There’s nothing quite like the smell of questions for discussion and an alternative bread fresh out of the oven. It’s known to activity if you don’t have access to cooking be so enticing that some supermarkets facilities. pump the smell of their baking bread to the front of the shop to attract more Many bread recipes require some time for shoppers in! the dough to prove, which isn’t very practical if you only have an hour or so in Bread is also a powerful symbol in the which to do this activity. The recipe for Bible. With two fish, Jesus shared out five soda bread will allow you to make, cook, loaves and 5,000 people had enough to share and eat your bread within an hour! eat. Along with wine, Jesus shared bread with his apostles and asked them to ‘do Breaking the ice this in memory of me’ at the Last Supper. Before starting cooking, why not try an icebreaker activity? Jesus spoke often about the importance of sharing. See the ‘In the baking of bread’ ice- “Lord, when did we see you breaker Powerpoint. Ask your group to hungry and give you food, or identify the country of origin of the 10 thirsty and gave you different types of bread shown in the something to drink?” photos. The answers are supplied, along He answered: “Just as you did it to with each country’s flag. one of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:37, 40 You can adapt the Powerpoint to: Right now, there’s enough food to feed play the quiz using only the everyone in the world. But because it’s not presentation shared fairly, not everyone has enough to print out the bread pictures eat. CAFOD’s campaign, Hungry for and flags and ask the group to change, looks at the reasons why one in stick the flags to the pictures eight people in the world go to bed hungry which have been posted round and is calling for the system to change so the walls that the world’s food can be shared out in find real examples of the a more fair way. breads (or others of your own choosing) and make cocktail The following activity provides you with an stick flags for the young easy recipe for baking bread, some people to stick into the breads to guess the country
1 Aprons on… Discussion time If you have sufficient cooking While they are enjoying facilities, the young people can (hopefully!) the home-made each bring in the ingredients bread, get your group to talk required to make and bake their own together about what they’ve done: bread. Alternatively, one person or a small group can make a loaf, watched or helped How did it feel making something that by the rest of the group. The baked bread many of us just buy off the shelf in the can then be shared between everyone. supermarket? What was the easiest bit? The most Recipe for soda bread difficult? How did it feel taking the bread out of the 450g plain flour oven? Was the result as you expected? ½ teaspoon cream of tartar How did you feel when you shared your 1 teaspoon salt loaf with others? 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda Did making the bread yourself make you 350ml milk appreciate it more? Flour to sprinkle Did you enjoy sharing it more?
Did it make you think about where the Makes one loaf food we eat every day actually comes
from? Pre-heat your oven to 220°C, 425°F, How often do you eat bread at home? gas mark 7 If you like bread, how would you feel if it
were in scarce supply? Grease a baking tray. Many of the people around the world who Sift flour, cream of tartar, salt and make and eat bread as part of their staple bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. diet are facing much higher costs for the Add the milk and mix to a smooth soft ingredients. What does this mean? dough. Why do we think that Jesus used the Knead gently on a lightly floured symbol of bread? surface, then shape into a round. Place on the baking tray and mark the You may like to include the story of top quite deeply into four sections with Teresinha from Brazil, who runs a healthy a sharp knife. eating project, called Bread and Art, as Sprinkle with flour and bake in a hot part of the work of CAFOD’s Brazil partner. oven for 35 minutes. Allow to cool. http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2012/12/05/our- daily-bread Once you have made your bread, slice it on a large bread or chopping board. Make sure there are enough slices for your group and then top it with butter or spread and invite your group to take
a slice each.
2 Alternative activity Why do you think Jesus broke bread with If you do not have the facilities his disciples? to make bread in your group, Why do you think bread is symbolic? here is another activity. You may like to include the story of Ask the members of your group to see if Teresinha from Brazil, who runs a healthy they can find out about a type of bread, or eating project, called Bread and Art, as bread-related product they have never part of the work of CAFOD’s Brazil partner. eaten before. This could be Irish soda http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2012/12/05/ourd bread, a French stick, Indian Nan bread, a aily-bread Viennese roll, Greek flat bread, Italian ciabatta; it could be a bagel, a croissant, Other relevant resources pitta bread. If they can, find an example of Our daily bread – stories around bread: the bread and bring it to the session, along http://blog.cafod.org.uk/2012/12/05/our- with how it originated and how it is made. daily-bread (You should be able to find a recipe for Food for thought guide and young people’s most kinds of bread on the internet.) campaign guide: http://www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Get- Cut the breads into small portions so that clued-up/Food everyone in the session can try more than one type of bread. Take action There is also the opportunity to turn this E-mail Prime Minister part of the activity into a quiz too. You David Cameron now may like to ask your group to guess the http://www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/ country of origin of each of the breads, in a Take-action-today/Hungry-for-change similar way to the ice-breaker activity above. Pray Discussion time Liturgy, reflection and prayers What did the different breads http://www.cafod.org.uk/Pray?_tag% taste like? 5B%5D=&_tag%5B%5D=&_tag%5B What did people enjoy? %5D=hunger Why do you think that, although in different variations, bread is eaten throughout the world? Stories What are the similarities and differences in Case studies, facts and figures about the recipes? hunger How often do you eat bread at home? http://www.cafod.org.uk/content/ If you like bread, how would you feel if it download/6326/53280/file/Food%20 campaign%20for%20young%20people.pdf were in scarce supply? Many of the people around the world who make and eat bread as part of their staple diet are facing much higher costs for the ingredients. What does this mean?
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