heather Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 So, I've made communion bread before...for communion, but my 9-year-old thought it was quite tasty and would ask me to make it for snacks. I always said no, thinking that it seemed wrong. It was supposed to be special or something. So now I don't feel that way anymore. And she asked for communion bread for lunch yesterday. I thought, "What the hell, why not?" It was delicious with peanut butter and honey. She toasted hers for dinner tonight. I still feel just a little bit weird about it, but I thought the best way to show her that it didn't matter and it wasn't "special bread" was to just eat it. Anyone else have any residual feelings about communion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddbird1963 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Isn't it just plain old unleavened bread (where the yeast is left out so it won't rise)? What are the ingredients in the bread you make? In the missionary baptist and southern baptist churches I was a part of, the "communion bread" were these ghastly, tasteless cracker-like things. Little bread chunks don't appeal to me and they were bought at the local bible book store - usually the "Baptist Book Store," now "Lifeway Christian Books." So, nobody had a recipe. Mass produced tasteless crackers - so American! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafaholic Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 isn't it great when religious objects (communion bread, a bible, a crucifix) no longer have power over us? Go YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heather Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Isn't it just plain old unleavened bread (where the yeast is left out so it won't rise)? What are the ingredients in the bread you make? In the missionary baptist and southern baptist churches I was a part of, the "communion bread" were these ghastly, tasteless cracker-like things. Little bread chunks don't appeal to me and they were bought at the local bible book store - usually the "Baptist Book Store," now "Lifeway Christian Books." So, nobody had a recipe. Mass produced tasteless crackers - so American! Ugh, the crackers are awful! You're right, it's just unleavened bread (flour, oil, etc.), but I make it with loads of honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddbird1963 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 . . . Ugh, the crackers are awful! You're right, it's just unleavened bread (flour, oil, etc.), but I make it with loads of honey. So my thinking is that SHOULD somebody object to your using "communion" bread, just say "It's unleavened bread - no yeast." Because that's all it is. It's the belief + the gathering + the oogey boogey motions of the priest or minister that make it "communion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul34 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 My church uses unleavened bread. I think they add a bit of salt to it. Combined with grape wine, that stuff is delicious. I won't lie. The main reason I looked forward to communion was that it tasted great. Wish I could make it home... I might try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwc Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ugh, the crackers are awful! You're right, it's just unleavened bread (flour, oil, etc.), but I make it with loads of honey. Wait. So where'd you get fresh ground "jesus" to add to yours? I've tried other zombie meat but it's just not the same. mwc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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