The home should be the treasure chest of living. – Le Corbusier
This recipe I received from
a friend whose cottage was in Cartigan, PEI. Her name was Addie Boyce and she
and her husband spent the summers there. Cecil, my first late husband, and I
used to visit them every summer with our daughters. I enjoy making these rolls
and giving them, as gifts, to family and good friends at Christmas. Hope you
enjoy making them as much as I do. “Merry Christmas” Love, Claire
Claire has blessed church gatherings with these rolls. At one event the rolls accompanied bowls of warm soup. For me this is the quintessential combination for comfort.
As Christmas potluck is soon
to happen, I wonder about the foods people choose to bring. Are the foods ones of
comfort? A favourite recipe? The simplest to make and transport? This year, you
are invited to share stories with your tablemates of the food you bring to
potluck or stories of foods present that bring up memories for you. The
community has enjoyed Claire’s rolls without knowing the story that goes along
with them. Knowing the story adds comfort to the pleasure of eating them and we
know Claire a little bit more.
Stories are moments of listening
where we connect with another person. There is comfort to be found in the sharing
and receiving of a story. There are many stories this time of year for us to
receive, give, and share. Let us take time to snuggle in to listen to the
stories of others, the story of Jesus’ birth, and to comfort others with the
sharing of our own stories.
New Glasgow Rolls
Large Recipe
3 T dry yeast
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2 ½ tsp salt
6 eggs
5 cups warm water
Small Recipe
1 ½ T yeast
½ cup sugar
½ cup oil
1 ¼ tsp salt
3 eggs
2 ½ cups warm water
7-10 cups flour
Cook 350F for 15 mins.
PRAYER- Stir up in us the desire to receive
and give the gift of stories. Comfort our spirits with the story of Jesus’
birth and stories that speak of love, promise, and belonging. Amen.
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