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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 12:57:56 GMT -5
This was a really tradition in my childhood. Its a sort of religious thing; my father would get this item from his church-essentially it was bread, but so incredibly dry it had the consistency of cardboard, so thus is what we started calling it. We had to eat it with honey after saying grace. Was curios if anyone else is familiar with it.
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Post by CM Dazz on Dec 24, 2013 13:14:24 GMT -5
Like white wafers? Looks like a big sheet of uncut communion? We'd all take a piece, & then everyone would break off a piece of each others & eat it. It was just a tiny amount so it doesn't bother me.
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 13:23:36 GMT -5
Like white wafers? Looks like a big sheet of uncut communion? We'd all take a piece, & then everyone would break off a piece of each others & eat it. It was just a tiny amount so it doesn't bother me. Yeah, except we each hit a whole wafer. We usually broke it in two and made a sandwich if it with the honey . I didn't say we were a STRICTLY religious family. |
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Post by CM Dazz on Dec 24, 2013 14:41:29 GMT -5
Like white wafers? Looks like a big sheet of uncut communion? We'd all take a piece, & then everyone would break off a piece of each others & eat it. It was just a tiny amount so it doesn't bother me. Yeah, except we each hit a whole wafer. We usually broke it in two and made a sandwich if it with the honey . I didn't say we were a STRICTLY religious family. Yikes, I couldn't handle that much. Tiny pieces is good enough for me! |
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 24, 2013 14:51:45 GMT -5
It sounds like you were eating Matza, which is unleavened bread and a traditional Jewish food associated with Passover. Jesus almost definitely ate it during the Last Supper. Which is why it is also associated with communion. I suppose the association with Jesus would be the religious reasoning behind you having it on Christmas.
My family never had a tradition of eating anything special on Christmas. This is a tradition I carry on. Thanksgiving is the only special dinner day of the year. Christmas is about prayer and presents.
My Wife is Jewish and I am Christian. Matza ain't bad, but it's not my idea of delicious food either. You can put butter, honey, or even peanut butter on it to make it taste pretty good.
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 15:09:32 GMT -5
It sounds like you were eating Matza, which is unleavened bread and a traditional Jewish food associated with Passover. Jesus almost definitely ate it during the Last Supper. Which is why it is also associated with communion. I suppose the association with Jesus would be the religious reasoning behind you having it on Christmas. My family never had a tradition of eating anything special on Christmas. This is a tradition I carry on. Thanksgiving is the only special dinner day of the year. Christmas is about prayer and presents. My Wife is Jewish and I am Christian. Matza ain't bad, but it's not my idea of delicious food either. You can put butter, honey, or even peanut butter on it to make it taste pretty good. I'm pretty sure it wasn't matzah; my dad is Catholic. Like Dazz said, it was basically a communion wafer. |
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 24, 2013 15:20:13 GMT -5
It sounds like you were eating Matza, which is unleavened bread and a traditional Jewish food associated with Passover. Jesus almost definitely ate it during the Last Supper. Which is why it is also associated with communion. I suppose the association with Jesus would be the religious reasoning behind you having it on Christmas. My family never had a tradition of eating anything special on Christmas. This is a tradition I carry on. Thanksgiving is the only special dinner day of the year. Christmas is about prayer and presents. My Wife is Jewish and I am Christian. Matza ain't bad, but it's not my idea of delicious food either. You can put butter, honey, or even peanut butter on it to make it taste pretty good. I'm pretty sure it wasn't matzah; my dad is Catholic. Like Dazz said, it was basically a communion wafer. I'm a Protestant, but I was under the impression that most communion wafers were, in fact, essentially Matza. I thought it went back to the fact that Jesus had matza and wine during the Last Supper, which was a Passover meal, and said the whole, "This is my blood and this is my flesh" sort of thing. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 15:41:00 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure it wasn't matzah; my dad is Catholic. Like Dazz said, it was basically a communion wafer. I'm a Protestant, but I was under the impression that most communion wafers were, in fact, essentially Matza. I thought it went back to the fact that Jesus had matza and wine during the Last Supper, which was a Passover meal, and said the whole, "This is my blood and this is my flesh" sort of thing. I could be wrong-like I said, we were never strictly religious. Plus his was my childhood, so my memories of ot are less and less reliable. |
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 24, 2013 15:43:04 GMT -5
I'm a Protestant, but I was under the impression that most communion wafers were, in fact, essentially Matza. I thought it went back to the fact that Jesus had matza and wine during the Last Supper, which was a Passover meal, and said the whole, "This is my blood and this is my flesh" sort of thing. I could be wrong-like I said, we were never strictly religious. Plus his was my childhood, so my memories of ot are less and less reliable. But, to be honest, more reliable than my figuring.  |
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Post by Professor Chaos on Dec 24, 2013 15:53:58 GMT -5
I actually liked eating communion back in my church days. I always passed on the wine tho. The idea of drinking out of the same glass as hundreds of other people disgusted me.
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Post by CM Dazz on Dec 24, 2013 16:35:27 GMT -5
Definitely not Matzo:  There are other brands/sizes, but this was the first I found. Feel free to translate the Polish. Off to church now  |
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 24, 2013 16:44:57 GMT -5
Yeah, that's definitely not Matza. With all respect to your wonderful Christmas traditions, it doesn't even look edible! |
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 18:25:20 GMT -5
Definitely not Matzo: There are other brands/sizes, but this was the first I found. Feel free to translate the Polish. Off to church now Yep, that's the stuff. |
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Post by Toxik916 on Dec 24, 2013 20:00:51 GMT -5
I've had my fair share of this crap when I was a child. Mr Jesus's body was not very tasty, however the blood of Christ is where it's at. If they weren't so damn stingy with how much wine they dole out I would probably go to church more often.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Dec 24, 2013 20:59:04 GMT -5
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 24, 2013 21:09:16 GMT -5
I've had my fair share of this crap when I was a child. Mr Jesus's body was not very tasty, however the blood of Christ is where it's at. If they weren't so damn stingy with how much wine they dole out I would probably go to church more often. My uncle is actually a Catholic priest-and he freely admits to having snuck a little altar wine when he was an altar boy, just like the altar boy's he oversee's now do. |
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