)
I wonder what some Brooklyn Buddhist congregations might serve if they followed suit, the menus would vary as widely as the regions that imported the religion from India. I guess Vajradhara would serve Tibetan, but the Zen Center, Japanese. As for the dinner at Old First, here's more info. I wonder if there's a book that presents historic menus of various creeds, because, whatever you believe in, you must eat.
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Well, there are those fasting saints who die of starvation...
And those that are dying but someone find them and feeds them, and they gain new strength and find the middle road.
And there's Milarepa, who ate only nettles. That would make for an interesting brunch. I don't recommend Nettles Tacos. That was a mistake.
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